Amnesty decree annouced
trin@decth.UUCP@ipied.tu.ac.th
few days has been promulgated. More news to follow (hopefully).
But just before the decree was announced, I got the following mail and
it does contain many valid concerns. With his consent, I forward the
mail to soc.culture.thai so maybe we could generate some more discussion
on the subject despite the fact that those responsible for the massacre
are set free.
Ajarn Graham Rogers, author of the mail, can be reached at
yeats%decth...@ipied.tu.ac.th.
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Date: Sat, 23 May 92 21:43:50 +0700
From: yeats (Graham K. Rogers)
To: ipied!htk, trin
Subject: Resignation
Status: RO
It is good to see that good sense may well prevail in this matter of a
certain person's resignation.
Let us hope that while I am writing this message (I have not seen any news
today) that it is all being put together. I do have a problem with an
amnesty *for all sides* as the conflict--revolution, demonstration, call
it what you will--was very one-sided. There were the demonstrators; there
were the military. The "third hand"--whoever they were--were criminal and
had too much going for them not to have had "help." It would not be
surprising to find that they are indeed agents provocateurs, enabling the
military to have their show of force; but that the show of force was not
enough and it all got out of the hands of those who began it.
The fact that certain members of the government have finally come to their senses
and made conciliatory remarks--most notably thge Foreign Minister who was
given the unenviable task of putting things back in order as far as the
international community are concerned--has not really balance the few
who fail to make any such remarks. These, in fact, when last reported
(Friday) were still making inflammatory remarks, such as Kaset's "All
Thais are to blame." If we follow *his* part in all this he has *always*
he has always threatened or refused to rule out violence. He, Suchinda (as
the obvious maker of wrongs who could have fixed it all so easily),
Issarapong and ANAN have no apparent remorse.
Political asylum is all right (I heard Burma or Switzerland) but remember the
works of Machiavelli. Unless these people are properly dealt with, they
may well return at some stage. Didn't a man called Manoon do this?
I would be interested in your comments. THIS system and WoV have been
excellent conduits of the news. This is WELL worth remembering .
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