6 hours ago, Denim said:

Given the reasons the junta staged their coup , to stamp out corruption,nepotism and populist policies you would have to be blind not to see that far from stamping these evils out they have merely slipped on the Shinawatras old shoes.

 

As soon as they snatched power they appointed themselves top civilian posts to ' oversee ' transparency, then employed members of their own families as secretaries etc paid for by tax payers money.

 

There have been numerous corruption scandals they have been caught in but they have immunity.

 

And as for populist policies, they are now handing out billions of baht in an attempt to buy votes from the rural electorate.

 

The only thing they have stamped out is democracy and the only agenda they have it to rubber stamp their oligarchy with a sham rigged election.

Same as it ever was - for decades.

 

Most are precariously blind to it, though. 

Lifeless and rhetorical punditry and analysis doesn't fix anything.

Some inflammatory posts have been removed. 

6 hours ago, pornprong said:

What's your argument here?

Before the coup Thailand had decent democracy, reasonable rule of law and enough press freedom to scrutinise both.

Now it has zero democracy, zero rule of law and each day edges towards zero press freedom.

 

Smart people don't post hypocritical, irrational nonsense.

As for common sense..... missed that boat too.

Yet, all these things listed above all have existed under so-called civilian rule, as well.

I suspect you might have little understanding or knowledge of contemporary Thai history, lest recent memory. 

 

All too common here, folks spouting off and creating an imaginative essence towards things they know nothing of.

 

 

It's hilarious to see all those ex-Pheua Thai MPs running to join the junta's party. One even claimed every drop of his blood was still group AD (anti-dictatorship).

Hey, even Boonsong's son quit, angry because Yingluk's lawyer claimed Dad might be cutting a deal to implicate  more Pheua Thai officials in the rice scandal in exchange for a major reduction in his jail sentence.

The ex- MPs didn't look happy turning their backs on PT but they've got to save their own skins first.

Will the people still vote for them?

 

3 minutes ago, bannork said:

It's hilarious to see all those ex-Pheua Thai MPs running to join the junta's party. One even claimed every drop of his blood was still group AD (anti-dictatorship).

Hey, even Boonsong's son quit, angry because Yingluk's lawyer claimed Dad might be cutting a deal to implicate  more Pheua Thai officials in the rice scandal in exchange for a major reduction in his jail sentence.

The ex- MPs didn't look happy turning their backs on PT but they've got to save their own skins first.

Will the people still vote for them?

 

One big happy Thai family.

It's all good....

 

????

12 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Democracy is not everything! There is also the rule of law.

Just look at the USA. Trump was elected and judges stop him from time to time because he does things he is not allowed to do.

And maybe judges will show one day enough evidence against him to remove him from that job.

 

Democracy does not mean people can allow any criminal to do what he wants to do. Judges should stop that criminal.

But smart people don't vote for criminals in the first place. A little common sense is enough to understand why.

Rule of law or demcoracy weren't mutually exlusive in Thailand. No member of the Thai electorate ever voted for a criminal, as convicted criminals cannot contest elections in THailand. However the current Junta leader running Thailand IS a criminal, and no member of the Thai electorate can do anything about it.

28 minutes ago, sjaak327 said:

Rule of law or demcoracy weren't mutually exlusive in Thailand. No member of the Thai electorate ever voted for a criminal, as convicted criminals cannot contest elections in THailand. However the current Junta leader running Thailand IS a criminal, and no member of the Thai electorate can do anything about it.

Give you credit for trying to educate that recalcitrant farang.