Tropicalevo Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, rumak said: eventually the only way to survive is to be as dishonest as everyone else. or, so it seems. How many amongst us are exceptions to that ? Me. Edited May 23, 2021 by Tropicalevo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malibukid Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: She is 100 percent correct. The other issue is with election not until 2023, Uncle Tu will be in power until at least 2030, Thailand is in for a real world of hurt unless the apathy created can be overcome. The question is how do you fight against a deck he stacked with 250 appointed senators and the backing of a few of the other parties.....By 2030 the entire country will be well underneath the poverty level while the Hi-So's will have gained immense wealth and normal folks will be scrambling just to feed themselves daily......my opinion and view. and it will be called Chiland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry55 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Is her son out of Thailand? They'll probably be going after family members after that comment that's how they work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 4MyEgo Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, fishtank said: She is of course correct but the Shinawatra mafia where not much better. Thai's knew the Shinawatra's were also taking, that is how the system works, most if not all politicians take, but at least with the Shinawatra's the poor also received and remember them for that. Edited May 23, 2021 by 4MyEgo 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post clivebaxter Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said: Exaggerating your importance a bit? Hardly, she was the last elected Prime Minister of the country 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post EricTh Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) Thailand and Myanmar have one thing in common - a military general who is too powerful and accuse the other party of bribery just to stage a coup instead of using an election. Edited May 23, 2021 by EricTh 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DirtyHarry55 Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 1 hour ago, brommers said: Takes one to know one. She was hardly a shining example of getting anything right, like the utterly corrupt and costly rice pledging scheme for one. Her problem was she couldn't control her corrupt MP's many of them now switched side and are serving the current government. The current government has a very similar scheme in place but not many are brave enough to report corruption. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 She's right. Nuff said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mavideol Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, EricTh said: Thailand and Myanmar have one thing in common - a military general who is too powerful and accuse the other party of bribery just to stage a coup instead of using an election. more then one thing.... both grabbed power by force, both have corrupted military generals pretending to be democratically chosen or elected, they both run their countries as authoritarian/dictators 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampant Rabbit Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 hours ago, fishtank said: She is of course correct but the Shinawatra mafia where not much better. Think Thanathorn is the only real hope, then again most Thais see corruption as part of the normal routine and any replacment could well have the same low standing morals as the current brigade of twanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumak Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 1 hour ago, rumak said: eventually the only way to survive is to be as dishonest as everyone else. or, so it seems. I am definitely NOT advocating dishonesty . just sayin what i seein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Of course Yingluck shall be critical, she's in opposition, but a question is how Yingluck would have handled it instead, i.e. the economy and Covid-situation...???? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said: So she has a facebook page--wonder if she will add me as a friend ????❤️ I have a Hiso heart! I am tempted to look for her FB page but ... I am currently blocked for 3 days for having posted a clip resulting in copyright violation. Guess I was not clear as to the “fair use” educational point I was wanting to make. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almer Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 2 hours ago, rumak said: well, like every politician or government around the world........ the words they use to get in power always sound so good. Another thing many on TV are often telling others here is to "listen to the government experts " . Its just as corrupt in "our home countries" as it is here . eventually the only way to survive is to be as dishonest as everyone else. or, so it seems. How many amongst us are exceptions to that ? Guilty as charged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Poet said: 4 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said: Exaggerating your importance a bit? No. She was Thailand's democratically elected Prime Minister at the time of the coup. She was, indeed, the person who was deposed. She was not. Yingluck was removed from office by the Constitutional Court at the beginning of May 2014. She was replaced by Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan as acting Prime Minister before the coup on the 22nd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 What's she talking about? The Constitutional Court removed her from office, along with a few ministers on 7th May 2014, two weeks before the coup. The PM at the time of the coup was acting PM Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BumGun Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, rumak said: eventually the only way to survive is to be as dishonest as everyone else. or, so it seems. How many amongst us are exceptions to that ? Psychologists call this the False Consensus Effect. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/002210317790049X People justify their iffy beahvior as ok "because everyone else is doing it" rater then any reasoned argument, when in reality, not everyone else is doing it at all. It's one of the reasons I don't live in Thailand and only visit, I would have to undertake too many dubious actions that conflict with my mental well being. Edited May 23, 2021 by BumGun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post billd766 Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 3 hours ago, ezzra said: So with all the unrest, rampant Covid everywhere, poor economy performance and a now it seems a self appointed PM for life, (well, almost) and the THB is still stronger then ever, with no prospect of weakening, how do you explain That?... Since Jan 1st until today the baht has lost 10% against the GBP. The current so-called PM never stood for an election in his life. When Yingluck was deposed he and her government had already become a caretaker government and were in the process of setting up a free and democratic general election. They did NOT wait 5 years for an election, tear up the constitution, frig the election results, take over a month to declare the result, write a new constitution favourable only to themselves, appoint 250 senators without an election just to elect the general and "legalise" his position, nor did they get the oath of allegiance wrong as this lot did. So show us how the mighty Thai baht is stronger than ever. I won't even bother yet to explain the broken promises about halting corruption, reforming the RTP, the military and the civil service and the dozens of other promises over the years. 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pursus Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 4 hours ago, Wiggy said: At least she was better to look at. Agreed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumak Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 28 minutes ago, BumGun said: It's one of the reasons I don't live in Thailand and only visit, I would have to undertake too many dubious actions that conflict with my mental well being. Butt, Butt.......... surely living in Thailand has one redeeming action that makes the Western culture look like a sticky mess : I refer to the mental well being one enjoys when spraying that soul cleansing Bum Gun ! Ok....... now let's all dig in to the sticky rice ???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pursus Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 So easy to point the finger. She had her chance and mucked it up just like her brother. Now go away and be silent. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 A post with copyrighted photo from Bangkok Post has been removed as well as a reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Deli Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 5 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: The question is how do you fight against a deck he stacked with 250 appointed senators and the backing of a few of the other parties..... With millions of people in the streets of BKK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumak Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 13 minutes ago, billd766 said: I won't even bother yet to explain the broken promises about halting corruption, reforming the RTP, the military and the civil service and the dozens of other promises over the years. actually, if those "promises" were kept I think most people would be fairly happy . i remember listening to some of his early daily speeches and thinking " wouldn't that be nice" . I am surprised that I even thought he might actually mean it. Stupid me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Stocks, OOPS, Sticks and stones can't break our bones when we are in our new army personnel carriers with a new submarine and space rocket coming soon. Also because we have tossed everyone in our way to drown, we can now walk on water. Besides, our loyal MP's can always go to Hi-So clubs and have a girl much younger and prettier than you ever thought you could be. so there, take that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post candide Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 4 hours ago, Poet said: No. She was Thailand's democratically elected Prime Minister at the time of the coup. She was, indeed, the person who was deposed. You can research this on Wikipedia, it was a very interesting situation. Actually it was technically only indirectly against her. She had put her government in caretaker mode months ago in order to let citizen choose their next government. So it was technically a coup against Thai people who have been deprived of the right to choose their government. Practically, as she was likely to win elections, it was against her. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nauseus Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 4 hours ago, ezzra said: So with all the unrest, rampant Covid everywhere, poor economy performance and a now it seems a self appointed PM for life, (well, almost) and the THB is still stronger then ever, with no prospect of weakening, how do you explain That?... You should check the forex charts, matey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasmus5150 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 1 hour ago, rumak said: Butt, Butt.......... surely living in Thailand has one redeeming action that makes the Western culture look like a sticky mess : I refer to the mental well being one enjoys when spraying that soul cleansing Bum Gun ! Ok....... now let's all dig in to the sticky rice ???????? I think it says a lot about a person who openly admits that their soul is anatomically placed "a little south of the border". ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dinsdale Posted May 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2021 6 hours ago, ThailandRyan said: She is 100 percent correct. The other issue is with election not until 2023, Uncle Tu will be in power until at least 2030, Thailand is in for a real world of hurt unless the apathy created can be overcome. The question is how do you fight against a deck he stacked with 250 appointed senators and the backing of a few of the other parties.....By 2030 the entire country will be well underneath the poverty level while the Hi-So's will have gained immense wealth and normal folks will be scrambling just to feed themselves daily......my opinion and view. Not bad for someone that got the grand total of ZERO VOTES in a rigged election. Will Thailand become another Myanmar? For me this is a genuine concern. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy from Kent Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 5 hours ago, brommers said: Takes one to know one. She was hardly a shining example of getting anything right, like the utterly corrupt and costly rice pledging scheme for one. Why focus on a little negative? ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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