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**Kristoferson** · 04-03-2012, 08:53 PM

Quote[/b] (visionchaser45 @ April 12 2003,09:34)] Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]Why are royalty held in such high esteem in Thailand? I can understand why the king is popular but I don’t really understand why people would want his photo hanging in there houses.

Uh, because he is the King. People are supposed to revere the King. Why do foreigners always frame things according to their own views and customs? Why can't people accept other cultures and customs withoug judging? The King of Thailand is worthy of his people's respect. That's more than I can say for some elected officials in other lands

We frame things according to their own views and customs because we have no other framework to work with. My experience has been that Thai people (all people in fact) are inclined to behave in the same way. I see nothing wrong with that. I guess the substance of my original question was “Is it the human-being who holds the office of king that you respect or is it just the fact that he is a king.” If you were to ask me a similar question about my country (which is Australia if you're interested), I would happily answer it without any animosity. By the way, can you really claim that your remark,"The King of Thailand is worthy of his people's respect. That's more than I can say for some elected officials in other lands" is an attempt on your part to be non-judgmental? And do you really think that the response "Uh, because he is the King. People are supposed to revere the King" is an answer to this or any other question? "Uh, Because air is air. People are supposed to breath air" does not explain why human beings need oxygen!

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Kristoferson Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 522 Senior Member	Quote[/b] (visionchaser45 @ April 12 2003,09:34)] Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]Why are royalty held in such high esteem in Thailand? I can understand why the king is popular but I don’t really understand why people would want his photo hanging in there houses. Uh, because he is the King. People are supposed to revere the King. Why do foreigners always frame things according to their own views and customs? Why can't people accept other cultures and customs withoug judging? The King of Thailand is worthy of his people's respect. That's more than I can say for some elected officials in other lands We frame things according to their own views and customs because we have no other framework to work with. My experience has been that Thai people (all people in fact) are inclined to behave in the same way. I see nothing wrong with that. I guess the substance of my original question was “Is it the human-being who holds the office of king that you respect or is it just the fact that he is a king.” If you were to ask me a similar question about my country (which is Australia if you're interested), I would happily answer it without any animosity. By the way, can you really claim that your remark,"The King of Thailand is worthy of his people's respect. That's more than I can say for some elected officials in other lands" is an attempt on your part to be non-judgmental? And do you really think that the response "Uh, because he is the King. People are supposed to revere the King" is an answer to this or any other question? "Uh, Because air is air. People are supposed to breath air" does not explain why human beings need oxygen!
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