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• Red Capitalist

  Discussion 12 : 13/08/2009 at 11:19 AM12

  I agree for more than the full 100% with Aek, discussion 10.
  
  Every detail of his comment is absolutely incontestable.
  
  Spot on!

• Supachok Chattanuchai

  Discussion 11 : 13/08/2009 at 08:26 AM11

  Bill Canada: I have close friends who are Canadian and I been to Canada enough times to say that your comments are unlike the Canadians I've met. Usually, Canadians have a respectful decency about them and would not support/join in with a sick teenage-style comment such as the one John made. You post often on this board and your political leanings are clear as day, but I would think that if you include your country in your name (unless Canada is your last name and not your country), you would give more consideration to your comments as I'm certain the Canadians I know would not enjoy their great country's name being used in such a way.
  
  I'm not Canadian, but I don't think I'm off-base on this.
  
  Supachok Chattanuchai

• Aek

  Discussion 10 : 13/08/2009 at 04:23 AM10

  YES, I absolutely agree with the statement IF you do the crime, you serve time (in prison)
  
  I need some help in brushing up my memory: Can you name a former prime minister or minister who served time in prison? No WHY? Because it is all about Thai dirty politics. Thaksin is not clean, never has, and never will be. BUT the fact remains that the powers that be are so bent on tarnishing him and destroying him--by whatever means as their disposal--that they have done so far. It is not true justice in Thai courts and it's obvious to people closely following this sad saga in Thai politics that vengeance and revenge is the hidden motive behind the verdict against Thaksin.
  
  Thais have had several crooks and military dictators in power---who have severely damaged this country. It's not a hidden fact that they have enriched themselves while in power by amassing so much wealth and have gone scot free. No one has been charged, although they have been accused, but it has been swept under the rug and investigations have been white-washed to say the least.
  
  Was this present government voted in by the majority in a free and fair elections? THE ANSWER IS NO. Whoever is in power has shown themselves to come in and clean house and accuse their opponents and the previous power-brokers of corruption. Thai political history is outright dirty and corrupt as we see it being played out before our eyes today.

• Dont Fool Me

  Discussion 9 : 13/08/2009 at 12:34 AM9

  Democracy should mean EQUAL JUSTICE FOR ALL. As the old saying go, "When you commit a crime, you do the time."
  
  If pettition for royal pardon is accepted and pardon is granted, what kind of moral lesson will this for Thai citizen at large and for the posterity to follow? Could it be misguiding Thai people to believe that, one does not have to follow the law so long as one has plenty of money as one can always use the money to galvanize the poor, the innocent, the uninformed, and the greedy and crooks to come out as mass and overturn any unfavorable judicial verdicts against one-self. If the verdict of the highest court of the land could not be sustained, how could any society ever live in peace.
  
  It was widely believed that Former Vice president Al gore had won the majority of the volts over GW Bush, but he graciously and unselfishly stopped his followers from the ongoing nationwide prostest after the U.S. Supreme Court issued order to stop the recount. This is how a mature stateman behave.

• ONE DAY

  Discussion 8 : 12/08/2009 at 08:32 PM8

  Agree totally with the post from 'supattana'.
  
  And I emphasise that this nasty cunning thug has used these people way way beyond what they realize.

• Red Capitalist

  Discussion 7 : 12/08/2009 at 07:39 PM7

  Why, Khun Thepthai, are you trying to obstruct the normal course of this action?
  
  What are you afraid of? IF this (ridiculous) action is illegal, as your party claims, it will strand in an early stage.
  
  Let's just observe the law, the regulations, the decrees etc. and - for once - do not pervert the course of justice. We've had enough of it. More than enough.

• Ozman_Bkk

  Discussion 6 : 12/08/2009 at 07:14 PM6

  Cansipsome, I don't think the statement was that SIGNING the petition was illegal. I think what was said was that the petition itself is illegal. My understanding is that people need to be in gaol for them to be pardoned. I don't think hiding out in Dubai and/or elsewhere qualifies. Perhaps someone might like to spell out exactly what the law is in this case. Then the comments about it may be more informed. As for the alternate petition ? Please ! How silly can you get. Just let the law sort this out and stop this foolishness.

• Bill Canada

  Discussion 5 : 12/08/2009 at 06:12 PM5

  John your "Political Darwinism" event idea is the first truly constructive idea to help Thailand make enough money to quickly pay off the damages those shirts caused the Thai economy.
  
  It would be a bigger better event than anything the Taiwanese parliment has ever staged.

• John

  Discussion 4 : 12/08/2009 at 05:39 PM4

  Joke or no joke, it makes for some good entertainment. Frankly now I want to see Thaksin get awarded a pardon so that he can come back. Then Thai politics might really get "spicy".
  
  I am still pulling for a Red shirt vs yellow shirt brawl and victory monument. If I was a promoter I would block access to victory monument, put up seating on the BTS walk ways and do a world wide pay per view event.
  
  They can call it Political Darwanism and probably get a few billion dollars in revenue. Maybe they could generate enough money to pay for all the damage these two groups have done to the nation and the economy.

• Dean In Chiang Mai

  Discussion 3 : 12/08/2009 at 04:29 PM3

  What I find amusing is that when this petition drive first started, many people, and especially the Democrats, merely shrugged it off as no big deal. But now, with supposedly 5 million signatures, it has become a VERY BIG deal, like an elephant in a tea room, and those who laughed at it first, are now wondering what the hell to do. As cansipsome said, first the government claimed the petition was illegal, so to fight it, they start their own. That's good for a laugh.
  
  But just one question. The gov said they would "verify" all the signatures on the UDD petition. Who's going to verify the ones on the government's petition?

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