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BS [Visitor] — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:50:12 +0000

I think the suggestion from comment 74 can bring peace and stability back to Thailand but, first of all, do not forget to ask for approval from the Democrat Party and, more importantly, its united front - the PAD - and Sonthi Limthongkun (I doubt they would agree).

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my beloved country [Visitor] — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:08:47 +0000

I want my peaceful country back. I don't think demonstration can do so. Don't destroy our country. Let's cooperate to strengthen our country. Everybody can't get everything. All of us have to sacrifice some. The terminal aim is our country. Please!

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my beloved country [Visitor] — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:08:05 +0000

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Tamasik1330 [Visitor] — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:15:29 +0000

A great idea from post 74.

Let the deep south become one Malay state under the federal governmment.
The Malay militia would stop killing Thais.

Let the North (Lana) and NE (Isaan) become a state under the federal govrnment. Thais would stop killing Thais.

SO MANY OF YOU ARE SO CALLED BUDDHIST !!! WHY HATRED?

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SPICEMAN [Visitor] — Thu, 06 May 2010 21:13:11 +0000

Dear all:

I think this is it. Democracy in Thailand is absolutely dead. Apisit's Road Map (to nowhere) is nothing but a scheme to cover up his failure as PM to uphold the Law.

Under our current (broken) Democratic system, the majority will never respect Minority's rights, let alone upholding the Law.

So unless both the Majority and Minority act as check & balance for the greater good of the country, it is nothing but a waste of time, money, blood, and lives.

I think it is time for us to be realistic, to stop fooling ourselves of trying to make something that will never work in Thailand or Greece, the birthplace of Democracy itself, for the matter of fact.

It is time to try something new! I think a Representative Republic similar to that in the US should work reasonably well in Thailand.

Let divide the country into 4 states, the North, the Northeast, the Central, and the South. Each state elects its own governor, along with the rest of the state govt officials like police-chief, mayors, and etc., down to village-chief.

Each state will be responsible for its own affairs, including taxation. Each state shall contribute 25% of its GDP to the Federal Govt, which is responsible for national defense, interstate commerce, interstate law enforcement (FBI), infrastructure, and aiding states during national emergencies.

This way, the people in each state will have to learn to be responsible for the affairs in their own state, as well as, electing honest and capable people to be in positions of power & responsibility.

Since the PM will only be running the Federal Govt, which has only a few but important national fuctions & responsibility, outside that of the state governors, the overlapping of power & responsibility will be kept at a minimum, unless the state governor really screws it up really badly, threatening the stability of the whole nation, hence creating national emergency, requireing Federal Govt's temporally intervention and assistance.

With limited but important functions & responsiblility, the Federal Govt will be kept small in size, as limited by the 25% tax contribution from each state. Therefore, it should matter little who becomes PM or which party controls the Federal Govt.

India also has similar Federation system, which continues to function reasonably well, as military coup over there is of nonexistence. Indian large & powerful military takes orders from civilian leadership PERIOD.

These are my rough ideas, and I will be very interested to listen to all of your ideas as well. Something has to change, enough is enough!

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Alien Weng [Visitor] — Wed, 05 May 2010 14:17:27 +0000

Long live the dharma king.

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SPICEMAN [Visitor] — Tue, 04 May 2010 06:06:32 +0000

Dear Rebecca #70:

Prior to the arrival of American settlers, who knows whom the Amerian Indians drove out or occupied. Tribal wars between different Indian nations were common.

There is a similar history in Thailand, where the ancient Khmer people were driven out and replaced by the settling Siamese. And the rest is history.

Or how the French and the British simply took away southern end of the Malay Peninsula and Laos and Cambodia away from us, due to their superior firepower.

Did you know that Thailand once had slaves too like the rest of the world at that time? In fact, slavery is still alive and well in parts of Africa today?

Mafia stuffs? May be you should read the story of a former gangster turned Christian pastor, like Michael Franzes.

And about all those industrial disasters, accidents happened. I heard an interview of one of the survivors of the recent BP oilrig disaster. He said all of 11 dead crews accidentally drilled into a huge pocket of natural gas, which has no color or smell, and were blown up by it. They didn't even have a chance to hit an emergency shutoff.

Those who survived the ordeal were resting at the time of the explosion, and were able to make a narrow escape.

The oilrig is owned by a Swiss firm, but leased by BP to drill in the US water. The guy being interviewed said once in a while the Mother Nature will surprise us in a deadly way. He said running into huge pocket of natural gas like this while drilling for oil is extremely rare, kind of once in a lifetime event.

So far, what you said is true, not only in the US but all over the world. It's a story of mankind itself. What set the US apart is that they set up the highest standard possible then trying to live up to it.

Just look, who is the current official occupant of the White House right now.

God bless the USA!

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Jeff [Visitor] — Mon, 03 May 2010 21:24:12 +0000

The last elected Prime minister was illegally removed and the people have not been given the opportunity to elect their leader in almost 4 years? No other details are relevant...unless you are in denial.

To seandoe comment #68:

Countries with laws AND law enforcement have higher incarceration rates because they actually hold people (criminals) accountable for their actions. Not having people in prison isn't a measure of the "goodness" of a certain citizenry but rather a measure of lack of governing.