I had an argument with my wife, about the harming effect of a hot sun. And as you know, as all the socialists, it was in the saloon of the air conditioned car. No socialist works obviously for 2 bucks a day. Anyways, she said that Khmer peasant look older because of the hot son. Indeed, sometimes 20 years old looks like 40 years old. In the countryside they wear krama around the head or some kind of an old colonial hat. Our brothers Vietnamese instead use the conical hat, non la and I was really easy convinced that it is more practical then wearing krama. First the conical hat provides more shade, second it provides an extra air flow which cools the head. One more bad effect of krama that it poorly serves its purpose, the shade is non-existent, hair sweats and as the result lice breeds. What Pol Pot could implemented had he been that much of a revolutionary was to replace all krama with conical hats. A voluntary vietnamization. A good solution for peasants. Too much sun is not so good.
Tags: "vietnamization", life solutions, Socialism
