Historical parallels are unfair

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 04, 2011
Historical parallels are unfair

William Reynolds, I think you exaggerated a lot when you compared the situation in Thailand to Germany under Adolph Hitler. You preposterously likened Pheu Thai's critics being intimidated to Jews under the Nazi regime and you wildly predicted a Thai-styl

I can see some similarity if you compare the red shirts being murdered to the Holocaust, Abhisit to Hitler, Maj General Kathiya (aka Seh Dang) to Herr von Rath, the Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation to the Gestapo, and May 16, 2010 when Abhisit ordered a crackdown on the red shirts to the Crystal Night.

Somsak Pola

Bangkok