Comments on: Bangkok Pundit and the White Elephant http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/bangkok-pundit-and-the-white-elephant/ Living for the Moment in Bangkok Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:26:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Werewolf http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/bangkok-pundit-and-the-white-elephant/#comment-11824 Werewolf Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:51:32 +0000 http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/?p=3246#comment-11824 I followed a link on the TFS2M blog and read this bloomberg article. It offers a good politics-101 level summary of the current situation in Thailand. For anyone not conversant with recent Thai history, this would be a very credible way to get a working knowledge in ten minutes. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aK6e4BWG4TJo I followed a link on the TFS2M blog and read this bloomberg article. It offers a good politics-101 level summary of the current situation in Thailand. For anyone not conversant with recent Thai history, this would be a very credible way to get a working knowledge in ten minutes.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aK6e4BWG4TJo

]]> By: RossU http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/bangkok-pundit-and-the-white-elephant/#comment-11714 RossU Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:32:06 +0000 http://bargirlsrpeople2.wordpress.com/?p=3246#comment-11714 Many thanks for the very interesting links, still no clearer on the eventual outcome. Makes for endless political machinations for all parties concerned. I think it all comes down to this from the 2nd link "I think the reason is quite simple: it's considered bad omen to mention the King passing. (I cannot think of any Thai official text mentioning such thing EVER. In other word, there will NOT be such naming as long as the King is alive" Many thanks for the very interesting links, still no clearer on the eventual outcome.
Makes for endless political machinations for all parties concerned.
I think it all comes down to this from the 2nd link

“I think the reason is quite simple: it’s considered bad omen to mention the King passing. (I cannot think of any Thai official text mentioning such thing EVER. In other word, there will NOT be such naming as long as the King is alive”

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