Let me bring you back to the era of Republic of Cambodia. The whole country was under the military rule. Soldiers had the power. They raped, robbed, and terrorized towns and villages as they moved through their combat zones. Don't tell me that it was not true. I live through it. My grandparents house was dismantled by Lon Nol soldiers to help built their own homes somewhere else. If I'm not mistaken, their families were just right behind them. I'm not trying to make Khmer Rouge any better than what they were. The truth is that Khmer Rouge soldiers respected villagers as they moved through their journey. They played their cards right. That was why they were able to pull so many people to join them quickly in a short period of time. And they eventually won the war over the republic armies who were superior on weapons. That's enough of that. Cambodian society is filled with corruption and impunity. Lon Nol era was the worse. Khmer Rouge was worsen after they won the war. And today, those things are not getting any better. They are still corrupt and practice their impunity. The whole society DOES NOT have EQUAL OPPORTUNITY to make better lives. The poor still has to pass on their poverty from one generation to another endlessly. Will they ever get better? I doubt it that Cambodians will find a way to get out of corruption and impunity because those things are very normal to them. They are parts of their daily lives.
On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:27:47 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > > *Dear friends, * > *On 17 April 1975, Phnom Penh fell to Communist Cambodian (Khmer Rouge). > During their reign of 3 years, 8 months and 20 days, 2 million Cambodians > died. * > *Documents compiled (a large part of ina.fr ) tracing the causes of this > tragedy from 1970 to 1975 in 15 games are posted in You Tube: * > * * > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9aSitLbqYY > * * > *These events are also compiled in 146 minutes of DVD (update > 20/09/2012). * > * * > *Sincerely, * > *SAKOU Samoth* > [email protected] <javascript:> > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
