Calm political evolution is what is needed here
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I read Packman's letter with some uneasiness. One of the tenets of Buddhism is "cause and effect", and if the writer had read Bahrt's recent letter carefully, which focused on the sins of the Democrat Party, he would understand why this hysteria, as he ca
I entirely agree with Bahrt’s thinking. That is the real cause of the problem. The Democrat Party had ample opportunity to do something about some of the problems that the red shirts have, but they did nothing about them. That is why there are moves within the party to reform it.
It might also be said that reasonably calm political evolution is not a trait often to be found in Asia, although the present Chinese government is having a very good bash at it, and the best of luck to them. They will need it!
And finally it must be said that the rise of Hitler in the 1930s had much to do with “cause and effect” then. The Allies, after WW2, did not make the same mistake again.
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Bangkok
