http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2009/01/29/pads-last-day-at-government-house/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:39:39 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2009/01/29/pads-last-day-at-government-house/comment-page-1/#comment-614876 Chet boonpratuang Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:02:37 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=4081#comment-614876 All are one side of the untrue information. Mr. Sonthi ,one of the main PAD leaders , used to praise Taksin as the best prime minister Thailand has ever had since 1932. He became hatred Taksin when not getting some favor benifits from Taksin. Every Thai knew that. Actually ,Sonthi has been bankrupted and done everthing for himself. All are one side of the untrue information. Mr. Sonthi ,one of the main PAD leaders , used to praise Taksin as the best prime minister Thailand has ever had since 1932. He became hatred Taksin when not getting some favor benifits from Taksin. Every Thai knew that. Actually ,Sonthi has been bankrupted and done everthing for himself.

]]> http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2009/01/29/pads-last-day-at-government-house/comment-page-1/#comment-606759 Caroline Haber Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:54:33 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=4081#comment-606759 Placed next to Nick Nostitz’s photos of the recent Red Shirt rally, these photos of the PAD encampment circa early December are particularly provocative. There are many possible juxtapositions when thinking about the PAD and the Red Shirts -- the possibly uncanny alliances of the Red Shirts and the seemingly unbending rules for participation in the PAD, the differing (and shifting) perspectives and orientations towards ”law” of each group, and the ways in which each group calls upon the recent past and its images to create its own identity. The photo I am most captivated is the PAD banner that apologizes for “inconvenience” – as if that was the most damaging possible result of the PAD’s actions over the last two years. Placed next to Nick Nostitz’s photos of the recent Red Shirt rally, these photos of the PAD encampment circa early December are particularly provocative. There are many possible juxtapositions when thinking about the PAD and the Red Shirts — the possibly uncanny alliances of the Red Shirts and the seemingly unbending rules for participation in the PAD, the differing (and shifting) perspectives and orientations towards ”law” of each group, and the ways in which each group calls upon the recent past and its images to create its own identity. The photo I am most captivated is the PAD banner that apologizes for “inconvenience” – as if that was the most damaging possible result of the PAD’s actions over the last two years.

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