Nattawut: Love is not enough

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Published: 14/02/2012 at 12:01 PM
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Love together with understanding can lead to national reconciliation, Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Nattawut Saikuar said on the occasion of Valentine's Day.

Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Nattawut Saikuar (Photo by Thiti Wannamontha) Mr Nattawut, a core member of the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship, said on Tuesday that love without understanding can become infatuation and infatuation can create misunderstanding."I believe everyone wants a better understanding with each other because this country is home for all of us and we belong in this society and we have to move on."On the occasion of Valentine's Day, we should every day try to...

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gleentea
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Discussion 17 : 15/02/2012 at 05:08 PM17
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abbub,

I'm sure you would agree that election fraud, human rights abuse, abuse of power, corruption and theft are also illegal.
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Discussion 16 : 14/02/2012 at 09:22 PM16
Love= Do not give the troubles to anyone.
from iPhone application.
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Discussion 15 : 14/02/2012 at 05:25 PM15
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What love and understanding is he talking about? Understanding that it is ok to commit crimes and break the law of the society? Love the criminals who give out dirty money? criminals who squander tax payers money?

No doubt both sides change the law to benefit themselves, but one does so to make themselves rich on the backs of hard working tax payers. Change cannot happen if one side continues to point fingers and make the same mistake and walk in the same foot steps as the opposition.
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Discussion 14 : 14/02/2012 at 04:55 PM14
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Nattawut ,lead by example - apologize publicly
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Discussion 13 : 14/02/2012 at 03:52 PM13
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DAO D9: "Accountability and court dates will lead to national reconciliation . Pardons for criminals is the problem not the solution ."

I think you are right the men that carried out the coup of September 2006 should be held accountable.

But of course, they had their own amnesty written into the new constitution after they tore up the old one, which they disliked.

Unless you think a putsch is nor anti-democratic, not anti-constitutional nor illegal. By most definitions they are though.
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Discussion 12 : 14/02/2012 at 01:58 PM12
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Is that the same thing he was saying last year?
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Discussion 11 : 14/02/2012 at 01:49 PM11
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Only justice can lead to reconciliation within Thai society. Still a long way to go....
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Discussion 10 : 14/02/2012 at 01:36 PM10
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It is paramount to understanding someone that you truly look at the person's actions together with their words in deciding whether to "love" that person, or not.

"Love" is not the universal outcome of understanding. There are many times that "Contempt" can be the result of understanding a person.
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Discussion 9 : 14/02/2012 at 01:35 PM9
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Accountability and court dates will lead to national reconciliation . Pardons for criminals is the problem not the solution .
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Discussion 8 : 14/02/2012 at 01:32 PM8
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spiceman, discussion 2 - One can only appreciate love and return it - if they first experence it.
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