Grossman

3 hours ago, soalbundy said:

"Will of the people", how naive are you? Government is all about deal making and pragmatism, the voting slip in your excited sweaty hand only transfers the trappings of power from one party to another, the present socioeconomic problems don't disappear after the votes have been counted, the civil service who run the country on a day to day basis haven't been changed, I again use a quote from Mark Twain, "If voting changed anything it wouldn't be allowed".

While this MFP win is a step to the right direction, I can't but to agree what you say here. Even with a bit more optimistic view assuming the new winners do honestly drive the "will of the people", there's decades (if not centuries) worth of baggage supporting the contrary and things won't change overnight (nor are they allowed to be changed.. you can play in your sandbox, but dare to cross the line and you'll find yourself in the penalty box).

And since we're doing quotes, here's one from Mr G. Orwell: “If you want to know who rules over you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.”

18 minutes ago, MrMojoRisin said:

What other option is there but to vote for Pita?

Hahaa, looks like someone shat their camo knickers seeing their besties lost in Thailand. Hopefully things work well for Pita & Co and we get a domino effect elsewhere too. Always a great source of joy to see these military manchild -types getting what they deserve.

Perfect excuse to do a bit of shopping...

4 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

Does this mean getting the guy that wrote the constitution back to re write it, which took a few years last time.

Oh you mean Meechai?

https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2020/10/29/heres-a-recap-of-parina-vs-mind-showdown-everyones-talking-about/

Pretty good recap..

When Patsaravalee talked about how the previous election had 250 senators who tipped the scales and gave Gen. Prayuth power, Parina said “Those 250 senators are not from Gen. Prayuth. This is fake news. They were chosen.”

“Who picked them in the end?” Jomquan said. 

“I wasn’t there, so I don’t know,” Parina said. 

“According to the process, it was by Gen. Prayut,” Jomquan answered for her.

36 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

"Prayut said that online campaigns against him, which have inspired tens of thousands of people to take to the streets in protest against the government, were being manufactured and manipulated by internet hackers."

 

I read this part of the Thai Enquirer article  and started to laugh uncontrollably.  I could only envision the many thousands of foreign digital nomads at the keyboards hacking away and creating the fake problems that the protestors are asking him to step down because of.  He has definitely lost his marbles, if he believes that the Fake Media is behind this uprising.  He is starting to sound like another leader of a foreign country.  Manufactured and manipulated, what hogwash.  Time to admit your out of your league General and time to ask for a free escape route. How does he sleep at night if he believes everyone is out to get him.

Not an article you want to read while drinking something! 

“How can posts being distributed by two hundred accounts be spread and shared to more than 50,000 accounts within hours?” he asked.

8 hours ago, Flying Saucage said:

Therefore, to avoid any reform towards democracy and rule of law and to get rid of the current deadlock, they need an escalation and a decisive battle soon. That might be a reason why they trigger an escalation now by prosecuting Thanathorn, to ingnite violence and real riots, and to have an excuse for a tough crackdown then. Yellow thugs will be ordered to support this well engineered agenda of escalation. 

It all reeks of desperation. I can only imagine how utterly frustrating it must be for them that the protestors refuse to follow their ages old tactics and start a rampage that would justify a tough crackdown, but instead all attempts at provoking violence and mayhem only results in more people joining the protests with their three fingers up in the air, singing songs and speaking the truth loudly for the whole world to hear. 

The junta would need an all out riot to even begin to justify what they must be itching to do, but their playbook is as old and obsolete as their mindsets are and their "enemy" is nothing like they've dealt with before.

Maybe we'll get rid of this nonsense?

btw. Is that you Steven?