By Davan Long
OMG… Here we go again. The last time I heard the word “Pakdevot”, I lost my father. My entire family and I along with millions of our people almost died of starvation, and the Nation was on the verge of disappearing from the World map. For those of you who are fortunate enough not to have lived through the Khmer Rouge era, I would humbly urge you to consider your choice with utmost diligence. Beware of what you’re getting yourselves into.
For some caring compatriots still living abroad, ask yourselves this question: “Would you make the same decision if you and your family have to live with its consequence in Cambodia, like the majority of Cambodians who have no where to go in the event of a civil war?
This is not to say that change is not warranted, but simply to point out the mistakes from the past. We had high hope and expectation for changes, and repeatedly they turned out to be disastrous for the people and the country. Millions of people, myself included, are still emotionally traumatized by a series of painful events resulted from those changes.
For any change to be beneficial, especially for a small country like ours which is surrounded by large neighbors, it has to be gradual and followed by an orderly transition period. This is rarely the case for any “Pakdevot” I have lived in, seen or read so far.
Cher Lok Freddy et chers compatriotes,
Il est évident que les changements spontanés dans le monde arabe que nous témoignons aujourd’hui suscitent beaucoup de réactions parmi nos compatriotes. Pour certains, la tentation est assez palpitante qu’ils ne cachent pas leur désir de voir cette expérience se reproduire au Cambodge, alors que d’autres préfèrent faire appel a la prudence. Quelle que soit l’opinion exprimée, il est clair que le «status quo» n’est plus soutenable. Personne ne peut nier que ce vent de changement va avoir, sinon déjà a, un impact profond sur le Cambodge et son visage politique. J’espère que ce même vent persuadera le gouvernement du Cambodge a adopter dans l’exercice de son fonctionnement une politique plus ouverte, plus transparente et plus tolérante.
Fraternellement,
Davan Long
OMG… Here we go again. The last time I heard the word “Pakdevot”, I lost my father. My entire family and I along with millions of our people almost died of starvation, and the Nation was on the verge of disappearing from the World map. For those of you who are fortunate enough not to have lived through the Khmer Rouge era, I would humbly urge you to consider your choice with utmost diligence. Beware of what you’re getting yourselves into.
For some caring compatriots still living abroad, ask yourselves this question: “Would you make the same decision if you and your family have to live with its consequence in Cambodia, like the majority of Cambodians who have no where to go in the event of a civil war?
This is not to say that change is not warranted, but simply to point out the mistakes from the past. We had high hope and expectation for changes, and repeatedly they turned out to be disastrous for the people and the country. Millions of people, myself included, are still emotionally traumatized by a series of painful events resulted from those changes.
For any change to be beneficial, especially for a small country like ours which is surrounded by large neighbors, it has to be gradual and followed by an orderly transition period. This is rarely the case for any “Pakdevot” I have lived in, seen or read so far.
Cher Lok Freddy et chers compatriotes,
Il est évident que les changements spontanés dans le monde arabe que nous témoignons aujourd’hui suscitent beaucoup de réactions parmi nos compatriotes. Pour certains, la tentation est assez palpitante qu’ils ne cachent pas leur désir de voir cette expérience se reproduire au Cambodge, alors que d’autres préfèrent faire appel a la prudence. Quelle que soit l’opinion exprimée, il est clair que le «status quo» n’est plus soutenable. Personne ne peut nier que ce vent de changement va avoir, sinon déjà a, un impact profond sur le Cambodge et son visage politique. J’espère que ce même vent persuadera le gouvernement du Cambodge a adopter dans l’exercice de son fonctionnement une politique plus ouverte, plus transparente et plus tolérante.
Fraternellement,
Davan Long
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Dear Davan, I appreciate your great idear, please share your wisdome and your talent to help some people who like to play risky game, please stopethem from provoking unstable in Cambodia, now we do not have any leader who could re-united khmer and making peace like hun sen, yes I know he got some negative and some corruption but only those people who not dare to do anythings, those kind of people for sure have done nothinge wrong, I suport Hun sen he have courage to lead por country, I have alote of mistake in my own business too, so please stope looking only negative side and start jasmin revolution just to benifite those SRP or Rainsy business, SRP team they enjoy take and take but never respondsible or shared suffer frome the out come of civil war or thai agresion in cambodia.
thank one again. Mike
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