"To all tourists in Thailand". Thai guy explains what's going on.

[Oliver]

I'd be fascinated to hear what the people working in the rice fields of Isaan have to say....but their voices are silenced, aren't they.

[bkkguy]

I'd be fascinated to hear what the people working in the rice fields of Isaan have to say....but their voices are silenced, aren't they.

I may be wrong but I would estimate a significant percentage of those singing the Royal Anthem in Sanam Luang over the weekend still had mud from the rice paddies on their shoes and their voices were just as loud and clear as the rest, and the government and other organistions are generously providing free or subsidised bus and train seats and accommodation for upcountry folk who want to travel to Bangkok to pay their respect to the King

but if you have evidence that YouTube or anyone else is actively censoring videos from humble Thai folk trying to express their respect for the King or trying to explain the grief many Thai people are experiencing just because of a faint whiff of jasmine rice plants about their person do share it with us

or are you just trying to politicise this thread?

personally I cynically suspect this video clip would not be as popular here if it were made by a non-descript 45 year old woman, so maybe we both need to put another record on?

but just out of interest is Isaan Kool-Aid as deep red in colour as one would expect? I only ask because based on your posts you seem to have drunk so much of it

bkkguy

[Oliver]

I seem to have struck a nerve.....is wishing to hear from other Thais "political"? Of course, the comment was tongue-in cheek in that you can be damn sure that they won't be.

[fountainhall]

I'd be fascinated to hear what the people working in the rice fields of Isaan have to say....but their voices are silenced, aren't they.

Shameful!

[Old git]

The implication is being made that the good people of Isaan would articulate a different message were they to produce their own video.

Although there are big political and regional divides in Thailand, I did not find this video in any way partisan - there is genuine common cause on this occasion.

There are elements who seem to regard all monarchies as an anachronism, but one only has to look at the US presidential election to realise the advantages of an hereditory apolitical head of state. .

- And does anyone seriously believe that Thailand would achieve peace and stability with an elected president at the helm?

[Oliver]

Yes....as indeed you would if a left-wing leader seized power and instituted a programme of socialism and equality.

[Smiles]

Yes....as indeed you would if a left-wing leader seized power and instituted a programme of socialism and equality.

What a ridiculous old simpleton you are Ollie. Everything fits into your fantasyland, doesn't it?
I'm afraid you live, and probably will die with "if only ..." on your lips.

(Pardon to the OP ... this growling is definitely Off Topic.)

[Old git]

Socialism was tried by many countries in the last century, and it always failed.

Tens of millions of lives were lost directly as a result, and countless more lives were needlessly ruined by it.

And yet, we still have idiots - dangerous idiots if we're not very careful - who still think that socialism is so important that it deserves to bypass the ballot box.

To the naive and stupid it's an attractive theory, and to those whose hearts have a need to hate, it becomes a cause.

But it's been tried in many guises, and it just doesn't work. Period.

[scottish-guy]

I think it went off-topic when some opined they'd as soon fuck the messenger as listen to what he had to say.

On this forum at least, any political discussion of policies or political outlooks which veer left of Ghengis Khan is doomed to failure when you have some members who seriously think you ought to be able to fuck whomsoever you wish simply because you have more money than them.

Not to mention those who think there's a deserved place for people who occupy it not through any sort of merit or popular mandate whatsoever - but by mere accident of birth

[Oliver]

"Occupy"?......be careful.That word is banned. God ordained that certain places (and certain positions) be reserved for certain people. He is, after all, a Celestial Estate Agent. It says so in The Bible. And we all know that what was written in the Arabian desert (allegedly) three thousand years ago should continue to be enforced today.