Comments on: TRT Becomes CRT

By: Pasuk, Baker & Thaksin

Pasuk, Baker & Thaksin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:34:43 +0000

[...] are moving away from unity. The governments counters with mo-so, the moderation campaign, and the I love Thailand campaign. But these campaigns are not going to work. Love Thailand and so what? What do we get from [...]

By: rikker

rikker — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:50:37 +0000

Dan, I assume you mean “feminine” not “feminist”?

It’s not feminine per se. In general use, it’s more common for women, but it in informal settings it’s commonly used by both genders – virtually never in formal speech by either gender.

It’s used by men among friends and well-acquainted social equals, and by men speaking familiarly to women. (Think: chan rak ther — employed equally by men and women, especially in love songs.)

By: Women Learning Thai… and some men too ;-) » I Love Thailand and the Lands of Thailand

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:32:18 +0000

[...] I Love Thailand website was discovered via: Bangkok Crimes. Conversations elsewhere: Absolutely Bangkok and Siam [...]

By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:51:18 +0000

And I thought it's feminist to use chan ... Adjusted to the literal and not just rough translation, thanks KC, even though PRT sounds so much juicier. BangkokDan

By: KConsciousness

KConsciousness — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:37:16 +0000

Actually it’s “Chan Rak Prathet Thai,” so I guess it’s CRT not PRT …

PRT would be a bit sexist.

Anyway, if Abhisit really wants to show how IT-savvy he is, he could start be sacking the entire Ministry of ICT and the NTC for their ongoing attempts to weasle every last satang out of 3G at the expense of the country.

Similarly he could review the 2007 Computer Crimes Act and encourage the government to focus their efforts on ways to use technology to move the country forwards instead of backwards.

Sadly however I think we all know by now that this is never going to happen.

By: ThaiCrisis

ThaiCrisis — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:16:13 +0000

It’s obvious, this fancy new website is going to solve the problems … in the south … and fix the economy … and the political divide as well.

And the royal succession. And the globalwarming problem. And the increasing taxes on wine. And of course -what a fool I forgot- the swine flu.

Being cool, and westernized, is an obsession for Abhisit.

He’s running pathetically behind his 15 minutes of fame.

Look at his stupid but ecstatic smile with Obama (well, sorry … behind Obama), at the G20 summit in London:

http://thaicrisis.wordpress.com/2009/04/03/lese-majeste-madness-10-years-of-prison-for-a-picture/

What Abhisit does not understand is that such coolness is so … cheap. And so old fashioned.

I mean to launch a “website” in 2009, is just the end of the road for any politician …

The current situation would demand something … different. On another scale … Something greater.

But Abhisit is stuck at the end of the 20th century.