Golden Triangle Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 7 hours ago, webfact said: Junta Chides Protesters For Comparing Prayuth To Pinocchio Junta Chides Threatens Protesters For Comparing Prayuth To Pinocchio. Fixed it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Some off topic posts have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dap Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Hayduke said: Right on brother! Their behavior is abhorrent. Those comics who foolishly malign and disrespect Uncle need to ask themselves some very serious questions. Does his majestic presence not bless his nieces and nephews with serene beauty and blissful contentment? Does his compassionate and benevolent gaze not glow with the luminous light of supreme understanding and infinite wisdom? Do his profound words not ring with the sweet purity of godly truth and fall musically on our grateful ears? Behold, ye of little faith. Behold perfection incarnate and bow with humility and deep, everlasting respect. Steven100 may frame this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farcanell Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 7 hours ago, petermik said: Truth hurting methinks....... Lol... undoubtedly. but... maybe the M Generals political prison is already overflowing and he wants to reduce the rate of inflow of new prisoners ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 5 hours ago, chickenslegs said: This is worrying. They may start arresting anyone with a big nose. It's spelt Raymond Luxury-Yacht but it's pronounced Throat-Wobbler Mangrove! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debate101 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) It's a poor comparison because Pinocchio was just a boy who thought he could lie his way out of trouble and Prayuth is a conniving con man who plotted with his buddies to seize sovereign power and deliberately lies about giving it back whenever it's politically useful. Edited March 1, 2018 by debate101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckThai Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Pinocchio mask? Hmmm....I was sure they were making reference to someone being a *ickhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupermarineS6B Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 8 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said: Dissent is building. People are starting to realise the only way out of this mess is to stand up to these bullies. Pressure will mount and then the violent 'crackdowns' will begin. Disappearances, arbitrary killings, abductions, arrests in the middle of the night. We've seen it all before but some clowns on here still think these are the 'good guys'. Yep, it's a coming.......... A man who takes power at the point of a gun will have to be removed at the point of one......... seen it all before........ Suchinda ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupermarineS6B Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Ha ha, tells more lies than a cheap Chinese watch........who, Pinnochio or Prayut ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiSoLowSoNoSo Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 What a sad state for the "Land of the Free". I really hope that the next generation of Thais can come trough the "darkest hour of the nation" and kick these parasites in green and brown out of this country and build a better and greater Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 10 hours ago, HiSoLowSoNoSo said: What a sad state for the "Land of the Free". I really hope that the next generation of Thais can come trough the "darkest hour of the nation" and kick these parasites in green and brown out of this country and build a better and greater Thailand. what is sad is the constant whinging & whining from expats who choose to reside here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Samui Bodoh Posted March 1, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 1, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, steven100 said: what is sad is the constant whinging & whining from expats who choose to reside here. Actually... What is sad is the abandonment of all principles of democracy and freedom in favour of sycophantic worship of a coup leader. Have a nice day. Edited March 1, 2018 by Samui Bodoh Lack of coffee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 6 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said: Actually... What is sad is the abandonment of all principles of democracy and freedom in favour of sycophantic worship of a coup leader. Have a nice day. I've witnessed what democracy gets you in many developed western countries ..... and well ! quite frankly .... you can have it in all it's glory. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted March 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, steven100 said: I've witnessed what democracy gets you in many developed western countries ..... and well ! quite frankly .... you can have it in all it's glory. lol P loves you Stevo.....his boots have never been so clean! Edited March 2, 2018 by PatOngo 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 21 minutes ago, PatOngo said: P loves you Stevo.....his boots have never been so clean! Please be gentle with ole Stevie, he has a very delicate disposition, and could get upset easily seeing comments like yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Just now, steven100 said: I've witnessed what democracy gets you in many developed western countries ..... and well ! quite frankly .... you can have it in all it's glory. lol Steven, you seem to have forgotten what someone said some while back. Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. (House of Commons, 11 November 1947) And another- If I had to sum up the immediate future of democratic politics in a single word I should say “insurance.” That is the future—insurance against dangers from abroad, insurance against dangers scarcely less grave and much more near and constant which threaten us here at home in our own island. —Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 23 May 1909 At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper—no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish the overwhelming importance of that point. —House of Commons, 31 October 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, colinneil said: Please be gentle with ole Stevie, he has a very delicate disposition, and could get upset easily seeing comments like yours. He is either young and naive or a very calculated piss taker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, bannork said: Steven, you seem to have forgotten what someone said some while back. Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. (House of Commons, 11 November 1947) And another- If I had to sum up the immediate future of democratic politics in a single word I should say “insurance.” That is the future—insurance against dangers from abroad, insurance against dangers scarcely less grave and much more near and constant which threaten us here at home in our own island. —Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 23 May 1909 At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper—no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish the overwhelming importance of that point. —House of Commons, 31 October 1944 In an ideal democracy where "one person, one vote" actually holds, people's inability to judge ideas and issues would be a big problem. But we live in the Real World, not an ideal world. And the further away you move from an ideal democracy, the less rational the voting process becomes. Here in the United States, party allegiance and voting have become primarily emotional processes. And of course for candidates or those working directly for the political parties or those buying their allegiance, there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The issues are unimportant, being merely emotional touchstones for uninformed voters. There's hardly anything rational about it for most of these dupes. The advent of Mass Media in the 20th century changed the game in a profound way. Emotional messages can now be disseminated far and wide in 30-second or 60-second spots on TV or radio. Certainly it is not possible to intelligently address a real issue (e.g. tax policy or government deficits) in such a short period of time. Soundbites, not rational thinking, govern the election process from beginning to end. Thus the scientists quoted above have committed the fallacy I called the Imputation of Rationality in my post Humans Are Not Rational Problem Solvers. If "lack of expertise" (incompetence) was the real problem, we might conclude that democracies always fail because voters can not distinguish between good ideas and bad ideas. The most incompetent among us serve as canaries in the coal mine signifying a larger quandary in the concept of democracy; truly ignorant people may be the worst judges of candidates and ideas, Dunning said, but we all suffer from a degree of blindness stemming from our own personal lack of expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 American democracy failed decades ago—we could argue about exactly when that occurred—but we are seeing that process at work in Europe today. Greece and Italy are now run by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels who, along with the ECB and big private banks, will increasingly call the shots in other countries on Europe's southern rim. Great power is being wielded and corruption is part & parcel of that. The governing process in EU member states is becoming more and more undemocratic every day. If you doubt this, just ask a Greek or an Italian. Next year you can ask the Portuguese or the Spanish. So my view is that democracies always fail sooner or later. Although the United States never had a pure democracy, it is remarkable how long the old Republic was sustained. But when America became a great global power after World War II, the jig was up. It was only a matter of time until the U.S. became as undemocratic as it is today. What's ironic about this is that the less we live in a democracy, the more those looking to maintain the status quo trumpet the idea of America-as-a-democracy and the importance of voting. Frankly, that's ridiculous, and provides us with yet another example of how crazy life in the United States has become. So ..... remember, democracy is not what has to happen. It's not cast in stone. !! Thailand is not ready for democracy. Thailand works better without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 20 hours ago, webfact said: Junta Chides Protesters For Comparing Prayuth To Pinocchio And so the junta should! Pinocchi has every reason to be seriously offended. Prayut has a much longer nose by comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDfella Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Another 'one in the eye' for freedom of speech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debate101 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 hour ago, steven100 said: American democracy failed decades ago—we could argue about exactly when that occurred—but we are seeing that process at work in Europe today. Greece and Italy are now run by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels who, along with the ECB and big private banks, will increasingly call the shots in other countries on Europe's southern rim. Great power is being wielded and corruption is part & parcel of that. The governing process in EU member states is becoming more and more undemocratic every day. If you doubt this, just ask a Greek or an Italian. Next year you can ask the Portuguese or the Spanish. So my view is that democracies always fail sooner or later. Although the United States never had a pure democracy, it is remarkable how long the old Republic was sustained. But when America became a great global power after World War II, the jig was up. It was only a matter of time until the U.S. became as undemocratic as it is today. What's ironic about this is that the less we live in a democracy, the more those looking to maintain the status quo trumpet the idea of America-as-a-democracy and the importance of voting. Frankly, that's ridiculous, and provides us with yet another example of how crazy life in the United States has become. So ..... remember, democracy is not what has to happen. It's not cast in stone. !! Thailand is not ready for democracy. Thailand works better without it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index People living in democracies are, generally, wealthier, healthier, and better educated (with a few notable exceptions). Their ability to develop themselves intellectually and gain access to academic and scientific knowledge, which is crucial for developing the society, is not artificially limited by the interests of the elite. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becker Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 3 hours ago, steven100 said: American democracy failed decades ago—we could argue about exactly when that occurred—but we are seeing that process at work in Europe today. Greece and Italy are now run by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels who, along with the ECB and big private banks, will increasingly call the shots in other countries on Europe's southern rim. Great power is being wielded and corruption is part & parcel of that. The governing process in EU member states is becoming more and more undemocratic every day. If you doubt this, just ask a Greek or an Italian. Next year you can ask the Portuguese or the Spanish. So my view is that democracies always fail sooner or later. Although the United States never had a pure democracy, it is remarkable how long the old Republic was sustained. But when America became a great global power after World War II, the jig was up. It was only a matter of time until the U.S. became as undemocratic as it is today. What's ironic about this is that the less we live in a democracy, the more those looking to maintain the status quo trumpet the idea of America-as-a-democracy and the importance of voting. Frankly, that's ridiculous, and provides us with yet another example of how crazy life in the United States has become. So ..... remember, democracy is not what has to happen. It's not cast in stone. !! Thailand is not ready for democracy. Thailand works better without it. So Steven, buddy; will you move when voting resumes in Thailand? Come on man, it's not that hard a question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Becker said: So Steven, buddy; will you move when voting resumes in Thailand? Come on man, it's not that hard a question! lol ... will you move now.. and take a few whingers with you haha just kiddin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Becker Posted March 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2018 3 hours ago, steven100 said: In an ideal democracy where "one person, one vote" actually holds, people's inability to judge ideas and issues would be a big problem. But we live in the Real World, not an ideal world. And the further away you move from an ideal democracy, the less rational the voting process becomes. Here in the United States, party allegiance and voting have become primarily emotional processes. And of course for candidates or those working directly for the political parties or those buying their allegiance, there's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The issues are unimportant, being merely emotional touchstones for uninformed voters. There's hardly anything rational about it for most of these dupes. The advent of Mass Media in the 20th century changed the game in a profound way. Emotional messages can now be disseminated far and wide in 30-second or 60-second spots on TV or radio. Certainly it is not possible to intelligently address a real issue (e.g. tax policy or government deficits) in such a short period of time. Soundbites, not rational thinking, govern the election process from beginning to end. Thus the scientists quoted above have committed the fallacy I called the Imputation of Rationality in my post Humans Are Not Rational Problem Solvers. If "lack of expertise" (incompetence) was the real problem, we might conclude that democracies always fail because voters can not distinguish between good ideas and bad ideas. The most incompetent among us serve as canaries in the coal mine signifying a larger quandary in the concept of democracy; truly ignorant people may be the worst judges of candidates and ideas, Dunning said, but we all suffer from a degree of blindness stemming from our own personal lack of expertise. When you copy and paste you should at least provide a link to where you stole the material Steven, you naughty boy. http://www.declineoftheempire.com/2012/03/democracies-always-fail.html Having read your many posts over the year it was immediately apparent that you didn't write this yourself as, quite honestly, you're not that articulate. Sorry buddy! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Thailand has piece and stability, it has economic development. If being allowed to put a cross on a piece of paper is giving up all that then no thanks. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becker Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 1 hour ago, steven100 said: Thailand has piece and stability, it has economic development. If being allowed to put a cross on a piece of paper is giving up all that then no thanks. !! Actually the Thai economy was a lot better under Thaksin than it is now. Peace? Enforced calm that will only make matters worse when the lid comes off. The clock is ticking Steven (btw, that was no reference to #2 toad's astonishing watch collection). Hopefully very soon Pinocchio is heading for the airport. I urge you to follow suit buddy!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will E Vormer Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 http://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-responsible-for-collapse-of-our-rice-mills-thailand/ Now the junta is blaming nigeria for its problems! Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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