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Thailand 2020: Impaired vision?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 28/07/2013
» Let the child learn to walk before expecting him to run. Otherwise, he'll trip and fall, suffer a booboo and cry like a baby. But it seems the Thailand 2020 scheme is expecting the child to go straight from crawling to running in the Olympics.
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Diary of a mad prai
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 01/08/2013
» For every single person you put onto the streets, we can put ten. Every time that you march in the streets, we can shake the concrete pavement with our rubber sandals tenfold. We will hound you. We will intimidate you. We will push, shove and knock you down. You people wearing masks like little kids. You think you are legion? No, we are legion.
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A role reversal in this ship of fools
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/08/2013
» Here we go again. At the time you are reading this, out in the streets there are a) clashes and chaos between multitudes of protesters and security personnel, or b) three people in masks and two in multi-colour shirts camping out peacefully in front of Government House.
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Amnesty: crime without punishment
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 08/08/2013
» In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, young Rodion was getting away with murder. However, his guilty conscience eventually compelled him to surrender to the law. The story is of course fictional, and someone being compelled by their conscience to surrender would be a rare exception in real life.
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The land of smiles, or something else?
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 11/08/2013
» Thailand is currently known as the Land of Smiles, because supposedly we are a happy people. In the future, Thailand may still be known as the Land of Smiles, but for different reasons. Perhaps because when we are clueless about something, we just smile.
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Forget the political noise, the military is key
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 15/08/2013
» It’s rather difficult to assess whether Pheu Thai has a stockpile of brilliant strategists ready to handle and triumph over any situation, or if this government is just getting by on dumb luck, coupled with the lack of a potent opposition.
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Of treasure chests, love and loyalty
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 27/06/2013
» For the Caesars, there was no more effective way to win love and legitimacy than throwing coins to the adoring populace from treasure chests plundered from conquered territories.
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Let the voice of reason prevail
Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/07/2013
» Having attended several rallies by the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) over the years, one thing has become abundantly clear - when on the stage, UDD chairwoman Tida Tawornseth doesn’t receive nearly the response and applause that Jatuporn Prompan does.
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Income tax could become the great equaliser
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 07/07/2013
» Do you feel singled out, victimised? Has this democracy treated you unfairly? Are you one of only about three million Thais paying income tax? If so, raise your hand, because, blast it all, we should demand equality!
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UDD can bring us change to believe in
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 19/05/2013
» The accusation is often made that Thailand can never change. However, over the past six years, propelled by political crisis, there have been many changes, which some some would say are for the better. Some would argue the opposite, but at the end of the day it is up to the Thai people to steer the direction of change.
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