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Of course there are, I'm living proof that there are Thai communists, although my grandparents came over from China to Thailand during the civil war.
Crap, devoted his entire life??? To what did you say, the people??? Ha, all he does is attend a few festivals a year and sow some seeds. Then goes back to his grand palace in Hua Hin, Bangkok, or any other palaces he and the royal family own. The very image of a King is oppressive itself.
That is NOT a fact. In fact, the CPT (Communist Party of Thailand) was very strong, having its own "people's army" and a base at Phitsanulok. They had control of a hell of a lot of territory, mainly in the countryside, in Isaan and the south. It was because of the King that the CPT lost its power, the King gave amnesty to any of the CPT members who wanted to come back and live as a civilian, the majority did, only because they were fed up of the ongoing war, otherwise they would have continued the fight and the fate of Thailand may well have been different.
Nationalism in Thailand is disgusting, people worship the King and the royal family blindly and have done so since the creation of the Thai Kingdom. And yes, they worship him, not so much as believing him to be a God. But one of the words for King in Thai is "Phra Jao pan din", which means the God/Buddha of the earth. They hang pictures of him and other notable Kings up in their houses, shops etc. When I last went back to Thailand and I was discussing communism with one of my more liberal aunties and I was talking about how bad the King was, she would hush me up in fear that we were heard, and this was in our own house. My family told me that if you disrepect or criticise the Royal family you could get done for by the police, and when the present King dies, the situation will worsen as his son is much much much worse.
Oh and I grew up in Thailand for about 6 years, go back there every 2 years so I also know the situation.
"The class war begins in the desecration of our ancestors: millions of people going to their graves as failures, forever denied the experience of a full human existence, their being was simply cancelled out. The violence of the bourgeoisie's appropriation of the world of work becomes the structure that dominates our existence. As our parents die, we can say truly that their lives were for nothing, that the black earth which is thrown down onto them blacks out our sky."
They have delayed general elections for another year and have placed restrictions on political organizing in the form of protests and political parties as well as censoring the Internet. This looks quite suspicious even though they have stated that a civilian gov. will retake power in a few weeks. Right now, it seems that many Thai do support the coup so we'll have to see how this turns out.
I support the coup: Early in his career, Chavez attempted the same thing against the corrupt rightist government in Venezuela, and Thaksin -- who is wealthy, powerful, and corrupt enough to make former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi look like an honest street urchin -- is even worse than those bastards were.
Lol, so you support a military coup in the name of "anti-corruption"? Some libertarian.
What's the matter Lagerboy, afraid you might taste something?
the latest news (or at least latest to me) is that the Thai military has banned any form of assembly of at least five people, banned any incoming and outgoing electronic data (i.e. news, etc.), restricted local media/news and banned the use of cellular or mobile gadgets to gather and relay news, and banned live news reports.
the king already acknowledged and recognized the legitimacy of the military junta until the next election is held (when will it be, no one knows exactly but the military authorities say next year.)
is the king loved by the Thai people? I don't know exactly cause i don't live in Thailand, but my guess is that the military backs up the king and the king in return have always relied on the military whenever the political situation in Thailand is "not good" hence, the 19 coups since the king reigned.
</div><table border=\'0\' align=\'center\' width=\'95%\' cellpadding=\'3\' cellspacing=\'1\'><tr><td>QUOTE (thisguyisatotaljerk)</td></tr><tr><td id=\'QUOTE\'>First thing I'm going to do is to help myself to all of this free produce, hoard it, and everyone can go starve unless they give me infinite use of their womenfolk and labor, and go work in mines or something to dig me lots of gold and diamonds. I will then melt down the gold, issue currency, allocate myself the biggest batch, and I shall rule as king of the world.
Since there will be no government in a communist system, I doubt anyone will be able to stop me. Too bad for communism eh? See how unsustainable it is?
Now, you could just say, "well, we could kill you mr jerk?" See, problem with that is most people are as greedy as me, (but not quite), so you're gonna have to wipe out like 80% of the population before your utopia has any chance of success. Opps, you didn't think of that eh?</td></tr></table><div class=\'signature\'>
s*%# my d!(#, s*%#er!
I hear so, from the mainstream western media.
But what could we expect, in a nation where you can get sentenced for 15 years in prison for criticizing the monarchy...
If they had faith in me and my motives, they wouldn't need a union
Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz
This may be a little late, but here's an example of how the media treats the king:
Bangkok Post
It's easy to see
Evil as entity
Not as condition
Inside you and me
-Eugene Hutz
When the military coup took place, the new Thai military junta stated that it would restore power to a civilian government within 14 days of the military coup. They also claimed that the new interim regime would hand back power to a capitalist parliamentary 'democracy' within the space of a year and that new elections would be held then.
Well it now looks like that the Thai military junta's initial statement was just propaganda gloss for their takeover, as the Thai military junta has now stated that their 'interim' prime minister will now be a retired army general, Gen. Surayud Culanont.
It looks like the Thai military junta could opt for the tactic of staying in power for the long run, in the same manner as past Thai military dictatorships and the military dictatorship next door in Myanmar (Burma). The only short lived dictatorship in Thai history was the 1991-1992 military junta, which only left office and gave up power under massive and sustained opposition from the ruling political and economic class and the King of Thailand, as well as huge street protests, political violence and many demonstrators shot dead in the streets of Bangkok. Such was the bloodshed and the threat of social instability that in 1992, the previous Thai military junta gave up power.
However, given the ease at which the new military regime has in running Thailand and given that the current military junta has the support of the King, it looks like the military will be in power for some time (5 years or more I personally reckon).
Here is the newslink on the new military ruler of Thailand, selected by the ruling junta:
Thailand's new military ruler, Gen. Surayud Culanont
He is by most people. However, they love him blindly, they love him without proper reason to, they love him because the Thai media exaggerates (sp?) his mediocre exploits. And yes, also because of the sentence given to those who criticise the monarchy.
However, this King is almost dead and his son is an arsehole. If he dies soon and the military junta does not keep their promises to restore "democracy", then angry civilians may take up arms once again to fight on the side of the communists and you never know what will happen next.
"The class war begins in the desecration of our ancestors: millions of people going to their graves as failures, forever denied the experience of a full human existence, their being was simply cancelled out. The violence of the bourgeoisie's appropriation of the world of work becomes the structure that dominates our existence. As our parents die, we can say truly that their lives were for nothing, that the black earth which is thrown down onto them blacks out our sky."
