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Scum of the Earth
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 24/02/2019
» At the Bangkok Post Forum on Feb 7, Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit said it would be splendid if Thailand had green shirts with four stars who favour democracy. He called for a review (English translation: cancellation) of the recent, 2.3 billion-baht purchase of 14 more Chinese main battle tanks. Oh, and Thailand should halt conscription.
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The kids are all right
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 28/10/2018
» <i>Prathet Ku Mee</i> is no slapped-together concert song. It wasn't made, so much as crafted. The accusatory lyrics are set against the shameful, hovering background of the 1976 dictators' massacre at Thammasat University. The rap song's finale brings the background image of the hanged, beaten student to the front of the picture, before fading out to the hopeful message, "All people unite".
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Data security a foreign concept
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 22/04/2018
» You'd think that just about the worst thing that could happen in today's charged smartphone-internet intersection is the theft of many thousands of the most important identification documents and personal details of mobile phone owners. But you'd be wrong.
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Manacled again
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 08/04/2018
» It has been quite an early summer harvest for the regime combines baling up inconvenient voices.
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Punishment and crime
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 10/09/2017
» A country without clear rule of law is a nation adrift. Citizens have pride, patriotism but little control or input to their own country's future.
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No, really, Big Brother is watching
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 25/06/2017
» The Big Three of International Computing have convinced tens of millions of customers to spy on themselves. Considering this, what's the big deal when the government listens in too -- well, apart from the going-to-jail part -- at least?
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The mugging of Narudee
News, Alan Dawson, Published on 18/09/2016
» On the hot afternoon of Aug 8 just outside Korat, 58-year-old physical education teacher Paithoon Klaengkratok was mightily exasperated at those snippy young girls in his outdoor class at Chokchai Samakkee School. They would not sit down in the sunlight to hear his wisdom, and were even standing up to try to get some shade.
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The big issue: The Tweet
Alan Dawson, Published on 13/12/2015
» It took one hour and 19 minutes for United States Ambassador Glyn Davies to annoy the super-patriots and ultra-royalists when he told journalists on Nov 25 his government detests the detention of protesters and lese majeste convicts. A week later, United Kingdom Ambassador Mark Kent beat that time by an hour, 18 minutes and 55 seconds.
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Land of smiles redux
Alan Dawson, Published on 08/06/2014
» And the word went out, and there was happiness everywhere. Or there soon will be. Or else.
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The Big Issue: Redefining Defamation
Alan Dawson, Published on 27/04/2014
» Credit marketing flair and impeccable timing for the sudden new shine on an old idea whose time may have come around again.
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