The mystery of the missing brass plaque
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The mystery of the missing brass plaque
The mystery of the missing brass plaque
20 April 2017
In June 1932, a revolution overthrew 700 years of absolute monarchy and a constitutional political structure, requiring non-royal governments elected by the people, was introduced.
Four-and-a-half years later, one of the leaders of that uprising and the first post-revolution prime minister Phraya Phahol held a small ceremony, embedding the plaque into the ground at the spot where he had first announced the end of the absolute monarchy.
The inscription on it read: "Here on 24 June 1932 at dawn, the People's Party proclaimed a constitution for the country's advancement."
Earlier this month two teams of students from Thammasat University, which was founded by one of the leaders of the revolution, were sent by their professor to study the plaque.
The first group, on 2 April, found it intact. A second group who visited it on 8 April discovered that it had been replaced.
Neatly cemented in the same spot was a new plaque, with a different message: "To love and respect the Buddhist trinity, one's own state, one's own family, and to have a heart faithful to your monarch, will bring prosperity to the country."...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39650310
20 April 2017
In June 1932, a revolution overthrew 700 years of absolute monarchy and a constitutional political structure, requiring non-royal governments elected by the people, was introduced.
Four-and-a-half years later, one of the leaders of that uprising and the first post-revolution prime minister Phraya Phahol held a small ceremony, embedding the plaque into the ground at the spot where he had first announced the end of the absolute monarchy.
The inscription on it read: "Here on 24 June 1932 at dawn, the People's Party proclaimed a constitution for the country's advancement."
Earlier this month two teams of students from Thammasat University, which was founded by one of the leaders of the revolution, were sent by their professor to study the plaque.
The first group, on 2 April, found it intact. A second group who visited it on 8 April discovered that it had been replaced.
Neatly cemented in the same spot was a new plaque, with a different message: "To love and respect the Buddhist trinity, one's own state, one's own family, and to have a heart faithful to your monarch, will bring prosperity to the country."...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39650310
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Re: The mystery of the missing brass plaque
"To love and respect the Buddhist trinity, one's own state, one's own family, and to have a heart faithful to your monarch, will bring prosperity to the country and my bank balance"
Ahmen brother.
Ahmen brother.
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Re: The mystery of the missing brass plaque
Behavior of this kind has a name - DAMNATIO MEMORIAE - the icons of the past are replaced by
a deliberate falsification.
The non-royal Head Honcho, the latest in a series of rulers-in-uniform, in Thailand is an unscrupulous
peasant-cunning despot who has been heard to claim that the toothless opposition are, or were,
using black magic to undermine his rule.
a deliberate falsification.
The non-royal Head Honcho, the latest in a series of rulers-in-uniform, in Thailand is an unscrupulous
peasant-cunning despot who has been heard to claim that the toothless opposition are, or were,
using black magic to undermine his rule.
Re: The mystery of the missing brass plaque
So which part of that do you see as the problem?
If there is a problem.
If there is a problem.
Re: The mystery of the missing brass plaque
As mentioned on another thread, this act is an important step in returning Siam to an absolute monarchy. If this "revolution" never occurred, then constitutional monarchy was never adopted.
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I may be going to hell in a bucket,
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I may be going to hell in a bucket,
but at least I'm enjoying the ride.
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