Protesters tell US ambassador to "go home"

[mike324]

These idiots have no idea how much aid money US gave Thailand and continues to do so, not only that they help protect Thailand from threats and stability of the country.

[SymS]

On the other hand, there's also the "not meddling into internal affairs" thing....

Edited November 28, 2015 by SymS

[bangon04]

Isn't this Luang Pu Buddha Issara fellow the same character that said that for every buddhist killed in the south one mosque should be burned down, or something like that ?

I might have my monks mixed up but there's certainly an uncanny resemblance .

Nevermind, just answered my own question, it was another fellow, Aphichat Promjan : http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/11/02/monk-calls-govt-burn-down-1-mosque-1-dead-buddhist-monk.

No problem - it's an easy mistake to make. They are supposed to look the same. Apart from the designer sunglasses and the brand of luxury car and private jet.

[diehard60]

What happened to the "NO Demonstrations allowed"?

[Benmart]

Seems some form of public protest is allowed, depending on the who, the what and the where. Comical as ever. Talk about damaging to the image of this place.

[NongKhaiKid]

Maybe this lot should join forces with the regular ' go home ' brigade that post on the forum and become a really positive voice for LoS !

[Aachen]

you should at least make sure all the words at the spelled correctly.

Why? So you read it and commented it. Job done.

[Hawk]

I thought groups of more than 5 protesting was still illegal in the land of the free? !

Yes, only if they are anti government protesters.

[oneday]

This protest was so OBVIOUSLY approved by the junta if not outright instigated by them.

200 people...what a joke. It wouldn't be difficult at all to arrange for 200 people to stage a fake protest.

Yeah, I agree, the US needs to give up on Thailand. There will not be a Democratic government here for some time. We are wasting our time and money on this country.

Edited November 28, 2015 by oneday

[Time Traveller]

The General ordered this protest. There is no way any protest like that would have been allowed anywhere in Thailand without orders from the top.

[DrTuner]

I agree. Let's all bugger out and leave this land for the Chinese to pillage. Return after 50 years and ask how it's going so far.

[Dustdevil]

Fighting to have your freedom of expression right suppressed even more. What a bunch of selfish, brain dead morons.

You find the same south of the border in Bolehland, only worse.

[slipperylobster]

Why the US always needs to open their mouth and start interfering in local affairs of other countries? How many more civil wars do they want to create?

Freedom of speech knows no boundaries...

I think it is exemplary, that the USA endorses freedom of speech.

And I do believe our diplomats enjoy every inch of that...as should everyone. On the other hand, I also believe that the listener has every right to rebuke what is said. In this case, a few hundred people felt that certain speeches should be forbidden/banned. Their right as well.

Par for the course....even, even. Both points well made.

Has nothing to do with civil war....that is absurd.

Edited November 28, 2015 by slipperylobster

[Krataiboy]

Nothing hurts like the truth, especially here.

[cmrichsw]

Never bite the hand that feeds you - Exactly who and how many should get out all or just the ones they do not like. Cannot have it all. Another example of shooting yourself in the foot. Protesters

[NovaBlue05]

Why the US always needs to open their mouth and start interfering in local affairs of other countries? How many more civil wars do they want to create?

They can't help themselves

Wouldn't you expect any responsible spokesperson from a western country to make comments similar to that made by Davies?

[slipperylobster]

Why the US always needs to open their mouth and start interfering in local affairs of other countries? How many more civil wars do they want to create?

They can't help themselves

Wouldn't you expect any responsible spokesperson from a western country to make comments similar to that made by Davies?

Exactly the problem. Many western nations go "overboard" in being politically correct. That is why they lose their freedom. When a country sacrifices everything, to make bold statements, and endorse human rights....they are chastised. Nobody is forcing Thailand to change. Up to them. But I sure appreciate it when somebody stands up for basic human dignity.

[mikiea]

ahhhh..... the monks of Thailand promoting peace and understanding with foul language and waiting for the riot to break out on the sidelines . , it warms my heart and I feel budda is rolling his eyes at these fool's .

Edited November 28, 2015 by mikiea

[gemguy]

This protest was so OBVIOUSLY approved by the junta is not outright instigated by them.

200 people...what a joke. It wouldn't difficult at all to arrange for 200 people to stage a fake protest.

Yeah, I agree, the US needs to give up on Thailand. There will not be a Democratic government here for some time. We are wasting our time and money on this country.

Yes indeed....Now what is needed to really confuse the whole issue and mix it up is a few token farang thrown in for good measure ( or any American looking farang would suffice ) to be recruited to join the circus ...I mean protest...... while no work permits are required, for say, 500 baht a day and a free meal of sticky rice and spicy Som Tom and served with locally made Coca Cola with promises of media attention and a degree of fame and possible fortune.

Then the protest organizers can reason the protest is all the more valid and genuine because it is not only Thai citizens protesting.

Just my thoughts...lol

Cheers

[ParadiseLost]

How to turn a "protest" into a public disgrace and be an embarrassment to your entire nation...

Stupid old crones probably don't even know what their banner says - they are out having a ball, making merit with the (fake) monk and his warped sense of self importance.

Edited November 28, 2015 by Sheryl
obscene/vulgar statements removed by Moderator

[kiwikeith]

They're right. The US should pack up and close its operations in Thailand. Stop spending US taxpayer in and on this trregular nation.

They won't leave until they get the TPP agreement and destroy Thailands farms with mosanto chemicals and GM crops.

[MiKT]

So... is he going home?

They tend not to

Usually the 'yankee go home' mantra needs to be augmented with a good few thousand dead US military

then, indeed they do

Yup! And what a memorial scene it was when the US went home from Vietnam...

Not correct. If you think the Army gave up in Vietnam because of casualties, you should read some history before attempting to make comments on it.

They usually go back home when the media concentrate on the stray bombs which killed some civilians and it gets plastered all over the news.

Then the people who they were fighting go back to slaughtering their political or religious enemies by the thousand in the most barbaric manner with nobody to stop them - but those same liberals don't feel any guilt about that for some reason and the media don't report it because they caused it.

Golly John, are you sick? You actually wrote something sensible and true for once. Keep it up.

[ddavidovsky]

Clearly, as a diplomat he has screwed up. It's not his role to agitate for change in his host country.

As to the monk, consider the conservative network that has controlled Thailand for decades.

[h90]

I know English standards in Thailand are bad but if you're going to make a banner to hold up at a protest, you should at least make sure all the words at the spelled correctly.

Since when did <deleted> have an 'e' in it?

Just another day in the Land of Xenophobia.

how many languages can you spell correct?

French, German, Dutch, Russian? Most of the planet does not speak English

[h90]

So... is he going home?

They tend not to

Usually the 'yankee go home' mantra needs to be augmented with a good few thousand dead US military

then, indeed they do

Or they change the country into beautiful democracy....like in Libya, Iraq......

[trogers]

Regardless of how ones feels about this protest, and the insistence on the American to keep needling Thailand in public, this monk Luang Pu Buddha Issara should be removed from the monkshood immediately. He is serving no construction purpose, as he has completely forgotten his role as a monk, and a representative of Buddhism. The man has more than likely not spent a single minute in meditation in the past decade. He is a troublemaker. He is a instigator. He is a freak. He should be arrested, jailed, and sent to prison. If protests are illegal, then an instigator of protests must be a criminal, correct? Send the man away. Or better yet, revoke his passport and deport him to Bahrain.

I would add to my original post: At the very least, he needs to be slapped around by the head Abbott, or someone in a position of authority. The entire Buddhist establishment is made to look bad by a misbehaving hooligan like this man child. He does appear to know nothing of the higher spirit, his own soul, or the desire of the Great Buddha to promote world peace, nor his desire for his disciples to promote harmony, which this foolish man is definitely not doing, with his silly and inane actions. For a monk, who is supposed to be setting an example for society, he is definitely not doing so, and should be taken to task for that. After all, what is this Burma, where the super ignorant and hateful monks are promoting killing and isolating of their minority, non Buddhists? Where does this kind of intolerance lead to?

Having said all that, I am an American, and I am constantly astonished at my countries desire to speak out, in such a public forum, on all of the things that Thailand is doing wrong. I feel this kind of dialogue is better suited to private meetings, rather than in the press, which Thailand obviously detests. It is called the art of diplomacy after all. Not much of an art, with this administration, which is so over it's head, even with the small stuff. If you are going to speak out, with a consistent and believable, and credibly foreign policy, speak out against the atrocious offenders like Saudi Arabia, Kazakstan, Cuba,China, Bahrain, and others. We are silent, since you have massive oil reserves, or great wealth, but speak against Thailand since you do not have quite the amount of natural resources. The US promotion of democracy is complete nonsense. It is utterly false and disingenuous. Complete, and utter BS. Juvenile drivel, and utterly churlish foreign policy.

The CIA and the Foreign Office needs to churn up justifications for their annual budget...

[RT555]

Thailamd is in miserable shape at every angle. Except cronyism. I have been coing to LOS for 30 years. The last 10 years...Less and less...I wonder why?

[Thailand]

Didn't we see most of those old biddies wearing yellow shirts at an airport a couple of years ago?

[gandalf12]

They're right. The US should pack up and close its operations in Thailand. Stop spending US taxpayer in and on this trregular nation.

Ban imports from Thailand to the USA and forbid exports to Thailand. Wouldnt belong before moans are heard

[Whyamiandwhatamidoinghere]

I guess the pro american Thai crowd,from the entertainment community, will have signs telling the ambassador and company to "Come Boom Boom Us Not Yourselves"