webfact Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Social media debates - who is the fairest of them all?Asina PornwasinThe NationBANGKOK: -- Comments were flying across social media yesterday on the issue of beauty and brains in relation to female members of Parliament, particularly Pheu Thai MP Khattiya Sawatdiphol and Democrat MP Nattaya Benjasiriwan.After the House-Senate joint meeting deliberating constitutional amendments on Tuesday, Pheu Thai MP Khattiya was heard saying she was younger and more beautiful than Democrat MP Nattaya.There was much comparison of the two women's photographs over the years labelled "before" and "after". The posts drew a lot of comments and were published in many mainstream media websites like Tnews, Naewna and ASTV Manager.There are still a lot of "Shares" and "Likes" on this topic on Facebook and Pantip.com. It seems there are two different tones in the comments flying over social media, too. Messages and comments from people who support the government usually complain about a scream from a woman Democrat MP yesterday, which they said was not good social etiquette, especially in Parliament.As for social-media users against the government - their tone and mood was quite the reverse. A lot of them complained that Khattiya's behaviour in Parliament yesterday was rude, especially when she said the scream was like the sound of gibbons and made her feel as if she was in a zoo rather than in Parliament.Still, most of the comments on social media and the online community focused on Khattiya's beauty, with many people agreeing with Nattaya's comment that women should be valued more for their brains than beauty.Many also said the Democrat MP was much better looking than her Pheu Thai counterpart, digging out old photographs of Khattiya to show how she looked in the past.-- The Nation 2013-08-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MaxLee Posted August 21, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2013 The women in Parliament are just looking up to Yingluck, who sets a perfect example of avoiding responsibility to travel abroad and let other MP's take the blame 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickBradford Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 .... made her feel as if she was in a zoo rather than in Parliament. Even a blind pig finds an acorn occasionally.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noitom Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 The newspaper should be analyzing their contribution to the public good and the Thai people rather than the superficial issue of their appearance. Thais are preoccupied with appearance and consider achievement a very low benchmark. I thought Khattiya Sawatdiphol was the assasinated leader of the red shirts general Sa Daeng. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaltsc Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) TIT. It's obvious that it is all about appearances, face and greed. Substance and efficiency don't factor into the running of the nation. The only difference in the west is that they hide it better (at least they did before the Euro debacle) and once in a while actually make progress in the living conditions of their populaces. Edited August 22, 2013 by jaltsc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canman Posted August 22, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2013 This story is pointless without pictures 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickBradford Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) In the Red corner, Khattiya (Seh Daeng's daughter) http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2_%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%A5 Her nickname is 'Dear', though whether that refers to her personality or a high-maintenance lifestyle, is not specified. and in the blue corner, Nattaya http://mp.parliament.go.th/biographical24/FrontWeb/Human_Resource/PersonDetail_Eng.aspx?Iden=a3Gy/s7rR+SBc0V+DcrGUA== Edited August 22, 2013 by RickBradford 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canman Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Thanks Rick, going with Khattiya as the best looking. As far as brains go who knows? They are all post turtles anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tatsujin Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 In the Red corner, Khattiya (Seh Daeng's daughter) http://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B2_%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%A5 Her nickname is 'Dear', though whether that refers to her personality or a high-maintenance lifestyle, is not specified. and in the blue corner, Nattaya http://mp.parliament.go.th/biographical24/FrontWeb/Human_Resource/PersonDetail_Eng.aspx?Iden=a3Gy/s7rR+SBc0V+DcrGUA== I'm going with the high-maintenance . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurboy Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Utter gibberish. Make a soap opera about it. Oops, too late. It's already here as, 'My Self Serving Career: How my connections and unusual wealth got me into Thai politics and a go at the trough.' Or, as it's known in other circles, 'What an absolute crock of sh*t'. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post canman Posted August 22, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) Politicians are mostly post turtles When you are driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top of it; that’s a post turtle. You know he didn’t get there by himself He doesn’t belong up there He doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there He is elevated above his ability to function And you just have to wonder what kind of dumb ass put him up there to begin with Edited August 22, 2013 by canman 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NongKhaiKid Posted August 22, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2013 Utter gibberish. Make a soap opera about it. Oops, too late. It's already here as, 'My Self Serving Career: How my connections and unusual wealth got me into Thai politics and a go at the trough.' Or, as it's known in other circles, 'What an absolute crock of sh*t'. Does this not typify this country and those supposedly running it ? The Hose descends into chaos, the economy is heading down the toilet, the government throws good money after bad and so much more yet all 2 female MPs are concerned about is which one is more attractive. Than it does a newspaper article. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 The red is just another egg faced clone. Blue is better but only just, looks more mature and sophisticated; also more intelligent as she knows brains are more important than beauty....a fact which is lost on a lot of men too unfortunately. Zoo, Circus, Farmyard; describe Thai Parliament how you like.....it's the right environment for the screaming pigs at the trough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ratcatcher Posted August 22, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 22, 2013 Tough choices indeed. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canman Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 She looks cute here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Str8 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 The women in Parliament are just looking up to Yingluck, who sets a perfect example of avoiding responsibility to travel abroad and let other MP's take the blame Lmfao, yes thats definitely true. Besides that Ying is a perfect ten as a politican..she does what she is told..epic dummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Str8 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Politicians are mostly post turtles When you are driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top of it; that’s a post turtle. You know he didn’t get there by himself He doesn’t belong up there He doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there He is elevated above his ability to function And you just have to wonder what kind of dumb ass put him up there to begin with Wish i could like this on a daily basis as its so true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noitom Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Politicians are mostly post turtles When you are driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top of it; that’s a post turtle. You know he didn’t get there by himself He doesn’t belong up there He doesn’t know what to do while he’s up there He is elevated above his ability to function And you just have to wonder what kind of dumb ass put him up there to begin with Excellent! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurboy Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) nat.jpegKat.jpgfifi.jpeg Tough choices indeed. Big noisy guffaw. Many thanks. Edited August 22, 2013 by arthurboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 nat.jpegKat.jpgfifi.jpeg Tough choices indeed. The blonde gets my vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwan Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 She looks cute here A sugar coated pill. What is inside is probably harmful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallGuyJohninBKK Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) Amid everything going on in the country, I'm really glad The Nation is devoting its "journalistic" resources to bring all its readers these kinds of insightful reports. BTW, I vote for the poodle. Edited August 22, 2013 by TallGuyJohninBKK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britinthai Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 nat.jpegKat.jpgfifi.jpeg Tough choices indeed. And the winner of Thailand's Cruft is ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nooky2 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Does anyone really care? I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animatic Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 More Bread and Circuses to distract the common Plebs from what the Patricians are up to. In this case it is more Bread and Puppet Circus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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