1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

Yeah me too, don't understand westerners being bothered by it.

My wife is happy with him being in charge and if she wasn't that wouldn't bother either.

Your wife's opinion has little influence on the things I am bothered by or not bothered by.

He says 'People must not forget the most important thing'.    Sorry General; it is you that is forgetting the most important thing....AN ELECTION !

very well played by prayut and the junta, suspect there is some complicity there as well, but shan't go into details as to where.

 

a hole card was played and due to its face value, no one can object.

very well played indeed.
 

10 minutes ago, HooHaa said:

very well played by prayut and the junta, suspect there is some complicity there as well, but shan't go into details as to where.

 

a hole card was played and due to its face value, no one can object.

very well played indeed.
 

But this was all so obvious! Lots of us saw this coming - and we did not need to be geniuses to predict it (any more than we are geniuses when we predict that a certain SAD OCCASION will be used to delay politics for months - maybe a year - to come afterwards)!

 

There is nothing clever about what Prayut has done, is doing, or will do. When you are a playground bully (with tanks, guns, and bombs) and all the kids around you have their hands, arms and legs tightly bound, and you have a POWERFUL PERSON in your corner - you can do whatever you want. Nothing clever, or smart, or astute about it whatsoever.

 

There are many highly disparaging adjectives I could apply to such behaviour - but I'll leave those to the reader's imagination!

 

Once again, Farangs, or non-Thai folks make it their business where they have no business making this subject their business. There is another song appropriate for this matter "Blowing in the Wind."

3 minutes ago, Eligius said:

But this was all so obvious! Lots of us saw this coming - and we did not need to be geniuses to predict it (any more than we are geniuses when we predict that a certain SAD OCCASION will be used to delay politics for months - maybe a year - to come afterwards)!

 

There is nothing clever about what Prayut has done, is doing, or will do. When you are a playground bully (with tanks, guns, and bombs) and all the kids around you have their hands, arms and legs tightly bound, and you have a POWERFUL PERSON in your corner - you can do whatever you want. Nothing clever, or smart, or astute about it at all.

 

There are many adjectives I could apply to such behaviour - but I'll leave those to the reader's imagination!

true.

this jockeying has been years in the making, all unrest, protest in thailand has been the factions jostling for power awaiting a certain event. 

now that the worst has finally happened the clear victor has emerged and it is clear who had backing from the outset.

ah complicity.
 

19 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

My fault not including non elected, corrupt and conniving junta government.

Your in Thai government to know that is true or just assuming it.

36 minutes ago, oldrunner said:

Once again, Farangs, or non-Thai folks make it their business where they have no business making this subject their business. There is another song appropriate for this matter "Blowing in the Wind."

Isn't it interesting that the 'mind your own business' brigade are strangely absent whenever a poster is praising the junta to the skies? Just saying, like...

3 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Yeah me too, don't understand westerners being bothered by it.

My wife is happy with him being in charge and if she wasn't that wouldn't bother either.

I have a son at school. 

The social class began to talk about democracy. 

I have had to warn my son not to get involved in any political talk at school, on fb on line. One wrong share, one wrong like, one joke about the wrong person could see him in prison for years. I hope your wife plays fb and shares a lot. 

1 hour ago, oldrunner said:

Once again, Farangs, or non-Thai folks make it their business where they have no business making this subject their business. There is another song appropriate for this matter "Blowing in the Wind."

It is their business 

It's everyone's business. 

They are tourists here. 

They invest money here. 

They have businesses here. 

They have families here that they support. 

That's why Prayut is off on a world relations tour. 

The foreigners and their wares are greatly needed here. 

So it's everyone's business what kind of government will emerge. 

30 minutes ago, baboon said:

Isn't it interesting that the 'mind your own business' brigade are strangely absent whenever a poster is praising the junta to the skies? Just saying, like...

Right.

 

This 'it's none of your business - it is only for Thais' line is the height of fatuous silliness. Some of us actually work here, pay taxes here, have families here, have our work directly impacted upon by the junta  - so it is VERY MUCH OUR BUSINESS! Just because we don't have power in this land, does not mean that we don't have the moral right - indeed, the duty - to speak out against tyranny and injustice.

 

2 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

My fault not including non elected, corrupt and conniving junta government. Now surely you can agree. 

 

 

Not yet.

 

If an ‘elected’ government is more/same corrupt/conniving then there is no benefit in changing the status quo.

1 hour ago, greenchair said:

I hope your wife plays fb and shares a lot. 

What a nasty thing to say, being a Thai my wife knows what to say/write or not what to say/write you pillock. 

The Roadmap to Democracy, evidently drafted by M. C. Escher.

 

This, along with the first execution in 9 years, were quite the bombshells to drop before jetting off to London and Paris.

 

I imagine he's going to be complaining to PM May about Yingluck's visa?

 

 

 

The planets gradually approach their moment of alignment.

 

 

The prime minister broke with tradition in linking the royal ceremony with a political event.

Very wrong, very wrong. A huge mistake.

This is only going to make things worse.

A foolish move by the PM for all sides of the spectrum.

Once again, Farangs, or non-Thai folks make it their business where they have no business making this subject their business. There is another song appropriate for this matter "Blowing in the Wind."

So you are upset that foreign people are discussing thai issues on a forum that is expressly designed for foreign people to discuss thai issues?



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11 hours ago, Thailand said:

You know what you want to say but you can't.

Didn't something important happen in 1932?

4 minutes ago, brucec64 said:

So you are upset that foreign people are discussing thai issues on a forum that is expressly designed for foreign people to discuss thai issues?



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Trouble is the big people are telling the little people it is not their business either. Why not?

8 hours ago, oldrunner said:

Once again, Farangs, or non-Thai folks make it their business where they have no business making this subject their business. There is another song appropriate for this matter "Blowing in the Wind."

Can you honestly say that you have never commented on the political situation in a country that is not the one you claim citizenship from? 

 

To be clear: that means not condemning genocide, war crimes. and oppressive regimes across the world as well (This junta isn't totally there..yet) but where do you draw the line of "minding your own business"?

 

I am a non-citizen, but I have spent more of my adult life in Thailand than any other country in the world. It is my home, and my children are Thai citizens. It is 100% my business what goes on here, but not because I live here or have blood relatives that are Thai: Rather, I believe that people deserve the right to not go to prison for having an opinion.

An offensive post has been removed as well as a reply.  A post containing a disallowed reference to the government has been removed. 

Thankyou to Thaivisa for allowing such a delicate topic to be discussed. It's very interesting to read all the comments. Everyone seems to have abided by the laws of the land except one. The unelected Prime Minister of Thailand. I wonder if it is not him that is a threat to Thailands national institutions? He certainly seems to wield far to much power.

20 hours ago, oldrunner said:

Once again, Farangs, or non-Thai folks make it their business where they have no business making this subject their business. There is another song appropriate for this matter "Blowing in the Wind."

you do realise that the families who regained their powet and wealth, raised the army, defeated the burmese then went in to create Thonburi and Bangkok as new capitals; were MON,INDIAN,PERSIAN with a mix of Islam, Aryan cultures.

 

So who the hell are Thai's. Does anyone know?

 

or do you mean those with thai passports like the chinese immigrants from the last 130 years, are they Thai? or do you they still think there're chinese

On ‎6‎/‎20‎/‎2018 at 8:33 AM, webfact said:

leave for visits of England and France during June 20-25

Probably get invite to F1 at Paul Ricard. Maybe bring Boss back? Anyway its a good time to visit France. Does his wife go on these trips?