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• Amnesty International : Two Faced and Hypocritical !! ( Hermano_Lobo )
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A Man's Random Walk

politik, economik, foreign affairs
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Posted by Ginola , Reader : 1493 , 12:42:40  
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I did not blog here for quite some time, but the recent arrest of the prachatai.com web editor and the subsequent closure of the website really really angered me. I may not be a big fan of Prachatai, but I do read some of the stuff on the website from time to time. They have some pretty good articles and insightful interviews that stimulate thoughts and wisdom. Unfortunately, the Thai authorities do not seem to share my views. They don't seem to see freedom of speech and political freedom as basic rights of the people. I don't have much to say any more; I'm just scared. Thailand has become the "land of fears", and I should keep my mouth shut and continue with my life by supporting the government "for the sake of the economy and the country." Just to repeat the title: Good bye prachatai, good bye freedom and welcome to the "land of fears."

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comment 67 catch22 date : 27/03/2009 time : 08.47 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/catch22

It seems Thailand and it's citizens are determined to lose any national identity they ever had. What is it coming to when a society is fast becoming divided by colour. First it was the yellows taking over places and now the blues have formed to stopping a possible red take over of the airport. One cannot help but liken this to childish behavious.....sad.

comment 66 peacefulness date : 22/03/2009 time : 19.00 Nationmultimedia.com

Hotspot Places for Travelers in Thailand !!! Thailand : The land of smile http://doojchab.hroyy.com/ pics, grand palace by nite (wat phra kaew)

comment 65 FelixQui date : 21/03/2009 time : 12.01 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/FelixQui

peacefulness, Whilst I would never delete you, I do think you should improve your Turing test performance.

comment 64 peacefulness date : 20/03/2009 time : 16.12 nationmultimedia.com

land of beauties pics, first thai miss universe(1965) apasra hongsakul

comment 63 peacefulness date : 20/03/2009 time : 16.07 nationmultimedia.com

songkran festival at khao sarn road 13--15apr09 http://www.at-bangkok.com/detail_page.php?sub_id=79 pls come and enjoy all the activities in thailand, land of smiles, land of shopping paradise, land of beauties, land of beautiful beaches, temples, whole sale market, thief market, low price market, and so on and on on on ............ most of the posts already deleted by the Ginola/the author

comment 62 FelixQui date : 19/03/2009 time : 22.01 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/FelixQui

peacefulness, especially for you. The full strip is at http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-03-16/ Also applicable is the following day's at http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2009-03-17/

comment 61 Ian date : 19/03/2009 time : 09.22 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/anterian36

comment 60. I love my country England, I have no love for the current idiots running my country nor for those creating all this PC nonsense. I also love Thailand but not the current self seeking group in control, not that previous groups were any better. I don't like this LM nonsense and morons like peacefulness who have no understanding of intelligent debate. Who are these, " disrespectful farangs who are capitalizing on our country - Thailand!" I stay here at a steady loss, roughly 350,000 Baht per year, so where am I making capital?

comment 60 expresso date : 19/03/2009 time : 00.34 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/expresso

Ginola, I was just about to commend you on not deleting posts, however irrelevant they are. Then, I saw peacefulness posts, though haven't not yet read aside a few sentences. Ginola, however, whatever, whichever you don't like Thailand, how have you managed to condone some of these disrespectful farangs who are capitalizing on our country - Thailand! My aforementioned comments are not just directed toward you, but Max too. Max seems to have forgotten why he had sent his kids to Thai schools! Patriot and Iceberg, and most of all yuabua, don't talk like decadents!

comment 59 peacefulness date : 18/03/2009 time : 22.59 NATIONMULTIMEDIA.COM

JUDGING FROM UR ARTICLES AND COMMENTS U ARE VERY LITTLE INFORMED, TOTALLY IGNORANT, U ARE SO NAIVE AND UNSOPHISTICATED IN THAI POLITICS. ALL IN ALL YOU KNOW NOTHING. GOOD NITE.

comment 58 peacefulness date : 18/03/2009 time : 22.53 NATIONMULTIMEDIA.COM

I AM HERE IN THIS BLOG SINCE THE EARLY STAGE, I KNOW ALL THESE GUYS FROM HEAD TO TOE V V, THEY DO NOT HV A SLIGHTEST INTENTION TO PROTECT THEIR HOST COUNTRY OR PAY ANY GRATITUDE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THEY ATTACK, CRITICIZE, BELABOUR DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY EVEN YEARLY. HOW CAN U TOLERATE ALL THIS UNTOWARD UNHEALTHY ATTITUDE TO OUR BELOVED COUNTRY THAILAND. READ ALL THE BLOGS U WILL SEE IT FIGHTING FIGHTING.... WAR WAR WAR........... WAR ON EVERY BLOG

comment 57 peacefulness date : 18/03/2009 time : 22.42 NATIONMULTIMEDIA.COM

THE AUTHOR-----WHY DELETE SOME OF MY POSTS?????? I AM DOING THE DUTY OF A GOOD CITIZEN PROMOTING THAILAND IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRIES, I AM SELLING THAILAND TO THE WORLD, WHY? WHY? WHY? DELETE ALL THE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS POSTS???????? WHY DO YOU NOT DELETE YOURS AND ALL THE ALIKES THAT DESTROY THE GOOD IMAGE/REPUTATION OF THAILAND??????? GINOLA AND ALL THE ALIKES --- IT IS A GREAT DISGRACE ,GUYS LIKE YOU NOT ONLY DISCREDIT YOUR OWN MOTHERLAND BUT ALSO COLLABORTE WITH THOSE GODDAMED FARANGS TO BELABOUR YOUR OWN COUNTRY, WHAT A SHAME TO YOUR ANCESTORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

comment 56 peacefulness date : 18/03/2009 time : 18.17 nationmultimedia,com

C74/75 --pls ref my comment c25 how can people like all of u understand my post, all idiots.

comment 55 Ian date : 18/03/2009 time : 09.48 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/anterian36

Pomjuk, Pissfulness is a useful member of this community, he clearly demonstrates the childish attitudes and behaviour of the PAD supporters. He should be commended for his regular reminders of the type of fools that abound in Thailand.

comment 54 Pomjuk date : 17/03/2009 time : 23.33 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/pomjuk

pissfulness: You must be one of the immature old man yellowshirted crooks, you just terrorized the heck out of the blog to get your way. You are now a spammer posting all unrelated the $hit on this blog.

comment 53 FelixQui date : 17/03/2009 time : 20.14 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/FelixQui

peacefulness, peacefulness, peacefulness, r c.55 Thank you for noting that I don't understand your comments. I think we have grounds for agreement there. May I in turn ask just two simple questions o tclarify my suspicions? 1. Do you think that if something looks beautiful that it is also morally attractive? 2. Do you think that if something is legal it is also just? I've tried to make them very simple Yes/No questions. A photograph of rice grains, however tastefully doctored, will not be a clear answer, but Yes or No would be.

comment 52 peacefulness date : 17/03/2009 time : 19.05 nationmultimedia.com

from piset blog "Just another chance for you Thaksin's WC to serve your WC's roles."

comment 51 Ian date : 17/03/2009 time : 10.06 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/anterian36

Obsessive compulsive disorder triggered by word associations. That sounds a good supposition. One can extend this further, there are now available several programs which can create the semblance of "intelligent" communication. This hooked in to a RSS feed from the Nation would account for much of "Peacefulness's" output.

comment 50 Hermano_Lobo date : 17/03/2009 time : 06.42 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/yurivelasquez

Very astute Max piss-FOOL-ness is Yoon's 'Id'. What an interesting concept, doctor. Reminds me of the film 'Forbidden Planet'

comment 49 MaxHeadroom date : 16/03/2009 time : 19.45 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/maxheadroom

OK, it was theory No. 2. I put in 3 keywords and got 4 spam comments - the last one just being a double correction for a typo - which is a good example of OCD - one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses in my country. Hahaha, what's even more funny - somebody with a half-baked Internet slang lingo cares about correcting typos lol - - help the erudite HB can't get any oxygen and will turn green from laughing

comment 48 peacefulness date : 16/03/2009 time : 18.41 nationmultimedia.com

correction--- ungly should be "ugly"

comment 47 peacefulness date : 16/03/2009 time : 18.41 nationmultimedia.com

correction--- ungly should be "ugly"

comment 46 peacefulness date : 16/03/2009 time : 18.07 nationmultimedia.com

C54 maxheadroom-----what a lousy so-called erudite highbrow Maxheadroom with such low class comment. bullshits......an ungly lump of shits. it is very unfortunate that we hv such people like U loitering in the thai society.

comment 45 peacefulness date : 16/03/2009 time : 18.00 nationmultimedia.com

felix qui-- an idiot like u , how can u understand my comments. u r same same stupid everyday every hour concerning thai politics. unhelpable beyond help that is u .

comment 44 MaxHeadroom date : 16/03/2009 time : 16.47 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/maxheadroom

Two theories: (1) more likely - Peaceful was originally admitted to psychiatry for having tried to teach frogs the Santi Asoke version sufficiency economy (eating ground). Local police decided not to charge him with animal torture for stuffing the frogs as he was obviously insane. Peaceful stopped taking his medication after he was released from a mental institution because that had to shut down because Chalerm's son (who cannot write) failed to sign any budget plans... Without his medication acute paranoia and obsessive compulsive disorder have taken over. (2) less likely but equally interesting - he's really Yoon's alter ego that comes out whenever a keyword such as freedom or democracy or Thaksin shows up somewhere. If the later were true we should know shortly...

comment 43 FelixQui date : 16/03/2009 time : 13.30 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/FelixQui

But peacefulness, your comments are either: false, lying, irrelevant or nonsense. I think that covers all the possibilities I've seen to date. False: your weird belief that if something is legal it is also just and morally right. Irrelevant: most photos you post. Nonsense: when you try to make an argument. Lying: some of your falsehoods, especially with regard PAD and Mao, cannot be accidental: you must be aware that you are making false statements and doing so with deliberate intent to deceive.

comment 42 peacefulness date : 16/03/2009 time : 12.08 nationmultimedia.com

ginola--what a hypocrite, perfect liar, elusive eel....... check up ur articles and see what u wrote previouly on this nation blogsite. ask ur conscience and do not twist young man.

comment 41 Ginola date : 16/03/2009 time : 11.32 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/ginola ginola

peacefulness oldman, 49: I never specifically said that your comments are nonsense, but it seems that you are admitting it yourself. And for all your pics, I don't have time to look around websites and find pictures of what the yellow shirts have done and post them here. I've seen quite a number of them and it's much worse than what you posted here. That isn't to say that I agree with everything the red shirts do though. it's only to point out that the worst crimes have been committed by the PAD. the red shirts never seize an airport or break into government house or ministries. In response to your ct 50, I would honestly say that all your writings suggest that you're a blinded person who doesn't understand the obvious, doesn't use reasons, doesn't believe in democracy and doesn't truly care about Thailand and its people. And being a civil servant means I serve the people and the country's interests. I don't serve politicians, but unfortunately I do have to live with them. Most importantly, my writings here are my personal opinion. When I serve as a civil servant, I wear another hat and I am a professional. In other words, my political view doesn't interfere with my work.

comment 40 peacefulness date : 16/03/2009 time : 11.13 nationmultimedia.com

ginola youngman--- judging all ur articles and comments presented in the nation blog site, you are totally in the darkness. u are uninformed, ignorant, uncultivated same as Pomjuk, Maxheadroom, birds of a feather.

comment 39 peacefulness date : 16/03/2009 time : 10.27 nationmultimedia.com

ginola---youngman ur comment2/44 , if u consider my comments are nonsense, then u are not qualified to be a "civil servant" (public sector) kha rajkarn. as a thai citizen, u should protect our country, our people, our tradition, our ways of life and so on...... but unfortnately you do all the opposite, belabour, attack, criticize endlessly . What a Shame!!!!!!!!!

comment 38 peacefulness date : 16/03/2009 time : 10.16

self-explantory......

comment 37 peacefulness date : 16/03/2009 time : 10.15 nationmultimedia.com

pics see what the redshirts did.......

comment 36 peacefulness date : 16/03/2009 time : 10.14 Nationmultimedia.com

too much freedom of speech and too much freedom of demonstration by the redshirts. pics, see what the redshirts did

comment 35 Hermano_Lobo date : 16/03/2009 time : 08.29 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/yurivelasquez

Ginola- I delete peacefulness's comments. It only takes a second. I don't like him/her/it anyway. He/she/it is a creep.

comment 34 Ginola date : 16/03/2009 time : 04.50 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/ginola ginola

So many nonsense comments... Anyway, prachathai.com is back online again. I guess the authorities also fear that there would be strong reaction against any move to close down the website.

comment 33 peacefulness date : 15/03/2009 time : 22.42 nationmultimedia.com

correction--- rice in the rice field

comment 32 Pomjuk date : 15/03/2009 time : 20.06 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/pomjuk

Pissfulness: Seems to think if he posts nice scenery pictures of Thailand it will somehow fade out the darkness, fearfulness, tyranny and the lack of freedom of speech of The Thai politic.

comment 31 FelixQui date : 15/03/2009 time : 18.42 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/FelixQui

A pity the beauty is often a mask for, and built by, moral ugliness. And poor Ginola - his blog has been invaded my bimbo beauty.

comment 30 peacefulness date : 15/03/2009 time : 17.06 nationmultimedia.com

beautiful thailand, h.e. pm abhisit vejjajiva

comment 29 Hermano_Lobo date : 15/03/2009 time : 04.17 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/yurivelasquez

This is like South America during the 1970's. The CIA has been called 'Rockefeller's Private Army'. Rockefeller visited a certain VVIP recently. Go easy on Thanong and Yoon. Something nasty breaths down their necks !

comment 28 peacefulness date : 14/03/2009 time : 23.48 nationmultimedia.com

Land of Fears---10 Mar 2009 ... A gunman in Alabama kills 10 people before turning his gun on himself, in one of the worst US shootings ... "He cleaned his family out Monday, April 16, 2007. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom on the campus, killing at least 30 people. Virginia tech killing by Cho Seung-Hui 23, of South Korea, 28jan09, Man Kills His Wife and Five Children Then Faxes Letter to TV Station that Concludes with Masonic Code Phrase; Kills Himself Minutes Before Police Arrive . And many many more in usa.

comment 27 Hermano_Lobo date : 14/03/2009 time : 23.26 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/yurivelasquez

Here is a can of Spam. To go with piss-FOOL-ness's Spam.

comment 26 peacefulness date : 14/03/2009 time : 23.24 nationmultimedia.com

http://www.prachatai.com/05web/th/home/

comment 25 peacefulness date : 14/03/2009 time : 18.25 Nationmultimedia.com

123456 101112131415161718192021222324?????????????????????????????????????????????

comment 24 catch22 date : 14/03/2009 time : 09.47 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/catch22

Gun Laws should be much stricter in a country where THE MAJORITY of people go completely crazy after a shot of Mekong and also read cartoon comic books late into ADULT life showing how guns kill.....'bang bang you're dead'...hahahahaha

comment 23 happyjack date : 14/03/2009 time : 09.34

The Gun Laws here are vague, each area asseses youre case,anyone can apply,but without a Driving Licence,that makes no sence a Ferang wont get one.If you genuiely need one,its realy up to the Province Governer,who ive found ameanable to Sporting Guns. As C.W. infers we should all have a choise ,the Criminal Element has one.I shoot Clay Pidgeons,as unedible as a Fox,and they dont bleed.Village Heads love them,sort of Male Crap Thing,ego booster, which they like to flash when drunk.The Gun i mean.

comment 22 catch22 date : 14/03/2009 time : 09.22 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/catch22

......will soon be second because Columbia is at least trying to clamp down.

comment 21 catch22 date : 14/03/2009 time : 09.20 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/catch22

Max - For 'Murder with Firearms' http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir-crime-murders-with-firearms

comment 20 Hermano_Lobo date : 14/03/2009 time : 05.37 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/yurivelasquez

Revolution now ! End the tyrany of the Bangkok elite ! Long Live Dr Giles Ji Ungkaporn ! Liberte, Fraternate, Egalite. Comandante Giles it's your round. Hic !

comment 19 Hermano_Lobo date : 14/03/2009 time : 05.31 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/yurivelasquez

Thais without education, no ability to think or debate. Just servile robots. Long Live Chairman Mao ! Asian slaves OK ?

comment 18 Hermano_Lobo date : 14/03/2009 time : 05.23 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/yurivelasquez

The slippery slope to a totalitarian state. I detect a smile on the ghost of Joe Stalin. The tools of repression, known as LM laws work well. Judging by some of the Thai comments it will be an easy job. Dr Ungkaporn wants another pint. I will have to go.

comment 17 MaxHeadroom date : 14/03/2009 time : 00.19 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/maxheadroom

C15: May I see that statistic please? As someone who walked the Bronx at age 15 I find that kinda hard to believe C9: I think any discussion about toilet graffiti pulls the level down to the current political basement we are used to see flickering across the TV screen every night. As for monuments: well anyone who drove by the Victory Monument lately and asked himself how that page of the history book got written. How about all those monuments that no one ever dared to build? Where's the one for the thousands of dead in the South? Where's the one for the many dead environmentalists? Where is the one for the missing students of the 70ies?

comment 16 Pomjuk date : 14/03/2009 time : 00.15 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/pomjuk

“A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” 233 years ago it did not mater if you granted the right to bear arms to militias or private citizens. Militias are form by private citizens.

comment 15 ChristySweet date : 13/03/2009 time : 21.55 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/ChristySweet

C 4 , Please sto repeating that fallacy re the US Constitution, it is the right for MILITIAS to bear arms. Having said that I do believe law abiding citizens should be able to own registered guns. Look at Thailand, draconian gun laws, essentially you have to be rich, own a home and it's the 3rd highest nation on gun deaths behind S Africa and Columbia.

comment 14 FelixQui date : 13/03/2009 time : 20.37 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/FelixQui

All those coercion wrought tales are hard to keep in line! I can't believe that Thanong is as silly as some of his recent opinion pieces suggest: he had been consistently much stronger in the past. Could he too be being not too subtly coerced to defend what cannot morally or rationally be defended, and thus be made to look a fool and worse?

comment 13 FelixQui date : 13/03/2009 time : 20.26 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/FelixQui

Everyone is scared. Thanong and the Nation are running with their legs between their tales - See comments 3, 7, 8 & 42 on Thanong's blog "Money Attracts Greed" at http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/thanong/2009/03/07/entry-1 And it looks like it's going to get worse until some crisis occurs and the fan is irreparably hit.

comment 12 Pomjuk date : 13/03/2009 time : 19.48 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/pomjuk

I saw Gen Prem* smirking ...

comment 11 Pomjuk date : 13/03/2009 time : 19.47 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/pomjuk

Talk about a monument, I have always wondered why the Lak si monument (vivtory against Borwonradatch rebellion) has been removed. Was it because Prince Borwonradatch was the royalist who was trying to restore the power back to the monarch? I saw him smirking while shamelessly saying on TV that “the military should be neutral….blah, blah..blah”

comment 10 Ian date : 13/03/2009 time : 18.42 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/anterian36

Freedom of speech means freedom to lie, but it also means the right to expose the lie.

comment 9 wch date : 13/03/2009 time : 18.04

Dont confuse between freedom of speech and toilet graffiti. One sample I introduce here, " Prem, Surayudh and Khom Chad Leuk newspaper collaborated to pull down the royal monument in Chiangmai horticulture center". This is simple lie. The monument was pulled down by ex police general Sawang, a collaborator to Thakshin group. This kind of 'Freedom of Speech' must be allowed ????

comment 8 Plaadip date : 13/03/2009 time : 15.52

"manifesto" sorry. Let's wait and see how Thai soceity will find a middle ground on this issue.

comment 7 Plaadip date : 13/03/2009 time : 15.28

Prachatai is still open. And I don't think they have changed their editing policy bacause of the charge. (Actaully they have the policy to delete offensive posts both in English and Thai site. They even edited Ji's so called "manifest" in order not to violate the law, even though the site's close relationship with him was very clear) It's too early to say good bye to them.

comment 6 MaxHeadroom date : 13/03/2009 time : 14.55 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/maxheadroom

I think that fear has been undermining freedom of speech more and more in the last couple of years. Especially, the more liberal and open minded people are often the target of mobbing and will be the first ones to experience the authoritarian trends first hand. So it's a bit surreal - like in one of these movies a la 1984 or V - the first attacks go against those that would have the guts to stand up and say no but what you hear and see is just the whitewashed lies of a media propaganda machine that spends no time on reporting political prisoners, human rights violations and restrictions on civil liberties. Some people who know and let other known about it slowly make it onto black lists or are driven into the underground. Many that try to speak up are discredited, mobbed or even exiled or jailed. If you let the far right have it - they would like these voices silenced anyway. Strange - it is happening today and there is no widespread public outcry beyond the red shirt movement. The later fails to attract a wider audience due to its proximity to Thaksin. But what I want to say here is that the defense of democracy would deserve a much wider alliance.

comment 5 catch22 date : 13/03/2009 time : 14.54 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/catch22

It is a very brave (or stupid) person that ignores the LM law. I think the Lese Majeste law and the possible penalty imposed is a very strong deterent to anyone wanting to express themselves.

comment 4 Pomjuk date : 13/03/2009 time : 14.39 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/pomjuk

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. - Thomas Jefferson When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty. = Thomas Jefferson That is exactly what those people at the top want most of you guys to be: fear that the economy is gonna get worsen, fear of the Lese Majeste law, fear of expressing yourself because deep down inside these people are afraid of the change. They are afraid that they will loose power and popularity. Some people say that The above Jefferson’s believes are the fundamental of the second amendment of the constitution of the United States: the right to bear arms. Now a day citizen can not overturn a government with just hand guns and rifles. But I still think Thailand has proven the statements to be true, even though it’s been 233 years later.

comment 3 catch22 date : 13/03/2009 time : 13.10 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/catch22

Fully understood G - Take it easy - Bang Kwang aint no place for you!

comment 2 Ginola date : 13/03/2009 time : 13.07 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/ginola ginola

Catch, I'm a Thai. And I will be working in the public sector. So I guess I must be careful what I say if I'm worried about my future. It's sad, but true.

comment 1 catch22 date : 13/03/2009 time : 12.56 http://blog.nationmultimedia.com/catch22

Ginola - I think on balance it is good thinking not to say too much regarding the Thai political system. I don't know your nationality, but as far as farangs go, if we were 'citizens' with voting rights then I would certainly voice my opinion more. To voice one's opinion as a contributing farang (definitely not a guest) gets met with phrases such as 'if you don't like it leave' or 'you are not Thai don't tell us how to run our country'. Whilst this naive mentality exists, I say that any farang living here should get what he or she can from the country and try to put something back.

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