Francis wrote: Cambodian monks seem to have no ethics, and I'm sure that they have no clue about Buddhism.

Joker Poker wrote: The one thing that seems to unite them is the love of money.

Francis wrote:Today is no holiday. Yesterday was a holiday and they just know the Khmer name for it . Nobody is able to translate it into English or to explain the meaning .

This is apparently no official holiday - it's not mentioned on here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_hol ... n_Cambodia

Perhaps some weird Buddhist celebration and as Cambodians always do - they extend the celebrations for a day or two for no obvious reason (yap, it's soooooooo difficult to stop celebrating)

Francis wrote:

taabarang wrote: I think it is reasonable to assume that there are varying degrees of orthodoxy throughout Cambodia.

Of course, it is. Every religion has varying degrees of orthodoxy, but in general beating up peasants, burning flags, trampling on Vietnamese hats, taking part in demonstrations, taking part in political activities, producing sex movies, going into brothels, taking drugs.....has absolutely nothing to do with Buddhism.
I remember, a couple of years ago I met this monk and we had a chat. Didn't take long and he asked me whether I could help him to smuggle huge amounts of cigarettes into Europe . Especially Cambodian monks seem to have no ethics, and I'm sure that they have no clue about Buddhism.