MrMojoRisin

1 hour ago, sidneybear said:

There you go again. Rather than offer a rebuttal to the point I made about pseudodemocracies, you revert to childish rudeness, psychobabble, and ad hominem attacks. You're incapable of serious debate.

 

Regardless of what you say, Thaksin's lot will get the boot, and I'm looking forward to it. 

 

You’re patience will be tested.

20 minutes ago, sidneybear said:

Democracies are so 1900's. They've been replaced by pseudodemocracies all around the world. I'll concede that they look the same on the outside though - we still have parties with different names that we can vote for. 

The entire population of the UK could have voted for the Monster Raving Looney Party in 2019 if they so desired and the result would have been a MRLP government.

Don’t blame the system for the electorates apathy and greed.

If a sufficient number of Thais vote for UTN for them to legitimately win enough seats to form government, then a UTN government is the only acceptable outcome.

Methinks you do nothing but point the finger as to who or what is wrong / criminal / stupid whenever there is an outcome that does not align with your desires.

Perhaps you will find it more productive to turn your gaze upon yourself, spend a minute or two in honest self reflection - could this be the path towards inner peace and happiness (constantly lying about Thaksin will never get you there).

1 hour ago, sidneybear said:

You seem to take everything at face value. Next you'll be telling me that a party that calls itself 'The Conservative Party' must by definition hold traditional conservative values, and that a party that calls itself 'The Labour Party' must support the unions and the working classes. Do you also believe that politicians tell the truth all the time?

You continue to underestimate people.

In a democracy, people mostly get the government they deserve.

In the UK, a democracy, the people have many choices - that they continue to vote for the same two parties is their choice.

I believe that in this day and age, if people want the truth, they have the resources available to find it.

I also believe that far too many people don't want the truth, they only want to hear (mis)information that supports their already held views and opinions (sound familiar?).

"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves that we are underlings."

23 hours ago, sidneybear said:

Indeed. In the UK, for example, we get a choice of two identical political parties to vote for. At least Thailand's present different approaches. 

That's  not true.

In the 2019 UK election 3,415 candidates stood: 206 being independents, the rest representing one of 68 political parties.

The fact that people are embarrassed to publicly admit they support Prayuth is yet another indicator of democracy’s victory.

It would seem that last, solitary, lonely outpost where there remain unashamed Prayuth supporters is here, on the Aseannow boards in threads mentioning the devil himself… Thaksin. ????????????

5 hours ago, sidneybear said:

"This time is different" is ground I've covered before with you and is what people have said all through the years. Time will tell, and it won't take long.

Indeed, it won’t take long.

2 hours ago, h90 said:

Election commission might tell that he broke the law with the iTV shares. I think he is already history and they need to find the next fraudster. Why is there no clean opposition?

Because all the clean politicians are either yellow shirts or military meaning all those dastardly crooked politicians can only find a home with the opposition (geez, how dumb are the Thai people to keep voting for crooks when they could instead be voting for the pure saint like figures in the junta).

BTW - after Sunday you’ll have to start referring to them as the government as they will no longer be the opposition.

36 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

As I think you should, as I was wondering what the intellectual connection was with Thailand and the OP!

You might as well have asked about who would have thought that Armstrong would walk on the moon as there would appear to be the same relevance to the OP!

Gone over your head again.... unsurprising development.

31 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

How?

You'll see the minute the boys in green start acting like they still own the country.

The kids will not be as their forefathers were.

1 hour ago, scottiejohn said:

Who by? 

The military itself, the RTP the "guard" regiment we cannot mention?

If the military were actually to be banished to their barracks, as you laughingly assert, who would do the mighty deed and how would it be accomplished and enforced?

 

 

By the people.

Expect street mobs to cower the military from here on in.

In every way, the 2019 election was rigged from the start, and in many ways, this election is still being rigged since the junta-drafted charter is still in effect, the appointed senate is still in power, and we still have the same EC members.

An eye opening statement for some that trawl these boards I’m sure.

41 minutes ago, bigt3116 said:

"A standing army is a permanent, often professional, army. It is composed of full-time soldiers who may be either career soldiers or conscripts." Reserves are not permanent, nor full time.    ????

Semantics

2 hours ago, bigt3116 said:

Army = 245,000

Navy = 69,850

Air force = 47,000

Total 361,850

 

So you are correct, they don't need 500k and they don't have 500k armed forces.

 

As for generals, yeh, maybe 1700 flag officers is a little OTT.

 

13 minutes ago, TimeMachine said:

Out for a run today and spoke with a traffic policeman. He said it's obvious who will win but Prayut still in power. 

Oh well, better call of the election then, some random traffic cop has spoken.