Whatever you think about Thailand's version of "democracy", there is no denying that Thai people themselves care deeply about freedom and good government, even if they don't always get it. In Western countries, most of us are pretty passive about the government. In the US, where millions loath George Bush and the Military-Industrial Complex, only a few people actually protest. Most people are apathetic, loath to do anything confrontational.
Not so in Thailand.
Here is a BBC news clip about today's activities in Thailand.
I never really understood why George Bush attacked Iraq after the World Trade Centre bombing, rather than Saudi Arabia, where the attackers originated, or Afghanistan or Pakistan which supposedly harboured Osama Bin Laden. Oh, I forgot, Iraq has oil and the despotic rulers of Saudi Arabia are friends of the Bush family.
But in Thailand, people either support the government or don't, and when they don't, they are not quiet about it.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
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