Nelson Mandela,the greatest political leader of the late 20th century, passed away last night at the age of 95 in South Africa. Mr. Mandela, or Madiba as he was known, devoted hia to transforming the fascist apartheid system of South Africa into the functioninf democracy it is today. A great believer in peaceful conflict resolution even after 27 years in jail, he managed to guide his country away from a racial bloodbath and towards a diverse and prosperous demcracy - a feat which won him a well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize. The entire world now mourns this great man and let us hope the Thai political leadership heeds his message of oeaceful conflict resolution and reconciliation based on "one man, one vote." RIP, Madiba:)

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Good, the Thai baht is gliding further towards 44 baht against one euro

Will they arrest Suthep today???

protesters and demonstrators? i make it quite clear. who ever trying with violence to put out a legaly electet goverment or trying to make a coup of state is for me a terrorist.

protesters and demonstrators? i make it quite clear. who ever trying with violence to put out a legaly electet goverment or trying to make a coup of state is for me a terrorist.

Similar to the red shirt terrorists who burned down buildings in 2010.

No better than 2 squabling children.

Another day another protest yaaawn ... where's my Pedigree

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Didn't the King ask everybody to go to work today and let the politicians work it out.

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Indeed His Majesty did, and very clearly.

To continue would only show a lack of respect.

i make it quite clear. who ever trying with violence to put out a legaly electet goverment or trying to make a coup of state is for me a terrorist.

And who ever conspiring to bring back a convicted criminal hiding abroad in triumph and re-imburse him fully with his ill-gotten gains is a... what?

Good, the Thai baht is gliding further towards 44 baht against one euro

Will they arrest Suthep today???

"Will they arrest Suthep today???"

NO! Not today, not tomorrow or the day after. In fact watch this space next week. It's the way they do things here.

Police crackdown today I imagine.

Crackdown on what?:

Illegal casinos, illegal lottery, prostitution, driving without license, disobeying the road traffic act, alcohol sales by mom and pop shops during restricted hours, illegal street side bars, parking in traffic lanes?

Oh, after that they may have time to meet the protesters they shook hands with a few days ago.

Bring it on.

Quite typical. Respect HMTK one day, then disrespect him the day after.

Statement made in another post"After all we are Thai,s fighting Thai,s"..................Err and they just figured that out...........Duh!

Didn't the King ask everybody to go to work today and let the politicians work it out.

Yes, but they only listen to stuff like that when it's convenient.

Thai's don't like to work, but they do like to get paid 500 bath a day to fight a bloody battle against other Thai's with a different color on the shirt, welcome to the country of madness

Welcome to another day of nobody knows <deleted> is going to happen!

Good point.

Never mind all the ads about "Amazing Thailand" ....

Lets change them to read "Thailand...the Land of <deleted> "

Thailand the land of mayhem.

I call Thailand never never land .... on account of A nothing ever gets resolved and B no one wants to grow up

i make it quite clear. who ever trying with violence to put out a legaly electet goverment or trying to make a coup of state is for me a terrorist.

And who ever conspiring to bring back a convicted criminal hiding abroad in triumph and re-imburse him fully with his ill-gotten gains is a... what?

as far as i know was thaskin ousted by a military-civilian coup and later from his enemys sentenced from a corrupt court in the name of justice without any evidence. or are faked evidences legal evidences?

If they declare a Mandela holiday, then all the protestors would go home to celebrate in honor of this National Hero. This might be a way of avoiding future conflicts as well.