Eric Loh

19 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Goes back further than that Eric, doesn't it. Or would you like to conveniently forget about all those Shin militia attacks prior to the coup??

Goes back even further like 1976 and 1992. Short memory BB. 

He is too dumb to have any vision. His whole life is about orders not vision. He probably think it’s about his eyes. 

44 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

What do you mean with junta goons? Is that people that voted for the junta?
Or do you see it like when students fight between universities, it´s the pricipals fault?

You do know the difference being attack and being in a fight. And you do know it’s a series of attacks dating back to the Park incident. It is a pattern and you can bet nothing will come out of the incidents even if there are CCTV evidence. And you know why. No?

6 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

No, but maybe not an awake person that have been attacked by 5 persons with clubs where they also hit him in the head.

There can be two things here. Either the assilants where blind and couldn´t hit his head, or the story is a little bit salted for good news value.

However, we can not wish pain afflicted on anybody, so great the he seem to be okey.

Maybe he got a head make of steel. Does it matter. He got attacked by junta goons speaking out against the junta. Salted or pickled; Thailand is better than this without intimidation by the junta. 

12 minutes ago, dbrenn said:

They won't have much of a future if they end up as cannon fodder like the last lot.

 

The army stops at nothing to maintain the status quo, and seriously how bad is it? We're all free to go about our business, enter and leave the country as we wish, enjoy our lives, travel around, see our friends, succeed in our work, pursue hobbies and interests. It's hardly the Soviet Gulag, so why are you making such a fuss about nothing?

 

As I've said, regimes like the one in Thailand are common in this region, and benevolent dictators are the norm, even if you still think that Hun Sen is some kind of softy democrat, 

 

All these TV armchair warriors like you make me chuckle.

Nice that you still get a chuckle of Ja New and other young activists got beatened up by your benevolent dictator. Those fished out from the Mekong must be just a chuckle for your kind. What a shame. 

18 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Does not look too injured after been attacked by 5 men with wooden clubs,

regards worgeordie

You would prefer guns and a big steel drum. 

43 minutes ago, dbrenn said:

So you'll be facing down the soldiers then? Or will you be hiding somewhere nice and safe while someone else does the dirty work?

 

When I was young and stupid I joined the Black May protest on Ratchadamnoen Avenue in 1992, when the army opened fire on the demonstrators - it was terrifying and I'll bet you've never seen anything like it. 

 

Now I'm older and wiser, I only pick fights that I have a chance of winning ????

Your fight is over. This is a fight for the younger generation and their future. They should not be denied. 

https://prachatai.com/english/node/7984

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

MOST PEOPLE have become fed up with politicians bargaining for Cabinet seats amid ongoing efforts to form a coalition government, a recent survey found.

This political Frankenstein created by Meechai. 

Let let’s hope that the Wednesday event will be telecast live and transparent so the people can see who will vote for Prayut. The senators are under intense public pressure not to vote as a bloc for Prayut. The selection method should be open and not a secret ballot. The people has the right to know the selection method and procedure. 

1 hour ago, dbrenn said:

Do you really believe that other countries in the region - Singapore, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, etc - really are in any way democracies? 

 

They are all despotisms. Talk out of line and you get squashed. 

You really should get the political systems right. Laos, Vietnam and China are socialist countries. Singapore and Cambodia democracy are not perfect neither are most democracies but they allowed the people to decide after their term is up. None stage coups nor tear up the constitution consistently like Thailand. By the way, debating the topic with whataboutism is a waste of time. 

52 minutes ago, bdenner said:

Been here 19 years and can't see any, so called, human rights abuses that are extraordinary to the ASIAN norm. You might like to enlighten me! (We all know about the Red, Black & Yellow Shirt confrontation of about 2011).

I am speechless that you think human right abuses are not extraordinary. I know this human right report will not change your mind but I hope you take time to read.

https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/thailand

6 minutes ago, bdenner said:

What the people want or do not want isn't going to change things. There are many factors that were obvious, prior to the election, as to what the outcome was going to be. The good General didn't even bother to do any electioneering is one of them!

 

I live in the Isaan "Heart Land" and from what my TW (who is, amongst other things, the local "Returning Officer") was saying the locals were resigned to the outcome prior to the event and there were not the normal 'Vote Buying' handouts? Voter turnouts were very average! In the overall scheme of things the locals primary concern is food on the plate and making tractor payments - which they are doing quite comfortably!

 

IMHO - Stability is the important outcome and I'm thinking the International Community are thinking the same!

The change will come from the younger segment of the population. The older population have seen the brutality of the military and most have resigned to that kind of intimidation and their fate, This election is all about the awakening of the youth angry with the last 5 years of human right abuses, corruption and the mismanagement of the economy. A young party has risen to take on the military and have been harassed all the way. They are the hope for a better future. Stability by intimidation is a false stability. 

13 minutes ago, dbrenn said:

The flaw in your logic is to suggest that a high voter turnout means that voters must want change. Voters turning out in droves can just as readily vote for the status quo as an alternative to proposed change. 

 

Change isn't necessarily a good thing anyway. Look again at the degeneration of the doomed societies in the western world. Once great and wealthy civilisations have been laid to waste and bankrupted by their own citizenry - all in the name of change. 

 

Hats off to Thailand for opposing the kind of change that has blighted the places where we came from. 

This topic is about Thailand and the high turnout of voters are resounding signals to the junta that they want to express their mandate. The fact that PPRP didn’t get the majority even with all the corrupt ways to rig the election is a loud cry that they want change and they do not want another junta government. 

30 minutes ago, dbrenn said:

Voting is compulsory in Thailand, and even if it weren't I still don't see the point you are making. Voter turnout shows that people are voting, but not whom they are voting for. 

You do know that compulsory voting is not strictly enforced. 74.68% of voters which is a high turnout tell us that majority of Thais do not like the current situation and want change. Besides if most Thais like the way it is as you said, the pro junta PPRP should have won with a majority. 

He will be the PM without a government. Shocking if he still want to go through with this fiasco and a massive lost of face. Imagine elected as PM and nowhere to go but home. 

His coup patron is no longer around. If there is one, it will not be by him.