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Published: 26 Jun 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Re: ''Unsustainable Earth summit'' (Editorial, June 25).

The above editorial asserts inter alia that during the Rio+20 Conference in Brazil _ the biggest multilateral meeting in the history of diplomacy _ not a goal was set, not a commitment was made.

Speaking at the closure of the Rio Conference, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that the Rio+20 outcome document entitled ''The Future We Want'' has established universal sustainable development goals to create a stronger international architecture to support sustainable development.

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christianl
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Discussion 7 : 26 Jun 2012 at 15.587
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Sombat Suda

Your letter made me laugh when reading it..The reason Thailand is not a communist or former communist country trying to dig itself out of a economic hole is the alliance and close cooperation the country had with the US from the 60's onwards. Your ideas of the US wanting to "colonise" Thailand is just absurd and childish. This is exactly the kind of overly nationalistic, proud and paranoid thinking that so-called leading figures in Thailand is guilty of. Grow up.
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Discussion 6 : 26 Jun 2012 at 11.596
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Khun Sombat Suda: No disrespect intended ... your feelings and concerns sound just like how many foreigners imagine the Thai authorities think when they discuss whether to allow foreigners to own their own house and land in Thailand. Replace "US" in your first 3 questions with: "the foreigners" or "the foreigners married to a Thai wife with children", and you have the same thinking.
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Discussion 5 : 26 Jun 2012 at 10.155
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Ioan: While I would love to think that such conferences are aimed at the benefit of mankind, this is not strictly true. They also promote the interests of powerful groups, which promote GMO crops and GMO trees, the use of chemical fertilizers and sprays, hybrid seeds, etc. These conferences don't come up with agreements, which say: "Let's eradicate chemical agriculture and replace it with bio-fertilizers and 100% organic farming!" From what I have read, companies such as Monsanto and their ilk will be delighted with the outcome. Who would imagine the replacing of huge areas of the Amazon rain forest with GMO eucalyptus trees to feed the EU's need for wood?
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Discussion 4 : 26 Jun 2012 at 09.134
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I suggest Thai Ridgeback do some reading. It was only one year after the 1932 coup that Bangkok saw heavy fighting as the royalists revolted against the nationalisation of private property and the expansion of higher education outside of the aristocracy. Two years later, the king abdicated. Five years later Siam saw its first political executions for over a century. Shall I go on?
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Discussion 3 : 26 Jun 2012 at 08.113
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rontorr, disc.2,

Well said!

Xenophobes also have the habit of not listening to others. They are the drag to Thailand.
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Discussion 2 : 26 Jun 2012 at 06.202
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@Sombat Suda, Your xenophobia is showing. The US military was here in large numbers and in many places in the 60s and 70s and there was no "to be colonised by the US", "US interfere in our internal affairs", "The real plan is to expand its conspiracy missions in Thailand and Southeast Asia."

would you care to explain just what a conspiracy mission is?
And, finally, everyone always has a "hidden agenda", especially xenophobes in this country, who are quite fearful of any changes to the status quo.
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Discussion 1 : 26 Jun 2012 at 03.541
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Thai Ridgeback's view of how the world sees Thailand may be coloured somewhat due to personal experiences. Most of the world sees Thailand as a pleasant and cheap place to have a relaxing beach holiday - not the "bickering, unstable country where everyone looks to his own interests." Since I left residency in Thailand in 1991 I am able to take a more balanced view of the country and I can now see the beauty and kindness of Thais too. Maybe those expats who constantly complain about how bad the country is should take a break and return to their own country for a spell and re-evaluate their lifes. The media in other countries does not generally report much on internal Thai politics - only sensational news such as Phuket murders or Monks being stung by bees at a temple. Each country has its own problems - they don't generally care too much about Thailand's internal bickerings.
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