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**Cerilopasei** · 11-30-2005, 08:00 AM

Quote[/b] ]one other thing from the back of my head is that 'Thais don't give tips!

Haha, that's definitely a wrong one!

Steve, I often saw that people's experiences contradict LP, so I learned to take it with a grain of salt. Glad to see things from your perspective. So, could you tell us please, how outspoken government critics dare to be in Thai media? And to what extent do they deliver the international perception of Thailand to their own people?

From your examples it seems that these papers focus on the relatively small-scale, local happenings, and I just wonder whether non-english speaking locals have access to the larger happenings around the world, and are they shown Thailand's true image on the international stage?

On another note, it's an interesting notion: does the geographical location of organizations reflect the nature of the organization accurately? In this age of globalization, that could hardly be the case. If human rights organizations happen to crop up mostly in truly democratic countries, it has more to do with a little thing called 'freedom of speech', which is still a luxury in many corners of the world - too many.

I could give an American address for the Free Burma Coalition, but that would hardly be the proof that the FBC is spreading "American" or "Western" values now, would be? It fights for human rights in Burma. I bet that the imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi would also be happy to trade her Burmese captivity to an American or European office any time - even if that means that some people would label her ideas about human rights as a "Western construct", when they look at her address. :/

On the same idea, the Dalai Lama must surely be an agent of India, now that he lives there, right? Or could it be possible that perhaps he still has Tibet in his heart and mind, regardless of his current physical location? What does he has to say about human rights? Is that a Western construct? An Indian construct? There are only one kind of human rights, only the voices that speak up for it, are different.

Human rights organizations operate wherever they have freedom to do so, but their message and work are timeless, and stretch beyond the borders that they are bound to.

11-30-2005, 08:00 AM	#1
Cerilopasei Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Quote[/b] ]one other thing from the back of my head is that 'Thais don't give tips! Haha, that's definitely a wrong one! Steve, I often saw that people's experiences contradict LP, so I learned to take it with a grain of salt. Glad to see things from your perspective. So, could you tell us please, how outspoken government critics dare to be in Thai media? And to what extent do they deliver the international perception of Thailand to their own people? From your examples it seems that these papers focus on the relatively small-scale, local happenings, and I just wonder whether non-english speaking locals have access to the larger happenings around the world, and are they shown Thailand's true image on the international stage? On another note, it's an interesting notion: does the geographical location of organizations reflect the nature of the organization accurately? In this age of globalization, that could hardly be the case. If human rights organizations happen to crop up mostly in truly democratic countries, it has more to do with a little thing called 'freedom of speech', which is still a luxury in many corners of the world - too many. I could give an American address for the Free Burma Coalition, but that would hardly be the proof that the FBC is spreading "American" or "Western" values now, would be? It fights for human rights in Burma. I bet that the imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi would also be happy to trade her Burmese captivity to an American or European office any time - even if that means that some people would label her ideas about human rights as a "Western construct", when they look at her address. :/ On the same idea, the Dalai Lama must surely be an agent of India, now that he lives there, right? Or could it be possible that perhaps he still has Tibet in his heart and mind, regardless of his current physical location? What does he has to say about human rights? Is that a Western construct? An Indian construct? There are only one kind of human rights, only the voices that speak up for it, are different. Human rights organizations operate wherever they have freedom to do so, but their message and work are timeless, and stretch beyond the borders that they are bound to.
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