Comments on: Grade 4 travel advisory…for Bangkok http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/12/01/grade-4-travel-advisoryfor-bangkok/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:10:35 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: bosunj http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/12/01/grade-4-travel-advisoryfor-bangkok/comment-page-1/#comment-583148 bosunj Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:51:02 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=3718#comment-583148 Aussies: Drunken mamma's boys and overbearing screeching cows. Perhaps Bali is a better choice for you? Aussies: Drunken mamma’s boys and overbearing screeching cows. Perhaps Bali is a better choice for you?

]]> By: Biyha Glanglom http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/12/01/grade-4-travel-advisoryfor-bangkok/comment-page-1/#comment-582925 Biyha Glanglom Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:29:03 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=3718#comment-582925 In the land of smiles, people see things differently. To understand Thailand, one need a New English-English Dictionary of Thailand. A academic circle = a group of bias PhD. and professors who can't think out of a circle. adult = high authority ashame = know no shame authority = legalized mafia B bads = bad people by propaganda Bangkok = see Krungtep Burma = (1) Myanmar's past, (2) Thailand's future C compromise = (1) to yield, (2) to do what I want and you'll be O.K. D democracy = dictatorship democratic party = (1) dictatorship party, (2) upper-class party, (3) right-wing party dictator government = a democracy government elected by majority Don-Muang Airport = Government House double standard = a common practice E educated, middle class, and elites = educated and uneducated people who support dictatorship election fraud = a way to win an election by accusing the winning party of fraud F fair trial = trial by majority votes of the judges freedom and justice for all = freedom and justice are distributed to all people unequally free press = free propaganda free speech = speechless G general = a god father goods = good people by propaganda government = a powerless entity if elected by majority Government House = PAD's Farm House grassroots = educated and uneducated people who support democracy guilty beyond any reasonable doubt = guilty with some doubts still H Human Rights Organization of Thailand = Right-wing Organizations of Thailand I independent organizations = coup-appointed organizations invisible hands = the untouchables J judiciary system = a system without a jury free judiciary system = depend on who will go free K Krungtep = see Thailand L land of smiles = land of lies government lotto = unlawful lotto due to conflict of interest with the underground lottos. M majority of the people = minority who shout loudest the media = the bias medical doctor = one who practices medicine only to the people one's care about. N news = same old things NGO = When pronounced in Thai means stupid. However, it actually means a group of non-government organizations who ask for foreign moneys in the name of democracy to support dictatorship in Thailand. O one man one vote = a taboo speech that could put you in jail. oracle = a political analyst P People Power Party (PPP) = Powerless Poor People (PPP) People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) = People's Alliance for Dictatorship (PAD) Prime Minister = a prime suspect poll = phony trend Q question = answer R red shirts = anti-coup, pro-elected-government, and pro-democracy groups Rules of Law = Laws of Whom? S Sondhi = a Thai cult leader cooking show = an illegal act if done by a prime minister legal show = a legal act if done by a judge suspect = guilty until you can prove yourself otherwise T Thailand = see Bangkok Thaksin = (1) A universal blame for all nation's problems, (2) A miracles cure to all nation's problems. 30:70, 50:50, 0:100 = trial and error democrazy formulas proposed by PAD (e.g., 30% elected and 70% appointed). U UN = Unwanted Nations V vote buying = an excuse used by a political party when losing an election W why = (1) don't ask, (2) unacceptable question, (3) pretend dumb X xxx = (1) a forbidden truth, (2) a naked truth, (3) an well-known political variable Y yellow shirts = pro-coup, pro-appointed-government, and pro-dictatorship groups Z zigzag = a direct way to power In the land of smiles, people see things differently. To understand Thailand, one need a New English-English Dictionary of Thailand.

A
academic circle = a group of bias PhD. and professors who can’t think out of a circle.
adult = high authority
ashame = know no shame
authority = legalized mafia

B
bads = bad people by propaganda
Bangkok = see Krungtep
Burma = (1) Myanmar’s past, (2) Thailand’s future

C
compromise = (1) to yield, (2) to do what I want and you’ll be O.K.

D
democracy = dictatorship
democratic party = (1) dictatorship party, (2) upper-class party, (3) right-wing party
dictator government = a democracy government elected by majority
Don-Muang Airport = Government House
double standard = a common practice

E
educated, middle class, and elites = educated and uneducated people who support dictatorship
election fraud = a way to win an election by accusing the winning party of fraud

F
fair trial = trial by majority votes of the judges
freedom and justice for all = freedom and justice are distributed to all people unequally
free press = free propaganda
free speech = speechless

G
general = a god father
goods = good people by propaganda
government = a powerless entity if elected by majority
Government House = PAD’s Farm House
grassroots = educated and uneducated people who support democracy
guilty beyond any reasonable doubt = guilty with some doubts still

H
Human Rights Organization of Thailand = Right-wing Organizations of Thailand

I
independent organizations = coup-appointed organizations
invisible hands = the untouchables

J
judiciary system = a system without a jury
free judiciary system = depend on who will go free

K
Krungtep = see Thailand

L
land of smiles = land of lies
government lotto = unlawful lotto due to conflict of interest with the underground lottos.

M
majority of the people = minority who shout loudest
the media = the bias
medical doctor = one who practices medicine only to the people one’s care about.

N
news = same old things
NGO = When pronounced in Thai means stupid. However, it actually means a group of non-government organizations who ask for foreign moneys in the name of democracy to support dictatorship in Thailand.

O
one man one vote = a taboo speech that could put you in jail.
oracle = a political analyst

P
People Power Party (PPP) = Powerless Poor People (PPP)
People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) = People’s Alliance for Dictatorship (PAD)
Prime Minister = a prime suspect
poll = phony trend

Q
question = answer

R
red shirts = anti-coup, pro-elected-government, and pro-democracy groups
Rules of Law = Laws of Whom?

S
Sondhi = a Thai cult leader
cooking show = an illegal act if done by a prime minister
legal show = a legal act if done by a judge
suspect = guilty until you can prove yourself otherwise

T
Thailand = see Bangkok
Thaksin = (1) A universal blame for all nation’s problems, (2) A miracles cure to all nation’s problems.
30:70, 50:50, 0:100 = trial and error democrazy formulas proposed by PAD (e.g., 30% elected and 70% appointed).

U
UN = Unwanted Nations

V
vote buying = an excuse used by a political party when losing an election

W
why = (1) don’t ask, (2) unacceptable question, (3) pretend dumb

X
xxx = (1) a forbidden truth, (2) a naked truth, (3) an well-known political variable

Y
yellow shirts = pro-coup, pro-appointed-government, and pro-dictatorship groups

Z
zigzag = a direct way to power

]]> By: David Brown http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/12/01/grade-4-travel-advisoryfor-bangkok/comment-page-1/#comment-582837 David Brown Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:43:40 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=3718#comment-582837 actually I think Thaksin is just the stalking horse that the PAD use to convince people that participatory democracy is bad. He was rich and knew when to sell his business for a huge profit, very easy to be jealous of him... The real objective they are paid to reintroduce is government by the Thai ruling families Meanwhile I think Sondhi also has been running the protests to shore up his media businesses ... apparently this worked in 2006 to the tune of B100M per month or so. Sondhi recently went bankrupt n part of his clutch of companies and claimed he had given all his money to the PAD... but I keep trying to remind people that "bankruptcy is a rich persons way of avoiding his debts"... I assume he has already moved the worthwhile assets off shore. actually I think Thaksin is just the stalking horse that the PAD use to convince people that participatory democracy is bad. He was rich and knew when to sell his business for a huge profit, very easy to be jealous of him…

The real objective they are paid to reintroduce is government by the Thai ruling families

Meanwhile I think Sondhi also has been running the protests to shore up his media businesses … apparently this worked in 2006 to the tune of B100M per month or so.

Sondhi recently went bankrupt n part of his clutch of companies and claimed he had given all his money to the PAD… but I keep trying to remind people that “bankruptcy is a rich persons way of avoiding his debts”… I assume he has already moved the worthwhile assets off shore.

]]> By: Glenn http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/12/01/grade-4-travel-advisoryfor-bangkok/comment-page-1/#comment-582824 Glenn Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:08:47 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=3718#comment-582824 Based on this things they write on their website, I would guess the average PAD person would tell you that it is the fault of the AoT, police, and PM that have caused this situation. It cannot be the PAD's fault because they are good and pure and can do nothing wrong. I hate those people so much right now. Please let me go home and so I can never come back! Based on this things they write on their website, I would guess the average PAD person would tell you that it is the fault of the AoT, police, and PM that have caused this situation. It cannot be the PAD’s fault because they are good and pure and can do nothing wrong.

I hate those people so much right now. Please let me go home and so I can never come back!

]]> By: krid http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/12/01/grade-4-travel-advisoryfor-bangkok/comment-page-1/#comment-582805 krid Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:14:45 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=3718#comment-582805 Somchai + Samak = Somsak? Sondhi won't care, he's a nihilist pursuing a scorched earth policy, a deluded cult leader and proto-fascist. There has never been a political agenda of PAD beyond their anti-Thaksin meme, which is Sondhis own personal, selfish agenda. Everything else is secondary or non-existent, regardless of Thailand fast becoming a failed state. Somchai + Samak = Somsak?
Sondhi won’t care, he’s a nihilist pursuing a scorched earth policy, a deluded cult leader and proto-fascist. There has never been a political agenda of PAD beyond their anti-Thaksin meme, which is Sondhis own personal, selfish agenda. Everything else is secondary or non-existent, regardless of Thailand fast becoming a failed state.

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