Thaddeus Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 An accident???? I don't believe it. How many times has the word accidentally been used as an alternative term for 'got caught'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal david Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) ahhhh... and still this guy's get talked about ....thaksin .....when the time is right for him ......he will be back here in thailand ... to get whats been promised to him ...and to collect on past debts ..... any of you that have been here for years will know .... HE WILL BE BACK ....... I'm not a 'conspiracy theorist' but was it Thaksin who gave a 'hidden order'? Edited July 10, 2015 by metisdead Oversize font reset to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai at Heart Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Somehow managed? How about being completely incompetent....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skildpadden Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Why study and learn from recent Thai history when it doesn't project the proper values? It's better to burn the evidence and forget it ever happened.On the other hand very good to hear there are responsible people, who discovered the mistake and trying to rectify it before too late. I am sure the vendor will know how to set a very good price - he will probably get himself a brand new truck very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 What's the chances that the recycler still has them as they represented money to him and he would be looking to make a profit asap ? If he does still have some / all and has heard the story I'm sure he'll be happy to sell them back but it won't be for Bt 6,000. Maybe the recycler can read and is having a fire sale on old books. He as a businessman would no doubt exam his purchase to check for anything of value. 6,000 bahts for 3 tons? Wow what a deal. I am surprised that this happens as I know when large purchases are made here everything is double and triple checked. Methinks money changed hands here somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernphil Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 A rare book here is a ' Hello Kitty ' magazine that is 2 years old and can be found sometimes in a Doctor's surgery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumgranosalum Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) At best this is the work of complete idiots....ar worst it is some quasi-fascist attempt to erase history that someone like the Thai authorities doesn't like...... Edited July 10, 2015 by cumgranosalum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumgranosalum Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) PS - what were the books? - Unfortunately it seems like successive juntas in Thai history they quickly develop a paranoid hate of students.... Edited July 10, 2015 by cumgranosalum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beautifulthailand99 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Probably chock full of lese majeste and left wing Thammasat propaganda. Best recycled - truth and history no longer required in the LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobb Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Accidentally my arse. University teachers and over looker are suppose to be well educated in the matter of rare books. Some one made some bahts and it was not the school. Students loose but corrupt teacher leaders gain money for Thai holiday. If it look like b_ll Sh-t and smells like bu-l shi- it is probably bul- shi-! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 There's not a day goes by where the utter incompetence of the Thai does not make one wonder. What an endlessly entertaining people to observe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxYakov Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 (edited) Mebe them wes Disclectic and mixed up the the txt "Disposal" for "This imortant"? Like yourself? Maybe you had a role in this mixup? Edited July 10, 2015 by MaxYakov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulic Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Too funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 It would take a good scholar to determine the value of the scripts. How many of these scholars does the university have? Possibly one. Hard to believe that he would order the destruction. A dumb mistake probably is what happened, knowing Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prbkk Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Your rare books are sitting in a dump somewhere. What to do? of course...set up a committee to discuss the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabothai Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 3 tons of books, that is a lot of books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Seems like they're lucky and can get about 2,800 kilograms back... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony5150 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 However, the staff somehow mixed up the order and gave away 3 tons of the library's archival collections insteadProbably because they couldn't be bothered to read the labels! Reading is not a very popular pastime in Thailand for sure! What do you mean? I see girls in soi 6 reading texts all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 i have to give them credit, it is a lot more subtle than the khmer rouge were Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooHaa Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 There's not a day goes by where the utter incompetence of the Thai does not make one wonder. What an endlessly entertaining people to observe. you should be thankful, you would have few chances to feel superior otherwise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 What's the chances that the recycler still has them as they represented money to him and he would be looking to make a profit asap ? If he does still have some / all and has heard the story I'm sure he'll be happy to sell them back but it won't be for Bt 6,000. minimal...some labor took them. Maybe even Myanmar labor. And I doubt there is a big market for it. But a very good chance that it wasn't processed yet when discovered and no one told them to complete stop operation no matter what costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Kubasa Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 Clear evidence that no one, of any authority in Thailand, has any idea of what they are doing. The upside is that the materials, worthless, were all about Thailand and most, maybe all, was fabricated ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technologybytes Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Probably because they couldn't be bothered to read the labels! Reading is not a very popular pastime in Thailand for sure! I don't know about your household, but here and in most of Thailand books are very popular. Many Thai's read a awful lot, just look at a few bookshops and see how busy they are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunatejoseph Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'm not a 'conspiracy theorist' but was it Thaksin who gave a 'hidden order'? Really? Thaksin? Someone else comes to mind when I read this, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunatejoseph Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'm not a 'conspiracy theorist' but was it Thaksin who gave a 'hidden order'? The collection also reportedly included magazines published by student activists in the years leading up to the 1973 student uprising that toppled the military junta at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunatejoseph Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Somehow managed? How about being completely incompetent....... No. I think they knew exactly what they were doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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