Vong's make us realise how much fear and insecurity Cambodian people have endured. Cambodians are in fear because there are many guns that are in the hands of the wrong men, they fear that they may not have enough food to survive the next day and now they even fear the virus, also a deadly weapon, that can be carried by innocent people of both sexes and all ages including the rich and the poor, the city and the rural people. Vong's statement lets us realise how many people have similar beliefs and how much of our hard work should contribute to helping them to understand and learn to start to question the consequences. Perhaps we should not be wasting our time blaming others or religion. Buddhism, like any religion, is a social control mechanism.
Religions have both positive and negative aspects.
Those aspects have deeply influenced people because they may have reflected the realities and have had important functions in the societies at that time perhaps before the modern world crashed in. Some may think that it is out of date, but for some it has become an important source of their security which they otherwise could not find elsewhere. It could be seen as an act of cruelty to take people away from their security, instead, we can help them to interpret Karma as Buddha meant it. It really means the projection of love, care, respect for one another's differences, and condemnation of the ones who take advantage of people's goodwill. This is an institution that we should build.