Royal Thai Army host Children's Day event

By The Nation

 

 

People took their children to see the military hardware the Royal Thai Army put on display in the Children’s Day event at the Royal Thai Armed Forces headquarters on Changwattana Road on Saturday.

 

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Thai army invites in kids for gun play

 

(Reuters) - Thailand’s army opened up some of its military barracks to children on Saturday to let them handle and pose with weapons and other hardware on the country’s annual Children’s Day.

The army plays a big role in Thailand’s public and political life. It seized power during political turmoil in 2014 in the 19th coup since absolute monarchy was abolished in 1932.

The armed forces traditionally opens up facilities on the second Saturday in January, when many attractions grant free entry to kids for Children's Day. One event in southern Thailand was marred on Saturday by the crash of a jet fighter in which the pilot was killed. Nobody else was hurt and the crowd was far away.

At barracks across Thailand, children get to play with everything from small arms to tanks. They were not allowed to fire the weapons.

The military government has promised to restore democracy, but delays in finalizing a new constitution are widely expected to push a general election beyond the end of this year.

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who took power in the May 2014 coup, showed off his kickboxing skills at a Children's Day event at Government House in Bangkok. Shortly after the coup, he introduced the junta's 12 Thai values for children with an emphasis on deference to authority and the monarchy.

 

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Images: REUTERS/Jorge Silva

 

Something sadly wrong with the above photo.

Something sadly wrong with the above photo.

What?

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7 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Something sadly wrong with the above photo.

 

Agree.

3 minutes ago, roo860 said:

 

 

What?

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How can you teach a kid to kill if he's not looking through the sight!

Why cant the children fire guns?

With out live amo guns are not fun for the children...

Give the kids guns to shoot as they please..

Edited January 15, 20179 yr by fforest1

11 minutes ago, fforest1 said:

Why cant the children fire guns?

With out live amo guns are not fun for the children...

Give the kids guns to shoot as they please..

 

American?

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Thai army invites in kids for gun play

All you need for success in this country kids is to get with the guns. The answer to all of Thailand's issues for centuries.

It's the same every year: patriotic BS, military indoctrination, guns for toddlers...



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Very touching to see the big kids sharing their toys with the little kids. And the PM expertly demonstrating to the little ones how they can attack and hurt and injure each other with their feet. Little wonder the Country is as violent as it is.

At least you can't walk off the street into a shop and buy a gun legally, remember a few years ago an idiot in America buying a gun license for his baby son, think Thailands got a long way to go to catch up with the U.S.

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1 hour ago, PatOngo said:

1 hour ago, fforest1 said:

Why cant the children fire guns?

With out live amo guns are not fun for the children...

Give the kids guns to shoot as they please..

 

American?

 

More like Sarcastican, wouldn't you think?

 

They could take that concept as new standard for education & training of kindergarten-teachers as well methinks ... now, wouldn't that open a whole new world of job opportunities ... 

 

Edited January 15, 20179 yr by jollyhangmon

It wasn't all guns, tanks and helicopters.

My kids had a great time fine event put on by the Thai military.


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Legitimize the dictatorship in the eyes of the young.

Open days, as they tend to be called, are not only a Thai thing.

Goes on everywhere in the world.

And why not?

Wishing no armies are necessary is nice, but not realistic.

So why not show the public what tools armies use?

3 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Why cant the children fire guns?

With out live amo guns are not fun for the children...

Give the kids guns to shoot as they please..

Because Thailand is a signatory to the Geneva Conventions.... apart from the obvious....

9 minutes ago, hansnl said:

Open days, as they tend to be called, are not only a Thai thing.

Goes on everywhere in the world.

And why not?

Wishing no armies are necessary is nice, but not realistic.

So why not show the public what tools armies use?

 

Good idea, there is not enough death by gun in Thailand, always think about the future

When you were a child did you not play war games and play with toy tanks, soldiers and guns? I know I did. This is just role reversal and as someone else said it happens everywhere in the world. It is not  attendance at an event like this that will shape a child's future but how they are bought up by their parents and that is another story which will take too long to get into on TV.

1 hour ago, hansnl said:

Open days, as they tend to be called, are not only a Thai thing.

Goes on everywhere in the world.

And why not?

Wishing no armies are necessary is nice, but not realistic.

So why not show the public what tools armies use?

I suppose it is one thing when the army is a branch of the state, accountable for its actions, but this army IS the state and the weapons their tools of statecraft. 

4 hours ago, kevc said:

At least you can't walk off the street into a shop and buy a gun legally, remember a few years ago an idiot in America buying a gun license for his baby son, think Thailands got a long way to go to catch up with the U.S.

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You can't get a gun license (foid card) for a child. You have to be 18 years old.

Why not show the children the non-violent community support activities the Army are involved in, like bridge building, flood prevention, assisting the police with law enforcement etc?

 

Hearts and minds are not won at the end of a gun barrel.

Edited January 15, 20179 yr by Classic Ray

You can't get a gun license (foid card) for a child. You have to be 18 years old.

On CNN just after the Korean kid gunned down the students at school and what about this from The Daily Telegraph,

5-year-old British child given SHOTGUN license

ALMOST 50 children aged under 10, including one five-year-old, have been granted shotgun licences in the past five years.



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When you were a child did you not play war games and play with toy tanks, soldiers and guns? I know I did. This is just role reversal and as someone else said it happens everywhere in the world. It is not  attendance at an event like this that will shape a child's future but how they are bought up by their parents and that is another story which will take too long to get into on TV.

Lot of things happened,when I was a child. Children died of measles, for example!


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For a moment there I thought she'd been shot. It's just the rose pattern on her shirt.

9 hours ago, PatOngo said:

Something sadly wrong with the above photo.

Which is?? Have you never been to a military open day anywhere in the world. When you was young did you not play war games or cowboys and Indians.  It's routine for children to play and look at guns and riffles at events all over the world. So no there's nothing  sadly wrong with that picture of youngsters having a great day out with there  own Army could even be there dad's. 

I am not sure that this gun "activity" fits in with - "Prayut urges parents to inspire their children".  

6 hours ago, Wilsonandson said:

It wasn't all guns, tanks and helicopters.

But these pictures won't get the desired TV effect now will they