Yingluck’s son reports to compulsory defence training course today

[Baerboxer]

1 hour ago, ovi1kanobi said:

If she had really escaped. She would have taken her son out with her. If she cares about him at all.

 

And if my aunt has balls she's be my uncle.

 

None of us really know. But do you really think the son, big brother, the siblings, would all be acting as if nothing happened if they didn't know. Maybe all is going to plan? Let the clowns run around making fools of themselves and then make an announcement when good and ready.

[Baerboxer]

Nice to see all that whistle blowing at his school didn't affect him 

 

Anyone else notice what a striking resemblance he has to his uncle?

 

Being groomed for higher things already?

[pornprong]

3 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

Nice to see all that whistle blowing at his school didn't affect him 

 

Anyone else notice what a striking resemblance he has to his uncle?

 

Being groomed for higher things already?

Looks nothing at all like his uncle and plenty like his father.

 

 

Perhaps it's time to get out of the gutter?

 

[ovi1kanobi]

8 minutes ago, pornprong said:

Looks nothing at all like his uncle and plenty like his father.

 

 

Perhaps it's time to get out of the gutter?

 

Thaksin is his grandfather!

[AGareth2]

5 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

All other countries have compulsory military training for teenagers?

 

Don't think so. 

it is not compulsory

in the UK you could do CCF at school

or at least the better ones

really enjoyed my 3 years

[Rimmer]

A couple of troll posts have been removed

[Baerboxer]

22 minutes ago, pornprong said:

Looks nothing at all like his uncle and plenty like his father.

 

 

Perhaps it's time to get out of the gutter?

 

 

I have no problem with you having a different opinion and thinking different.

 

Keep your silly childish remark to yourself though. Or mammy and daddy might take the computer away.

[AGareth2]

2 hours ago, ovi1kanobi said:

I believe she has been disposed of once and for all.

this was my initial concern

however the fact that there is no outcry from Dubai would imply otherwise

[pornprong]

1 minute ago, Baerboxer said:

 

I have no problem with you having a different opinion and thinking different.

 

Keep your silly childish remark to yourself though. Or mammy and daddy might take the computer away.

Would your "mammy and daddy" be proud of what you've typed about this kid?

[Baerboxer]

3 minutes ago, pornprong said:

Would your "mammy and daddy" be proud of what you've typed about this kid?

 

Such as what? What's your problem?

[Artisi]

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

And if my aunt has balls she's be my uncle.

 

None of us really know. But do you really think the son, big brother, the siblings, would all be acting as if nothing happened if they didn't know. Maybe all is going to plan? Let the clowns run around making fools of themselves and then make an announcement when good and ready.

Seems there are also  plenty of clowns in TV from some of the comments being made. 

[Dave67]

3 hours ago, ovi1kanobi said:

If she had really escaped. She would have taken her son out with her. If she cares about him at all.

When I asked the missus why did Yingluck leave her Son, she said he is with father and the Junta could not touch him

[IAMHERE]

Hope they don't kill him. What I don't understand about the military is why they insist on training what would seem to be future Red Shirts?

[JAG]

3 hours ago, billd766 said:

 

Why should paying extra for uniforms be a problem? I paid for school unforms, 4 different types for the 6 years that my son was at P1 to P6, just the same as the Thai parents paid. Every English language camp and extra activity usually needed an extra T shirt.

 

Now my son is in M1 with 4 different sets of uniform which I paid for and all the other Thai parents paid for also.

 

The cost of the uniforms is minor compared with the chance of a male child being called up as possibly being used as cannon fodder, so like many other Thai parents I will do my best to get him enrolled as a cadet so that he will not have to do compulsory 2 years as a grunt.

 

So to answer your question, NO I am not wrong.

 

Whilst I completely understand (and rather agree with) your aversion to your son being conscripted, be aware that whilst if your son completes his cadet training he would be  exempt the draft, in the event of mobilisation he is still liable for call up. When these cadets complete their training I believe that they are placed in the reserve in the rank (at least) of serjeant, and in the event of mobilisation they will be the section commanders, platoon serjeants and platoon commanders of the expanded army.

Rather worrying, both for them and those that they will lead....

[Baerboxer]

3 minutes ago, JAG said:

Whilst I completely understand (and rather agree with) your aversion to your son being conscripted, be aware that whilst if your son completes his cadet training he would be  exempt the draft, in the event of mobilisation he is still liable for call up. When these cadets complete their training I believe that they are placed in the reserve in the rank (at least) of serjeant, and in the event of mobilisation they will be the section commanders, platoon serjeants and platoon commanders of the expanded army.

Rather worrying, both for them and those that they will lead....

 

Bit like 2nd Lieutenants from Eton and other public schools 100 years ago in Belgium!

 

But luckily, I don't see Thailand actually ever fighting a war with external enemies.

[wakeupplease]

4 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Bit like 2nd Lieutenants from Eton and other public schools 100 years ago in Belgium!

 

But luckily, I don't see Thailand actually ever fighting a war with external enemies.

100 years ago you say

 

Well that explains it still living in the distant past, I wonder if you know its 2017 September and times have moved on a bit with those who did the nasty back then punished for their sins.

 

Second yes I agree

 

As no Balls.

 

[JAG]

25 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Bit like 2nd Lieutenants from Eton and other public schools 100 years ago in Belgium!

 

But luckily, I don't see Thailand actually ever fighting a war with external enemies.

Yes well...

Most of the Public School Commissioned subalterns had a bit more training, although it was still rudimentary. The problems faced by the BEF in the early years, and indeed throughout the war, were not a particular weakness in junior leadership.The good/lucky survived and were rapidly promoted (lots of vacancies). By 1916 the junior officers were mostly promoted from the ranks. The late Richard Holmes wrote a first rate book ,"Tommy", which covered the subject, amongst others.

The whole Blackadder/ General Melchett bit, although at times on the mark, was quite a long way from being the whole story. I digress, a bit of an interest of mine...

 

As for fighting an external enemy, I agree. But Internal Security (IS) or Counter Revolutionary (CR) operations, (the two rather blend into each other) do require good junior leadership.

[Bundooman]

20 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Question 1) - Where's your mum ?

I for one, simply do not believe that Yingluck would leave her son in Thailand alone to face the hordes and be subjected to the obvious interrogations regarding his mother's whereabouts, let alone attend some mandatory military training course.

I am not a YS supporter by a long chalk - regardless of the fact that I think she is an outstandingly attractive woman, but I do not believe she would do that!

She is still in Thailand - and, near her son.

[Baerboxer]

3 minutes ago, JAG said:

Yes well...

Most of the Public School Commissioned subalterns had a bit more training, although it was still rudimentary. The problems faced by the BEF in the early years, and indeed throughout the war, were not a particular weakness in junior leadership.The good/lucky survived and were rapidly promoted (lots of vacancies). By 1916 the junior officers were mostly promoted from the ranks. The late Richard Holmes wrote a first rate book ,"Tommy", which covered the subject, amongst others.

The whole Blackadder/ General Melchett bit, although at times on the mark, was quite a long way from being the whole story. I digress, a bit of an interest of mine...

 

Mine too.

 

But the interesting analogy here is for how long, British, French, German and their allied general staffs all failed to realize that repeatedly doing the same things they'd always done, that changing technology wasn't important, that the old social class structured hierarchies would deliver the right results and that those at the top could never be wrong. Remember that some service men in the British forces weren't even entitled to vote!

 

Interesting to analogize some of that, with some abstract extrapolations.

[4MyEgo]

21 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

Question 1) - Where's your mum ?

Always keep kids separate from parents personal matters, simple really

[Baerboxer]

28 minutes ago, wakeupplease said:

100 years ago you say

 

Well that explains it still living in the distant past, I wonder if you know its 2017 September and times have moved on a bit with those who did the nasty back then punished for their sins.

 

Second yes I agree

 

As no Balls.

 

 

If you don't understand something, it's better to keep quiet rather than post and confirm your lack of understanding, rather than post an inane comment in the hope of scoring some imagined silly point.

 

The ability to use analogy, metaphors, similies and connect them with past events to illustrate arguments, discussions or provide explanatory frameworks to aid analyses isn't for everyone. Clearly not for you.

 

And no, not many who committed atrocities back then were actually punished. But not really a surprise your knowledge of history is limited too.

 

 

[wakeupplease]

1 minute ago, Baerboxer said:

 

If you don't understand something, it's better to keep quiet rather than post and confirm your lack of understanding, rather than post an inane comment in the hope of scoring some imagined silly point.

 

The ability to use analogy, metaphors, similies and connect them with past events to illustrate arguments, discussions or provide explanatory frameworks to aid analyses isn't for everyone. 

 

And no, not many who committed atrocities back then were actually punished. But not really a surprise your knowledge of history is limited too.

 

Clearly, not for you.

One of use lives on facts as we went to school and had real teachers who taught us facts 1066 for instance (easy one that is) one of us was taught by properganda. That sort of says it all. When it comes to IQ,s mine is a little bigger that my shoe size.

 

 

[Artisi]

19 minutes ago, Bundooman said:

I for one, simply do not believe that Yingluck would leave her son in Thailand alone to face the hordes and be subjected to the obvious interrogations regarding his mother's whereabouts, let alone attend some mandatory military training course.

I am not a YS supporter by a long chalk - regardless of the fact that I think she is an outstandingly attractive woman, but I do not believe she would do that!

She is still in Thailand - and, near her son.

If you listen to one wacky poster, she is no longer breathing, but dead, deceased, exterminated, rubbed out, silenced. 

So take your pick in the trifecta, o/seas, here, dead. 

[metisdead]

Some more off topic trolling posts and replies have been removed. 

[Baerboxer]

14 minutes ago, wakeupplease said:

One of use lives on facts as we went to school and had real teachers who taught us facts 1066 for instance (easy one that is) one of us was taught by properganda. That sort of says it all. When it comes to IQ,s mine is a little bigger that my shoe size.

 

 

 

Learning should be a lifelong experience. It's never too late - you can still do it!

[chivo]

I suspect there is a clue to Yingluck's escape/whereabouts/future in the graphic on her son's t-shirt. 

[Dave67]

I've been told there an opt out option through the local Amphur

[Ricardo]

1 hour ago, Bundooman said:

I for one, simply do not believe that Yingluck would leave her son in Thailand alone to face the hordes and be subjected to the obvious interrogations regarding his mother's whereabouts, let alone attend some mandatory military training course.

I am not a YS supporter by a long chalk - regardless of the fact that I think she is an outstandingly attractive woman, but I do not believe she would do that!

She is still in Thailand - and, near her son.

 

Just to point out, there's nothing mandatory about this part-time military-training, parents choose to sign-up their boys for it, and his father is still (so far as we know) around.

 

She would also often have left him behind, with his father, when she went off on her previous overseas-trips on government-business ?

[Eric Loh]

26 minutes ago, Ricardo said:

Just to point out, there's nothing mandatory about this part-time military-training, parents choose to sign-up their boys for it, and his father is still (so far as we know) around.

I may not be a native speaking Englishman but don't the headline that read "compulsory course for children of that age" meant something similar to mandatory? 

[billd766]

1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:

I may not be a native speaking Englishman but don't the headline that read "compulsory course for children of that age" meant something similar to mandatory? 

 

It doesn't really matter if you use the term mandatory or compulsory as it is voluntary as NO student is forced to take part in the scheme.

 

It is more a matter of parental or student choice.

 

IMHO if the Thai government of whatever colour were to create a professional well paid military (pay the generals pensions until they die off) then the political scene may be completely different, and Thailand could have a military that they could be truly proud of.