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  • in reply to: Debt Rattle Jan 29 2014: Gutted Like a Fish #10897
    IanFraser
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    Raul – I think you should get a better understanding of Thai politics before seemingly expressing an opinion.
    “In Thailand, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has found out that being pretty isn’t enough. In the run-up to an election this Sunday, which she forced through in spite of calls for a delay because she thinks she’ll win, bombs are going off on a regular basis, planted by protesters who want her corrupt clan to take a hike.”
    While I do think she is pretty, most Thais do not, she doesn’t conform to the Thai standard. The “pretty” and associated tags are used by misogynist, right wing, foreign (farang) commentators and I didn’t think you were in that category.
    It is not that she ‘thinks’ she will win the election, she will win as her party has for the last “x” elections. I think this would indicate that the majority of Thais are in favour of her government/party. The protesting minority would like to reintroduce a ‘feudal’ system whereby only the ‘correct’ type of person is allowed to be a ‘elected’. And to make doubly sure that only a ‘correct’ government is in power only half of the government is to be elected. The other half is to be appointed by ‘good’ people.
    There are some bombs going off as you say but you need to know that a lot of these are firecrackers. Something which doesn’t come across in the foreign media reports.
    Undoubtedly there is some form of corruption in the government, but isn’t that a function of government anywhere in the world? I don’t think it is any more corrupt and possibly much less than any possible current alternative.
    I ask you to please remove the ‘misogynist’ propaganda from your story.
    Thank you

    in reply to: Jeff Rubin and Oil Prices Revisited #4714
    IanFraser
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    Viscount,

    Perhaps it would be more useful to give a few specific examples of wrong predictions rather than make a general statement. Not only would these examples give a focus to a response, it would also validate your ‘generalisation’.

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