MrMojoRisin

5 minutes ago, sidneybear said:

Ever since I first started living in Thailand, back in 1990, there have been all these prophesies of doom, that Thailand was going to hell in a handcart, from all these culture shocked farangs. Here we are, in 2023, and life goes on. Thailand has come a long way, and will continue to prosper. 

The economy hasn’t collapsed, but it has most certainly underperformed due to incompetent and corrupt coup leadership. How silly are you? Willing to accept third rate results so long as your bigoted views are dictated to the masses by usurpers. Talk about cutting of your nose to spite your face.

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The Thailand you imagine does not exist anymore, the people are wiser and your type of nonsense has been consigned to the history bin.

Good riddance.

1 hour ago, sidneybear said:

Asian Tigers. I remember them. A gigantic credit fuelled asset bubble that imploded in 1997. I haven't heard that term used since, although while we're on the subject of credit fuelled asset bubbles, the West looks so very vulnerable to a similar bust right now. 

 

Anyway, there are no more Asian tigers. Thailand hasn't done too badly since that bust though. It's got a growing middle class and people are much better off now than they were back then. For all its political instability, Thailand has quite a healthy balance of agriculture and industry that would make many deindustrialised western countries envious. It's tough everywhere, but Thailand's economic indicators compare favorably.

Yeah, once again, you are completely wrong.

1 hour ago, sidneybear said:

I cringe when I think of that, because admitting we're wrong is difficult, and I'm glad I did it.

Prepare yourself, you'll be doing it again.

1 hour ago, sidneybear said:

Absolutely I don't hold Thais in contempt. What's better: a stable government that respects and promotes traditional Thai values, or; a bunch of thieves who are conning the public, causing endless riots of the kind we've seen in recent years? If you reflect on that, it's you who needs to question why you support the imposition of vile and degenerate western culture onto Thailand, simply because you believe what you see on CNN.

I am always fascinated just how at odds with reality and truth people allow themselves to become in order to stubbornly remain convicted to their erroneous beliefs.

The current government are a bunch of thieves who are conning the public.

The current government came into being by causing, supporting and funding endless riots.

The Thai people are going to be the judge of who is worthy to lead the country by casting their votes in the upcoming election.

The result is going to be decisive.

I am sure the Thai people have enough good sense to reject vile and degenerate influences whenever such things raise their head (or do you think so little of Thais that you believe they must be oppressed and subjugated under an unrepresentative and unelected regime in order to resist becoming vile and degenerate?)

After the landslide election win by the pro democracy Thais, will you have the internal integrity to reflect upon your misguided nationalistic nonsense?

I think not, I think you'll instead be cheering on and promoting another coup (by the losers who just keep on losing).

Good luck with that.

4 hours ago, sidneybear said:

They might buy more votes, but they won't be allowed to stay in office for long before the conservatives that guard Thailand's delightful culture chuck them out. You'll see them scuttling back to the airport with bags of loot before long. Either that or they'll be thrown in prison. 

Prayuth's reign has been so dismal, so appallingly abysmal that the days of rightwing minority coups are over.

The last eight years have proven one thing - anything and anyone is better than Prayuth and the military.

Democracy is now here to stay.

Your dreams of another coup will remain just that - dreams.

So you heading down to the airport to join the heroes welcome for Thaksin next month?

4 hours ago, sidneybear said:

Many thinking Thais would say that about progressivism. They're smart enough to see that the west has progressed into a soulless, degenerate and bankrupt dump, where all people do is slavishly follow this or that meaningless woke fad, discarding all that made the west great. Thais don't want to follow the west anymore. 

So Thais who disagree with you are not "thinking Thais"?

Do you think Thais are too dumb to vote?

Your constant diatribes against the West don't disguise the fact that you hold a great many of your fellow Thais in contempt.

You are in the minority.

People with your views have derailed Thailand's progress.

Your time is over.

You have failed.

The majority of Thais are about to make what they want abundantly clear.

Bye bye Prayuth.

On 4/8/2023 at 1:09 AM, HuskerDo2 said:

The fact that they need to be "reminded" is rather telling. On the other hand, rules are made to be broken. Especially when it comes to politics and elections in Thailand as well as the RTP and so many other govt entities.

The rules weren’t made to be broken; the rules were made to be selectively applied to ensure the right people “win”.

24 minutes ago, sidneybear said:

Opinion surveys are there to shape public opinion, rather than measure it. They predicted that Brexit wouldn't happen, and that Hillary Clinton would win.

Wrong.

You’ve cherry picked a couple of aberrations and pretended that they are the norm (quite dishonest of you there old chap).

Polling is invariably within the margins of error (recent years have seen a step learning curve for pollsters coming to terms with technological changes and their impact on how we now live and communicate. There is also the embarrassment factor, closeted fascists are to ashamed to tell pollsters that they support the likes of Prayuth or Trump, thus throwing out polling results).

What do the Thai people want?

We’ll know soon enough (May 14th)

Do you plan on being amongst the crowds to meet Thaksin at the airport next month after his daughter wins the election?

15 minutes ago, sidneybear said:

How do you know that most don't support the status quo, including coups and the like? Have you conducted a survey? And no, bought votes don't count. 

You are living in denial.

The election is going to be won in a landslide. 

48 minutes ago, sidneybear said:

I'm Thai. Read my earlier post. And you obviously don't know how Thai politics works. Coups are a fact of life and are sometimes necessary to rein in malign western influences that would otherwise spoil Thailand. 

 

Correction.

Coups were a fact of life.

Thailands problems are self made my friend, no amount of right wing nationalist nonsense spouted by you will change the fact that Thais do not want rigid hierarchies and forced submission…. they want iPhones and McDonald’s.

7 hours ago, sidneybear said:

So what if he is or he isn't? It's his right to support whomever he wants to support. 

 

I'll be voting for Prayuth. At least he has conservative values, supports Thai traditions, and opposes those who want Thailand to become like the ghastly western world. 

 

This coming from an ex-Thaksin supporter, before I realised the error of my ways.

Then you’ll be voting with a very very small minority. The Thai people will decide what they want THEIR country to become. I get the feeling most no longer wish to be considered mere dust under anyone’s feet… how ghastly that you oppose basic human rights being bestowed upon ALL citizens.

On 4/4/2023 at 10:10 PM, hotandsticky said:

Do you know how many successful coups Thailand has had since 1932?

 

You are dreaming if you think Thaksin will (a) return and (b) will return without being arrested 

Just because it was so does not mean it will always be so.

On 4/6/2023 at 2:02 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

What is so difficult to understand that if you don't want A that doesn't mean you are a supporter from B?

There is C and D and a lot more out there. But as long as people only look at A and B it's no surprise that they end up with A or B.

If denying A leaves B as the only option, then yes, you are a supporter of B.

(C and D do not exist).

And some have the gall to label Thai voters as dumb.

After almost a decade of undemocratic military rule, I'd say the people are incredibly united. They all want Prayuth gone ASAP.

Funny how there is never enough money to fund programs for the poor whilst corporate welfare and billionaire tax breaks are never questioned. Democracy will go some way to righting this wrong.

10 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

He is a convicted criminal, sentenced to prison multiple times.

It was all over the news for years. Maybe you should inform yourself before asking stupid questions. 

Stupid is as stupid does.

Behold your new master…. Dr T.

Trumped up convictions quashed, heroes homecoming incoming.

Evil has lost again.

Fascism is over in Thailand.

Zip-a-Dee-do-da

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2 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

Keep dreaming if it makes you happy.

 

 

It must be tough being a Thaksin fanboy...................living in the forlorn hope that one day he will ride back into Thailand on his charger, like a white knight.

He comin’

Victorious.

Bend the knee...bitches.

Thaksin has won. 
Junta lovers, time to drown your sorrows.

In the not too distant future, Move Forward will win an election and form a government and Thailand will officially join the democratic nations of the world. 
To all the expat cowardly closeted fascists who have cheered on the right wing murderous thugs over the past 20 years……

HaHa

Losers.

Suffer in ya jocks.

Viva La Thaksin!!!

3 minutes ago, zzaa09 said:

Has little or nothing to do with elections. 

Huh?

You think that if a large number of Thais do feel repressed under the current regime that it won’t be reflected in a large flow of votes away from the repressive regime towards the opposition?

When Thaksin wins the upcoming election by a landslide - to what will you attribute that result?

9 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

The reality of it is that the overwhelming percentage of Thais don't feel repressed - because they're not. 

Let’s see if this point of view is reflected in the upcoming election.

8 hours ago, bannork said:

This is going to upset The Doors fan, Mr mojo risin. 

He seems to think Pheua Thai supporters will rise upen masse if PT are denied the premiership.

But Thaksin will make a deal with Pravit to join forces and form a government in order to come back.

Never mind Pravit was part of the coup.

Never mind the rumours of corruption under his watch.

Everything will be forgiven if granddad can come home.

The red shirts? Most will be happy so long as a few populist policies are wheeled out. 

The educated red shirts will move to Move Forward.

 

Incorrect.

Prawit as PM is unpalatable, however, the fact that he would be forced into a coalition to obtain the position is at least a step in the right direction -towards democracy.

A Prawit government would not see out a full term, it will be the last with the unelected Senators though.

Onwards and upwards from here on in as far as the pro democracy forces are concerned.

2 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"Was there a coup?

Are coups legal?"

Yes there was a(nother) coup and previous coups set the precedent, whoever seizes power then has the right to issue laws having torn up the previous constitution.  The judiciary then says that the constitution is no longer there and those orders, signed by the coup-makers then become laws, and that gives the coup-makers the legal tool.  Whoever has the ability to seize power then becomes sovereign and they issue laws.

 

"Why hasn’t he been charged with treason?"

Because Thaksin didn't commit treason!

 

"Could the courts be corrupt?"

Yes, just as in every other country, including yours and mine, they can be and some are.

 

"Does this cast doubt on the Thaksin (and Yingluck ) charges and convictions?"

No, not necessarily.  They both committed serious offences.

 

"What would a rational person conclude?"

You've had my conclusion to your questions, now what would a rational person conclude about it?

That you are irrational.