This is a street near the Salesian Sisters Technical School for Girls in Tuol Kork. It used to be a fairly big tree-shaded avenue. Now it’s getting even bigger but without the trees. All that is left of them are big stumps like the one above as the trees were sacrificed for progress.
Signs from MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
I want to live and learn, please? |
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Odds are against the wildlife
A distressing article in The Phnom Penh Post reported that more than 100,000 snares were found in one national forest in Cambodia over the last six years. An official estimated there were at least twice that many that they did not find. The snares–used because they are easy and inexpensive–kill animals indiscriminately and the toll is especially bad for the endangered species. Part of the reason for the destruction of the wildlife is cultural–some groups literally don’t know any better and just keep hunting the animals as their people have for centuries; another part is economic–there is a thriving market for wild animals shipped to China and Vietnam and other places; and part of it is governmental–the government has a very poor record of enforcement of any type throughout the country (unless the target is seen as an opponent of the ruling party in which case a perverted “justice” is swift and overwhelming.)
Signs from MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
Too old to create change? Move aside. We’ll do it. |
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Signs from MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
Talk to me about the sanctity of the second amendment when it is your kid bleeding out on the floor of his first-grade classroom. |
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Signs from MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
Our lives matter more than your AR-15 |
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A gift in gratitude
At our weekly Wednesday meeting today, Fr. Kevin Conroy showed off a new vestment he was given in gratitude by a family with a mentally ill elder. The man had been acting out, sometimes violently, but when Fr. Kevin–who runs the Maryknoll Mental Health Program–came to see him, Kevin was able to reduce the man’s agitation and help the family find a new peacefulness.
Just wandering…
You don’t see them as much as you did a few years ago, but cattle still roam the streets of Phnom Penh which is really a large small-town. (At least they walk on the sidewalk!)
Signs from MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
The scariest thing in school should be my grades. |
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Signs from MARCH FOR OUR LIVES
Who in your life would have to die from gun violence before you support gun control? |
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