tmd5855

scorecard, on 2012-03-02 08:19:06, said:

Seeing as I post my thoughts on a forum I clearly understand freedom of speech thank you vey much.  I was just expressing my view, opinion and my analysis of the artical which you have open and free access to.

However when articles make sweeping unfounded atatements such as

"The foreign interests - the foreign media, foreign governments and foreign institutions - have been active players in this dialectical process in Thailand. They support the "poor" against the "rich Bangkokians". They back the phrai against the ammart. They promote "democracy" against "military dictatorship". They support media freedom against censorship, even though the thousands of websites sprouting up against the monarchy are loaded with obscene language. And finally, they are in favour of amending the lese majeste law so that anybody can attack the monarchy freely."

it annoys the backside off me as the writer has looked at the values of the west (democracty, media freedom etc) , twisted them without a shred of evidence and used these twisted values, presented as truth, to suggest that foreign interests are active in unsurping of power from the legitimate owners of Thailand and presents it as some form of foriegn backed conspiracay theory with the PAD as the knights in shining armour to resuce Thailand.  A balance reasonable account supported by evidence ok, But this is gutter journalism as its worst. But hey that's just my opinion

Brits between the ages of 50 and 70 (that's the old gits whinging about pensions) have been raised in a welfare state, left school at a time of full employment, had free higher education if they had payed enough attention in school to pass selection, alternatively had access to apprenticeships, lived through decades of increasing personal wealth, rising house prices, had access to jobs with defined benefit pensions...basically this demographic group have had oportunity and wealth handed them on a plate.
If you're a Brit coming up to retirement and the only pension daving you have is the state pension then you must have ducked, ignored or squandered the multitude of oportunities handed to you over decades.

Now you want us to listen to "it's 'snot fair"

On a serious note to those of you with young children, a friend of my wife was in a shopping centre in Bangkok when her 4 year old son was snatched when she wasn't looking. About a year later her son called out to her from the side of the road. She didnt recognise him. He has a shaven head and was missing one of his legs. He was stolen and used for professional begging.
In another incident my niece was at school in Cha Am and went to the toilet at lunch time. When she came back the 3 friends she was having lunch with had been snatched and thrown in a van.
I cannot stress enough how important it is to watch your children at all times and as soon as they are old enough explain the dangers of wandering off, talking to strangers, make them memorise your phone number etc. This happens A LOT in Thailand and it very rarely makes the news.