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I tend to agree with Al-Attasian that through modernity genuine knowledge has been lost, or better it has been substituted by technologies. These are in fact evil and should be avoided by any true believer be it Moslem, Christian, Hindu or Buddhist. All this rationality, logic, science etc. is a hoax. In fact, it is a western attempt to wreak havoc on the eggshell mind of believers!
Throw away the phones, car keys, medicine, air-conditioners etc. Neither the prophet nor Jesus or Buddha needed these gadgets, and put your fate into the hands of God!

Vichai N

We’re used to your vitriol and hysteria but unless I am very much mistaken Bangkok is a very large city with millions of people and likely 100s of 1000s of buildings. Therefore burning down half a dozen in one tiny area of the city centre could never be reasonbaly deemed to “burning down the whole city”. Unless, of course, one is a delusional fantasist prone to fanatical rants not that I’d ever suggest that of your Khun vichai.

And that’s even before we get onto who actually burnt those few buildings down.

Hi SV Singam. We elected to cover those two sites as in the lead-up to the elections, they had been the two most prominent non-newspaper aligned news portals. The situation has changed somewhat with The Malay Mail Online, changes at TMI, etc, but at the time the study was conceptualised, we felt these were the two best sites to cover (and resources dictated we couldn’t cover more). The newspapers were selected through a combination of factors, including circulation/subscription figures, but also ‘impact’ and discursive weight – e.g. Utusan and NST may have much lower figures than some other papers, but they generate a lot of discourse and often trigger discussion. Hope that answers your questions.

Dammit! I should have given myself a vote and registered a couple of dislikes for Patrick and Veerayuth. But unfortunately they were both pretty good theories. In any case the real uncrowned winner for style and artistry was Nuat Namman. I wonder if he or she is “Not the Nation” in disguise?

” … Bangkok dominates, and until such overwhelming domination is diffused, de-centralised, broken, or (literally) sunk – the fundamental conflict will remain. Thaksin, or no Thaksin.” – Chris Beale

Or until Bangkok is burned to ground Chris?
(The spite that Thaksin carry against Bangkok must be immensely toxic.)

Verayooth is the justified winner – because the ESSENCE of the conflict was hit squarely on the head : Bangkok dominates, and until such overwhelming domination is diffused, de-centralised, broken, or (literally) sunk – the fundamental conflict will remain. Thaksin, or no Thaksin.

Another code. Written by the Czech novelist Milan Kundera about the neo-Stalinist regime there in the sixties and seventies

“In Wenceslaus Square, in Prague, a guy is throwing up. Another guy comes up to him, pulls a long face, shakes his head, and says: “I know just what you mean.”

Political dynasties, when they are simply patronage fuedalism rebadged do little to suggest democratic maturity

Well that is that then. Thaksin could NOT return this year. Thaksin could NOT return next year. And probably could never ever return to Thailand … unless he gets a royal pardon.

And that royal pardon won’t be coming from HMK Bhumibhol. That means Thaksin will probably will be a very old old man by the time he could walk Bangkok’s streets again.

(A short-cut of course is for Thaksin to serve his 2-year sentence.)

Honestly Chartachai, it wasn’t us, it was those sneaky Pamar.

BP this morning “Executives of ITD, Thailand’s largest construction company, and Dawei Development Co (DDC) said they are surprised by remarks made by Thai Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal that the Myanmar government is preparing to end the concession with ITD.”