A sobering thought

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Published: 2/01/2012 at 02:03 AM
Newspaper section: News

First I thought I was still suffering from my New Year's day hangover when I read SB's astonishing suggestions for the political development in Thailand in 2012 (Postbag, Jan 1). It didn't get any better when reading that letter again after sobering up. Does this soft-hearted but rather naive American really suggest that ''all differences between the political parties be put aside''?

This would mean that we really need only one party and _ as Pheu Thai was overwhelmingly elected to power _ follow SB's advice and ''in the spirit of democracy pull together and support the party in power''. He could start with this sort of advice in his own country and see how the Democrats and the Republicans could pull together.

Like Pheu Thai, Hitler was also overwhelmingly and democratically elected to power and the majority of the hood-winked German voters pulled together to support him.

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johninbkk
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Discussion 7 : 03/01/2012 at 12:51 AM7
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bangmodken, Hitler was appointed. Google 'hitler 36.8%'. Ex-Foreign Minister Kasit of the Dem Party who erroneously claimed "Hitler was elected, Mussolini was elected, even Stalin..." - his attempt to discredit democratic elections. Spend 5 minutes in wikipedia and you'll see none were elected.
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Discussion 6 : 02/01/2012 at 07:41 PM6
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Speaking of decommissioning a N power plant; one Canadian nuclear plant in Quebec, had a decommissioning cost which amounted to $140,000 for each day it was in operation. There's also a plant in Japan which never got activated because of a major mishap, yet it costs $60 million/year to maintain it. Can Thailand's tech experts do better than those from Canada and Japan?
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Discussion 5 : 02/01/2012 at 06:16 PM5
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D2 : Johninbkk : The election in Germany on 6 March 1933 gave Hitler and DNSAP 43.9% of the votes,a similar percentage as PTP in 2011 but not a majority vote and thus had to form a coalition with DNVP which coincidently is also similar to the coalition PTP had to form with a number of small parties.
The legalization of his dictatorship came in the form of the Enabling Act which was forced through,mainly by threats,intimidations and violent street protests by the red-shirted...I mean the brown-shirted SA. The vote was subsequently passed by 441 to 84.
This means you can swear all you want as you did not describe how the Democrats came to power and your comment is erroneous to say the least. Perhaps you were unwillingly describing how Thaksin & PTP will turn Thailand into a dictatorship as they seem to be just as eager as Hitler & DNSAP was in changing laws and the constitution to fit their agenda.
Thanks to BP for allowing me to correct a grave disinformation from your most frequent commentor.
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Discussion 4 : 02/01/2012 at 04:21 PM4
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Agree with Ken 100%. If you can afford a 3 litre 2 ton Toyota, a 2.5m baht house on a land filled rice field and to run both with a.c. then you can put solar on your roof. Every house has the space to supply all its own energy on its own roof. Its millions of dollars to decomission a nuclear power station after 40 years and then where do we locate the waste? We have all seen what happens to waste products here in Thailand, watch the roadsides.
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Discussion 3 : 02/01/2012 at 02:16 PM3
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johninbkk...You the man!
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johninbkk
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Discussion 2 : 02/01/2012 at 01:06 PM2
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"Hitler was also overwhelmingly and democratically elected to power"
Hitler was NOT elected. His party only garnered 36.8% of total votes, while the winning party (not his) got 53%. However, through shady dealings and accusing others of terrorism he managed to consolidate power for himself. I swear I just described how AV and the Dem Party came to power . . .
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Discussion 1 : 02/01/2012 at 12:00 PM1
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Kenny, by any chance, are you solar cell salesman?
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