Neak Kampuchea works really hard to push for this new word. If as you say, Cambodia has thousands of years of history, don't you think it's culture and people know who they are?
What Neak Kampuchea does not tell us is that his campaign to put this new word to forefront is not a result of Cambodians mis-classifying themselves and confusion about their Khmer identity, but only that Khmer and the demographic of today's Cambodia is changing to accompanied for the masses of millions of legal and illegal Youns who come to live in Cambodia. We know that, Youn have live en mass with in Cambodia and spread like wildfire, however, we are not confused about this "self-proclaim" Khmer identity. It has been this way for over a thousand years, and the fact that it needs to be change now does not reflect a mistake, but as I say, rather an unfortunate change and trend in the reality of Vietnamese and Sino dominated Khmer land, or as we always say in Khmer, "Srok Khmer". What is wrong with using Khmer as an all encompassing group identity? What is wrong with using this word as we have always use for over a millennium now? This word Khmer on contrary, does not exclude people out of Cambodia, it includes and builds solidarity in "Srok Khmer", even the Sino Khmers had come to refer to themselves as "we Khmers". This is a term, under an umbrella, of a over 2 thousand years of history of unity, and it strengthens the continuation of the cultures of our forefathers who have bestowed it onto us, in this land. Those who come to this land, and accept the ancestors contributions and show gratitude to allegiance to this nation are part of the Khmer identity. Those who wish to exclude themselves, and self-identify otherwise for other political purpose, no matter under what guise, what propanda, what message, or persuasion, is neither Cambodian nor Khmer - but betrayals who have infiltrated the nation and wishes to destroy it from the inside out. Thailand is neither a country of the Tais nor is the TAI a homogenous ethnic identity, yet "Thai" comes to be the core identifying feature of that country and unity for many people who are not even Tai. And Thai identity is brief compared to the Khmer identity, so it should be that the Khmer identity should wrap an even stronger solidarity and unity among all people of Cambodia - because this is the word that connects this land to its ancient heritage and the word that will continuate to prerseve and perpetuation the survival of that heritage. Those who enter wishing to destroy this heritage can be can neither Cambodia, Chun Kampuchea or Khmer and should forever be outcast as foreigners bent on the destruction and domination of Khmer nation. Period. On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Neak Kampuchea <[email protected]>wrote: > Khmer culture heritage Foundation itself has been creating Khmer > extremism, corruption with impunity, thousand years before Mr. Hen > Sen’s birth date. > > Please be understood that Cambodian is not a race’s name as certain > individual of Khmer self-proclaimed have believed. One should thinks > that this English word Cambodian meaning is not the same as Khmer > language meaning, which has not been adjusted for decades along social > evolution or in others words along with multi-ethnic integration. > Cambodian should be called in Khmer word “Chun-Kampuchea” but not > Khmer. > > Every English word we speak has been updated. So please be careful to > catch-up this English word “Cambodian”, which is designated for > calling all inhabitants within Cambodia’s territories without > discriminating of origins of birth, belief, and political tendency. > Please keep in mind that Cambodian does not exceed to be illegally > added Khmer ethnic of Vietnam or Khmer ethnic of Thailand. Cambodian > word is solely nominated for people within Cambodia’s legal boundary. > > All those Khmer language confusions has been due to the lack of Khmer > language institute existence, which would be updating Khmer language > along Cambodian social evolution, during the past hundred years to > present days. > > Look these Khmer words that are saying Preah Vehear and Angkor temples > are Khmer culture. But in English the whole meaning is this: Preah > Vihear and Angkor temple are Khmer Heritage culture, but not our > actual Khmer culture, which has been changed so far into Cambodian > culture. > > Some young Cambodian women today are wearing sun glasses with short > dresses and skirts, men are with suites and ties with western style > shoes, living in concrete and brick building or houses. Everyone eat > food on the table with fork and spoon. We dance we listen moderns > music and songs. > > All of what we are doing today is called Cambodian culture. But we are > not anymore in Khmer ancient culture, for which there is now a > repeated glorifying games, which are heard for political interest of > special individual gain in this Khmer lacking logical order language > (perplexity language). > > The actual Cambodian constitution, its self, is conflicting with > Universal democracy principal, and has truly been creating Khmer > extremist movement, culture of corruption and impunity due to Khmer > extreme religious nationalism with misunderstanding of Cambodia’s > continual social evolution, which would, no doubt, be one day backlash > for people equal rights, freedom of expression with identical life of > human dignity, freedom of assembly, freedom of belief, freedom of > movement, freedom of receiving information. > > Look, Cambodia (Kampuchea) is the official name of the country; its > inhabitants should be called Cambodian, (Chun-Kampuchea). It is none > relevance or in other words none sense for calling Khmer, that had > been nominated in ancient time for calling Khmer people in Khmer > Empire, which had already been fragmented into Cambodia, Thailand, > South Vietnam. This is the reason why there are Thai-Khmer, Cambodian- > Khmer, Vietnam-Khmer. For now we have Cambodia, its people should be > Cambodian. And Cambodian in Khmer word is “Chun-Kampuchea” or simply > “Kampuchean” (Kampujean). > > Pease examine Sam Rainsy’s party and Rong Chhun’s teacher union > leader; they do politics in the name of Khmer in the flaw > constitution, in which has some English words mistranslated as We the > people of Cambodia are Khmer citizen in place of Cambodian citizen, > These two men, their teams including Ms.Musochea have never called > Cambodian people in Khmer word Chun-Kampuchea as Mr. Hun Sen did. > > This is the reason why there is extremist Khmer movement that has been > pushing thousand and thousand Khmer Krom of Vietnam and Khmer Surin of > Thailand for coming to Phnom Penh for claiming their Khmer > citizenship, because they said they are also Khmer like the others in > the country. No doubt, there is a strong support from SRP and Union > leader Rong Chhun for their political gain, but their logical sense is > lacking. > > This potential problem will last, and has extended to make Cambodian > instability threat, until some day Cambodian Government will > understand and decide a decisive reform those malicious constitutional > clauses, in which there is an universal democracy principal flaw. > . > Mr. Hen Sen knows all of that, but he thinks this is not the time yet, > until next young Cambodian generations will become more educated in > the Cambodian majority as needed. For now, his government has enough > power to unconstitutionally order for doing anything and calling all > Cambodian in Khmer word”Chun-Kampuchea” for teaching unaware people > ahead of the time as needed, and also expressing a willingness for > avoiding discrimination of origin of birth for all inhabitants in > Cambodia in the face of UN human right, NGO groups, domestic and > oversea Cambodian as well. This is what, CPP is doing about. > > We the people of Cambodia need Constitutional reform for replacing > fault version > “Khmer citizen” by a true description” Cambodian citizen” for pursuing > to the countries name Cambodia in relevance to the name of its people > Cambodian. > > 1-We the people of Cambodia are “Cambodian citizens”. > 2-The government of Cambodia is from Cambodian for Cambodian. > 3-The state is separated from religion that is exclusively belonging > to the people > 4-Cambodian government should be Secular. (Neutral is among different > religions). > > If religion continues to belong to the state, Cambodia could never be > able to alleviate poverty and corruption, which has been hiding behind > the power of Cambodian government itself. > > Believe or not, except to anyone, but please afford to take a look as > the following: > > If one of Ministers, one provincial Governor, one state or a > provincial Prosecutor, or just a district councilor President or > national assembly President, or senator President, will plan to do for > example: Kathen-natien, Haih-Phkar, Kan-ben, or Acpi-sech preah, the > whole staff under the one who does one of those religious ceremonies, > must be serenely forced to put some money for taking part with theirs > big bosses, not for belief season, but instead for showing loyalty as > intentionally keeping their job secured. > > As Cambodia has no “none-profit organization laws” to ruler over every > association > in the country, who is going to dare asking for transparency and > accountability? So what is about the big amount of money they has > collected? Couldn’t that be corrupted? Who is going to say no, in the > face of no management and transparency? > > If the same boss will do one ceremony two or three time a year, their > staffs need two or three times money input lost, perhaps the total > amount is enough for buying clothes needed, the whole year, for their > children. > > How about military and police generals, or Commanders, who controls > thousand soldiers, or thousand police officers? Are they done same > religious ceremonies like civilian Ministers did? Yes! They did for > sure, because we have seen them done. And then, we even know that > police and military boss do not wait for their staff’s money to come > voluntary, but they just cut some amount of money from their pay-roll > without asking them. Who is going to dare to reveal that? But I’m sure > those victims are going to whisper anywhere. > > There are also all over the country, thousand and thousand influential > private Cambodian middle classes businessmen, which have been doing > the same religious ceremonies? Yes! They did more than government > officials do, as they have more free times. How about the big money > they have collected from hundred innocent and unaware Buddhist > Cambodian believers under their influence? Who is going to be sure > they did not corrupt? Is this an easy way, for making easy money, any > time they want as needed? > > One more thing to finalize my very painful of low government class > officials: > > Some big official guys did the same thing, not only for religious > ceremonies, but for offering large amount of money to Cambodian RED > CROSS, in which First lady Bunary’s Hun Sen is the president, for > helping Cambodian disaster victims. > > Those big guys did get big money from the cut of pay-roll of their > staffs far differently from civilian who did get money voluntary from > their subordinate officials through their job security worrisome. > > But this is a smart way; big guys can show their faces through First > Lady Bunary, for making his loyalty known to Mr. Hun Sen at the > expense of their suffering staffs. > > Those entirely painful example stories mentioned above are > imperceptible monster corruption. Please be in mind that “none profit > organization law” is a regulation that is legally rules over an > association or a group of more than one person, who get involve in any > money collecting in any religious or none religious ceremony in US > country. But unfortunately this law doesn’t exist in Cambodia right > now. > > Good government should have a bright perception or in other word, > wisdom for controlling all those cheating and all those hidden > corruption by know-how with a win-win strategy from US’s expertise is > the best, for cleaning up such cruel social defect from several > hundred years that had been causing permanent poverty for innocent > Buddhist Cambodian people. > > But this could happen only if Mr. Hun Sen had a political will, > because he is a very powerful Cambodian leader of our time. He can do > anything if he wants to do it. > > Mr. Hun Sen needs investigation? Yes? It’s an easy task! Please just > send Mr. Soy Sopheap to secretly ask questions hundred first class > soldiers and police officers. I am sure he will find lot evidences. > But I’m afraid, Mr. Hun Sen will be silence for a big while before > taking any action and I think, Mr. Soy Sopheap will be perhaps unable > to show on TV screen as he did on every small guys every day and > night . > > Look! The state religion promotes monster corruption in every angle of > Cambodian society, because it’s illegal to say something that is > happening very badly about Buddhism. People must all the time shut > their mouth, so please be understood that state should be separated > from religion, so that people could criticize and corruption would go > down automatically at least 60% and if with additional “none profit > organization law” it would be gone down more to 95%. > > Please beware that I did not criticize Mr. Hun Sen at all. Today I > swear and I pledge clearly declaring that Mr. Hun Sen is the best > Cambodian leader, most Cambodian and all foreign powers can trust more > than others, as we have been seeing all along, and there is no need to > mention about them. > > But I see under his shadow with this kind of Cambodian constitution, > in which there is no good judgment for Cambodian social evolution to > develop and adopt with, and also there is an extreme religious > nationalism integrated within an invisible monster corruption in every > angle of Cambodian government and social communities. > > But even though with the above potential problem, we can still see, in > the next 10 years Thailand and Vietnam will be very difficult to > compete and challenge Cambodia due to Mr. Hun Sen news’s prospective > openness economic policy that has enormously been attracting foreign > investors and tourism as well. This beautiful policy has been > enormously supported by World Bank, IMF, US, EU, Japan, South Korea, > China and UN. > > All of those Hun Sen’s works have been weighing on these two giants > neighbors that are unaware of being self-trapped with their own > beloved nationalism barriers for a long time to come. > > I really hope that Hun Sen will change and modify the country sometime > ahead to obtaining good judgment for all Cambodian and foreigners as > well. > > Please remember once more time, that this Khmer heritage culture > foundation had already been built thousand years before Mr. Hun Sen > has born in this country, and be patient, he needs more experts, more > times, and bigger power in order to be able to pass-over this current > malicious Cambodian constitution without problems before a real reform > had happened. > > With my best regards from Neak Kampuchea. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. > This is an unmoderated forum. 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