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2005-07-15 Southeast Asia

Thai officials hold emergency meetings after insurgent raid

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Posted by Steve White 2005-07-15 00:47|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 As someone (Hyper?) said yesterday, I love the Thais. They are easily the most civil and wonderful people I've ever met. Hands down, nobody else comes close. Kohn Thai dee tee soot! But that's getting them killed, now.

The Thais are going to have to give up a few centuries' worth of civilizing public behavior norms. The incredibly ingrained habit of never being confrontational or accusatory must be jettisoned when dealing with Muzzies - it will just get many more of them killed. I know, from their history, that they can be just as hardcore as anyone else when threatened - they just have to accept that they have no choice, this time. The Muzzies know nothing else and it's just shit-bad luck that the Thais share a border with a Muzzy shithole. Time to can the sweetness, guys. Time to roll back the invaders. Time to get bloody. Time to get medievel. If you'll stop giving me shit about too many visa renewals, I'll be glad to lend a hand. :->

Posted by .com 2005-07-15 01:27|| 2005-07-15 01:27|| Front Page Top

#2 The Thais are gonna have be tough - the Maoists and Islamists are working together, and the Maoists - read, Chicoms - are NOT just after INDIA arse.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-07-15 02:32|| 2005-07-15 02:32|| Front Page Top

#3 The thing you have to realize about the Thais is there isn't much seperating avoiding confrontation and going postal. You don't get the intermediate escalations we Westerners are used to. If I were to make a list of places that are the first to have anti-muslim 'pogroms', Thailand would top the list.

Posted by phil_b 2005-07-15 02:40|| 2005-07-15 02:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Never, not in 16 yrs of going there, staying for straight 9 months in 2003, did I ever see a Thai lose his cool publicly. To lose your temper is to lose the argument, no matter what your position is - that's the Thai way.

I was informed, and I tried it out for a reaction from my best Thai friends and got shocked and astounded (heh - they didn't know I could find out such minutia!) confirmation, if you want a Thai to go ballistic and hand you your head on a platter, just call him "ai hia" (i he-uh). This translates literally as monitor lizard. Don't ask me why, but that's the most egregious insult you can make to a Thai. Instant berserk, heh. Hey, who knows?

So we start this rumor that the Muzzies said that all Thais are ai hia, and...

Posted by .com 2005-07-15 02:55|| 2005-07-15 02:55|| Front Page Top

#5 Apropos of not much at all, some Asian languages appear not to have a separate term for monitor lizard. I have heard both Chinese and Philipinos refer to monitor lizards as 'crocodiles' We used to have a monitor lizard that lived beside a bridge, a couple of hundred meters from our house in SG. The philipino maids talked about it on a regular basis. On a couple of occasions I pointed out that it wasn't a crocodile and got the 'look' that means you are wrong, but also the employer and it aint smart to disagree with your, or your friends, employer.

Posted by phil_b 2005-07-15 03:47|| 2005-07-15 03:47|| Front Page Top

#6 While skimming the headlines 1 or 2 days ago, I read that the Thai miltary is gearing up for sustained counter-insurgency ops. I will look for the article. Looks like the Thais are getting fed up and will crack heads. Hope they start in the mosques.

Posted by ed 2005-07-15 05:43|| 2005-07-15 05:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Thx, ed - I must've been AWOL that day. One thing is certain, they will not have the same constraints we're accustomed to, once they let loose. The stack 'em and forget 'em episode in the trucks some months back is an example. If they ignore their Tranzi press (yes, they're just as bad there as anywhere) and take the gloves off, there will be beaucoup dead Muzzies.

~~Toxin~~ Thaksin is balancing several things such as membership in ASEAN. Malaysia is supposed to be an "ally" and trading partner, yadda3, yet Malaysia claims these Muzzy killers just pop out of thin air: "They're not coming from here!" - yeah, right. This is to the detriment of his citizens on the bleeding edge with Malay Muzzies. The usual death calculus is being used - if enough Buddhist monks and school teachers and [insert demographic here] people die, he'll get off his ass and do something.

Posted by .com 2005-07-15 09:47|| 2005-07-15 09:47|| Front Page Top

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