MengWan

It'a a pity !

Jatuporn could have been Ministers of prisons ... (in permanent inspection)

With such a nomination, the state of detention centers would have improved fast !

Now, that's funny ...

Asking a puppet to prove she is not a puppet is surrealistic !

Following Thai politics is better than reading novels ...

:jap:

I also do NOT condone the action of Pad with the airport disruption BUT no one was killed and nothing was burnt to the ground and guns and weapons were not the force.

Wrong, I recall a (yellow) "protester" was killed by a (red) grenade fired from a nearby highway ...

"a military coup that deposed Thaksin and triggered years of bloody political crisis"

In fact, the political crisis started during the mandate of Thaksin ...

It started because of the multiple abuses which marked his government !

(so, the coup did NOT trigger the events, it was just an episode of them)

And I can recall having predicted "some trouble coming" when I was surprised to see in the avenues of Hat Yai portraits of Thaksin of a bigger size than those of HM ... (sometimes in 2003)

For me, I fail to understand how and why the WHC can do anything without the consensus of its members !

Will the WHC bomb Thailand because it was not OK with HunSen's plan ?

Which "deaths of hundreds of innocent people" would they be?

I bet he counts the guy who exploded himself when making a bomb among the "victims of Democrats" ?

I see this Pavin Chachavalpongpun hopes to get an official post in Thailand soon 5555

What is to "white wash" ?

This government has nothing to be ashamed of, on the contrary !

If Thailand was a decent country with decent laws and a decent judicial system. Prayuth would have been stripped of his rank within hours after his speech. If only there were transparent procedures to elect a decent army boss Prayuth would never have made it.

The "army boss" is NOT elected here, and I do not know of a country where he is ...

Thailand IS a decent country, with decent laws (the problem is that too few people follows them), and the general has a right to speak !

Many criminals speak about politics here, why not the Army Chief ?

His intervention is scandalous.

Not only were Thais more divided than ever under his and his predecessors rule, "the institution" as he calls it was damaged because of army interference in the elections. On top of that he was not able to solve the problem in the South, he bought numerous high profile weaponry from which the procurement processes smacks like corruption.

Why "scandalous" ?

Telling that people should elect "good" representatives is a truism, if they elect crooks again and again, they will have to bear the consequences

Look at Greece, they elected once a government of cheats which put the whole country in disarray, and the present gov has to try to repair the damages !

(The Army Chief does not "rule" the country, maybe even not his wife ...)

The "problem in the South" was created by the actions of Mr Thaksin, to "repair the damages" will require many many years because it is a political problem and not a military one ! ("Bomb them all" would not work here !)

If mister Prayuth had balles he would have met Yingluck, a real army leader would not have refused to see her.

Oh, I am not sure about the "balles" (sic) of the Army chief, but what's sure is that an interview with Thaksin's little sister BEFORE the election would have been totally out of any rule, even in Thailand where people charged with terrorism get bail and are candidates at a general election !

For me, I am, as always, amazed by the "2 life sentences" ...

How many lives do these people have ? (is it nine like cats ?)

The FIRST cause of death is ageing ...

When will there be a campaign against AGEING ?

No true democracy has restrictions on freedom of speech

... And, since each country in this world has "restrictions" on freedom of speech, the conclusion is that there's no "true" democracy down there ?

One famous french humorist said "la dictature, c'est ferme-ta-gueule, la démocratie c'est cause-toujours"

(ie dictatorship is shut your mouth, democracy is you can talk since it is useless)

But, as a parody, I would like to ask the question of what is better between "false democracy" or "false dictatorship" ?

:jap:

I think maybe I know what is happening ...

If there are some works (carpenter, welding etc ...) done by the place, the workers use the meter to directly "plug" the power to their machines ...

Of course, on the evening they remove the traces of their theft !

One way to control this is to look at the seals (Pb, bottom of the meter), if they are broken then you know !

Jatuporn, a Pheu Thai Party list candidate seeking reelection bid, is expected to campaign from his cell.

This raises the opportunity to ask at least a dozen commissions and courts if and how a jailed person can or may campaign. Like when k. Kokaew was made to stand for PTP last year. Only this time taking things a bit more serious

Jatuporn is on the party list isn't he? So he won't need to do much campaigning.

Now, that is interesting ...

If elected, wil he be cleared because of retroactive immunity ?

I am surprised !

I thought Thaksin's driver would be THE candidate, this guy to whom he gave so much ...

When I left Hat Yai, there was a 25m swimming pool at the "Hat Yai Sport Club", situated on Phetkasem Road, between soi 5 and 7 !

Hope it's still there ...

I wonder if there is any difference with another Company !

Minibus drivers are nearly all the same, the good is the exception ...

First, you spread rumours, and then you dissert about the fact that there are rumours (so, it proves something, no ?).

This twisted way of "thinking" gives me a headache, Freedom of Expression does not mean Freedom of Disinformation, or am I mistaken ?

One third of the content of the press here is about "rumours", an other third is about communiqués denying the rumours and the last third is about analysis why there are rumours ...

Are Native-English Teachers The Answer?

The answer to which "problem" ?

If anyone hope one day thaï children speak english like an anglo, then the only "answer" would be to replace the pupils by native-english-speaking pupils !

"330 million cubic feet per day" Jeez, and who wil take care of all those crippled people ?

I thought Thaïland was a "metric system" country, but in fact it bows to The Imperium ...

Saigon was in Cambodia when the French landed and Preah Vihear was 100 miles inside Siam.

Right, and I "forgot" why HunSen is NOT sending troops there ...

Probably because Vietnam is such a democratic and non-nationalistic country ? 5555

If Thai people read such things, we understand easier some ridiculous attitude.

So, freedom of expression is NOT for this people of idiots ?

I bet you are NOT Thai, but from a colonial -sorry- ex-colonial power ...

You forgot your colonial helmet all that time ... it is pityful

it is clear that Thailand is considered to have aquiesed to the 1907 French map

It is clear, too, that it has acquiesced to a Treaty saying that "watershed line" would be used ...

There's a flaw that cannot be put under the carpet, either change the Treaty and keep the map or

forget the Treaty and keep the map !

PS: In colonial times, it was the colonial power who was always right, even in its mistakes, because

the "other ones" were under-men, people to beat to make them just do what one want !

If you read the 1962 Judgement by the ICJ it clearly states that even if the watershed line was mentioned in the original treaty this was trumped by the subsequent map and Thailand not disputing it.

Here is an extract from the ICJ judgement.

From these facts, the court concluded that Thailand had accepted the Annex I map. Even if there were any doubt in this connection, Thailand was not precluded from asserting that she had not accepted it since France and Cambodia had relied upon her acceptance and she had for fifty years enjoyed such benefits as the Treaty of 1904 has conferred on her. Furthermore, the acceptance of the Annex I map caused it to enter the treaty settlement; the Parties had at that time adopted an interpretation of that settlement which caused the map line to prevail over the provisions of the Treaty and, as there was no reason to think that the Parties had attached any special importance to the line of the watershed as such, as compared with the overriding importance of a final regulation of their own frontiers, the Court considered that the interpretation to be given now would be the same.

Your point about colonial bully boys is of course true as it is just about everywhere in the world where colonial powers have dictated borders, but the ICJ decided in Cambodia's favour despite dissenting comments that Thailand was afraid to contest the map.

I am NOT a judge of any colonial power (even if my grand-father was on one the the gunboats on the Chao Phraya), for me an Annex has less value than the text it is meant to precise.

In technical matters, I would have stick to that position ! (example, in computer programming, the chart is OK but the code is bugged ...)

it is clear that Thailand is considered to have aquiesed to the 1907 French map

It is clear, too, that it has acquiesced to a Treaty saying that "watershed line" would be used ...

There's a flaw that cannot be put under the carpet, either change the Treaty and keep the map or

forget the Treaty and keep the map !

PS: In colonial times, it was the colonial power who was always right, even in its mistakes, because

the "other ones" were under-men, people to beat to make them just do what one want !

Why Thailand has not written to UN complaining about Cambodia killing and aiming at schools?

Easy ...

I suppose because it is USELESS !

Shelling, then complaining is a Khmer Rouge tactic ...

When your neighbour bomb your schools, sending a letter is simply not an appropriate response !

There will never be peace at this border with the HunSen regime in Cambodia, it is time to realize it.

It is indeed no use to talk, because the other side is "playing games".

Cambodia has enjoyed relative stability just for over the last 15 years.

So, "stability", here too, is the main factor ?

I don't know if I am "simplistic", but -if so- this too is ...

By principle, I never support militaristic thug regimes (especially the "former Khmer-Rouge"), partly because I (still can) remember that, each time an election is approaching in Cambodia, there is some kind of clash with its (far larger) neighbour ! (and I include organizing an "anti-thai pogrom" in this)

Anyone (of good faith) who makes a reconnaissance of this border find that it is absurdly situated ...

I know that it is -by far- not the only place in the world where this occurs ...

Colonial powers have left here and there potential "volcanoes", points of friction and they should examine why they did this ...

(What I know, for sure, is that at that time the "local people" of any side did not count a bit for the French)

So, anyone -genuinely- interested in stability should examine these problems -one by one- and try to prevent eruptions with a non-biased (neither "pro" nor "anti") mind !

After all, a cynical mind will quickly find that, if the Treaties signed by Siam were forced to it, why not force Cambodia to sign some other Treaty ?

(History did not stop with colonialism)