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Old May 6, 2010 | 6:34 am
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Originally Posted by maskedavenger
The one person who was extremely negative about the King was an ultra highso female who was educated and worked out of the country. The conversation took place out of Thailand, actually in Los Angeles, California. The other Thais at the party were shocked by her comments and eventually did not want to talk with her.....and then separated from any friendship with her.
Which would explain why you don't hear people saying negative things about the King, no?

Anyway, it's looking like a typically Thai compromise has been reached: all sides saved some face and the immediate problem will go away... without doing anything at all about the root cause. My crystal ball predicts that things will go quiet until the elections, and then the political heat will start to ratchet up again and things will get ugly once more.
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