The Buddha said "You are what you thought". If a man thought of negative, then negative energy will come, but if a man thought of positive, then positive energy will come. Khmers need to think positive and provide each other hope. Khmers have to dare to dream; without dreams we are dead. Martin Luther King dare to dream. As you can see America has the first black President. Everything is possible if you dare to dream. Who would have thought Khmer Empire fall to the ground; as witnessed in Cambodia's history of destruction. Cambodia has to dare to dream of reuniting ours brothers and sisters again and becomes the amazing place again as the center of world. I know I am dreaming, for now this is what I could do and encourage others to do the same.
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Anonymous said...
Quite agree with you Warrior Blood. Some say that our optimism of Cambodia is dangerous. They think we are dreaming of something that could never happen considering the current situation of Cambodia. When we look at our past to gain inspiration, they think we are too proud of ourselves. Only our enemies want us to think that way. Such negative people have low self-esteem, insecure and lack of confidence. Such people procrastinate all the time and always see things in negative perspectives. By running and hiding, they think this will make them safe from threats.
Our hope and dream as Khmers is to unite all of our long lost brothers and sisters who had been separated from us by the forces of our enemies. There is nothing wrong with dreaming of one day re-uniting with them as one Khmers. Dream creates hope, hope gives strength, strength can overpower challenges. Conquering challenges make dreams come true.
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Anonymous said...
I don't mean to be a pessimist or try to kill anyone's dreams, especially our Khmer family. I have dreams too, but I'm also a realist. Don't forget that Pol Pot and his clique had dreams too. Look at what had happened and we continue to suffer from Pol Pot's mentally ill-prepared dreams of running the country and trying to recover Khmer Krom. Lucky, that the International Community was able to force out the Vietnamese or else we're still be slaved by them without a land to call home of our own. Work hard methodically with, build your capacity, be nimble and strike at opportune time. Someone says a journey of a thousand miles start with the first step.
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Anonymous said...
Quite agree with you Warrior Blood. Some say that our optimism of Cambodia is dangerous. They think we are dreaming of something that could never happen considering the current situation of Cambodia. When we look at our past to gain inspiration, they think we are too proud of ourselves. Only our enemies want us to think that way. Such negative people have low self-esteem, insecure and lack of confidence. Such people procrastinate all the time and always see things in negative perspectives. By running and hiding, they think this will make them safe from threats.
Our hope and dream as Khmers is to unite all of our long lost brothers and sisters who had been separated from us by the forces of our enemies. There is nothing wrong with dreaming of one day re-uniting with them as one Khmers. Dream creates hope, hope gives strength, strength can overpower challenges. Conquering challenges make dreams come true.
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Anonymous said...
I don't mean to be a pessimist or try to kill anyone's dreams, especially our Khmer family. I have dreams too, but I'm also a realist. Don't forget that Pol Pot and his clique had dreams too. Look at what had happened and we continue to suffer from Pol Pot's mentally ill-prepared dreams of running the country and trying to recover Khmer Krom. Lucky, that the International Community was able to force out the Vietnamese or else we're still be slaved by them without a land to call home of our own. Work hard methodically with, build your capacity, be nimble and strike at opportune time. Someone says a journey of a thousand miles start with the first step.
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Dream without actions mean nothing.
I joined thousand students to fight against Vietnamese and Thai invasion. We had nothing but we had heart. I like other students was beaten and life threatened by Hun Sen dogs. We shared sacrifice by collecting a little money as much as possible to have lunch and dinner to keep movement alive. We asked for help but nothing happens.
I bet these bloggers if they dare to sacrifice their money to support such movement.
Talking about dream is cheap but actions and real sacrifices will be memorized.
I totally agreed with you all and your articles. Dreams and actions makes everything possible for our country. Like you said we had heart even though we are weak and poor but hearts and minds will change the event that is happening in Cambodia.
Dreams and Realities Under Autocracy
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Under a liberal, democratic system of government, people's dreams or aspirations stand a much better chance of being translated into realities. Conversely, an authoritarian and autocratic rule as prevailing in Cambodia allows little or no room for these dreams to materialise. If anything, such hopes and aspirations are regarded as more of a threat to the regime or its survival and therefore something to be suppressed and stifled before they ever get the chance to express themselves.
For a people like Cambodians there are no grander dreams than to have basic rights to necessities such as adequate food, shelter, land tenure, communal resources like forest, fishery as well as the right to a fair trial and an impartial judiciary. Cambodia does possess many or most of these basic rights under the formality of the Constitution, including the right to receiving free medical care should people be unable to meet the cost of the treatment. But, the Constitution itself, like the embodiment of the Khmer people's dreams exist only in a bundle of documents.
Those famous activists from Ghandi, Luther King, Nelson Mandela, Aung San Su Ky just like some courageous Khmers who pursued their dreams for a better world, all had a run-in with their authorities who had little sympathy with their hopes and aspirations and had to pay their dues with their lives and personal freedom.
Listen to the two young ladies who had been arrested by the police and released from custody recently and try to understand their dreams instead of treating them as potential trouble-makers or enemies of the state.
Whenever you switch on a TV channel in Cambodia, what 'dreams' do you see or hear being endorsed or promoted except those of the Prime Minister and his yes-men? Does this fact implies that only the ruling party and its PM can determine what dreams are legitimate and what dreams are not? Are the Khmer people's dreams irrelevant to them?
I would not want to indulge in personal attack, but would encourage Cambodians to think critically about the contradiction in advocating hope and positive thinking and privately defending a repressive regime that does everything in its power to suffocate and throttle precisely these aspirations or outlooks.
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