JAG

A lesson, were one needed, in what happens when you put venal people in a position of authority, give them a uniform ( which to their blinkered minds confers status) and allow their bigoted views to drive their official actions, untrammeled by a regime to whom the concept of any accountability to its people is abhorrent.

15 hours ago, Oziex1 said:

RTP: Royal Thai Pirates.   Arrrh.

 

 

To err is human,

To arrh is pirate...

8 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Come on, The Nation, the coup did not overthrow Yinglucks government, she was not the Prime Minister when the coup took place!   There was no military coup to oust her.

Absolutely correct. And as I know that you are a stickler for such details, shall we remind those who may have overlooked the point that the  coup was instigated to forestall a completely constitutional election, which coincidentally Yingluck and the party she led was rather likely to win...

As you imply, it is so important to get these things right don't you agree?

He is quite probably right. An utterly disreputable old thug, but nonetheless quite probably right; if Pheu Thai is allowed to stand. 

Of course, no matter how many votes they garner/seats they win, I'm sure that there will be a variety of reasons which will prevent them from actually taking up those seats. 

On 8/18/2018 at 10:19 AM, spidermike007 said:

Mango Mussolini...

One of the very best!

'tis a cracker, so it is!

29 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

I too was under the impression that the coronation must take place before any thought can be given to elections, or am I confused ? it has been known ?

So was I (under that impression - not confused, I've been confused since I first stepped off an aeroplane at Don Muang donkeys years ago)!

I think we can safely say that there are a number of excuses " in the bank".

The chairmanship of ASEAN is probably the first to be deployed, if only because it has a timescale outside Junta control. Certain health issues (highlighted today) could impose a one year delay, after that year then the delay until after a coronation; two years plus?

That's without any concerns about "unrest", real or manufactured.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Maj-General Piyapong Klinphan, a spokesman for the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), said the council had not found anything of concern or any security threats that might delay the election. 

 

That is the only paragraph that means anything.

8 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

These rules are about as far from modern society as it possible to get. 

 

Ludicrous behaviour. 

But then this regime has, right from the day of the coup, distanced itself from modern society. 

It really is academic whatever Thaksin does or doesn't do. As several have said Pheu Thai will be disbanded, at the appropriate time. That time will be sufficiently close to the election being called to prevent a clone emerging. If Thaksin for some reason cannot be blamed don't worry, then they will invent another reason. 

The Junta know that in the end, their only hope of "winning" an election is to effectively disenfranchise the North and North East. 

2 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

If this were any other organization on the planet, it would have been forcibly disbanded a long time ago for extreme, wide-spread, long-term, repeated pedophilia that was illegally hidden and covered up by its leadership.

 

Why is this organization allowed to continue to exist?

 

 

I will start by stating that I am a practising Roman Catholic. (heaven knows I have to practice, I am not very good at it). 

These abuses are foul, and the cover ups also. They should and must be exposed and punished as the crimes that they are. They will, I  am certain also be punished when their perpetrators stand in judgement before Almighty God. That does not excuse them judgement or punishment on earth. Remember that Priests, Bishops, Cardinals and Pope's are human. They are capable of doing great wrongs, and if they do, then they should be accountable. They are also capable of sin, and if they sin must be accountable for that before God. 

These are wicked men, they have been exposed as wicked before society, there wickedness is undoubtedly open to Almighty God. Of course as a Catholic one is also aware of Satan and all his works. How many times in the performance of their priestly duties have these men pronounced that " they renounce Satan and all his works", yet they have done what they have done. This is NOT an excuse. It is an observation which underlines the evil which they have done. 

This business has certainly shaken my faith, and shaken and destroyed that of many others. That too is a great tragedy. 

Disbanding the Roman Catholic Church would simply not be possible. Apart from any spiritual considerations (1.2 billion or so) the same sanctions should be applied to many other religions and movements which have also had paedophiles and their protectors amongst their ranks.If you are a Roman Catholic, then you believe that the Church is Almighty God's creation, and not for man to dispose of. 

And please (not you SB)  let's not hear that "priests cannot marry because if they do their money will go to their families and not the Church", and " Confession will wash it away - three Hail Marys and off you go..." That merely displays a profound misunderstanding of the Church and it's Sacraments! 

Yes the Thais could take much better care of their ancient sites, not throw litter and so on. 

But this sort of behaviour is just crass. 

If you are going to behave like a pisstaking <deleted>, why make the effort to travel to Ayutthaya to do it? Ah yes, because you think it is funny to wind up the locals... 

27 minutes ago, ELVIS123456 said:

The post is biased and anti-Thai nationalist - this is the stuff media outlets are doing all over the western world.

This Is Thailand. The Thais make the rules. The reason there is so much violence and dischord in the South is because the Muslims refuse to accept the Thai rules, and openly fight them.

It is that simple. And it is the same simple truth everywhere. Muslims refuse to accept the rules of other cultures. 

 

Whilst 'inclusion' is a great idea, allowing Muslims to marry 9 year olds is something we must not ever allow in our countries.

If you accept that then the matter is where do you draw the line?

Personally I find both the Hijab and Khimar fine.

But I would ban the Niqab, Burka and Kimar in public places and buildings.

 

Meanwhile, rather than cause all the trouble, perhaps the Muslims involved can send their kids to a Muslim school, rather than demanding their 'rights in a Thai school where the children are expected to observe and follow Buddhist practices.  This is why they have Muslim only schools in the west, and western/Christian schools in Muslim countries. 

 

Your post might have some traction were the Muslim population in the southern provinces relatively new immigrants, seeking to impose their religious and cultural practices on an indigenous Buddhist population. They're not. 

The southern provinces were not Thai or Buddhist . Thailand is trying to impose their religious and cultural practices on an indigenous Muslim population.

The daft thing is that the relatively moderate Muslim population of these provinces, if left to get on with their lives, would have probably (indeed they were) accepted Thai rule with relative equanimity.