tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post175870274424215834..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: The King Is Dead: Rest In PeaceGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-26054348525781794032016-10-20T19:15:38.243-04:002016-10-20T19:15:38.243-04:00Human governments matter less in their form than i...Human governments matter less in their form than in how many righteous humans you can get into leadership positions. The righteous can make a communist utopia into a workable reality, and the righteous can make monarchies, dictatorships, and democracies work as well.<br /><br />It works up until the righteous die off or are replaced, then the system collapses. All democracies or republics did, was to delay the inevitable crash cycle.Ymar Sakarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-50152705649846357892016-10-16T16:16:43.333-04:002016-10-16T16:16:43.333-04:00It's easy to concern oneself with personal ple...It's easy to concern oneself with personal pleasures when the ship's tiller is in good hands. When you suddenly find it's now your hand on the tiller, there's a chance a newly found seriousness can emerge, and perhaps the lessons one has been exposed to, if not practicing much, can rise to the surface. For the sake of the Thai people, let's hope that's true.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-53378151034517188302016-10-14T11:08:17.334-04:002016-10-14T11:08:17.334-04:00I'm glad to know of this connection, Gringo.I'm glad to know of this connection, Gringo.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-43450134127091000202016-10-14T10:52:15.770-04:002016-10-14T10:52:15.770-04:00A member of the Thai royal family visited our hous...A member of the Thai royal family visited our house several times. He came with friends of my parents who had met him when they were working in Thailand. The Thai royal family was not as exclusive as the English royal family, because at least at some point, the king had multiple wives. He was a direct descendant of the King in the King and I. With all the time he spent being schooled in the US- private boarding school before college- his English became better than his Thai, and he had an adjustment period each time he came back to Thailand. He worked as a STEM professional in Thailand after his education in the US.<br /><br />At one time we had an abstract portrait painting he had done. Don't know what happened to it.Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-88129428684034748832016-10-13T20:45:00.024-04:002016-10-13T20:45:00.024-04:00Good government is the goal. Democracy is a means...Good government is the goal. Democracy is a means.(*) Amazing how many people confuse means and ends...<br /><br />(*) Sometimes it doesn't work at all ("One man, one vote, one time.").jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com