Comments on: On royal silence

By: Srithanonchai

Srithanonchai — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:19:31 +0000

Songtham:

Sorry for the misspelling. I mixed the name up with that of a friend of mine whose name is Visit. I agree with you that his column is rather more political than linguistic in nature. However, his attempt is flawed, because he systematically edited out relevant meanings and references.

By: songtham tawinwang

songtham tawinwang — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:51:05 +0000

The name of the writer in Matichon is “Wasit”. Through his numerous writings, Wasit has shown himself to be a fair-minded man. What he is trying to do here is probably to moderate a ‘turbulent sea’.

By: doctorJ

doctorJ — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:06:27 +0000

K. Srithanonchai

Your comment is straightforward and crystal clear!

Can anybody forward your comment to K.Sondhi

By: Srithanonchai

Srithanonchai — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:59:08 +0000

In Matichon of October 21, staunch old royalist Khun Visit tries to “translate” the Princess’ remarks, based on the element “on behalf of.” He stresses that this meant “as a representative,” or as somebody who had been “assigned” by the monarchy to perform certain actions. Thus, the princess had only said that the monarchy had not assigned the PAD to do what they have been doing, or that they did not act as a representative of the monarchy.

Visit does not mention that “on behalf of” also meant “for the benefit of somebody” or “to help somebody.” In fact, nobody had ever assumed that the monarchy assignd the PAD to do certain actions, etc. The question was clearly contextualized by the constant claim of the PAD that they wanted to help the monarchy to be strong, to defend the monarchy against threats, i.e. to benefit it, etc. This was the point of reference of “on behalf of.”

By: rookie

rookie — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:52:40 +0000

So far only one Thai-language magazine, namely Prachathat, in its latest issue (with photo of Gen. Salang on the cover) carries the Princess’ remarks about PAD on pages 16, 17.

By: songtham tawinwang

songtham tawinwang — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:24:21 +0000

Anyone with an ounce of brain cannot help agreeing with Her Royal Highness. Long may She prosper.

By: Thai TV

Thai TV — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:48:51 +0000

I don’t know if this fits in your new comment policy, anyway:

Please put more emphasis on this article! Would be even great if you could quote the princess directly!

Maybe it will help to spread the word in Thailand!

PAD leaders are mostly acting for themselves indeed, even the Princess acknowledges that!