I'm not a dictator, says angry Prayut

[Bluespunk]

"Don't report about this nonsense."

Erm, isn't that what a "d word" person might say?

[NeverSure]

Woul you guys please just knock it off? There's this great looking chick in an a on the right side of my page and I'm istracted right now.

[tingtongtourist]

In one thing i agree with general.What is the use of democracy in thailand?

Because of vote buying,corruption,rich beyond possible officials,politicians who make laws to hide their own crimes..criminals who the law wont touch.

you could go on forever but doesnt matter if the people get to voted in who they want. Will still just be different pigs in the same troff.

One thing that you can say...at least in a Thai style democracy they can trow out a government which is proven to be rotten and destroying the country..dont have to keep them full term to do more damage.

Australia threw out one of their democratically elected prime miniters in history

[chooka]

Note to the PR people for the general .

Please engage brain before putting mouth into gear!

Clearly the three finger salute and the detention of the 5 students and their attitude adjustment session has backfired on the general and the junta.

Get use to it general the press wants their freedom of speech back and the country wants their democracy back.

He's not happy these days because he is now waking up to the fact that the 93% popularity polls are just propaganda fantasies and the more the junta crackdown the more criticism he's getting from both in and outside Thailand.

Democracy mightn't be the best system general but it sure as he'll beats whatever runs second!

with the arrest of the students, the banning of the salute and the movie hunger games the international media has already branded him with the title of ×+$#@&^/. The only person/s responsible for the title is the man himself and advisors/speech writers. He is responsible for his own actions and the world rolling around on the floor every time he speaks.

Anyone seen the clip from the monty python movie The Life of Brian with biggusdickus and the whole crowd mocking and laughing at him. Release Brian.

[NongKhaiKid]

Of course he's not a ' D ' as such people do things like detain for ' attitude adjustment ' and send the military into the villages to conduct ' re-education ' meetings. They ask to hear from the public but do not permit criticism, they send heavies to television stations to ' suggest ' certain programmes should not be aired and call the media in to hear the veiled threat to practice self-censorship or ..?

There's so much more and it could be said each example isn't such a big deal if viewed individually BUT when taken together it certainly starts to look like a D'ship.

[Squeegee]

"...that we are building will not be realised if we continue to quarrel without civility, and things will go back to the way they were..."

What is civility, sir?

What is the way things were, and in what ways are they changing now?

But really: what is civility?

To be civilized... how to do that exactly?

Prime Minister?

Edited November 21, 2014 by Squeegee

[PatOngo]

I really worry about the intelligence of these people sometime.

You should'nt....there's really nothing to worry about.

[kaobang]

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/politics/Students-told-not-to-do-anything-they-may-regret-l-30248321.html

the police chief Somyot made this democratic statement.today its a glorious day for democracy in Thailand

[chooka]

In one thing i agree with general.What is the use of democracy in thailand?

Because of vote buying,corruption,rich beyond possible officials,politicians who make laws to hide their own crimes..criminals who the law wont touch.

you could go on forever but doesnt matter if the people get to voted in who they want. Will still just be different pigs in the same troff.

One thing that you can say...at least in a Thai style democracy they can trow out a government which is proven to be rotten and destroying the country..dont have to keep them full term to do more damage.

Australia threw out one of their democratically elected prime miniters in history

Actually it was the English who threw out gough whitlam. The Queen of England signed off and the Governor General Acted on behalf of England.

[casindonet]

I really worry about the intelligence of these people sometime.

About the people mention in the above news or those in TV?

[NongKhaiKid]

Note to the PR people for the general .

Please engage brain before putting mouth into gear!

Clearly the three finger salute and the detention of the 5 students and their attitude adjustment session has backfired on the general and the junta.

Get use to it general the press wants their freedom of speech back and the country wants their democracy back.

He's not happy these days because he is now waking up to the fact that the 93% popularity polls are just propaganda fantasies and the more the junta crackdown the more criticism he's getting from both in and outside Thailand.

Democracy mightn't be the best system general but it sure as he'll beats whatever runs second!

There's a danger he might just beleve the popularity polls and decide he can do as he likes unopposed as none of his sycophants will dare to suggest otherwise.

[MJP]

I really worry about the intelligence of these people sometime.

About the people mention in the above news or those in TV?

'eeply, 'eeply concerned.

[Roadman]

I really worry about the intelligence of these people sometime.

About the people mention in the above news or those in TV?

Definitely the latter.

[HiSoLowSoNoSo]

I'm not a _ictator, I have promisse_ an election before the en_ of next year.

_on't worry be happy.

[bkkgooner]

He has lived in a bubble his entire life so it is not surprising that he makes statements like this. His negative comment towards democracy is very telling for the real plans behind the coup, I would imagine that Suthep's idea of a ruling 'people's council' is very much still a possibility.

[Snig27]

In one thing i agree with general.What is the use of democracy in thailand?

Because of vote buying,corruption,rich beyond possible officials,politicians who make laws to hide their own crimes..criminals who the law wont touch.

you could go on forever but doesnt matter if the people get to voted in who they want. Will still just be different pigs in the same troff.

One thing that you can say...at least in a Thai style democracy they can trow out a government which is proven to be rotten and destroying the country..dont have to keep them full term to do more damage.

Australia threw out one of their democratically elected prime miniters in history

Actually it was the English who threw out gough whitlam. The Queen of England signed off and the Governor General Acted on behalf of England.

You will confuse the recitation of the memes if you add facts to the mix (although it was Great Britain not England if we are being exact )

And there are some rough parallels with the English 17th century progress towards democracy in Thailand in recent years too. But I might leave it at that here.

[Thailand]

He has lived in a bubble his entire life so it is not surprising that he makes statements like this. His negative comment towards democracy is very telling for the real plans behind the coup, I would imagine that Suthep's idea of a ruling 'people's council' is very much still a possibility.

I think we are there already, just a different name.

Ictatorships and absolute power do something absolutely.

I have said it before but it just keeps happening.

Just when you think the current incumbents cannot do or say anything dafter they manage to.

[Lozza]

He said "don't ask me for democracy I can't give it to you" just answered everyone's question. It's not going to happen and he knows it.

[Snig27]

I would imagine that Suthep's idea of a ruling 'people's council' is very much still a possibility.

Championed of course in these forums by those who don't quite get that the free speech they are using to wave a flag for *ictatorship is exactly the right they want to deny others who disagree with them.

[draftvader]

I know the OP is about the "D" word, but please be careful using the "D" word.

I know, I'm very confused too.

Richard Head?

[NongKhaiKid]

It's reported elsewhere that a seminar on ' Thai peoples' rights and freedoms ' organised by a student's club at Burapha Uni was cancelled after soldiers ' talked ' to the students.

[MJP]

I know the OP is about the "D" word, but please be careful using the "D" word.

I know, I'm very confused too.

Richard Head?

Quality!

[whybother]

Note to the PR people for the general .

Please engage brain before putting mouth into gear!

Clearly the three finger salute and the detention of the 5 students and their attitude adjustment session has backfired on the general and the junta.

Get use to it general the press wants their freedom of speech back and the country wants their democracy back.

He's not happy these days because he is now waking up to the fact that the 93% popularity polls are just propaganda fantasies and the more the junta crackdown the more criticism he's getting from both in and outside Thailand.

Democracy mightn't be the best system general but it sure as he'll beats whatever runs second!

with the arrest of the students, the banning of the salute and the movie hunger games the international media has already branded him with the title of ×+$#@&^/. The only person/s responsible for the title is the man himself and advisors/speech writers. He is responsible for his own actions and the world rolling around on the floor every time he speaks.

Anyone seen the clip from the monty python movie The Life of Brian with biggusdickus and the whole crowd mocking and laughing at him. Release Brian.

Have they banned the movie?

[draftvader]

I know the OP is about the "D" word, but please be careful using the "D" word.

I know, I'm very confused too.

Richard Head?

Quality!

Glad to brighten your day

[kriswillems]

dic·ta·tor noun \ˈdik-ˌtā-tər, dik-ˈ\

: a person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way

Full Definition of DICTATOR

1

a : a person granted absolute emergency power; especially : one appointed by the senate of ancient Rome

b : one holding complete autocratic control

c : one ruling absolutely and often oppressively

I think all points match except maybe "cruel or brutal way" - which is open for discussion.

Outside Thailand, were there's less censorship, 99% would call him a dictator.

[jabis]

dic·ta·tor noun \ˈdik-ˌtā-tər, dik-ˈ\

: a person who rules a country with total authority and often in a cruel or brutal way

Full Definition of DICTATOR

1

a : a person granted absolute emergency power; especially : one appointed by the senate of ancient Rome

b : one holding complete autocratic control

c : one ruling absolutely and often oppressively

I think all points match except maybe "cruel or brutal way" - which is open for discussion.

Outside Thailand, were there's less censorship, 99% would call him a dictator.

Funny coincidence with the dik- part

[lildragon]

D word by vote, d word by force. Mai mee dee-mocracy na khrap.

[Mr Somtam]

I'm not a dictator, says angry Kim Jung Un

[mariner16]

If it looks like a Duck and walks like a Duck............

[mariner16]

In one thing i agree with general.What is the use of democracy in thailand?

Because of vote buying,corruption,rich beyond possible officials,politicians who make laws to hide their own crimes..criminals who the law wont touch.

you could go on forever but doesnt matter if the people get to voted in who they want. Will still just be different pigs in the same troff.

One thing that you can say...at least in a Thai style democracy they can trow out a government which is proven to be rotten and destroying the country..dont have to keep them full term to do more damage.

Australia threw out one of their democratically elected prime miniters in history

Actually it was the English who threw out gough whitlam. The Queen of England signed off and the Governor General Acted on behalf of England.

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to be technically correct, but hey everybody else in the world calls it England, no wonder the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish get seriously p****d off