The king is dead
- Felgerkarb
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Police are already shaking down street.vendors saying no sales for 2 months and confiscating vendor carts. Somebody bring them in line or a lot of people are going to have serious issues.
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Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
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http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/ ... 51/1/.htmlCambodia to display Sihanouk's body for three months
PHNOM PENH - The body of revered former Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk, who died in Beijing aged 89 on Monday, will go on display in Phnom Penh for three months before a lavish state funeral, an official said.
The body is set to arrive in the Cambodian capital on Wednesday afternoon and a mourning period will last until October 21, government spokesman Khieu Kanharith told AFP.
"(The) funeral will be three months later," he said, explaining that it would give Cambodians a chance to pay their respects to the beloved monarch, whose life encompassed turbulent years of rule, exile, conflict and tragedy, including the Khmer Rouge reign of terror.
The decision was made at a high-level meeting in Phnom Penh, hours after news broke that the royal had died early Monday at a Beijing hospital following a heart attack.
Cambodia's current King Norodom Sihamoni, who ascended the throne after his father Sihanouk abruptly abdicated in 2004, and Prime Minister Hun Sen have flown to Beijing to collect the body.
Khieu Kanharith said he believed around a hundred thousand people would line the streets of the capital on Wednesday to mark Sihanouk's final return to Phnom Penh after spending the last 10 months in China undergoing medical treatment.
Sihanouk's long-time assistant Prince Sisowath Thomico said he too expected a large outpouring of grief for the charismatic royal in Phnom Penh, where flags were already flying at half-mast on Monday.
"We can expect many people along the streets when the body returns," he told AFP.
He said plans to put the body on display were in line with Cambodian practice.
"It's according to the tradition of the Cambodian royal family," he told AFP, adding that the same procedure was followed when Sihanouk's father, then King Norodom Suramarit, passed away in 1960.
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It wouldn't surprise me at all if bars were told to shutter up for a week or two.
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Cambodians' blind, uncritical celebration of the memory of NS,which can now be observed Facebook, is a true testament to the ignorance created by the school system and media in this country
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Expect a lot of crackdowns.keeping_it_riel wrote:It wouldn't surprise me at all if bars were told to shutter up for a week or two.
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Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
McNamara won't be at the funeral, Ken, as he died a few years ago. Typical of the state this forum has reached that posters are more concerned about bars being closed than commenting about the life and times of one of the more colourful leaders of the 20th. Century.
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I am holding back on what my personal experience and opinions are of the King out of respect for his national identity.Gilmore wrote:McNamara won't be at the funeral, Ken, as he died a few years ago. Typical of the state this forum has reached that posters are more concerned about bars being closed than commenting about the life and times of one of the more colourful leaders of the 20th. Century.
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Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
Why are the gods such vicious cunts?
Where is the god of tits and wine?
What ever happens here will be minor compared to what will inevitably happen in Thailand some time soon.
It's probably a good thing that our King went first so for once we be following Thai practices.
It's probably a good thing that our King went first so for once we be following Thai practices.
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I'm with Gilmore and Felgerkarb on this one. I noticed a few people who were upset today. My guess is that it was in some way a yearning for bygone times, back when things were simpler and there seemed to be so much hope for a newly independent country. What happened since then would have been difficult for any leader to avoid with much stronger outside powers to deal with.Felgerkarb wrote:I am holding back on what my personal experience and opinions are of the King out of respect for his national identity.Gilmore wrote:McNamara won't be at the funeral, Ken, as he died a few years ago. Typical of the state this forum has reached that posters are more concerned about bars being closed than commenting about the life and times of one of the more colourful leaders of the 20th. Century.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
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But hostess bars will be exempt, right? I arrive the night of the 21st.keeping_it_riel wrote:It wouldn't surprise me at all if bars were told to shutter up for a week or two.
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Nice timing!gavinmac wrote:But hostess bars will be exempt, right? I arrive the night of the 21st.keeping_it_riel wrote:It wouldn't surprise me at all if bars were told to shutter up for a week or two.
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Granted, mocking the dead is not cool. But I cant think of even a least major positive thing that he is worthy of respect or admire. Just another day!
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Everyone bow down and pay extreme homage to his Majesty flying chicken.
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As positives go gaining Cambodian independence springs to mind.flying chicken wrote:Granted, mocking the dead is not. But I think of even a least major positive thing that he is worthy of respect or admire. Just another day!
Also some of his quotes were excellent.
Dictated to a slave and sent by carrier pigeon.
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