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**vladekad** · 09-21-2012, 09:09 PM

many farang do care about Thai politics..... I am not alone in having family living in Thailand while being stuck in euorope for work reasons...

You totally misunderstood my point. Sure there are thousands that do care. I even follow politics very closely in Thailand. But for the farang that live all around you or me they are much more concerned with the price of petro, calling Tony Blair or George Bush names, or even just material pursuits. No matter their interests, when you mention Thai government, most will reply with 'They speak Chinese in Taiwan don't they?'

By a sheer measurement of numbers I meant that outside of Thailand nobody is interested in Thai politics. Ask the world over which leader of Iraq is going through a trial, most of the world would at least know a name. Ask the world who Thaksin is and only a very small percentage would know who he is by name.

By retirement comfort, I never mentioned a retirement visa, I am too young for that. I simply meant my overall comfort, and FaranginPhetch is exactly on the same line of thought with me on this one and he summed it up very nicely in his last paragraph...

"Too many farang at a political rally will surely bring down more stuff than most of us need or want and will do no real good"

That stuff it will bring down is what I am scared of.

09-21-2012, 09:09 PM	#25
vladekad Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	many farang do care about Thai politics..... I am not alone in having family living in Thailand while being stuck in euorope for work reasons... You totally misunderstood my point. Sure there are thousands that do care. I even follow politics very closely in Thailand. But for the farang that live all around you or me they are much more concerned with the price of petro, calling Tony Blair or George Bush names, or even just material pursuits. No matter their interests, when you mention Thai government, most will reply with 'They speak Chinese in Taiwan don't they?' By a sheer measurement of numbers I meant that outside of Thailand nobody is interested in Thai politics. Ask the world over which leader of Iraq is going through a trial, most of the world would at least know a name. Ask the world who Thaksin is and only a very small percentage would know who he is by name. By retirement comfort, I never mentioned a retirement visa, I am too young for that. I simply meant my overall comfort, and FaranginPhetch is exactly on the same line of thought with me on this one and he summed it up very nicely in his last paragraph... "Too many farang at a political rally will surely bring down more stuff than most of us need or want and will do no real good" That stuff it will bring down is what I am scared of.
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