Visa run this this week?

vincent chang · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:58 am Post subject: old names for old attitudes.

I think Thailand should remain Thailand and not go back to the old name of Siam. Also Myanmar has the right to try to shape a new identity that is apart from its colonial past. It might be nice for some people to return to the days of french and british colonialism, but I am sure the people of the country prefer to run their own affairs without foreign interference. I am sure there are those who would like to return to the 1930s or before when a few imperial powers ran the whole world, but fortunately we live in a more enlightened age now.

lomuamart · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: old names for old attitudes.

vincent chang · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:38 am Post subject: all those in detention camps.

Since Myanmar is a former British Colony, I am sure the Good People of Britain would be happy to grant political asylum to all the oppressed people of that country looking to get out. My mother had the privelige of being born and raised in the then British colony of South Africa, lived under apartheid rule, etc, but luckily was able to escape to America. That was in the 1950s, everything is changed for the better now under self governance. Democratic rule will take a long time to achieve, Even here in Thailand it seems to be a far away idea.