What was your defining news story of 2014

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Fri Jan 02, 2015 7:59 pm

Digg3r wrote:The news that affected me the most in 2014 (and ever) was the article in a Cambodian publication that stated I was imprisoned in Australia for raping my children.

Never before had I been betrayed like that and I doubt ever again to that capacity. Only a Khmer could be so cold towards their own flesh and blood. Kind of gave me a hatred for the whole fucking country.

What now? That's cold, brother.

Mrs Stroppy · Post by **Mrs Stroppy** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 12:54 am

StroppyChops wrote:
Digg3r wrote:The news that affected me the most in 2014 (and ever) was the article in a Cambodian publication that stated I was imprisoned in Australia for raping my children.

Never before had I been betrayed like that and I doubt ever again to that capacity. Only a Khmer could be so cold towards their own flesh and blood. Kind of gave me a hatred for the whole fucking country.
What now? That's cold, brother.

Agreed, that's awful! Sorry Digg3r, nobody should have to go through that!!!!

Digg3r · Post by **Digg3r** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:37 am

Sailorman · Post by **Sailorman** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 5:55 am

But what about the Moose count?

Samouth · Post by **Samouth** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 9:46 am

After a senseless reformation of unbeatable government the price of making passport is still pricy as hell.
The fee of making new passport is $120 at the moment while the GDP of Cambodian is about 1k.

Digg3r · Post by **Digg3r** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:07 am

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:11 am

Soumy Phan wrote:After a senseless reformation of unbeatable government the price of making passport is still pricy as hell.
The fee of making new passport is $120 at the moment while the GDP of Cambodian is about 1k.

$120 is in line with what most other countries charge, especially as it is now a 10 year passport. If you are going to relate it to the GDP of Cambodia. perhaps petrol [ and one thousand other things ] is also pricy as hell.

LTO · Post by **LTO** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:11 am

Soumy Phan wrote:After a senseless reformation of unbeatable government the price of making passport is still pricy as hell.
The fee of making new passport is $120 at the moment while the GDP of Cambodian is about 1k.

I've always wondered the real reason for passports being so expensive. I used to imagine it was part of the 'mirage' that Strangio talks about, though I'm not sure I was right about it. There were dictatorial restrictions on travel in the 1980s for Cambodians, just like most Cold War era commie countries. Then after the 93 elections, when Cambodia supposedly became a liberal democracy and new rights and freedom put in place, the new availability of passports was a way for the government to be able to say that Cambodians now had freedom of travel, while the prohibitive price meant that in practice freedom of travel was out of reach of most Cambodians, just like it was communist 80s. As for why it is still in place, I'm not sure if it is still to limit who can travel, or if it's a money making scheme, or if they just haven't bothered to update the pricing.

StroppyChops · Post by **StroppyChops** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:31 pm

Sailorman wrote:But what about the Moose count?

It was below the fold and continued on page 2, didn't it.

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:53 pm

Duncan wrote:
Soumy Phan wrote:After a senseless reformation of unbeatable government the price of making passport is still pricy as hell.
The fee of making new passport is $120 at the moment while the GDP of Cambodian is about 1k.
$120 is in line with what most other countries charge, especially as it is now a 10 year passport. If you are going to relate it to the GDP of Cambodia. perhaps petrol [ and one thousand other things ] is also pricy as hell.

South Africa = around $40/10 years

Nobody wants ignorant peasants seeing developed countries populated by people who love their country.

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