Go-Go Dancers a No-Go for Coup Leaders
So apparently the Thai military has restricted go-go dancers from "distracting" Thai soldiers.
""We have to maintain the seriousness of the coup," a military spokesman said."
First of all, I don't know how he said that with a straight face and I don't know how anyone could have listened to that with a straight face.
In serious matters, the coup thing is heading along so predictably. The military, supported by the urban elite of Thailand, has overthrown the democratically elected Prime Minister and imposed martial law in the countryside to silence the poor rural populace that still supports the democratically elected leader.
A civilian leader has been handpicked by the military, but the military comes out the next day to say that it is going to stay even after this civilian (read puppet) administration takes over. You wouldn't even know that this is supposedly one of the more advanced nations in Asia. It may just be another stereotypical banana republic reminiscent of San Theodoros.
""We have to maintain the seriousness of the coup," a military spokesman said."
First of all, I don't know how he said that with a straight face and I don't know how anyone could have listened to that with a straight face.
In serious matters, the coup thing is heading along so predictably. The military, supported by the urban elite of Thailand, has overthrown the democratically elected Prime Minister and imposed martial law in the countryside to silence the poor rural populace that still supports the democratically elected leader.
A civilian leader has been handpicked by the military, but the military comes out the next day to say that it is going to stay even after this civilian (read puppet) administration takes over. You wouldn't even know that this is supposedly one of the more advanced nations in Asia. It may just be another stereotypical banana republic reminiscent of San Theodoros.
posted by Vivek at 7:24 AM
2 Comments:
your commie professor, the one who thinks poor people are getting shafted in america, should see what happened here.
but i thought thaksin was corrupt and thats why he was removed? somehow, he just happens to be the beloved of the people. oh well.
See, Thaksin was corrupt. But the fact is, he has done a lot more for the rural poor in Thailand, a long neglected group, than anyone else. He definitely was deplored in the westernized, urban centers of Thailand, but the rural masses loved, and still love, him. And however bad he was, it is inexcusable to replace a democratically elected government thru a military coup. There is something called elections which can instead be used.
Check out this nice article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5398186.stm
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