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Cambodia's ex-king has computer, will blog
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| Contributor | User 215 |
| Last Edited | User 215 May 31, 2005 01:03pm |
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| Media | TV News - CNN |
| News Date | Tuesday, May 31, 2005 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- "I thank you for insulting me."
Thus blogged former King Norodom Sihanouk to a critic of his support of gay marriage.
He didn't share any of the insulting e-mails with his readers, but noted: "My country, Cambodia, has chosen to be a liberal democracy since 1993. Every Cambodian ... including the King has the right to express freely their view."
It was one of thousands of commentaries that fill the Web site of the world's most colorful and pugnacious royal blogger, offering Sihanouk's views on anything from environmental rape through Hollywood stars and killer spouses to the rough-and-tumble of Cambodian politics.
Sihanouk has been a giant on the Asian political scene for 50 years. He took on the French empire to win Cambodia's independence. During the Vietnam War he was such a nuisance to Washington that he was ousted in a U.S.-supported coup. He backed the Khmer Rouge until its murderous regime turned on him and put him under house arrest. |
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