<p>I remember seeing Scottish compassion at a Hearts game against Rangers.</p>

<p>Historian Charnvit Kasetsiri writes about 16 Aug 1945, a very important date which should be remembered and commemorated. &nbsp;However, it has been &lsquo;made to be forgotten&rsquo;, non-existent in official history textbooks of the Ministry of Education.</p>

<p>Bangkok Pundit has spotted that Thai politicians have learned that they can safely denigrate their opponents by use of the hypothetical &lsquo;if&rsquo;. He quotes Deputy Prime Minister in Charge of Difficult Situations Suthep Thaugsuban:</p>

<p>In an unprecedented public statement, the Office of His Majesty&rsquo;s Principal Private Secretary yesterday called for a temporary moratorium on petitions to the Office.&nbsp;&lsquo;We ask this as a mark of respect on the occasion of His Majesty&rsquo;s birthday,&rsquo; said an exhausted Office spokesperson, who asked to remain anonymous.</p>

<p>A journey of a bra does not begin at the department store but in the hands of petite women who are 100% committed to their jobs. What they get in return for their love of their work comes in white envelopes.</p>

<p>If you saw a newspaper article written by a farmer telling the bankers of this nation how they could improve the way they do business, what would your reaction be?</p>

<p>The story goes like this.&nbsp;Two English judges went out for a bicycle ride and a few drinks at the village pub.&nbsp;They had a few more than they intended and the journey home was giggly and wobbly.&nbsp;Until PC Plod interrupted their jollies with the observation that they were riding without lights.&nbsp;Both were summoned to appear in court.</p>

<p>So the Good Leaders of ASEAN, the same people who thought it better for them to approve the ASEAN Charter before the people of ASEAN could even see it, have agreed on an ASEAN Human Rights Body.&nbsp;And like all new bodies that arrive in this world, this baby comes with no teeth.</p>

<p><div>I don&rsquo;t know how I keep getting the wrong end of stick, but I thought cramming schools were so-called on account of what they tried to do to their students&rsquo; heads.&nbsp;You know, at no little expense, cram them full of all the things they should have been crammed with for free at their regular schools.</div> </p>

<p>So hats off to iLaw for giving Thais the chance to say what laws they want, and what they want scrapped. And are we surprised that in the first flush of enthusiasm, much of the discussion concerns the l&egrave;se majest&eacute; and cybercrime laws?</p>

<p>Kevin Hewison, professor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presented his paper 'Thai-Style Democracy' at the Faculty of Political Science of Chulalongkorn University on June 26, 2009. &nbsp;The paper is published here in full.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The ASEAN charter was adopted at the 14th ASEAN Summit in November 2007 and eventually came into force in December 2008.</p> <div style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;<br /> line-height:15.0pt;"><span style="Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;Angsana New&quot;;color:black;">One of ASEAN&rsquo;s crucial visions is creating a single free trade area by 2015, but there are doubts that it will be implemented or achieved. </span></div>