PPT reported on a letter to the editor of the Bangkok Post by Shocked Thai Citizen complaining about the US embassy’s choice of anthem. STC has sent another letter to the Post (11 July 2009) and there is another letter from well-known royalist Sumet Jumsai.
Apart from taking another shot at the 1932 Revolution, STC adds little to the earlier letter but does indicate that STC doesn’t really know which anthem should have been played. Does anyone? Is there a rule or is this just another case of expanding the royal space in Thailand?
Sumet’s letter is interesting for the fact that he acknowledges that republicans exist in Thailand and adding that he doesn’t mind “so long as we are not taken to the guillotine…”. He also adds, tellingly, that the “spirit of the age, of the new generation who spurn the 19th century hangover…” and is “tempted to agree, seeing that our monarchist rolemodel England has moved on, while we are marking time.”
Interesting thoughts from a staunch royalist.
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