Quote Originally Posted by chassamui View Post
It's a very badly presented show trial designed to appease. Because the military are used to dealing with frightened fuckwits, they believe this will pacify global media.

It's the reason the general believes all his own journos are retards. Just wait until he sees the verdict of the worlds press.
I am not quite sure its that. It has always seemed to me that when some outrageous bollocks is spouted, everyone knows it is a lie, the Thais know it is a lie, but they all go along with it. Its the norm. It is not stupidity as much as a cultural norm. I am lying, you know I am lying, I know you know I am lying and you know I know you know I am lying.

It is NOT the norm for someone to get called on the lie. And indeed, they get quite flustered about it. In my early innocent days I did call my then boss on something, and followed up on it. he was completely unable to handle it, and the lies got more and more fanciful and absurd. Probably would not do it nowadays.

The situation here is, I think the same. "We know this is crap, but you are supposed to accept it". I am lying, you know I am lying..etc etc. But the problem is this is too big, too many outside people are asking "what the f*ck", and the Thais have no way to handle it, except to get more and more absurd and fanciful.