One cannot blame anything on buddhism. We can blame those who practice buddhism though.
On Aug 1, 3:52 am, Pheng Kim Ving <[email protected]> wrote: > Neak Kampuchea, > > Hinduism doesn't teach you to eat meat or to kill animals or to kill > other people to expand your territory. Do you realize that even today > Hindus still worship cows, monkeys, and elephants?? Not only do they > not kill and eat cows, they worship them!! D'ohh!! Hindus even have > the monkey god (god who's a monkey) and the elephant god (god who's an > elephant), d'ohh!! Vegetarianism is a value in Hinduism. Do you know > that India lost almost half of its territory that became Pakistan and > Bangladesh?? Why is this so if Hinduism teaches you to expand your > territory?? Are you aware that Hindus do nothing but sing and dance, > as evidenced by all, well well almost all, the Indian movies?? It > seems that you simply do the guesswork in your blame on Buddhism for > the ills of Cambodia. Or maybe you're just trying to look smart. It of > course simply makes you ridiculous. > > All the countries surrounding Cambodia, which are Thailand, Laos, and > Vietnam, are Buddhist countries. But none of them have > suffered the ills that Cambodia has. Can you explain why?? Thailand's > Buddhism is even exactly the same as Cambodia's: Theravada Buddhism. > However Thailand has never had the > mis-fortunes that Cambodia has. Can you explain why?? Thailand and > Vietnam even gained territories bit by bit at the expense of Cambodia. > Can you explain why?? > > As recently as a couple years ago Theravada Buddhist Sri Lanka > defeated the Hindu Tamil Tigers. Can you explain why?? A couple > decades earlier Mahayana Buddhist Vietnam won a war against the > Christian "world superpower" USA. Can you explain why?? Still several > centuries earlier Mahayana Buddhist Vietnam completely swallowed > Muslim Champa. Can you explain why?? > > It appears that you just fabricate things in your un-warranted attack > on Buddhism. Or perhaps you're attempting to > self-aggrandize. You remind me of a Cambodian saying that goes like > this: chess bon-tech bon-tuoch thveu reukk ehng kro-an beur. D'ohh!! > Stop blaming Buddhism for the ills of Cambodia. Take responsibility > for what you did and do. This is exactly similar to what I've been > saying to the racist Vietnam-haters: stop blaming Vietnam or Thailand > or any other country for what you did and do. Take responsibility for > what you did and do. -- 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
