Cambodia ~ a sad country

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Re: Cambodia ~ a sad country

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taabarang wrote:
Mr Curious wrote:weirdest goddamn writing style I've ever seen on a forum.
I've seen a few more bizarre, but none so intellectually pretentious.
Have you never read the other site?
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Re: Cambodia ~ a sad country

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Yes, I slum there from time to time.
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Re: Cambodia ~ a sad country

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The kingdom is becoming overrun with nutters, including nutters who drive badly and blame the locals.
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Re: Cambodia ~ a sad country

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Is it not welcome or even prohibited here to say something negative about this country ? People travel, get an impression and qualify. What’s wrong with that ? If you were actually able to open your eyes (no, you aren’t) then you would see that there are actually more negative sides to this country than positive.
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Re: Cambodia ~ a sad country

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Whosmoralsarelastix wrote:Is it not welcome or even prohibited here to say something negative about this country. People travel, get an impression and qualify. What’s wrong with that ? If you were actually able to open your eyes (no, you aren’t) then you would see that there are actually more negative sides to this country than positive.
No, not prohibited or even discouraged. We all know full well the downsides of life in Cambodia and discuss them regularly here. It was the unusual writing style that people can't seem to get past. I read the OP and couldn't make much sense of what he was trying to convey.

As to " there are actually more negative sides to this country than positive"... most people on CEO probably disagree with that statement, or they wouldn't be there. If any place has more negatives than positives for you, then why stay there? Sounds like he won't be staying.

Edit: corrected OP
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Re: Cambodia ~ a sad country

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Soi Dog wrote: It was your unusual writing style
Sorry that I have to disappoint you, but I'm not the OP. You guys are blind and paranoid. NO good.
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Re: Cambodia ~ a sad country

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Whosmoralsarelastix wrote:
Soi Dog wrote: It was your unusual writing style
Sorry that I have to disappoint you, but I'm not the OP. You guys are blind and paranoid. NO good.
Blind, yes. Paranoid, no. I simply confused this thread OP with your bizarre OP about celebrating your 13 year visa overstay.
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Re: Cambodia ~ a sad country

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Uhhhh. In this case you are excused.
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Re: Cambodia ~ a sad country

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aurelius99 wrote:Hello to each of you, my name is Aurelius,
I am happy to say that I reached Cambodia and I am healthy and powerfull enough to travel. It is a beautiful country situated very well on the Earth with beautiful beaches and landscapes. Fortunately enough the planet gave us more than enough sources of ccomfort and we can choose many other destinations and we are not obliged primary by ourselfs neither by others to stay the lenght of time we decided to stay in Cambodia, many times inflicted by the visa duration, but we can simply leave earlier towards the specific road/destination which gives us a smile deep inside ourselfs, as life is short and happiness will always have priority to frustrations. Unlucky for Cambodians they had a bad history which envolved people of their own killing other people of their own and not enemyes from other countries invading them. Maybe hate was one of the feelings which helped them do all those things and this means there is loads of hate inside. But negligible we cross to the present and we can see that the lucky people left alive they are either fortunate to be so by "luck" or by the status they had, and this is bringing a big question: " What kind of people do surround you, are they the minimum smart enough to improove both you and them in a meaningful way or are they just a waste of time...
Well I would like it to be the first way but it seems that only the types of people who are under your or general standard would try so much to beg for attention, in different ways, which are not bringing benefits neither to them neither to you. One example is the way they try to convince you to use their "reputable/reliable/honest/safe/clean/inexpensive" tuktuk or motorbike. Another example comes from the way a customer is treated special if has a white skin frature by receiving a special price. Another example are the unfortunate travellers which had occured theft, scam, rudeness with low to non existent reasons, and as a proof of the visible difference of the character between Cambodians and Westeners, the related story of the Westener victim is not shout in an angry way but rather in a dissapointed sad way of having this kind of people as hosts in this country.
At the end, they deserve their life as they are the commanders of it and let's think deeper than just taking as granted the explination that corruptors are driving the country, because the corruptors are still cambodians and there is a phrase in the world and it sounds like this: " If you want to know how a man really is, put him on the throne. "
Thank you for your attention, I did read this blog and I want to give pure humanitarian and honest right to westerner's feelings of disregard towards Cambodia.
Sorry, I didn't quite get that. Can you repeat please ?
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Re: Cambodia ~ a sad country

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What kind of people do surround you, are they the minimum smart enough to improove both you and them in a meaningful way or are they just a waste of time...
It Depends how hot she is....Dont expect any intelectual stimulation from a Khmer. You'll be sorely disappointed.
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