Our leaders canlearn from The Lady's light

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Our leaders canlearn from The Lady's light

Published: 19 Jun 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Some people's minds are as clear as crystal, a former senior colleague recently said to me.

As a simultaneous interpreter often employed at high-profile international events, she has had her fair share of experiences translating the thoughts of international personalities into Thai or English.

From all her experience, she said she has encountered only two people whose minds are so bright she felt she could literally see their whole thought process at work as they delivered their speeches.

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dao
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Discussion 7 : 19 Jun 2012 at 13.087
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I wonder who the Thai politician was and why she wouldn't name them ?
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Discussion 6 : 19 Jun 2012 at 10.566
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Great democratic leaders don't come along very often to one country. Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi... I believe Thailand had one such leader once in Pridi Banomyong. Sadly, we know what "they" did to him. A missed opportunity which may never come again. I'm not saying this to be mean. I hope I'm wrong.
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Discussion 5 : 19 Jun 2012 at 08.385
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Aung San Su Kyi has been doing what she can whether the goal could be reached or not. She gave all that she could and although she did not say it she is more like her father who sacrificed for the country. Truth, values, sacrifice, and ideology run in genes and not all people could develop those qualities easily because of long exposure to bad elements and money is one of them. It takes time and it needs gradual spiritual inspiration.
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Discussion 4 : 19 Jun 2012 at 07.414
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"Many politicians here have tried to associate their names or deeds with the name of Aung San Suu Kyi."

On one finger I can count the number of thai politcians that could even come close to doing anything that would make them worthy of even sitting and having dinner at a table she earlier sat at.

she could of left anytime if she never returned, she chose to fight for democracy in her country over her family,even when her husband was diagnosed with cancer.

Thai politicans go to meet their icon and play golf or football rather than take care of their own country, really thai politican articles and articles about this lady of pure class, and intelligence should not even be on the same page
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Discussion 3 : 19 Jun 2012 at 07.203
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ggh: couldn't have said it better. Very, very, very few Thai politicians care about anything other than lining their pockets.

Some day the red shirts will wake up to this and demand programs that actually help the people rather than the leaders.
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Discussion 2 : 19 Jun 2012 at 06.532
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Lack of justice is a common denominator between the two countries. Justice applied equally to all is required to achieve any type of national reconciliation. As the process moves forward in both countries, it is self-serving leaders that will prevent the process from materializing. Aung San Suu Kyi is a shining example of the character and integrity required to move the process forward. Unfortunately there too many self-serving, that will prevent the process from reaching the ultimate goal. This would apply to both countries.
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Discussion 1 : 19 Jun 2012 at 04.491
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I doubt very much whether the author wonders about the qualities of Thailand's politicians. Reconciliation is nothing more than a, "feel good" term that will never materialize as long as Thaksin servers as the catalyst for hostility and the sides are so intractable.
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