tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post5948396384744973675..comments2023-09-27T15:40:56.529+07:00Comments on Thailand Jumped the Shark: Deconstructing Sopon Onkgara: Hysterical Xenophobia, Double Standards and Coup AdvocateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-35700200821674268872008-08-18T20:39:00.000+07:002008-08-18T20:39:00.000+07:00Thaksin is not a Morgan Tsvangirai-type figure. Hi...Thaksin is not a Morgan Tsvangirai-type figure. His life is not in danger here. He could have stayed, hired the best lawyers and fought the charges against him through the courts for years. Instead, he's running scared, and for good reason, I suspect. I have no quibble with your attacks on The Nation, by the way. But I would like to see more intellectual effort put into the argument that his fate MUST be decided by the courts (and speaking of, let's all cheer them for Watana's sentence -- what a real creep). Oh, and as regards The Nation yarn about that PPP faction attacking Samak for letting the police treat Thaksin and Pojaman like common criminals -- hey, you supposedly university-educated members of Parliament, Pojaman and her teary-eyed little victim of a husband have jumped bail. They're now WANTED criminals. Shame on the WSJ for believing his contrived efforts to paint himself as a victim.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563950425131161143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-6013356184205163252008-08-12T10:45:00.000+07:002008-08-12T10:45:00.000+07:00Oh, and I was under the impression that after 1997...Oh, and I was under the impression that after 1997 crisis, Chuan signed IMF deal to sell-off national asset was OK. Guess Chuan and the Dem are not up to Sopon's standard anymore.<BR/><BR/>This guy goes way over playing devil advocate, more like dictatorship advocate. <BR/>We just love men in green to run our country! Let's implement "Military First" program and put all politician in the gulag.fallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00200525484743926858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7162482350304935910.post-88800926309651443012008-08-12T09:40:00.000+07:002008-08-12T09:40:00.000+07:00They're short-staffed these days, so they're proba...They're short-staffed these days, so they're probably desperate for material. It was allowed to go to press, but they made the headline a question as a subtle disclaimer.<BR/><BR/>Is our country run by a bunch of outlaws?<BR/><BR/>That question is most definitely not posed in the article, which is clear on which side it comes down on. So we can take it as an editorial hint along the lines of 'yes, we know this piece is garbage'. Someone was savvy enough not to use the headline "Our country is run by a bunch of outlaws"--the same words in different order.<BR/><BR/>Pretty incredible stuff.Rikkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196282287835224940noreply@blogger.com