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By: Wang

Wang — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:44:53 +0000

Aaron

Welcome to reality.
I gave up on liberal politics in general but not in specific as it is highly noticeable that the so called liberal elites do not practice in the main what they preach to the masses.

Regards

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:46:16 +0000

i heard the thai protestors are pay few hundered dollars a day by…….

By: Global Voices Online » Thailand political crisis: Reactions from the region

Global Voices Online » Thailand political crisis: Reactions from the region — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:55:58 +0000

[...] Aaron from Singapore lambasts PAD: “What the People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) did in Bangkok was simply appalling, even by my liberal standards of democracy and human rights. I am all for freedom of speech and even civil disobedience, provided the situation warrants it, but to take a country hostage by seizing airports and disrupting the lives of millions of other people needlessly is simply inexcusable. [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Thailand political crisis: Reactions from the region

Global Voices Online » Thailand political crisis: Reactions from the region — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:55:58 +0000

By: Ned Stark

Ned Stark — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:17:35 +0000

Aaron,
what is happening in Thailand is not democracy going wrong, but people seeking to destroy democracy for their own ends, and in the process hoodwinking a whole bunch of people. It also appears that the law is being subverted (see the speedy disposition of cases relating to Thaksin and the relative laxness with which the PAD ring leaders were treated by the courts). I think this article summarises the situation rather nicely.

http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12724800

By: Aaron Ng

Aaron Ng — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:04:49 +0000

ad,

I can see your point and I’m not exactly losing faith in liberal democracy. It is still a cherished ideal of mine but the reality is that it can be easily manipulated without proper checks and balances, and that really scares me. And you’re right about terrorism. Thanks for the reminder.

By: ad

ad — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:02:46 +0000

Dear Aaron,

I urge you not to lose faith in liberal democracy. In Thailand’s case, the People’s Alliance for Democracy (most anti-democratic forces in history usually include “democratic” in their names in an ironic fashion) is actually a political pawn which the Bangkok elite mobilized to sabotage democracy. It is not democracy that failed, but the failure of the elite to accept a democratically-elected government that was legitimately elected by the people of Thailand. The army, the bureaucracy, the aristocrats and the conservatives are afraid to lose their political influence. It is not absolute power that corrupts, but it is the fear of losing power that corrupts.

Democracy is about learning and growing. It is a process as much as it is an idea. Yet, the Bangkok elite’s aim is to reverse the political awakening of the lower classes in Thai society. The main problem in Thailand is not democracy. It is the absence of the rule of law. You can have chaos anywhere, even in authoritarian systems, if there is no rule of law. Look at how the Constitutional Court disband the PPP. Putting politics aside, the ruling is a judicial joke. It is so obvious that there is no proper legal procedure.

I remembered some Taiwanese complaining how messy the politics on the island have gotten ever since democratization in the 1990s. But when asked whether they want to return to the 38 years of martial law regime under the one party state presided by the KMT, they answered, “Hell, no.”

Moving on to the point on terrorism, i think you should look at things from another angle. Terrorism’s aim is to disrupt society’s way of life. If you succumb to their manipulations and start having doubts about your democratic ideals, then terrorism has achieved its objectives.

By: Almighty Slave

Almighty Slave — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 09:43:51 +0000

PAD basically is a “Puppet Administered by Dictate” of the Powerful-Almighty-Dictator backed by the Army and the Elites who were in power before Thaksin was popularly elected and chosen by the commoners and the poor to represent them to give the Almighty Dictator a run for his money.

So much so, now Thaksin is seen as trying to build a Republic to overthrow the Monarch, and his life is now in danger. That was why he went exile again.

Basically, therefore, PAD can do anything it likes because the Almighty Emperor allows it to do so. PERIOD.

Similarly, at the home ground, PAP can do whatever it likes because the Almighty Emperor wants it to be so.

Wan Sui Wan Sui, Wan Wan Sui,

Welcome to the Kingdom of the RIGHT Red Dot.