Sunset for PM
Apr. 5th, 2006 12:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lurkittyMy Thai friend Jiraporn rarely has anything bad to say about anyone. I have noticed that about the Thai people in general that I have met. There is an essential politeness about htem that is cultural in origin. I always caution people going to Thailand to be on their best behavior because the Thai people will always be on theirs.
So when Jiraporn speaks badly of someone, I listen. The person I have ever heard her come out with a diatribe against is Thanksin Shinawatra, the Prime Minister of Thailand. He has just announced that he will step down.
This is a man that made normally mild mannered Thai people stage a protest. Rather than vote for him, they did not vote at all. They showed their disapproval not by violent riots, but by simply staying home.
Good for them.
So when Jiraporn speaks badly of someone, I listen. The person I have ever heard her come out with a diatribe against is Thanksin Shinawatra, the Prime Minister of Thailand. He has just announced that he will step down.
This is a man that made normally mild mannered Thai people stage a protest. Rather than vote for him, they did not vote at all. They showed their disapproval not by violent riots, but by simply staying home.
Good for them.
