Michael: IMO, foreign governments are complicit in the Thai 'charade', so there is no way sanctions would come from that quarter anyway.

Interesting that you compare Thailand to Burmu & Cuba, as I was hoping something could be done to wake up the elite thats where Thailand is heading if things continue on this path (or North Korea is maybe even a better example)

It was a desperate suggestion borne from frustration at the way these injustices and double standards keep happening in Thailand - there are blogs, forum comments and the odd newspaper article publicising whats happening, even expressing outrage, but it looks to me that the tourists still keep coming and the exports are still bought.

Avudh of The Nation says Sondhi Limthongkul 'blew the whistle' on Da's inflammatory remarks - yet Sondhi himself is the master of inflammatory remarks and couldn't even care less whether he starts a war with a neighbouring country.
Da says things that nearly everyone in their 'heart of hearts' knows are basically true, yet she's in jail for 18 years, and Sondhi's still spewing his bullshit, free as a bird.

I don't know Da or Suwicha from a bar of soap, but Martin Niemöller's poem is in the forefront of my mind when I think about whats happening in Thailand now
(except 'Political Activists' needs to be substituted in there for one of the religions)