THAILAND: A TROPICAL PARADISE

Today marks the forty first anniversary of the Thammasat University Massacre, when the Thai authorities, Buddhist activists, and lynch mobs organized by the clergy and royalists, attacked students, killing and raping hundreds. With the approval of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit.

The Thai government has steadfastly refused to address the grievances of relatives of those killed, or discuss the complicity of important people.

The son of one of the chief instigators is the current monarch.


Thais are, on the whole, amazingly adept at pretending to be an artistic, gentle, and peaceful nation. Despite this and other examples of their murderous and psychopathic nature.


During the boat people crisis it was Thais who attacked the vessels, killing hundreds of thousands, and raping the women before often throwing them overboard. That they could commit those blatant acts of piracy was due to the encouragement and participation of the Thai government and military, as well as the approval of King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit.


A DESPICABLE PLACE

Thailand is known for forced prostitution, in which with the cooperation of officials and the military, young women and children from tribal areas and farming communities are bought and sold for the depravities of urbanites and foreign tourists.
And despite the involvement of members of the government in organized crime, thousand of people were extrajudicially killed in a supposed war on drugs in the early two-thousands.
More recently, thousands in the restive south of the country have been disappeared by the security forces.
Also, of course, human trafficking has been a constant.
With the participation of the authorities.
As well as "approval".


SOME LIGHT READING

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thammasat_University_massacre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Thai_popular_uprising

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaphon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Gaurs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_boat_people

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Thailand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Thailand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_prostitution_in_Thailand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_Thailand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Thailand

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai%E2%80%93Laotian_Border_War

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayut_Chan-o-cha

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Thailand


And:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Thailand#Buddhist_monks


There is naturally much more.
Thailand is a wonderland.

Great food, though.




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