Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'La Petanque'

Cambodia news in English! Here you'll find all the breaking news from Cambodia translated into English for our international readership and expat community to read and comment on. The majority of our news stories are gathered from the local Khmer newspapers, but we also bring you newsworthy media from Cambodia before you read them anywhere else. Because of the huge population of the capital city, most articles are from Phnom Penh, but Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, and Kampot often make the headlines as well. We report on all arrests and deaths of foreigners in Cambodia, and the details often come from the Cambodian police or local Khmer journalists. As an ASEAN news outlet, we also publish regional news and events from our neighboring countries. We also share local Khmer news stories that you won't find in English anywhere else. If you're looking for a certain article, you may use our site's search feature to find it quickly.
User avatar
Brody
Expatriate
Posts: 7203
Joined: Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:07 pm
Reputation: 8203
United States of America

Re: Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'Le Petanque'

Post by Brody »

nemo wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:17 pm USA has a relatively high vax rate and very low rate of new infections, but a "certain segment" of the population has taken on this issue along with some other absurd cultish notions.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
Presumably the bulk of new infections we are seeing here now are the delta variant, so caution is still advisable even for vaccinated people.
Take note clutchcargo.........this is how you do it. No offense taken here.

I swear.....if I, as an American, walked into a bar in Australia and ran my mouth making similar flippant comments about Australia as some of you all do about the US.....I'd get my ass kicked pdq and rightly so.
Anchor Moy
Expatriate
Posts: 13458
Joined: Wed May 28, 2014 11:37 pm
Reputation: 3974
Tokelau

Re: Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'Le Petanque'

Post by Anchor Moy »

I don't think we need to visit all the countries that we discuss here, do we ? So many posters have talked about Wuhan in China, yet they have never been there. Does that invalidate all opinions and discussion on the subject ? How many people here have been to Myanmar (yet post comments) ?
:roll:
Free discussion is free discussion, so why not discuss instead of shutting down a conversation, because "triggered".
IMO, the whole idea of being triggered by is one of those entirely useless perceptions that comes from the US that the rest of the world do not need, and do not care about, so can we chill out on this, since we are in Cambodia where there are more important things happening such as Covid-19 cases in expat bars where they play petanque. And does anyone have more info on this latest outbreak ?
User avatar
Grand Barong
Expatriate
Posts: 787
Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2021 6:49 pm
Reputation: 623
Location: QLD
Australia

Re: Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'Le Petanque'

Post by Grand Barong »

nemo wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 4:41 pm France has a high degree of vaccine hesitancy. Reportedly some ( many? ), believe it is a depopulation conspiracy AND believe it is a hoax at the same time.
Image
User avatar
Brody
Expatriate
Posts: 7203
Joined: Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:07 pm
Reputation: 8203
United States of America

Re: Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'Le Petanque'

Post by Brody »

Anchor Moy wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:34 pm discuss here
I'm all for well reasoned discussions.

It's ignorant, flippant, tropey bullshit about my country that I'm not going to tolerate from wannabe armchair geopolitical analysts hammering away on their keyboard between slurps of Angkor.

and I didn't say anything about "shutting down" discussion.........just know that BS won't go unchallenged......that's all.
User avatar
GMJS-CEO
Expatriate
Posts: 1235
Joined: Wed May 21, 2014 10:34 pm
Reputation: 810
United States of America

Re: Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'Le Petanque'

Post by GMJS-CEO »

The bar mentioned in the OP has a French name so I guess those are the clientele and why France is mentioned.

What is the connection to the United States?
User avatar
bossho
Aging Tweaker
Posts: 622
Joined: Thu Oct 24, 2019 6:03 pm
Reputation: 276
United States of America

Re: Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'Le Petanque'

Post by bossho »

GMJS-CEO said:
"The bar mentioned in the OP has a French name so I guess those are the clientele and why France is mentioned.

What is the connection to the United States?"

above quote from G#$ CEO

read the thread, what's gotten into you mate? doing meth or something?
Last edited by bossho on Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Grand Barong
Expatriate
Posts: 787
Joined: Mon Feb 08, 2021 6:49 pm
Reputation: 623
Location: QLD
Australia

Re: Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'Le Petanque'

Post by Grand Barong »

Brody wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:52 pm
Anchor Moy wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:34 pm discuss here
I'm all for well reasoned discussions.

It's ignorant, flippant, tropey bullshit about my country that I'm not going to tolerate from wannabe armchair geopolitical analysts hammering away on their keyboard between slurps of Angkor.

and I didn't say anything about "shutting down" discussion.........just know that BS won't go unchallenged......that's all.
User avatar
AndyKK
Expatriate
Posts: 6448
Joined: Tue Jun 13, 2017 7:32 am
Reputation: 2248
Great Britain

Re: Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'Le Petanque'

Post by AndyKK »

Quote - The move comes after authorities discovered that people who were tested positive with Covid-19 went to a party at the bar on June 12.
To me this sounds a little unclear! Who are the people tested positive? Is it some people after the party, or perhaps people tested before, and if so, why were they mixing with the public. Overall what was the nationalities of the infected people?
So, how many of you go for a meal and drink keeping your masks on. Also maybe they are making a point of 4 1/2 hours of party is too long.
So remember next time your out and about, drink that first draft, take a good breath and exhale slowly before lowering the mask, raise the glass too your lips and that beer should slip down in one, and return the mask to its position. Next, grab the attention of the waitress, ordering you're food by only pointing at the menu and making grunting sounds to what you would wish to order, then lifting the empty glass to have a second one. That full glass now placed down on the table can now be drunk at ease with the meal arrival shortly. Or maybe like the first, to take the 3rd accompanying the food with a 4th to wash it down. The 5th becomes before the desert, then the 6th and 7th just to keep from being dehydrated after the good fill of the meal. The 8th and 9th beers on the way whilst having the evening pastime of people watching, only a short relax to let the food settle, and of coarse, wondering to move on for beer number 10. Possibly at a lady-bar on the next street. Walk or Tuk-tuk? Decision, after a pee. Pass app arrived when paying the bill. So arrival was all smiles from the girls, you could only imagine because they all are following the rules, dawned in their facemasks and keeping social distancing. It all becomes so natural after sometime and a little thought. But that next beer will go down well. But Covid19 has changed, or had an effect on all our lives, we all wish too for it to leave and give us back what we once had! Socialisation and a little normality of freedom.
Always "hope" but never "expect".
User avatar
Clutch Cargo
Expatriate
Posts: 7740
Joined: Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:09 pm
Reputation: 5999
Cambodia

Re: Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'Le Petanque'

Post by Clutch Cargo »

Brody wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 7:53 pm
clutchcargo wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 6:56 pm ^^
Not too different than the US then..
Really? Don't fucking speak for me, clutchcargo.

How about Australia?

I recall instances of idiocy like toilet paper hoarding reported in the Aussie news. Any vaccine conspiracy fucktardery there?

You seem clued in to the United States, how about your own country?
OK I accept it was a bit of a glib post and ideally, could have expanded on what I meant. Coz without that added meaning, it can be taken as one way or another.

But I want to say this. It was not at all intended to denigrate the US. Quite the opposite. I view the US, rightly or wrongly, as a state that believes in freedom and probably foremost in the world. And so, I think we've seen a significant element there that do not like gov't or otherwise imposed requirements like mask wearing, vaccination and other covid restrictions. Such impositions can be seen as an invasion of one's freedom I guess.

I may be wrong about this too but from what I've discerned IMHO the French are not too dissimilar on this. I believe they are also quite nationalistic as to what they believe in (aka 'liberté) and prepared to stand up against repressive values they don't believe fit in their open society..hence for example the fuss about banning burkas and the Charlie Hebdo cartoons.

I used to think that Australia was like the US aka freedom loving people (maybe I'm thinking the 1960-70s) but sadly again IMHO I believe that is no longer the case and it has now become a nanny state. A policy of total covid eradication, quarantine quotas for returning Australians (last I read there are 50,000 trying to come back), enforced quarantine for 2 weeks in a gov't approved centre at your expense for incoming, ministerial approval required to leave the country, each state enforcing their own border controls such that it's no longer one country to travel freely within.

And it seems the Australian people are right behind it with hardly any protest against this policy of very strict, harsh and imo unrealistic restrictions. And they don't appear to have a plan for opening up compared to other SE Asian countries. With the latest outbreaks, I think they will realise that in time their total eradication policy is just not feasible or sustainable and they can't stay an island fortress forever. But they will have an election before that to announce how well they've done in saving lives and then after, announce they are opening up.

Now I know there's some stereotyping there but I do think there is some similarity with what I originally quoted ie
France has a high degree of vaccine hesitancy. Reportedly some ( many? ), believe it is a depopulation conspiracy AND believe it is a hoax at the same time.
User avatar
Clutch Cargo
Expatriate
Posts: 7740
Joined: Mon Mar 26, 2018 3:09 pm
Reputation: 5999
Cambodia

Re: Covid Detected After Maskless Revels at Expat Bar 'Le Petanque'

Post by Clutch Cargo »

GMJS-CEO wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:15 pm The bar mentioned in the OP has a French name so I guess those are the clientele and why France is mentioned.

What is the connection to the United States?
Yes, you're right...mea culpa shouldn't have stepped into that minefield.. :facepalm:
Post Reply Previous topicNext topic
  • Similar Topics
    Replies
    Views
    Last post

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot], Majestic-12 [Bot] and 862 guests