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Indeed. Here in Thailand we also have brilliant generals who spent millions on these things, sold as model "GT200" here. Even after it was exposed as a fraud an
by geomark 11y ago
Indeed. Here in Thailand we also have brilliant generals who spent millions on these things, sold as model "GT200" here. Even after it was exposed as a fraud and the fraudsters jailed the Thai generals insisted they worked, and kept getting young army men killed using them in the south where there has been a insurgency for decades.
- digi_owl 11y agoEmperors new clothes comes to mind...
- hellweaver666 11y agoI remember when travelling to Thailand reading in the tour guides that you have to be careful because the Thai are very keen on "saving face". If you ask a local for directions, they will give you wrong directions if they don't know the way rather than admitting that they just don't know.
- digi_owl 11y agoReminds me of why i don't like sitcoms. Because the joke all too often is about one or more people that can't admit fault and so end up dragging a issue along while the excuses etc snowballs. But then i have the social graces of granite...