Archive for the 'On Our Own' Category
So long
That’s it. absolutelyBangkok.com will change hands and I want to thank all readers, critics and supporters for their presence, feedback and commenting over these, well, in September it would have been four years. This site came from nothing to something thanks to all of you, and who knows, if ever you wanna get in touch
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The Brighter Side Of Life
As you may have observed posts haven’t really been updated recently. There are several reasons for that. Well, after nearly three years of practically nonstop blogging I did not burn myself out yet. That’s not it. It just there are so many other things ahead and in life. Gonna blog occasionally, but finetune priorities in
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Carpetbaggers Or Else!!!
It’s a terrifying sight, once respected minds voicing support for mayhem and death – for rather selective, hardly sane reasons. The leaders of the red shirts were successful at inciting hatred and violence in society, but not that the red cause lost support. The reds are dead. Long live the reds. Now even the “real
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Bangkok’s 9/11
The events of the passed few weeks, days and hours will be burned deeply into Bangkok’s psyche. Our Bangkok will be back. Not tomorrow, not next week – and any other attempt to hold a colored mass protest masqueraded as peaceful will ring alarm bells. Warning, graphic, this is what happened on May 19th, 2010.
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Carte Blanche
Say what you want here. Post your anger, fear, regret. Post a link, a photo, whatever matters. What’s next? A shut mouth catches no flies. Silence is golden. Still, everyone has a strong opinion right now. This site takes the useless pride in having warned from the beginning all the reds have is escalation. That’s
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Backlash Say Hi!
Well blame Mr. Nice aka our dear prime minister for being too cozy for way too long, just to mention a free bus service for enemies of the government. But maybe, hopefully, there’s a strategy behind Abhisit’s policy of passive containment. By doing not much the anger of the people grows, giving Abhisit the green
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Timeout, Somewhat
The Thai political saga has reached religious proportions. Nonpartisans are called fascists, a voice crying in the desert is accused of instigating violence. Others start believing in miracles, others again turn a blind eye. There is a savior, after all – I know, it’s not about him. Change is in the air, a better world
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Making Good Use Of The Poor
Probably traveled too much through the former Soviet Union and the old Eastern Bloc before the fall of the Berlin Wall, but to hear the communist terminology of class war out of the mouth of the probably most monopolist figure in Thailand’s recent history makes it not hard to have a good laugh. You witness
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Alarmism: An Open Letter
Dear Dan, I hope you don’t take this the wrong way but I have to say that I have been a little disconcerted by aB.com’s rather strident alarmism over the past few days. Of course, you are entitled to your own opinion, which I respect, but I would ask you to consider this possibility. Their
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A Pointless Reminder
This is a blog. This is no newspaper. This site does not pretend to know the truth. And OMG it’s wrong so often. This site was born with the aim of sharing information, encouraging debate and enhancing dialog on Thai matters. This site does not know more than anyone else nor does it pretend to
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