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Don't want to pick a fight here because this thread is far too important.
Sure, it is fun to discus, I’m not seeking a fight – and you may very well convince me of your perspective over mine!
The point I was making is that Thailand has been held up as a model for the whole SEA region,
Well god have mercy on the SE Asia region! (sure better than other SE Asian countries, but it is hardly a model of efficient government/burocracy)
this makes them look as tin-pot as Burma.
How? The military here as stated they don’t want to hold on to power and that they intend democratic elections to be held ASAP. How is that like the situation in Burma?
Show me a government anywhere in the world, including ours, who have not had allegations of sleaze/corruption/nepotism levelled at them; it goes with the territory.
Surely you are not meaning to excuse/accept corruption in Thailand on account of there being corruption in other countries? Sure there is corruption all over the world, but there are degree/levels of corruption and accountability – you cannot lump every government in the world together.
Military coup's are a dangerous relic of the past and, in my humble opinion, have absolutely no part to play in a modern democracy.
Are you saying Thailand under Thaksin was modern democracy in which the PM served the electorate above serveing himself and his cronies?
They may have disagreed with the way he was doing things, but seizing power with tanks on the streets of Bangkok was not the way to make that changes they wanted.
Agreed there may be better ways of going about things, but I think new elections will soon be held, a new government will take the reigns, and before we know it Thai politics will have moved on from last night events. How will it set Thailand back by years?
What happens if the generals don't like the next guy? Same again?
Let us hope so, if he is as much a blight on the country as Thaksin.
Why was Thakisn still PM anyhow? He got a red card early in they year and then came back on as a substitute. Crazy! As least the military acted as a referee even if the crowed didn’t.
Democracy is only as effective as the electorate’s political awareness. If the electorate is not politically aware then they are open to abuse. Should you allow that abuse in the name of democracy, or should you step in?
As you said, Thaksins supporters are in the rural areas? Why do you suppose that is?
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