tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26177615.post5112778502844646911..comments2023-10-20T18:47:34.841+07:00Comments on Religion, Sex & Politics: Thais are not SmilingDr. Willhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09788468231312646543noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26177615.post-30320971196136521442010-02-23T15:55:30.787+07:002010-02-23T15:55:30.787+07:00Will,
thanks for details on FCCT meeting
also t...Will,<br /><br />thanks for details on FCCT meeting<br /><br />also thanks to Federico for straight speaking.<br />(although I bet that from now on he would face certain obstacles in "Land of Smiles" after talking about military and their de-facto boss. but then, I guess Federico already realized the potential consiquences ...)<br /><br /><br />as for Anonymous<br /><br />apparently it is the same one who has made personal attacks on Federico at New Mandala blog. and I suspect very much that he is either one of PAD (since he was so outraged about comparison of Sondhi & Chamlong with Mussolini) or perhaps even the hired by MICT bot.<br /><br />it's truly amazing the swiftness and proficiency (to scan the blogs) with which such guys act - they are able almost INSTANTLY unleash hate and smearing campaign on internet.<br /><br />this is one thing UDD certainly lacks: the PC literacy (or even fluent enough English) and adequate usage of internet (on international level) to counteract the whole huge Propaganda machine (Amart, army, MSM, etc) poised against them.<br /><br />to win UDD have to learn to be <b>AT LEAST</b> as fast as these PADsters.<br /><br />therefore it is good to see that their spokesman Boonpracong was also present at FCCT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26177615.post-44011603185162491042010-02-21T11:05:48.465+07:002010-02-21T11:05:48.465+07:00It is sad to read such article. We would expect fa...It is sad to read such article. We would expect fairest and wise statement from writer or "journalist of your level. <br /><br />I just read a propaganda article without any real and fair analysis of the situation. <br /><br />You may and should critic the "political game" like the Thais named it. <br />I don't see how your article is helping the Thais or Thailand, your country of adoption to get any better?<br /><br />Reading so much article on internet from foreigner who write with the wrong or incomplete assumptions will for sure support the fact that "Thais are not smiling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26177615.post-89297741441624978152010-02-19T13:43:53.345+07:002010-02-19T13:43:53.345+07:00Just a few clarifications:
1. I never questioned...Just a few clarifications: <br /><br />1. I never questioned that the military should be loyal to the king. I said that it's obvious that the military should be loyal to the head of state. What I criticized was how Prem could at the same time incite the military to be disloyal to the government; especially in a supposedly "representative democracy," where the government is assumed to represent the nation.<br /><br />2. The quote from Mussolini I used is the following:<br /><br />"Fascism is opposed to Democracy, which equates the nation to the majority, lowering it to the level of that majority; nevertheless it is the purest form of democracy if the nation is conceived, as it should be, qualitatively and not quantitatively."<br /><br />I used it to illustrate the point that Prem wasn't the first to come up with the idea that the will of the majority is irrelevant and governments elected by majority rule are unworthy of the army's loyalty.Federico Ferrarahttp://www.khikwai.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26177615.post-74542683523049847432010-02-19T13:38:14.815+07:002010-02-19T13:38:14.815+07:00Khun Will,
I agree with the speakers completely. ...Khun Will,<br /><br />I agree with the speakers completely. Thailand is undergoing an extremely critical transitional period. Ideally, 'real' democracy will be at the other end of this tumultuous tunnel. I don't believe that Thailand has ever seen democracy, not in 1932, and certainly no other time after that. When democracy is exercised by the people (read: all the people, not just the BKK middle class) it is deemed 'illegal' through political shenanigans.<br /><br />Political awareness and engagement can only have a positive long-term effect of the health of my country. I just wish there were ways to transition that won't damage the image of the country because we are desperately dependent on tourists -- who, might I add, are not as forgiving about political transitions during their holidays. I look forward to a true democracy someday. In the meantime, I'm going to take public transit and avoid the areas around the old city. Ugh.<br /><br />And no, we Thais are most certainly not smiling through this.<br /><br />signed, <br />Frowning but hopeful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com