Your Thainess

3 hours ago, Thechook said:

before England founded America

You sure about that? 

4 hours ago, Donutz said:

I had hoped that this news was cooked up by the Onion... There is no such thing as a permanent, unchanging or single culture. A countries 'culture' is a melting pot of millions of individuals. You may may make some simplified generalisations about a culture but those will remain what they are: simplistic generalisations that won't apply to the individual or quite possible even to the majority of people. But then again, some people seem to try and dictate or drill people into thinking there is actual a single way to be a true citizen... 

 

Nothing wrong with free hugs. If that is how some people wish to mourn, remember or handle their emotion, that is perfectly fine in my book. If culture was unchangable and came in one flavour... Thailand (and all other nations) wouldn't be the country that it is today. They'd all still be walking in cloths made of vegatation or animal skin hold together by some rope... 

Excellent points. What we have here are micro-fascisms which are already holding the country back, now being amplified by the present circumstances.

8 hours ago, Grubster said:

They should listen to some gangster rap in America.  Rap is not music in my book.

Guess what? No one cares what you think about music. 

And by 'order' he means privilege, inefficiency and inequality.

^Um, whatever. I'll take Thaksin's corruption over the Army's corruption any day. And so would a majority of Thais. 

http://www.thaitribune.org/contents/detail/294?content_id=22156&rand=1471063491

If you're a fan of over-the-top nonsense, you're gonna love this one. The US and Ambassador Davies were behind the Hua Hin attacks. 

This was actually sent to me today by a highly regarded Thai educator who has outstanding English language skills. Remarkable!

"The EC has dispatched information units to all provinces to clarify to the public which actions are in violation of the law."

Conscripts with guns, perhaps?

His English is atrocious.

"He pointed out that any projects that can no longer justifiably continue should be ended and restarted if necessary."

Surely he doesn't mean the military itself...

What I want to know is, did the General use his atrocious English on his phone call? Cause if so...I could see it being a rather amusing call where the General goes on and on and the Sec-Gen basically responds, "Um...okay" and "That's nice" to most of it. Perhaps that is what led to the General perceiving Ban's stance as supportive?

According to the ideals of Sufficiency Economy which are the correct ideals one should appreciate that education is a privilege based on privilege and is distributed based on one's merit in past lives, including being awarded university degrees when you did not complete the actual degree requirements.

According to the ideals of Sufficiency Economy which are the correct ideals one should appreciate that healthcare is a privilege based on privilege and is distributed based on one's merit in past lives, including living in hospitals for years upon end because you can't deal with the world you created.

It's so obvious from the video how much the Thai dude wishes a mob would come and join him. What a puss-y

Good, stay there.

By the way, calling this guy PM is basically the same as calling your rapist 'husband'

No surprise that the airlines prioritized face-saving above all else. But puzzling that the best face-saving option, sacking the pilots, wasn't applied.

I encourage the public to keep this story in the news until they lose their jobs and are prosecuted, and more important the airlines take responsibility for their employees or face serious punitive consequences.

Joking about airline safety from any employees of airlines is totally unacceptable. Doesn't matter who it's directed towards or in what medium the jokes were made.

Military bases safe for recruits....No. Why would ordinary people feel safe there?

Dothe public feel free of intimidation with armed military milling around? No. How will this improve the public's confidence in a fair vote?

Is the military transparent in how they conduct their business? No. Why would the public believe that counting of ballots would be impartial?

Then again

Public spaces safe when the military leaves the barracks, which they would do if polling spaces were elsewhere....No.

The bottom line is, the military has never learned its proper role in society. They are delusional thugs.

Seems like its the Army that never stops shuffling. When will they learn their proper role in society?

According to scholar Duncan McCargo:

"Thai generals experience little criticism during their professional lives. Socialized into military culture from the day they enter pre-cadet school at age 15, they can look forward to a 45-year career in the Army. Thailand has one of the world’s largest contingents of serving generals — around 1,500 across the three services, from a total military personnel of just over 300,000. Many of them have literally nothing to do except dabble in business and meddle in politics. Surrounded by yes men for most of their lives, they are ill-equipped to run real businesses or assume ministerial, political, or other public offices. The Thai Army is a uniformed bureaucracy that has not fought a real war since playing a supporting role to the Americans in Vietnam."

Your reaction is a bit over the top, though I hesitate to say you are incorrect.

In all likelihood, though, they probably just don't want non-Thais observing and photographing the derelict state of the carrier. They also might not want Thai-speaking foreigners mingling with Thais as they go through their spiel about the glories of the ship and the Thai Navy in general.

The Interior Ministry is well-known for its far-right political leanings (not to mention ineptitude). Everyone would be better off if they stayed out of it.

Entire country urges military to their learn its proper role in society

And 100% reported they were nervous about answering the survey questions.

Seems to be a fundamental understanding of what culture is in Thailand if people genuinely believe...

a. culture is monolithic

b. culture is sacrosanct

c. cultural change is inherently bad

d. there's Thai culture and then everybody else's culture

... With the exception of Winnie's comments, my apologies

This thread should is remarkable for one reason. The worst, most asinine quoting (whether done properly or not) I have ever witnessed, and hardly a clever or insightful word spoken. Well done, guys.

I might be interested if this thread gets a bit more inflammatory.