DaffyDuck

I specifically asked you "How much WOULD you have expected to have been achieved after 7 months, considering how broken you consistently claim the system is?"

Truly a good question but not the topic and if it was the topic not answerable given the current guidelines of Thai Visa.

It *is* the topic, since you made the topic your complaint of NOT ENOUGH having been done in 7 months - it, of course, comes as no surprise that you instead choose to run away, deflect, and attempt to bury the subject.

The question can be very easily and intelligently answered without any violation of TV guidelines, and you know it. Alternatively, you could choose to take your answer to PM, which you would also categorically refuse to do. As usual.

Makes you wonder how much you people are interested in real discussion, and truth, or just in carrying the Thaksin Torch, doesn't it?

I won't give him one inch ....

No one gives a hoot what some washed-up has-been bleats on about.

"the grenade launchers" Poodle in the microwave, poodle in the microwave, call in the Army.

So, you are denying that grenades were used against innocent Thai citizens? You are denying that redshirt elements and leadership were behind those incidents?

I think you are in need of more red-tinged aerobic instructions ...

But I have to say, your utter ignorance about how the various Thai power brokers really work is highly amusing.

Oh and the protestors weren't innocent, they broke the law by sabotaging elections and preventing their fellow citizens from running for office and from voting, a criminal offence.

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" -Isaac Asimov

Thaksin tried to break these protests using the terrorism and murder of innocent Thais rather than lose power - and with it his chance to force amnesty. The UDD were caught red-handed with the grenade launchers

Isn't it funny how, consistently, tbthailand, stuttering parrot, sjaak, et al are completely ignoring when these points are raised? When the additional point is raised that the CURRENT army government hasn't applied any violence or done any killing, they consistently bleat "oh, but in 2010, and before...!" - while hoping no one notices that these times were both under a different regime, AND that most of these incidents were provoked by the same RedShirts that these tools so fervently defend.

I don't see anyone burning now Central World down, or throwing grenades into crowds - it almost makes you think that tbthailand, stuttering parrot, sjaak, et al are in favor of such violence and killings, since they want the country to return to such a configuration.

In terms of answering your question, as far as I can see, in 7 months they have not reformed anything:

In 7 months with a Govt who can do what they want, when they want with no opposition or having to answer to anyone, is this what you would deem acceptable and in line with the reform?

It is truly amazing how ignorant and generally naive you appear.

I didn't ask you what they have not achieved, I specifically asked you "How much WOULD you have expected to have been achieved after 7 months, considering how broken you consistently claim the system is?"

Do you need any further help with reading comprehension? Is English perhaps not your native language?

"Brutal and elitist politician" - citation needed.

This thread is so full of BS and monstrous double-standards, it's not true.

I followed events very closely and what happened to cause the coup was pretty straightforward:

Pheu-Thai refused point blank to allow any political reform before a new election. They were 100% prepared to use every means in their power to prevent it. This slid into open terrorist attacks against innocent protestors of the WORST kind : grenades being firing randomly into crowds.

As things were getting more desperate, Prayuth got them all together (a deliberate act) and gave them a chance to back away from the killing. They refused and so he took control. They refused because they had no power to agree : that decision was taken from a luxury hotel room in Dubai long before the meeting.

The rest is all just a consequence of that decision. Once Prayuth had made the decision, he had no choice but to follow the current path, and to commit to it 100%.

I have no reason to prefer one side over another. I form my opinions by following the news over time and things become pretty clear if your glasses are not tinted red or yellow.

Nobody wants this Junta, but all you people whining about it are blaming the wrong people. Of course, there's nothing new there. I've met very few Thais who will accept the consequence of their actions : they always blame somebody else.

John, you nailed it - unfortunately there is a naive, uninformed faction of semi-libertarians in these threads that absolutely abhors facts, or what is really happening, and prefers their own naive, conspiracy-tinged scenarios. They can't be helped, just as small children can't be helped.

Good to see the middle class and elite happy with another new toy!

I'm sure the peasants are very thankful for his kind gesture!

Odd that someone wouldn't like the idea of more bike lanes. You just can't win on this forum.

I agree. So much tedious cynicism, I am logging on much less these days. I scan the headlines and delete.

Pitty, because this could be a better place.

For all that there is not an actual democracy in place at the moment. PM Prayuth's position is not exactly without support. Millions were begging him to step in when Thaksin's mugs were shooting up the place. He stopped it.

For Heaven's sake, he has done heaps, and the bike lane project is another step in the right direction. There are very few cities in the USA with bike lanes, and virtually none with a public transport system as expansive and effective as that in Bangkok.

Bike lanes? For the PM, it is "Damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't".

To the cynics on TV., take a holiday from here, and go get a life.

Well said, technikalll - well said. I wholeheartedly support everything you just said.

... Except I would use different words to address these cynics, if I were allowed to.

The junta was out of touch with reality when they took government by force and many doubted then that they had the capability to run the country and it is being proven.

Anyway fancy Abhisit a yellow dem talking about helping poor farmers.

The yellow dems have been out of touch with the people since time began and that's why they are never elected.

Yes as the Yingluck government was so great.....flood prevention, rice scam, shootings on the street......I don't see this government as very good, but in compare with Samak, Somchai, Abhisit, Yingluck it is by far the best government

Exactly - it's funny how, when invited to compare the current to prior govts, these inevitable waffling and *crickets* coming from the same host of characters...

You know what else Thailand is unique in, Abhisit (you waste of a good education)? I'll give you 112 guesses.

I'll give you 310 guesses. 310:0, the utterly corrupt and disgraceful amnesty vote. And the reason we are in this mess.

Nobody can accuse a red-shirt of wasting a good education. These posts here prove it.

ROTFLOL. Perfect retort.

No, your on a role, djjamie. By the way, don't forget to learn the meaning of the word 'majority' before you post again. You seem to be confused. Cheers

When he says majority I don't think he means those who voted for him and the Dems but the majority of Thai people. The majority of people in Thailand are affected by fuel prices in one way or another which is who Abhisit is talking about.

Not that johndub cares about the majority, as long as he gets to hear himself talk.

Oh, dear. He has to choose between his brother and his buddy. How stressful that must be. Maybe everyone should just back off and give the poor guy room to breathe.

And the military government is different from the government of Thaksin how exactly? .

Oh, the usual 'somtam experts' will tell you "elections" - albeit, when pressed backpedal that "it's not all elections" - essentially, talking with these confused, uninformed people is like attempting to have a discussion with Libertarian kids in the USA - good luck getting them to actually clarify their positions, or explain how their utopia is to allegedly to be arrived at.

You'll keep getting the same scripted chorus - "elections" or "barrel of a gun". Come to think of it, it's almost identical to talking to Libertarians. Wouldn't surprise me if most of them had the same utopian leanings.

God this is horrible...

What was the plan crash when people inflated their lifejackets inside the plane?

I guess things like this are worth knowing and educating oneself about in case you are in such a position yourself and then can make your own informed decision!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_961

Worth noting : "The incident is one of the only documented water landing attempts of a widebody airliner with survivors."

Another good project.

Can't help you without more details from your end. What internet provider? What router (brand, model)? What computer are you using that sees the pop-ups?

The quote was specific to the "food chain", so I'm not sure your reading is correct.

It will mean whatever he can get away with while moving the goalposts...

Thank you for proving my point.

I also note that you are consistent with your buddies in ignoring questions asked of you:

How much would you have expected to have been achieved after 7 months, considering how broken you consistently claim the system is?

He was talking about you, mostly, and your ilk.

We could be 10 years into reforms, and we could have 90% of problems resolved and eliminated, and you would still whine about 'nothing having changed' and 'not enough being done'. You will attempt to find any excuse to place a negative spin on the situation.

Exactly, we are ONLY 7 months into an intervention aimed at reforming the system. ONLY 7 months. How much would you have expected to have been achieved after 7 months, considering how broken you consistently claim the system is?

So, you admit, at least, to being a torch-bearer for the red shirted criminals? At least we finally got that admission - thanks.

Classic headline. Where will they find qualified candidates?

No Idea T a H, definitely not on this site.

Have a nice evening.

Excellent burn! Kudos.

Wow, that's a lovely tinfoil hat you're wearing there.