tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post2280700122269590580..comments2023-09-27T15:40:56.529+07:00Comments on Thailand Jumped the Shark: King Naresuan: Fact of Fiction?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-86402817589289635002007-03-09T08:02:00.000+07:002007-03-09T08:02:00.000+07:00thanks.thanks.anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14409603712598293522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-18444175357634294052007-03-08T11:24:00.000+07:002007-03-08T11:24:00.000+07:00Siam and the West:1500-1700Dirk Van Der CruyssePg....Siam and the West:1500-1700<BR/><BR/>Dirk Van Der Cruysse<BR/><BR/>Pg. 26 and 31 for the quotes.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Jeremias Van Vliet for a description of King Naresuan's ruthlessness in his History of the Kings of Siam.<BR/><BR/>For contemporaries look up Mendes Pinto for his Peregrinations.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce <BR/><BR/>by Anthony ReidFonzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01216772526349523372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-75787742548724490132007-03-08T10:38:00.000+07:002007-03-08T10:38:00.000+07:00Please provide citations for the historical accoun...Please provide citations for the historical accounts.anonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14409603712598293522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-67811606663370966402007-03-08T00:13:00.000+07:002007-03-08T00:13:00.000+07:00I agree with what you say. I'm not going to delet...I agree with what you say. <BR/><BR/>I'm not going to delete anything unless it is abusive, totally irrelevent or spam.<BR/><BR/>I think there are many remarkable Thais kings.<BR/><BR/>They had to be. They had no choice or they would be murdered by a different faction.<BR/><BR/>I applaud them for their political skills.<BR/><BR/>Thais kings have always had to be self-serving one way or the other or they would die.<BR/><BR/>It is the nature of the Thai political beast.<BR/><BR/>My problem with Thai history is exactly what you pointed out: Thais are more in love with the legend than the reality.<BR/><BR/>Why be ashamed of the reality?<BR/><BR/>I say bring on all the reality.<BR/><BR/>It is a lot more interesting than pretending that King Naresuan's time was part Braveheart, part Ten Commandments, and part Lord of the Rings.Fonzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01216772526349523372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-7215087858898478382007-03-07T22:50:00.000+07:002007-03-07T22:50:00.000+07:00Delete if you think wise:You think that self-servi...Delete if you think wise:<BR/><BR/>You think that self-serving kings died out when? I was talking to my Thai wife who stated her firm belief that the current HMK has been improving the Thais standard of living for 60 years. I commented simply that he didnt seem to have done a very good job. She said he is a great scientist and has many patents. I asked her what all the university educated professional scientists in Thailand were doing when all this was happening. <BR/><BR/>The ability of the Thai to believe what they choose to believe and ignore inconvenient facts is legendary, but I would dearly love to see Fonzi's comments in whatever Thai newspaper might have the courage to be objective for just one time.<BR/><BR/>The Thai self-image is a remarkable thing. Sadly it is a pretend thing. An inability to distinguish between fact and fantasy, or real-world and legend is called psychosis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com