I thought it was brilliant when they blew up the Mosque last April. Hell of a way to negotiate.
Too bad I haven't been in Thailand for the past few months. I was trying to get my Thai friends to make paper birds out of pages of the Koran. Unfortunately I couldn't get any of them to go along with it.
I would only be half joking if I said I wouldn't be surprised to see national bedtime legislation enacted as a way to improve social order and combat terrorism.
His corporations and friends can't make money off a 'national bedtime' so I doubt he would do it. Maybe he can issue a 'I-am-allowed-out-after-10-pm card' for anyone who wants to pay 5 million baht. I am curious how much his net worth is going to go up with all the rebuilding work from the Tsunami.
"I thought it was brilliant when they blew up the Mosque last April. Hell of a way to negotiate."
That is the correct way to negotiate with Islamists, though suffocating 78 of their brethren by stuffing them in the back of trucks for 6-7 hours while hauling them to detention centers might have taken some of the shine off the security forces raid on the mosque. Thaksin says these suspects were weak from fasting and that his interior police did nothing wrong, so in this one rare instance I will give the PM the benefit of the doubt ;)
"Maybe he can issue a 'I-am-allowed-out-after-10-pm card' for anyone who wants to pay 5 million baht."
Ahh, you've given yourself away as a Thailand Elite Card customer. LOL. I am shocked that with such a great offer only a handful of the expected 100,000 cards have so far been gobbled up. Who wouldn't want to spend 1 million baht for a card that claims to allow the purchase of land while the relevent statutes clearly state that any such claim is completely wrong and would be a total violation of existing law?
"Too bad I haven't been in Thailand for the past few months. I was trying to get my Thai friends to make paper birds out of pages of the Koran. Unfortunately I couldn't get any of them to go along with it."
Hehehehe. I just recently returned from the Kingdom and am now kicking myself for having failed to participate in the oragami bombing raid. Though, I don't know if I'd have made paper birds as somehow I think paper pigs signed by Israeli backpackers might've sent a more suitable message :) Oh well, I'll be back soon so I can make up for my oversight at some future date.
Longbow