The Thailand MiniThread

[Legbiter]

Thailand needs a Sulla to proscribe both the optimates (yellow shirts) and the populares (red shirts)

[alfred russel]

Sheilbh, the problem with your article is that the leaders of the red shirts are also absurdly wealthy. Corruption is rather rife in the country--I don't know how much to allocate, but some portion of the true wealth is due to factors other than "capitalism".

[Ed Anger]

Thailand needs a Sulla to proscribe both the optimates (yellow shirts) and the populares (red shirts)

I am uninterested in saving a nation of ladyboys.

[Sheilbh]

The video's more interesting than the article, but that's how I got there.

But I don't think the point of the article is to say red shirts = the poor and yellow shirts = the rich. I mean hell even one of the yellow shirt kids in the video shows that much self-awareness, sad that Thailand is a country where you need connections above all.

[alfred russel]

The video's more interesting than the article, but that's how I got there.

But I don't think the point of the article is to say red shirts = the poor and yellow shirts = the rich. I mean hell even one of the yellow shirt kids in the video shows that much self-awareness, sad that Thailand is a country where you need connections above all.

I just watched the video. Yeah, the one guy saying that connections were everything, and giving the example of how he got his own education, and then saying that is why the country is failing was interesting.

The situation with the king is sort of weird. My impression is that he controls just an obscene amount of wealth that includes some of the biggest businesses in Thailand. But any investigating or questioning this stuff is way off limits.

[alfred russel]

Will people vacation next to charred bodies?

This crap has been going on a long time, but I think absent a major escalation the answer is yes.

Mono posted a good point years ago. A major part of what makes Thailand such an attractive destination is its price point. The price point is low because the country is politically unstable leading to rampant corruption and a less than functional economy. Basically, so long as this stuff doesn't spiral out of control, it is in the interest of international tourists.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

seems teh army has gone for a coup