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klauskunkel

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  1. An astute and balanced assessment of the situation by one in the know (as evidenced by the below quote).

    "Chalerm said the controversial "blanket amnesty" brought an end to the Yingluck government because it (finally) provided the PDRC with a valid reason to overthrow the government".

    And just think, if the Yellows had let democracy run it's course, Thaksin would probably have been legitimately voted out of office by now.

    astute and balanced? Chalerm???

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  2. The military suffers from corruption, cronyism, nepotism and down right incompetence just as much as the police from the top to bottom, the only difference being that the police come into contact with the general public everyday making their short coming more evident.

    My landlord is a military officer and certainly doesn't conduct himself in a manner or with the decorum wish might reasonably be expected from his rank, well in other countries that is.

    Over the years I have been informed, including from within his family, how many times he has been in financial trouble by excessive spending ' looking after ' senior officers and it has bought him two promotions to date with the potential of another.

    another general in the making

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  3. Finance minister admits corruption in tax collection departments

    This statement constitutes in my mind a perfect, legitimate and valid legal argument to stop paying taxes to the government, until they have purged the system.

    How many times have I heard this in western countries. You sit back in your chairs and make these wild statements but are you organizing the revolution? Oh, of course not, you are just an idea warrior who expects the masses to heed your advice and start the revolution.

    As I said: this constitutes in my mind..., meaning: it is my opinion

    and you better heed my advice and start the revolution, or I have to get out of my chair!

  4. How can a world culture brainwash itself into regressing to medieval thinking, complete with justifying archaic laws, superstition, beheadings, stonings, tribal conflicts and total intolerance of any other culture. This culture once was the exact opposite many hundreds of years ago... w. t. f. happened?

    Secularism was too weak in Islamic countries and religious leaders took advantage and increased their influence in politics over time. And this is what resulted: rampant bigotry, fear and hate mongering towards anything different, proscription of any advancement in society.

    Of course, such a system is unsustainable on it's own, they don't produce anything, there is no progress - and if this culture were isolated from the rest of the world, it would purge itself from its leaders, or perish. However, there is no isolation, and for this culture to continue, they have to export their system into other cultures and take over, by whatever means. They have to expand to sustain themselves...similar to a virus.

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  5. How does reconciliation happen with an infatic, ridged leader like this one ?

    infatic?

    ridged leader?

    what are you trying to say?

    I think he meant emphatic and rigid.

    https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070805200301AAjdKgN

    What does the word "infatic" mean?
    I can't this word in any of my dictionaries. It may just be that I'm spelling it incorrectly, and that's why I can't find it.
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    If you mean emphatic, it is tending to express oneself in forceful speech or to take decisive action
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    ..., or maybe he is infatuated with a midget?

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