From: cslac2209@bestsd.sdsu.edu (UNALOME TECHAMUANVIVIT)
Subject: Forgive and forget? (was Re: My opinion about Khun Chuan.)
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 11:35:00 GMT

In article <1992Nov6.153417.6205@eagle.lerc.nasa.gov>, fstawit@icomp01.lerc.nasa.gov (Tawit Chitsomboon)  writes...

(In response to Khun Sunchai's posting, Khun Tawit writes;)

>I know compromise; compromise is a friend of mine :-)
>And I don't see anything more compromising than investigating
>alleged murderers. If enough evidences are found then indict and
>prosecute he/them. One extreme is to let him go play golf and the other
>is to impose mob's rule and hang him at Sanam Luang without a trial.

I totally agree with Khun Tawit on this.  Nothing is more compromising than 
letting justice prevail without going out there and getting back to those 
psychopathic murderers ourselves.

> 
>What the L.A. (both Dodger and Raider) should do is, IMO, to declare
>the Decree unconstitutional because it was issued in such a manner.
>The House even voted so, what else do you need?

This is another point that I've been trying to understand. IMO, the amnesty 
decree was unconstitutionally issued, it therefore should have been revoked 
unconditionally.  Yet, the Thai government have been trying to somehow argue 
that once the decree (which is in Thai called Pra^Raj"Kris'Dee-Ka-) was issued,
it started to be in effect expiditiously and the later cancelation vote by the
parliament would not have any retrospective effect on the cases once ruled by 
the decree.

This is *pathetic*.  I can't beleive that out of all the intelligent lawyers
and politicians we elected in the parliament, no one had the guts to say that
this excuse was pathetic!!.  

Any idiot...I apologize for the choice of word but I really mean it..
*any idiot* would understand that the decree was unconstitutionally issued,
(FYI, The decree was supposed to be issued by the *cabinet*, not solely by the
Prime Minister and later informed the cabitnet by sending out memorandums!!)  
therefore, it should have been canceled and all the cases previouslu ruled by
the false decree should have been handed over to the regular law of Thailand.

This is the simplest logic to me, and I cannot in a million years understand
why the "should-be-intelligent" but "actually-stupid" members of Thai parliament
could not understand it!!!

And the worse thing is...they couldn't even come up with any better excuse to 
get themselves out of this mess!!!

> 
>I firmly believe in the buddhist concept of forgive and forget but
>this case is so gigantic that i think it is a referrundum on our
>national justice process in itself. Failing to resolve this case
>according to the Law will undoubtedly develop to be a national keloid.
>The keloid could easily turn malignant upon a minor infection.
> 
>-Tawit
> 

I agree with Khun Tawit again here. :)  This incident is too gigantic and tragic
to let those responsible get away with it.  To forgive and forget will not do
us or our country any good.  Unless we bring justice to this, history will 
repeat itself again.  And how much more do you think we can afford to loose?
How many more lives will have to be sacrificed?  We've lost enough, have we not?

Unalome

P.S. I apologize to fellow netters for my choice of words.   I just want to
spell out *loud and clear* so that this incident will not be another wave that
hit the shore and disappear.