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21 hours ago, sharecropper said:

Let's face it, only invasion or revolution could change the sorry mess the country finds itself in.

Yes, and invasion is unlikely, so that only leaves one other solution.   I keep asking myself how much longer are Thais willing to put up with the daily crap we get from this junta.  It is up to the Thai people to wake up, smell the coffee (or is it the house burning) and actually do something.  Until then there will be no moving forward, just the daily slide backwards.  I strongly suspect that the end goal is to go back to a pre-1930 Thailand.

15 hours ago, stephen tracy said:

I don't believe any of this sensational stories about criminals <deleted> as being a prime motivator for all this.  The real reason is stop "bad" people voicing opinions, particularly of the political nature, that the man-child doesn't like.

Correct, the sensational news excuse is just a smoke screen for the real reason, which simply is to have total control over the flow of information TO the people and BETWEEN people.

This guy would have a heart seizure if he knew what people were saying hushed voices behind closed doors.

I see another member of Thailand's brain trust has been appointed as director of this school.  Way to go sir.  You have just demonstrated Thainess to the world. 

How much longer will the Thai people put up with this sort of parnoid BS before they come together and rise up against this dictatorship.

It is becoming increasingly obvious we all need to have an exit strategy in place. 

15 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Is that the kind of thing it's about,    l thought it would be for fighting terrorism like there gonna do in UK. 

Yup, that is exactly what it is all about. 

17 hours ago, Denim said:

Gosh.....just look at the time. 1984 again. Time flies.

The end goal is pre 1930, if you know what I mean.

19 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Hopefully by 2019 we will have a democratically elected Government, who will repeal this bullshit.

In your dreams.  This junta, with Prayut as the long term PM, is in this for the long haul, 20 years minimum.  At least until they come out with the 50 year plan.  Followed, of course, by the 100 year plan. 

At a minimum, he should be suspended immediately pending the outcome of an investigation.  Then he should be charged with fraud, embezzlement, etc. and his assets seized to give to the victim, then jailed, preferably for the rest of his pathetic life.

Do NOT invest any money in Thailand that you are prepared to lose.  And by lose, I mean 110% of it.

Oh poor baby.  No one understands you.

Get over it.  Be a man.  But you are not.  You are just a puppet of the ultra royalists.

Perhaps if sufficient thought and consideration was put into drafting laws, there would be little room for confusion.

But no, everything must be done quickly and written using vague language to allow for random interpretation by officials so they can extort people.

Section 44 is not needed.  Just scrap the law and start over.

Another BOGUS survey.

Seriously, how stupid does this government think people are (rhetorical question)?

Is ANYONE surprised?

15 hours ago, KOZMO said:

The only thing good about it is the Lounges for Business and First Class !!!

Have to disagree with you here.  I would class them as among the worst I have encountered anywhere.

Same ol', same ol'.   How many times have we heard this same BS repeated?

"Greater emphasis on social media and interactivity"   What the (deleted) does that mean?

On 6/29/2017 at 11:50 PM, rocketman777 said:

This is a worrisome development and part of a world wide campaign by the Banking industry to have complete control of the money supply and its use.

 

 

Not the banking industry.  Governments, especially the USA.

18 hours ago, whatawonderfulday said:

Absolutely mean nothing to them. they will just pick up their guns again,  get in their tanks and declare it all invalid and intimidate the population even longer with further restrictions on media reporting.  Peaceful demonstrations in Thailand won't work either as witnessed many times in the past that peaceful protest end up with people killed.

 

Only one way to kill a snake and that is cut its head off.

The snake's head goes a LOT higher than Prayut.  But yes, it likely will come to that.  One only needs to look at Thailand's past history of juntas that overstayed their welcome. 

Relevel the sand?

This "Top Cop" needs to be fired immediately as he has just demonstrated that he is unsuited for the job.

As for mobile phones, the law may exist, but like everything else in this country, it is ignored.

."...because of these systems it needs qualified expert personnel to manage it'''"

Why not hire the guys that installed it?  They would be as expert as anyone they could find, if not more so.  Or was everything installed by Somchai and his friends and relatives from the Issan farmlands?  

20 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Likely not as Prayut invoked Article 44 as NCPO Chief that bypassed all laws and regulations related to government procurement. Article 44 has constitutional authority. As such neither Prayut nor any government official involved in the dual rail project procurement process can be prosecuted.

I would think that Prayut's S44 article and the junta's amnesty are only good as long as they remain in power.  Once they are ousted, hopefully by the force of the populace, that all bets would be off, especially the amnesty bit.  This lot truly deserve to be behind bars.

On 6/22/2017 at 3:30 PM, fforest1 said:

A cashless society will be pushed tirelessly in the coming years,by

any and all means necessary..And you can take that to your cashless

bank....

Absolutely, especially by the government as it will allow them to track everything you do, even more than they do already.

15 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

The 1997 constitution came about due to the Black May public uprising against the military dominated government who gained power from the 1991 constitution. Sound familiar? Will history repeat itself???

Yes, without question.

16 hours ago, starky said:

I dont even know how Uber could work here taxis are already ridiculously inexpensive how could you possibly afford to undercut a taxi meter? 

Oh, let me think....  better service, clean and well dressed drivers, clean vehicles, seat beats that work, fixed rate/fare.  I could go on, but I think you get the idea.

Uber does not need to undercut the local mafia taxis, they just need to provide the service the local taxis SHOULD be delivering.