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"She asked sympathy from protesters for her family saying “we’re all fellow Thais, and why do we have to hurt one another.”

good question Yingluck, why has your Thai government caused so much damage and hurt so many of your people?

Either she's totally clueless which I somehow doubt, or she doesn't have a face to lose.

Do you think it's possible the protests are where the gov't is located?

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It seems to me that it may have been you that is smoking pot and is high.

How long were you in Vietnam? I lived there for 8 years and was married to a Vietnamese.

Pot is illegal there as are all the same internationally banned intoxicants.

The police there are completely corrupt, the government is nothing more than a "communist" mafia. Not very communist at all.

Their legal system as it relates to fooreigners is a joke. You will always lose.

You cannot own land and only 50% of any propert purchase and then only whilst you are married to a Vietnamese.

The Vietnsmese are a rude, theiving lot.

Should I go on?

There is at least a rule of law here. I can own my condo and my motorbike legally etc. Etc.

Not sure which Vietnam you visited or whether you are delusional/high/blind!

Whyle other countries in the region go forward, Thailand goes backwards, to dictatorship.

Thailand is considerably freer than Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, China, N. Korea.

Only the Philippines and possibly Indonesia could be said to allow similar levels of public political expression.

I don't know about this, it's very easy to live in Vietnam. No work permit issues, no having to leave the country, a travel agent will do your 6 month visa renewal, I see people smoking pot in all the cafes, the police are told not to hassle the tourists. Vietnam is pretty nice, not sure what makes Thailand so special. If you want to teach in Vietnam, if you have a work permit they pay you more, if not, no problem.

no I'm not smoking pot nor high on anything else. for your information pot is not illegal internationally, totally legal in Uruguay. I guess you've never been to Saigon or know any people that live there. I've researched it and it would be far easier to live in Vietnam as far as work and visa issues. I have no interest in owning a condo anywhere and as far as I know you can own a motorbike in Vietnam because most of the people I know living there own them. Welcome to TV.

The reason why Thailand is not moving forth, may be it is because people devote to much time being critical on others. If one or the party is good, we are sure majority would vote for them. If one thinks unity and for the country, Thailand would move forth and benefit from a more mature approach. Anyway, it is just my opinion, if this continue, the country just drive around in circle.

To move forward, you need to learn. To learn, you need to accept criticism. One of the problems in Thailand is that the Thais (generally) can't accept criticism, even when it's constructive.

There will be no unity in Thailand while Thaksin is involved. Thailand won't move forward while Thaksin is involved. It's irrelevant what I think of him. What is relevant is the 100's of thousands that came out to protest when the PTP tried to give Thaksin amnesty. The country is going in circles because Thaksin keeps getting involved.

I think the issue does not involve only an Individual or family. The country has estimated 66 million people, and critics just pin point on an individual or a family? That weird. There are much more reasons than that. However, if we focus on our target of growing and the big picture rather than just excuses. The country will definitely move ahead.

you're kidding right? The last coup had to do with one person and this issue today has to do with the same person.

This thread has gone on for over 10 pages and rather quickly at that. The extra new people on TV (mostly without pics) were probably not screened before hired. This is a tactic used by the corporate fascist press in the USA to just create confusion. This post won't change anything but I'm calling you out.

Whyle other countries in the region go forward, Thailand goes backwards, to dictatorship.

Thailand is considerably freer than Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, China, N. Korea.

Only the Philippines and possibly Indonesia could be said to allow similar levels of public political expression.

I don't know about this, it's very easy to live in Vietnam. No work permit issues, no having to leave the country, a travel agent will do your 6 month visa renewal, I see people smoking pot in all the cafes, the police are told not to hassle the tourists. Vietnam is pretty nice, not sure what makes Thailand so special. If you want to teach in Vietnam, if you have a work permit they pay you more, if not, no problem.

"An unelected government would affect the country's reputation and stability," Yingluck warned. "If protesters want that, it should be asked whether it is the desire of the majority."

that's pretty funny. As if anyone really cares if they have a government or not. Doesn't seem to bother anyone that Thailand is now one of the most corrupt countries in the world, at least the tourists don't seem to care.

From an investor's point of view, this government has done more harm than good, it might bring some hope to see it gone.

I don't understand this mentality that the government was elected so they can do whatever they want until their term is up.

The point is they want to change the constitution, create a family owned dictatorship, and continue to protect themselves from

their corrupt actions.

I don't believe for a minute that people should stand by and watch the country go to crap just because some people were

"elected" even if through vote buying.

You don't stand by and watch the country go to shit and then try to fix something if you get the chance which may turn out

to be something that can't be fixed.

I can't help but reminded of the fake bomb scare outside of Thaksin's home. I don't believe this article for a minute.

I think this is nothing more than to demonize the anti-government protesters and alarm the ignorant which from what

I can see seems to have done just that.

would anybody really expect a headline that would say something to the likes of

Thai air force admits to having plans to assassinate Suthep?

Is there a reason for this article in the first place?

They denied it, what don't they deny?

yesterday i went to the pet food store to buy cat litter, an older student, high school or college was doing the 12 year old daughter's homework for her because she didn't understand. Of course I said something that at least the child could try to do it herself rather than just asking for help. I see it every day, the kid comes home and opens the homework in front of a parent to have them do it. Today I bought two bags of cat food, one for 45 baht and the other for 55baht. Yup, she pulled out a calculator.

As long as cheating and copying is an acceptable practice, and as technology continues to steam onward, the Thais are going to continue to fall further and further behind.

I thought the power to the hospital was never affected? - "The move also hit the forensic department of a hospital next door although the main facility was unaffected, the hospital director said."

So what's with the spin used in the article above? "the hospital had to rely on reserve power supply, which was limited, adding that the protesters should empathise with the patients."

No patients were affected, it's nothing but more lies.

Take a lesson Thailand, mafia dons can be ousted.

If the former ousted PM fugitive living in self exile in Dubai is not in control,

then why all the Bangkok Post headlines about what TS approves of or disapproves of and

what he's going to allow or not allow?

Is it anything short of obvious he's running the show?

There are a lot of good researchers on this forum, if I have time, maybe I'll put together a composite

of all the headlines. But for Yingluck to say she is in control and the only one running the government

means she must really think the Thai people are stupid.

It looks like a case of say it enough times until you believe it yourself and maybe the masses will do the same.

buy one in Yaoarat, they have a nice selection of all kinds. I've never heard they were illegal, everybody on my soi has one.

Yingluck also urges former Democrat MPs, who led protesters to government buildings, to solve conflicts through parliamentary procedure.

Oh, now parliamentary procedure is useful? Last time parliamentary procedure was a mockery with the rushing of the amnesty bill...

Yingluck keeps asking for the protesters to solve conflicts through parliamentary procedures because she knows the protesters are in the minority and she doesn't attend those meetings herself. If you don't do your homework, you get further and further behind.

Look what happened to your country Yingluck while you were out shopping and having the cabinets reshuffled so everybody could get a piece of the pie.

You didn't do your job Yingluck, you know that, and this is what happens when you let others do for themselves using your name.

Shame on you, you have no one to blame but yourself.

fired shots to make him go away but hit him in the stomach. They must think it's like on TV, a major shootout and

nobody ever gets hit, not even the huge glass window behind them.

most people I see in cars are looking at their phones. The light turns green, they sit there or start off ever so

freaking slowly because they are looking at their phones.

I have a driver one day a week for about an hour. When he talks on the phone and hears something

negative, he slows down, something again he goes even slower and does the lane drift thing.

What to do? Can't change what they don't understand.

no mention of blaring loud speakers used by the red shirts during their rallies.

I hope no more whistles for every parking attendant or one that waves cars on

into the road. I had never seen nor heard so many whistles in my life until I came to Thailand,

it's a tool for almost every trade it seems.

Civil obedience ends and blocking the streets continues? Am I missing something here? Thai-ness perhaps?

My first thought was "I wonder if she can swim".

after seeing this comment What a waste of research funds. I wonder if this is nothing more than propaganda, for we don't actually know if any research was done at all.

Then I was thinking how cool it would be to have a picture of myself and the PM at her last Loy Krathong as the PM.

Now I'm thinking of going to the market before it rains and hope I don't get wet on account of reading this worthless news.

this is the part I like;

"About 90 people died and nearly 1,900 were wounded in a series of street clashes in 2010 between mostly unarmed Red Shirt demonstrators and security forces firing live rounds in central Bangkok."

How do you deal with a situation when you know there are armed protestors?

How do they know that those other than the "mostly unarmed Red Shirt demonstrators" didn't do the killing?

For some reason I see a conflict. Were those of the "mostly unarmed Red Shirt demonstrators" armed and ordered to kill and if so by whom?

Were these people "3rd party" unemployed or drug addicts or both? Who paid them and who armed them?