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**heennaRaf** · 09-21-2012, 05:41 PM

Quote[/b] (Neung @ June 29 2004,14:47)]Thailand means land of Thai.
Which represent to the race of Thai only.
While nowadays Thailand has many ethnicities besides Thai.
There are Chinese, Khmer, Melayu, etc.....It does not change anything......
Because in my idea the conflict in the south is deeper than just solve by changing the name.

I think it changes nothing as well, so why bother with changing what the people have agreed upon. But then you mention the South.. I agree again a name change will NOT fix this problem.

The term Thai, a thousand years ago, meant free. Now yes it means land of the Thai, but the race of Thai in itself is Khmer, how they have seperated themsleves who knows. But the Thai were Khmer and around the 13th century some of these farmers took a stand and built their own kingdoms. The first two I think were in Sukhothai (also the name of the Kingdom), and in Chiang Mai, with Chiang Rai being the Capitol a few years later. But the interesting thing is the roots are Khmer, the leaders of what became known as Thailand, as with all the people at the beginning, were Khmer.

When did the Malay start coming up into Thailand anyone know?

09-21-2012, 05:41 PM	#19
heennaRaf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 504 Senior Member	Quote[/b] (Neung @ June 29 2004,14:47)]Thailand means land of Thai. Which represent to the race of Thai only. While nowadays Thailand has many ethnicities besides Thai. There are Chinese, Khmer, Melayu, etc.....It does not change anything...... Because in my idea the conflict in the south is deeper than just solve by changing the name. I think it changes nothing as well, so why bother with changing what the people have agreed upon. But then you mention the South.. I agree again a name change will NOT fix this problem. The term Thai, a thousand years ago, meant free. Now yes it means land of the Thai, but the race of Thai in itself is Khmer, how they have seperated themsleves who knows. But the Thai were Khmer and around the 13th century some of these farmers took a stand and built their own kingdoms. The first two I think were in Sukhothai (also the name of the Kingdom), and in Chiang Mai, with Chiang Rai being the Capitol a few years later. But the interesting thing is the roots are Khmer, the leaders of what became known as Thailand, as with all the people at the beginning, were Khmer. When did the Malay start coming up into Thailand anyone know?
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