" The Voice Of Thaksin " Magazine To Be Launched

[TAWP]

he is more of a robin hood

Errr, I think the entire nation, not the sqaurehead, paid for his populist programs.

unless you want your post deleted by the mods, you should refer to him by his real name.

He didn't call him by his name.

The same as if I would call him 'the chicken-sh*t fugitive'. Not a name either.

[mc2]

please elevate the discourse by not resorting to childish name-calling.

[noithip]

please elevate the discourse by not resorting to childish name-calling.

Exactly! So could we all just agree on Robin Hood, maybe it's ok to just call him Robin? So from now on please use the names Robin and Mark if you talk about Thaksin and Abhisit, thank you!

[animatic]

The Vice Of Thaksin Will Be Lashed

See no name calling.

'No proto-despots and fallen political manipulators were maimed, dismembered,

nor placed in a silk sack and beaten with sticks, in the making of this satirical social commentary.'

[suthnuh]

And now, a magazine for Thaksin

Sutham said the red shirts and general public could acquire shares in the company that published the magazine at 1,000 Baht per share.

-- The Nation 2009-07-15

Too expensive for toilet paper

Wow, You Farangs get all worked up about a pro-Thaksin initiative. But I understand that it takes time to turn around the brainwashing that has been the product of three years plus, of anti-Thaksin demonization program in the only media you can read. Fortunately the Thai electorate have shown they are more astute, and that is all that matters. Brain-washed Farangs can blow-viate all they want, and I enjoy interacting with them via these posts. I am surprised however by their susceptibility to anti-democracy politics, considering the democratic traditions they have grown up with. By the way, this magazine was conceived and is being published by "friends of Thaksin", and is not an initiative of his. Publishers know the huge readership involved and it is good business.

Not sure why you think any Farang who is not pro-Thaksin has been brainwashed. I've lived and worked in Thailand since 1998. I watched his election, his early successes, and his sudden and despotic shift to authoritarian rule, extra-judicial killings, suppression of the press, nepotistic disregard for the law, and massive conflicts of interest.

If they want to start a magazine, that's fine. I'm a firm believer in the right to freedom of speach and expression, but so much of what he says or does is treasonous... it needs to be carefully done... Words can be denied, print is irrefutable.

So, while we may bloviate, you may continue to obfuscate. Just don't be so quick to malign that which is different from your own point of view.

Cheers,

Suthnuh