‘About 30 meters away from me I saw a Red Shirt quickly firing a handgun towards the PDRC protesters. I was too slow to photograph him.’ A pity you couldn’t.
The 46.7% turnout is for the entire country; if polling stations prevented from voting were to be deducted, the turnout would be more than 50%. If the elections are declared nulled, it is going to make millions of people unhappy.
1. Prior to the recent Feb.2 election, Thirayuth Boonmee (needs no introduction here) saw two options – reconciliation or revolution – and as he considered reconciliation unrealistic, he supported revolution (I’m deliberately not using inverted commas here).
2. Since the election, he has compared the PRDC to “a fallen mango” – much to the anger of Suthep.
Question: Does Prof. Jory still lump all academics together on one side, as he does with all of Thailand’s English language daily’s, and if so does this suggest more than a touch of inductive logic to the Professor’s somewhat breathless account?
Does Jory’s assessment leads to an approach that tries to finally beat the weakened royalist enemy, while the idea of a balance would lead to what many people these days advocate, a compromise, a new agreement, a new social contract, or whatever they might call it?
Khun Vichai raises a good point. Why does Jory put the Crown Prince in the red Corner ? Personally, I think the Crown Prince is his own man. And has his own loyal faction.
As for Jory’s “all talk about “embattled” Yingluck and Puea Thai, the likelihood of royalists establishing a new “fascist” regime, outbreak of “civil war”, and “regional secession”, similarly exaggerates royalists’ real power.”. Yes – the situation can still be rescued. Anand as PM, for the Third time, anyone ?
In my humble opinion, a certain O aspiring to be X is not exactly in a colored corner. The issue, reading between lines (as most of us do), is that one man is vastly more clever than the other and the clever one can exercise greater control over a huge pool of resources.
The opposition Democrat Party is desperate to seize power by means fair or foul.They want to be the beneficiaries ( kickbacks) of future mega contracts such as the rapid rail link from China, through Thailand to Singapore. Another mega project is the prevention of future floods. Since they have been out of power for almost 10 years their share of “corruption money” has shrunk. Now there will be a “fight to the death” to rectify this loss.
I suppose it is an open question as to the position of the CP
But I wonder: does the CP have his own personal royal guard division solely under his command now, outside the central command structure of the army since the middle of last year with the quiet passage of amendments to the Defence Act?
And I also wonder: which/whose force is currently providing around the clock close personal protection to the Prime Minister and her entourage?
Questions to ponder…
An interesting attempt trying to turn white into black – mix facts with inventions to obfuscate and cover up a screw-up of almost epic proportions by inventing a conspiracy that wasn’t there.
a good piece by Patrick, though I cannot see the military factored in here? which may account for Somsak’s #8 “equal split” argument. the problem comes from misrepresentations and persistent and institutionalised propaganda that have created a false consciousness; a key to me is still the phase “taa sawaang”, need to awaken to certain ideological realities.
Any academic who can say: “As for the academics, deep down no-one takes them seriously”, is someone who ought to have your serious attention. Thanks Dr. Patrick Jory, for your insights!
Over at East Asia Forum is Nurhisham Hussein on the Malaysian economy:
However, there is a growing trust deficit with the administration and a gap in communicating government policies to the people. The necessity for hard decisions has not been explained fully or clearly, especially as the Malaysian populace has become increasingly plugged into non-traditional communications channels. Whatever good intentions and sound policy the administration may have are lost in this disconnect.
I was also slightly puzzled as to who the word “protesters” refer to and had to go up an re-read a few sentences. There is some ambiguity in the phrasing (with no bad intent, surely).
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The Laksi gunfight
‘About 30 meters away from me I saw a Red Shirt quickly firing a handgun towards the PDRC protesters. I was too slow to photograph him.’ A pity you couldn’t.
The Laksi gunfight
The 46.7% turnout is for the entire country; if polling stations prevented from voting were to be deducted, the turnout would be more than 50%. If the elections are declared nulled, it is going to make millions of people unhappy.
The weakness of the Thai royalists
1. Prior to the recent Feb.2 election, Thirayuth Boonmee (needs no introduction here) saw two options – reconciliation or revolution – and as he considered reconciliation unrealistic, he supported revolution (I’m deliberately not using inverted commas here).
2. Since the election, he has compared the PRDC to “a fallen mango” – much to the anger of Suthep.
Question: Does Prof. Jory still lump all academics together on one side, as he does with all of Thailand’s English language daily’s, and if so does this suggest more than a touch of inductive logic to the Professor’s somewhat breathless account?
The weakness of the Thai royalists
Does Jory’s assessment leads to an approach that tries to finally beat the weakened royalist enemy, while the idea of a balance would lead to what many people these days advocate, a compromise, a new agreement, a new social contract, or whatever they might call it?
Thailand’s electorate deserves respect
Dictatorship is a device that ensures, the down trodden will forever be stepped on, until they are awaken and want to vote!
Thai election by the numbers
“seize power by means fair or foul.”
Correction – By any foul means! As long as it is foul, it is on the table.
The weakness of the Thai royalists
Khun Vichai raises a good point. Why does Jory put the Crown Prince in the red Corner ? Personally, I think the Crown Prince is his own man. And has his own loyal faction.
As for Jory’s “all talk about “embattled” Yingluck and Puea Thai, the likelihood of royalists establishing a new “fascist” regime, outbreak of “civil war”, and “regional secession”, similarly exaggerates royalists’ real power.”. Yes – the situation can still be rescued. Anand as PM, for the Third time, anyone ?
Thailand’s election: 2 February 2014
Here’s an interesting report :http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/393854/protest-leaders-get-travel-bans
Thailand’s 3D Conflict
‘Hope springs eternal’: This article has managed to elicit a 4-0 count (so far) in relevant/constructive/well-informed replies.
The weakness of the Thai royalists
In my humble opinion, a certain O aspiring to be X is not exactly in a colored corner. The issue, reading between lines (as most of us do), is that one man is vastly more clever than the other and the clever one can exercise greater control over a huge pool of resources.
The weakness of the Thai royalists
Spendid piece of writing.
Greetings from Finland.
Peter Redelinghuys
Thai election by the numbers
The opposition Democrat Party is desperate to seize power by means fair or foul.They want to be the beneficiaries ( kickbacks) of future mega contracts such as the rapid rail link from China, through Thailand to Singapore. Another mega project is the prevention of future floods. Since they have been out of power for almost 10 years their share of “corruption money” has shrunk. Now there will be a “fight to the death” to rectify this loss.
The weakness of the Thai royalists
I suppose it is an open question as to the position of the CP
But I wonder: does the CP have his own personal royal guard division solely under his command now, outside the central command structure of the army since the middle of last year with the quiet passage of amendments to the Defence Act?
And I also wonder: which/whose force is currently providing around the clock close personal protection to the Prime Minister and her entourage?
Questions to ponder…
The Laksi gunfight
An interesting attempt trying to turn white into black – mix facts with inventions to obfuscate and cover up a screw-up of almost epic proportions by inventing a conspiracy that wasn’t there.
The Laksi gunfight
Hi Nick, but for a Kraut liek us, ur english is nearly perfect, and even more ur thai seems without any harsh german accent …
See Nick Nostiz on Thai TV @
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl8vWRwc7Uc
The weakness of the Thai royalists
a good piece by Patrick, though I cannot see the military factored in here? which may account for Somsak’s #8 “equal split” argument. the problem comes from misrepresentations and persistent and institutionalised propaganda that have created a false consciousness; a key to me is still the phase “taa sawaang”, need to awaken to certain ideological realities.
The weakness of the Thai royalists
Any academic who can say: “As for the academics, deep down no-one takes them seriously”, is someone who ought to have your serious attention. Thanks Dr. Patrick Jory, for your insights!
The Laksi gunfight
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1080873
Malaysia’s economic transformation programme
Over at East Asia Forum is Nurhisham Hussein on the Malaysian economy:
http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/02/07/let-the-malaysians-eat-cake/#more-40179
The Laksi gunfight
I was also slightly puzzled as to who the word “protesters” refer to and had to go up an re-read a few sentences. There is some ambiguity in the phrasing (with no bad intent, surely).
Revising that part might be a good idea.