Comments on: PAD’s “General Uprising of 26 August 2008″ http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/08/29/pads-general-uprising-of-26-august-2008/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:26 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marty http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/08/29/pads-general-uprising-of-26-august-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-561787 Marty Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:14:06 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=2766#comment-561787 Eduardo, I know you are joking but a lot of the people in the north 1/2 of the country, who don't speak out in public or march in protests, are not that far off what you are saying. We used to be a separate kingdom and it may not be that hard for a lot of the people to think that way again not a separate kingdom but a separate area with it's own national government. It could be ideal, the separatists could have the deep south, The PAD could have Bangkok or whatever it is they want this week, run by their PAD appointed bureaucrats, friends, bankers and lawmakers and they could run it with their deranged ideas about democracy for the elite. The rest of us up here in the north and northeast, you know the stupid, uneducated, vote bought poor farmers, the one person one vote group, want the good chunk of Siam back... LOL Eduardo, I know you are joking but a lot of the people in the north 1/2 of the country, who don’t speak out in public or march in protests, are not that far off what you are saying. We used to be a separate kingdom and it may not be that hard for a lot of the people to think that way again not a separate kingdom but a separate area with it’s own national government. It could be ideal, the separatists could have the deep south, The PAD could have Bangkok or whatever it is they want this week, run by their PAD appointed bureaucrats, friends, bankers and lawmakers and they could run it with their deranged ideas about democracy for the elite.

The rest of us up here in the north and northeast, you know the stupid, uneducated, vote bought poor farmers, the one person one vote group, want the good chunk of Siam back… LOL

]]> By: Anon http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/08/29/pads-general-uprising-of-26-august-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-549065 Anon Mon, 01 Sep 2008 05:04:20 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=2766#comment-549065 "PADLand." You know, that's not too hard to imagine. Siam hasn't been a unified kingdom for very long, historically speaking. The South was the last region to submit to Bangkok. Why can't we have two kingdoms, with different constitutions, ruled by the same monarch? Sort of like the Commonwealth. The South and Bangkok would become PADLand (just don't call it Taksinland), have Sarit's 1959 Constitution with the monarch appointing the entire legislature and a ban on political parties. It would have strict rules against foreign investment, but make its way in the global economy with services. They can even keep a power plant or two, just to keep the EGAT union happy. Its GDP/capita and human development scores, without all those uneducated low-income farmers to drag down the averages, would probably be on par with Singapore. Siam (the rest of Thailand) would have the People's Constitution of 1997 or the King Anand's short-lived Constitution of 1946, and the vast majority of the industrial and agricultural base. I won't even mention the "peace dividend" that would occur with the establishment of Pattaniland. “PADLand.” You know, that’s not too hard to imagine. Siam hasn’t been a unified kingdom for very long, historically speaking. The South was the last region to submit to Bangkok. Why can’t we have two kingdoms, with different constitutions, ruled by the same monarch? Sort of like the Commonwealth.

The South and Bangkok would become PADLand (just don’t call it Taksinland), have Sarit’s 1959 Constitution with the monarch appointing the entire legislature and a ban on political parties. It would have strict rules against foreign investment, but make its way in the global economy with services. They can even keep a power plant or two, just to keep the EGAT union happy. Its GDP/capita and human development scores, without all those uneducated low-income farmers to drag down the averages, would probably be on par with Singapore.

Siam (the rest of Thailand) would have the People’s Constitution of 1997 or the King Anand’s short-lived Constitution of 1946, and the vast majority of the industrial and agricultural base.

I won’t even mention the “peace dividend” that would occur with the establishment of Pattaniland.

]]> By: Eduardo http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/08/29/pads-general-uprising-of-26-august-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-545931 Eduardo Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:20:13 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=2766#comment-545931 I've had a look at "Bangkok Pundit's" website. I believe he (?) is hysterical by predicting "anarchy" (ouch) and suggesting that the PAD may burn down police stations. A reading by Thai native speakers suggests that this is braggadocio, similar to: "I'm so pissed off I'm going to transport them into a world of shit." You could read it any which way, but it feels like an empty threat. I’ve had a look at “Bangkok Pundit’s” website. I believe he (?) is hysterical by predicting “anarchy” (ouch) and suggesting that the PAD may burn down police stations. A reading by Thai native speakers suggests that this is braggadocio, similar to: “I’m so pissed off I’m going to transport them into a world of shit.” You could read it any which way, but it feels like an empty threat.

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