FTKMF: Post 4. A.

In the United States, we value our unalienable rights very deeply. When a case of injustice arrives, where a right has been broken, the public becomes infuriated. While in Cambodia, their seems to be a general lack of rights to the citizens. One major difference between the American and Cambodian cultures, is their government rights. One right that the tabloids and newspapers here in American like to use a lot, is the right to the freedom of speech. While in Cambodia, it seems to be the exact opposite. “Shh . . . don’t talk so loud. It is a crime to speak against the Angkar. If the soldiers hear you they will take you away and kill you.” (114) Another right that we value is the process of criminal trial, while in Cambodia, the soldiers seem to take matters into their own hands. “ I hear tales that the soldiers rape the girls they catch stealing, no matter how young they are.” (114)