ok, i agree that yes, it is easier to say "let it go" than actually doing it, but cambodians shouldn't hold onto the grudge...it's certainly not helping them at all... you can't completely eliminate all recollection of the history, but you can't stay stuck in the past forever either. it's about time they move on and deal with the present, rather than having the past events insinuate into and influence every single matter they are faced with, and work towards a more productive future... as i said before, holding the grudge with the thais isn't doing anything to advance the nation...
and yes, i am half cambodian... i'm just using logic
If you want to be logical, why are you generalizing and stating it as if it is a fact that every Cambodian person(s) are beholding a grudge against Thai people? I've mention in my posts that there's more than meets the eye on the grudges and the history that comes a long with it. Not to mention, how do you know that every single matter is dealt with is in the same matter concerning with Thai? What are your evidence to support that statement? I'm not trying be an @ss but I'm just curious. You said, you want to be logical, but so far you only give a bias opinion of someone who see things in a western point of view: assuming that you are from America or in another country beside Cambodia. Every culture handles things differently just like how each person handles their personal grudges or personal matters differently from person to person. You also have to understand that Cambodia have been backtracked economically since the Khmer Rouge regime and the civil war that took place after that. And there are new history amongst survivors that did reside on the Thailand border during the Khmer rouge regime, not just from way back from the oh-forever-ago Ancient past (and I've already mention it in my other post, I think).
What you're implying in your last line, "holding the grudge with the thais isn't doing anything to advance the nation..." But it also have nothing to do with advancement in the nation of Cambodia. Just because there are tension between a country doesn't mean there's no improvement economically in the trades between the two countries. Just because Cambodia didn't allow a Thailand production company to make a movie of a Cambodian King loses its chance of advancing the nation. Advancement economically for the nations have nothing to do with grudges against nations, but rather how a government take care of its people by giving them jobs, how well the business is running, and how well its balancing and checking its own government system (and we all know and believe that Cambodia's government system is full of shiz).
If you have taken any history classes, you would understand or at least acknowledge that history do repeats itself. For example, Rome and Persia went to war with each other many times during the Roman Empire: the Punic war (Rome defeated Persia in all three wars and took over the Persian Empire). About 300 years later history repeats itself, Sassanids (a barbaric group: Persians) under the Roman Empire decided that they want to rebel against the empire. You might not believe that Cambodia is slowly having a productive future, but for a country that has just barely rise its head back up again from a genocide to civil war in the last (roughly) 20 years then I'm not sure you really understand how the world really works. You probably disagree with me, but as much corruption goes on in the government there, the people, especially the younger generations are slowly heading to what you've called, "toward a more productive future." I've also had other reasons that I've already even mention in the quote that you quoted from my post of other cultures that can't 'let go' of the grudges against other countries. I'd like to especially point out the relations between China and Korea to Japan.
There are some Chinese and Koreans who still hold grudges against the Japanese for what they've done during WWII. Maybe the people that hold the grudges, hold it to keep the history alive, so younger generations can at least learn of it and not make the same mistakes again (for whatever reason or purposes they may held)?
You say that you're just using logic to justify this situation. If you want to use logic you have to see it from different sides to make a neutral opinion rather than sounding like you would rather want this 'thing' to just never exist. What happened happened, you can't go back and change it and more importantly you can't just go and tell people how they should feel about it. Because people should not feel obligated to feel something that they don't believe in or support (there is probably a better word than support for this, but I'll leave it at that). Just because you believe that something should be this way doesn't mean other people feel the same. For example, you might love someone, and another person might hate that someone. You can't just tell that person who is hating on that someone to feel the same way as you about that someone you love. :mellow: That last part is probably a bit confusing. XD I don't think I've ever question anyone in particular if they're Cambodian or not in this thread. :\
p.s. don't mind me if i sound like a prick.