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This reminds me of the one about a man who unfortunately had the name 'Fred Stinks'

He had a terrible childhood.

All the other kids mercilessly taunting him.

he suffered and he suffered and he suffered.

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his parents did not see the problem.

So,

at the age of 21 he immediately took steps to have his name changed to something more suitable.

And now he lives happily ever after.

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'Jack Stinks'

Cambodian government officials may be eagerly looking forward to their new invited guest providing staff development sessions on how to scam the country, but taking on board wanted criminals has the added risk of driving away international development funds, so there may be some added calculations on the pluses and minuses here. Having Interpol making enquiries about your 'honoured guest' isn't exactly edifying, but hey ex-Khmer Rouge leaders have put up with worse.

This should certainly give Thaksin more credibility in the eyes of world leaders and tarnish the claims of those simply calling him a criminal. If he were just looting the Thai coffers for his entire administration, surely the Cambodian government would not want him advising them on economic matters.

This gives some credence to the claim that the charges against him in Thailand are mainly political. I hope that they are eventually dropped and he can return to his homeland. Whether or not he should be allowed to re-enter politics is up to the Thai's, but I see no reason why he should have to live in exile.

So, suddenly the Cambodian government is angelic because it 'employs' Thaksin (or is it vice-versa)? BTW, he doesn't have to live in exile. He is a wanted criminal on the run.

Stop shooting the messenger. Hun Sen DID NOT sign Thaksin appointnment. I wonder who did? Why can't you people blame the correct person.

Yes, he was in the bath at the time and didn't hear the telephone ring.

What you are missing (deliberately) is that he is a crook.

Bad news for the reputation of Cambodia.

I'll tell you who cares. He cares! It is another reminder to him that each time he chips away at the other side, they can respond and this time strip away some last vestiges of public dignity and status. Since he is a criminal there's really no problem is there?

The British system has a reputation for being capricious in its decisions. However, for something that is tricky, ie this situation, paying for expert legal advice can be worthwhile. It is difficult to comment without seeing the completed form submitted. If the OP had just focussed his thread on 'what do I do now?' rather than starting a rant against the iniquities of 'illegal immigrants' I would be more sympathetic, but he should be more than aware that those of a similar mind-set are quite happy to exclude the spouses of UK-Thai marriages as they are considered 'invalid' and suspect.

Awesome!

Any particular reason you seem compelled to repeat this word in every post you make?

If you are trying to be sarcastic, fine, but could you at least vary it up a bit.

ohh, i talked with an other member about the etymological origin of a certain britisch english word. he said it's norse, my position was it is more likley that the norse word in question is just a Cognate.

i wrote also a more abstrac entry and to demonstrate cultural difference in historiography and histories of histories i worte a little bit about the history of historical linguistics studies and the use of different term for the same thing. indo-european languages vs. indo-germanic languages and so on.

but than came the '76 peacecorps and declared everything for BS. after this i just let a tumbleweed roll through the intellectual defoliated steppe.

in an other case i stumbled across the following line: Thai culture and civilization are utterly incapable of producing ... an Obama. posted by a board member.

my reply using the word hubris got deleted. okay hubris is of greek origin an not british english. i ask members of the super team for an advice and what what would be the appropriate choice of words for a reply and their answer was somewhat Zen, oracularly and quickly.

i conclude i should rely more on the optimistic branch of Bokononism.

and i think awesome is a good choice. it has something rabelaisian in it, almost. it is a fell good message. it is awesome. it is also US-american. and the US-american viewpoint, attitude is never wrong at this webforum. the risk of a delete for whatever reason is less.it will be never off topic. if i write more than 3 lines the risk that it goes off-topic is much higher.

so what is your problem with that? other forum characters spend their whole time with posting repetitive and redundant comments since years. 4,5,6 sometimes words and a smiley. knee-jerk reactions. unamusing. the usual.

i still offer a mixture in the style of my comments. that Abhisit is awesome is the mainstream opinion here, so i cheer a lot of people up.

Reading the above, It is awesome what a second class education can produce.

It is somewhat amusing to see the state of some of Thaksin's falang supporters.

Again, it is shameful that the US-Navy advertises so openly that the main reason for them to come to Thailand is Rest & Recreation.

In normal diplomatic wording it should have been called a courtesy visit from the US-Navy to Thailand.

According to my wife and father in law, and myself, the Vietnam era is long gone, and the US should behave like any respectful state.

Advertising the R&R so blatantly is very degrading for the Thai people.

That is an interesting but fair point.

Notwithstanding Tomahawk's whitewashing, Thaksin has only one strategy in mind and that is to fill his family's boots and use the state to do so. Poor attempts by Tomahawk to shroud this in bad sociological cultural referencing is weak at best.

Man bites dog.