“Mr Yettaw, who is diabetic”.. I wonder if he is going to get access to insulin in Insein Prison? Is “American dies in Junta custody” a future headline? Storms can change direction….
Although maybe with this relatively minor discrepancy, I’ll need to start rain dancing this evening to provide more gusts. Hope everyone joins in. Maybe we’ll be able to send a cloud shaped like the UN emblem…
If anyone look deeply into the Thai politic, they will understand that the palace has everything to do with all the coup d’etat that happend for the last 60 years. The coup is one way for them to keep the country and democracy under their feet. Don’t forget that every new governments has to be sworn in and sign by the king. All the new generals, ministers and high ranking civil servants have to be signed by the king before they are allowed to perform their duties. If the king refuses to sign his name that person will not be allowed to be promoted. All high ranking army, policemen, navy and airforce general must drink sacred water and swear that they will be faithful to the king.
We don’t really need to eat meat at all. Its much easier to capture and kill a vegetable than any animal. North America would be 99.9% vegetarian if we had to slaughter our own meat products! Its too bad people are such slaves to their taste buds. How about a little self control.
Hey Dr. Jay, haven’t you seen Harry , the Australian teacher who was jailed for the same reason, chained while he appeared in court with both his hands and legs chained? That picture appeared on nawspaper all over the world. If you haven’t seen it, please check into any old columns concerning this news. You can open your eyes and see for yourself. For God sake! 15 years in jail for criticizing someone, can you accept that?
The story gets stranger as the ex-wife of the man named as the Lone Swimmer speaks up – according to The Times – claiming he is a Vietnam war veteran, suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:
Extremely glad to read more about Tai/Shan Studies at Interanational Stage and hopefully, I’ll be so proudly to support such occasion to be happened so soon.
This all very interesting. I would be interested in knowing more about the agricultural cycle in the village and the crops grown (in addition to opium) by the Yao. What sort of livestock was raised?
Did the KMT confiscate the Yao’s smaller ponies for transport purposes? I can imagine land mines could cause serious losses among free ranging cattle.
[For a detailed response to this comment see this post.]
In both the Indonesian and the Thai cases it was about reallocating the rents to a new set of elites, that is what Thaksin was doing (See Thanee Chaiwat and Pasuk Phongpaichit, Rents and rent-seeking in the Thaksin era, in Thai Capital after the 1997 Crisis, 2008).
Decisive or not-decisive, with or without resolution, that is one way to characterize recent political conflict in Asia.
Tianamen was decisive, anti-Suharto was decisive, Iraq post-2003 was not decisive, 1992 in Thailand was decisive, Burma post 1991 was not decisive, Thailand post -2006 is not decisive.
Some conflicts just drag on and on and thus bring the whole society down with them .
Decisiveness and resolution can be a good in and of itself, no matter which way it goes.
Woman, you are crazy. Trust me, nobody in Burma takes this man seriously. Don’t get involved with him, he is trouble. I understand the respect given to selfless individuals, but this man is a self glorifying idiot. Stay away like the plague.
This is fascinating, and calls to mind the account by Jane and Lucien Hanks about how the Koumindang generals asserted control over Western anthropologists’ movement in the far northern part of Chiangrai in the 1960s (reported in their Tribes of the North Thailand Frontier, 2001). How the region was controlled and by whom at different times is quite varied, and we have a spotty sense of it, this account is an interesting addition. Is there a way to learn about the power configuration before 1958 when opium was outlawed? That is, did outlawing opium open new fields for militias?
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Perfect political storm on University Avenue
“Mr Yettaw, who is diabetic”.. I wonder if he is going to get access to insulin in Insein Prison? Is “American dies in Junta custody” a future headline? Storms can change direction….
Although maybe with this relatively minor discrepancy, I’ll need to start rain dancing this evening to provide more gusts. Hope everyone joins in. Maybe we’ll be able to send a cloud shaped like the UN emblem…
“…the Thai monarchy is not involved…”
If anyone look deeply into the Thai politic, they will understand that the palace has everything to do with all the coup d’etat that happend for the last 60 years. The coup is one way for them to keep the country and democracy under their feet. Don’t forget that every new governments has to be sworn in and sign by the king. All the new generals, ministers and high ranking civil servants have to be signed by the king before they are allowed to perform their duties. If the king refuses to sign his name that person will not be allowed to be promoted. All high ranking army, policemen, navy and airforce general must drink sacred water and swear that they will be faithful to the king.
Lunch?
We don’t really need to eat meat at all. Its much easier to capture and kill a vegetable than any animal. North America would be 99.9% vegetarian if we had to slaughter our own meat products! Its too bad people are such slaves to their taste buds. How about a little self control.
“The decision to send the army … came from the royal palace”
Hey Dr. Jay, haven’t you seen Harry , the Australian teacher who was jailed for the same reason, chained while he appeared in court with both his hands and legs chained? That picture appeared on nawspaper all over the world. If you haven’t seen it, please check into any old columns concerning this news. You can open your eyes and see for yourself. For God sake! 15 years in jail for criticizing someone, can you accept that?
In the wake of Inya Lake’s lone swimmer
Just like thaksin, who will always find a convenient excuse to rob the country blind. Bastards stick together!
Perfect political storm on University Avenue
The story gets stranger as the ex-wife of the man named as the Lone Swimmer speaks up – according to The Times – claiming he is a Vietnam war veteran, suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6289784.ece
A swim in Inya Lake
Tom Bleming was supposed to go lead this effort, but at the last minute couldn’t find his floaties.
In the wake of Inya Lake’s lone swimmer
They will always find an excuse to jail her with or without the swimmer.
Suwicha Thakor on his life in prison
Good on you Stephan. Speaking of thoughtless, ever looked at yourself?
Suwicha Thakor on his life in prison
he should have thought about wife, children ,
brothers & sisters before. now it seems pretty late.
another prove for thoughtlessness?
“The decision to send the army … came from the royal palace”
Snoh hits back “Democrat is coup leader”
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2009/05/14/politics/politics_30102683.php
Report on Shan conference in London
Myy,Suunghka;!!!!
Dear P’ Nong Tai,
Extremely glad to read more about Tai/Shan Studies at Interanational Stage and hopefully, I’ll be so proudly to support such occasion to be happened so soon.
cheer!
hh NAMHKOK
The violent suppression of opium cultivation
This all very interesting. I would be interested in knowing more about the agricultural cycle in the village and the crops grown (in addition to opium) by the Yao. What sort of livestock was raised?
Did the KMT confiscate the Yao’s smaller ponies for transport purposes? I can imagine land mines could cause serious losses among free ranging cattle.
[For a detailed response to this comment see this post.]
“The decision to send the army … came from the royal palace”
In both the Indonesian and the Thai cases it was about reallocating the rents to a new set of elites, that is what Thaksin was doing (See Thanee Chaiwat and Pasuk Phongpaichit, Rents and rent-seeking in the Thaksin era, in Thai Capital after the 1997 Crisis, 2008).
Decisive or not-decisive, with or without resolution, that is one way to characterize recent political conflict in Asia.
Tianamen was decisive, anti-Suharto was decisive, Iraq post-2003 was not decisive, 1992 in Thailand was decisive, Burma post 1991 was not decisive, Thailand post -2006 is not decisive.
Some conflicts just drag on and on and thus bring the whole society down with them .
Decisiveness and resolution can be a good in and of itself, no matter which way it goes.
A swim in Inya Lake
Burma’s Infamous Swimmer
http://buffalohair.wordpress.com/2009/05/09/burmas-infamous-swimmer/
A swim in Inya Lake
Aung San Suu Kyi detained in Insein Prison
http://www.mizzima.com/news/breaking-and-news-brief/2123-suu-kyi-produced-in-prison-court.html
A swim in Inya Lake
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/14/aung-san-suu-kyi-faces-trial
Volunteering to fight in Burma
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Woman, you are crazy. Trust me, nobody in Burma takes this man seriously. Don’t get involved with him, he is trouble. I understand the respect given to selfless individuals, but this man is a self glorifying idiot. Stay away like the plague.
“The decision to send the army … came from the royal palace”
Henry Huang
Don’t overdramatize Thai prison, they aren’t chained 24/7.
The 15 years term is already bad enough for anyone convicted by the draconian law.
BTW, is anyone interested in ‘Thai-ian’ instead of ‘draconian’ ?
The violent suppression of opium cultivation
This is fascinating, and calls to mind the account by Jane and Lucien Hanks about how the Koumindang generals asserted control over Western anthropologists’ movement in the far northern part of Chiangrai in the 1960s (reported in their Tribes of the North Thailand Frontier, 2001). How the region was controlled and by whom at different times is quite varied, and we have a spotty sense of it, this account is an interesting addition. Is there a way to learn about the power configuration before 1958 when opium was outlawed? That is, did outlawing opium open new fields for militias?