Hello, Kangaroo! I think there is a big gap between you and me. I see you understand Cambodian as a race right?
But me is different from you, Cambodian is all inhabitants inside Cambodia without descrimination of origin of birth, sex, skin color, and political tendency. Cambodian is just a label given by the state of "Cambodia" to all its inhabitant for wearing as an identification from within this country. On Nov 21, 8:57 am, kangaroo <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 20, 1:07 pm, Pheng Kim Ving <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Neak Kampuchea, > > > Hinduism doesn't teach to eat fresh meat (are you aware that hindus > > even worship cows, monkeys, etc?? d'ohh!!), or to explore new lands > > (Hinduism is confined to India). Even though Buddhism teaches to not > > kill, there have always been butchers and fishermen. Can you tell of > > any time period in Cambodia when there were no butchers and no > > fishermen?? Can you tell of any time period in Cambodia when > > Cambodians didn't eat meat?? The strict rules of Buddhism apply only > > to monks, plus, although monks aren't allowed to kill, they're allowed > > to eat meat, d'ohh!! Are you aware that the historical Buddha himself > > ate meat?? Anyway, can you tell of a religion that doesn't teach to > > not kill?? > > And what are you trying to say about Cambodians? > > > Do you realize that the Vietnamese and the Chinese themselves are also > > Buddhists?? Kampuchea Krom was taken from Cambodia by the French, not > > by any religious or political Cambodian leader, and handed over to > > Vietnam. There were no immigrants to Kampuchea Krom. Kampuchea Krom > > was torn apart from Cambodia and given to Vietnam by the French. > > Naturally when Kampuchea Krom became a part of Vietnam, some > > Vietnamese people moved in; that wasn't immigration; it was > > demographic dynamic, as Kampuchea Krom is a part of Vietnam. > > The world knows that Kampuchea krom is the land of Vietnam, not > Cambodia. > If the French took it away from Cambodia and gave it to Vietnam, can > you tell us why? > > > Are you aware that at the present time there's a movement in the West > > that's fightin' against eating meat?? Are you aware that former Beatle > > Paul McCartney is the leading spokesman of that movement?? So, if not- > > eating-meat is that harmful, why does that movement in the West > > exist?? Are you aware that eating meat isn't good for your health?? > > Are you aware that the Vietnamese people in Vietnam follow the strict- > > rules-for-monks of Buddhism more strictly than the Cambodian people in > > Cambodia do?? They have at least 1 day of being vegetarian every > > month, while the Cambodians don't have anything like that. So, are you > > aware that blaming on the not-eating-meat for the ills of Cambodia is > > ridiculous?? > > What do "eat meat'" and "not to eat meat" have anything to do with > Cambodia? > > > Do you realize that the Khmer Rouge were hostile to Buddhism and were > > trying to erase it from Cambodia?? Thus, according to you, the Khmer > > Rouge did the right thing. Hence, according to you, the genocide as > > attempted by the Khmer Rouge was also right. D'ohh!! > > Khmer Rouge did the right thing when it comes to what they wanted to > accomplish. > They did it wrong when we look at it from the global issues > perspective. > > That's enough of the nonsense. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
