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**vladekad** · 09-21-2012, 03:44 PM

I have found it to be a very interesting and stimulating discussion that has given me some new areas/ideas for research. Thanks guys, gotta love these forums

Me too! Always more great things to study and learn.

Betti, I laughed when you first pointed out the spelling, that was the same image that was in my head when I seen it. I was actually thinking of apes with camoflage vests, green paint on their faces, a ribbon of ammunition across their chests, holding guns and wearing dark sunglasses. Pretty imaginitive eh? As far as the numbers, others please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but the point was of the 16,000 that died- they were all slaves and prisoners that were being forced to do this work. and of the 16,000 that died most were POW's. There may have been a collective number of up to 100,000 Thai's involved in the construction, but that number is not the number that was being forced to work as slaves.

What is taught in Thai schools? Is that a joke? None of this is taught in Thai schools. Never a full story surely anyway. It all goes back to what I was saying before. For an honest instruction on the matter the school would have two choices or versions to teach.

They could teach that they had never been colonized or controlled by any outside country, thus putting the Thai government into the spotlight of blame for the thousands who died in the slave labor of the railway due to the harsh conditions and terribly cruel inhumane treatment.

Or they could teach that the myth that they have never been controlled by an outside country is just that-- a myth. Truthfully telling how during WWII Japan had a very heavy hand and Thailand had no say on the matter, nor on what Japan did within her borders during that time.

But Thailand wants to claim both sides of these stories, not admitting to being at all responsible for the lives lost in the slave camps. Yet at the same time they want to continue claiming that Thailand has never taken commands from any outside country. Can't have both and call it honest education, yet nobody claimed they get an honest education in Thailand. They learn what the government wants them to learn, much the way elementary school textbooks are laid out in any other country. There is alway an agenda.

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vladekad Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	I have found it to be a very interesting and stimulating discussion that has given me some new areas/ideas for research. Thanks guys, gotta love these forums Me too! Always more great things to study and learn. Betti, I laughed when you first pointed out the spelling, that was the same image that was in my head when I seen it. I was actually thinking of apes with camoflage vests, green paint on their faces, a ribbon of ammunition across their chests, holding guns and wearing dark sunglasses. Pretty imaginitive eh? As far as the numbers, others please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but the point was of the 16,000 that died- they were all slaves and prisoners that were being forced to do this work. and of the 16,000 that died most were POW's. There may have been a collective number of up to 100,000 Thai's involved in the construction, but that number is not the number that was being forced to work as slaves. What is taught in Thai schools? Is that a joke? None of this is taught in Thai schools. Never a full story surely anyway. It all goes back to what I was saying before. For an honest instruction on the matter the school would have two choices or versions to teach. They could teach that they had never been colonized or controlled by any outside country, thus putting the Thai government into the spotlight of blame for the thousands who died in the slave labor of the railway due to the harsh conditions and terribly cruel inhumane treatment. Or they could teach that the myth that they have never been controlled by an outside country is just that-- a myth. Truthfully telling how during WWII Japan had a very heavy hand and Thailand had no say on the matter, nor on what Japan did within her borders during that time. But Thailand wants to claim both sides of these stories, not admitting to being at all responsible for the lives lost in the slave camps. Yet at the same time they want to continue claiming that Thailand has never taken commands from any outside country. Can't have both and call it honest education, yet nobody claimed they get an honest education in Thailand. They learn what the government wants them to learn, much the way elementary school textbooks are laid out in any other country. There is alway an agenda.
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