Police spokesman confirms Bangkok bombings are not act of terrorism

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

I can imagine the diplomatic cables sent back to the various foreign ministries will contain some very pointed, unflattering language.

LoS seems oblivious to the ease with which they make fools of themselves.

How come the ThaiPBS report doesn't mention that the meeting hall where they held the briefing erupted into howls of laughter after the police spokesman finished telling everyone it wasn't terrorism???

[VIPinthailand]

act of love maybe?

[hawker9000]

Not terrorism? A "vengeful attack"? As in revenge for something the victims of the attack had done? Oh, so then the people who died and were injured at Erawan were themselves somehow involved in the repatriation of the Ughurs? What extraordinary intelligence gathering and planning to get those individuals all at Erawan at the same time in time for the bombing!

And silly us; here we were thinking the casualties were innocent bystanders and tourists, and therefore victims of a bonafide terrorist act.

Thailand delivers yet another pathetic blunder on the world stage. Such humiliation; and from people that put such value on "face". No wonder the higher-ups see a need for a "Great Firewall"; if only they could be made to realize it won't put an end to the world ridicule.

[chilli42]

They are trying to manage the spin ... I guess they like the sound of revenge vs terror. Again, they have missed the point. Resistance is futile, all people will see and remember is that there was a bomb blast that killed. In this case, the motive and the spin will go unheard.

[Nomyai]

It's baffling how they can come out with absurd statements and keep a straight face at the same time!

As far as its image goes Thais are their own worst enemy. Its no wonder people only ask me about thai bargirls? Its their only interest about the country.

[spermwhale]

Surely a matter how the term "terrorism" is defined.

"Terrorism is any act designed to cause terror.^[1]Terrorism is generally understood to feature a political objective."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism

Obviously, the police spokesman considered terrorism to be always politically motivated to achieve a certain political goal while terrorizing can also refer even to bullying, black mailing, even trolling in a forum etc. etc.

Those Bangkok bombers apparently did not have a policitical objective in respect of Thailand which otherwise would mean continued acts of causing terror until the political goal is achieved - as for example in the far south of the Kingdom - but rather they were just motivated by vengeance and this seemed to be what the RTP tried to express.

Therefore, no need to interpret too much into this especially not in respect of using it to start another flame and blame attack against RTP driven by general personal disliking of the Thai authorities.

Really? So what was the POLITICAL goal of 9/11?

[Richard Hall]

Really? So what was the POLITICAL goal of 9/11?

I don't know. I am not Al-Qaeda.

[Motown239]

It's seem that most news reports from Thai government sources is similar to a fairy tale . . . . a land of make believe.

[Bluespunk]

Tell about these Muslim people keep them where their at and everything is ok

Nonsense.

Hate fuelled, ill informed, simplistic, bigoted, narrow minded prejudiced nonsense.

As usual.

[Richard Hall]

It's baffling how they can come out with absurd statements and keep a straight face at the same time!

As far as its image goes Thais are their own worst enemy. Its no wonder people only ask me about thai bargirls? Its their only interest about the country.

Sex sells, so does crime.

[soalbundy]

Tell about these Muslim people keep them where their at and everything is ok

Nonsense.

Hate fuelled, ill informed, simplistic, bigoted, narrow minded prejudiced nonsense.

As usual.

Maybe, but he does have a point.

[Bluespunk]

Tell about these Muslim people keep them where their at and everything is ok

Nonsense.

Hate fuelled, ill informed, simplistic, bigoted, narrow minded prejudiced nonsense.

As usual.

Maybe, but he does have a point.

No.

All he has is his hatred.

[Richard W]

So what was the POLITICAL goal of 9/11?

Take your pick from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motives_for_the_September_11_attacks .

It does raise an interesting question. Is an outrage intended to trigger a repressive response technically terrorism?

[cumgranosalum]

I suspect the police aren't particularly bothered or even familiar with any definition of terrorism..... My guess is they will shortly announce there was no bomb and Bangkok is number one city for tourism

[Richard Hall]

Bangkok is number one city for tourism

Obviously, they wouldn't be too far off with this statement. No, not just according to local media but CNN too:

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/03/travel/mastercard-top-10-destination-cities-2015/

[jamiesilver]

They really need to catch up to the rest of Asia with education, just because the masses are uneducated they think they can get away with absurd comments and smokescreens...

[maidee]

strange, what do you call then, killing 20 innocent people ?

[soalbundy]

Tell about these Muslim people keep them where their at and everything is ok

Nonsense.

Hate fuelled, ill informed, simplistic, bigoted, narrow minded prejudiced nonsense.

As usual.

Maybe, but he does have a point.

No.

All he has is his hatred.

Hatred is negative but ignoring danger is stupid.

[bander]

When somebody blow up a bomb in any other country than Thailand, it's called "act of terrorism".

I think RTP and their spokesman need some kind of education, they obviously forgot everything they learned at school.

[hawker9000]

When somebody blow up a bomb in any other country than Thailand, it's called "act of terrorism".

I think RTP and their spokesman need some kind of education, they obviously forgot everything they learned at school.

They see Obama calling obvious acts of terror something else ("workplace violence", etc.), and think they can get away with the same thing. Thai children must not get to hear Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes the way we did. (Then again, most of us who did hear it seem to have forgotten it, hence the dramatic resurgence of the snake oil industry.)

[soalbundy]

When somebody blow up a bomb in any other country than Thailand, it's called "act of terrorism".

I think RTP and their spokesman need some kind of education, they obviously forgot everything they learned at school.

They went to school ??

[elgordo38]

When somebody blow up a bomb in any other country than Thailand, it's called "act of terrorism".

I think RTP and their spokesman need some kind of education, they obviously forgot everything they learned at school.

They went to school ??

Yes the school of hard knocks or the price is right.

[Lunchbob]

Lisgen, certain groups try to use the word, terrorism, to achieve an agenda. Their time is quickly ending. Stay tuned.

[stickylies]

"no pobleeem" TIT.