Balance: Salon boss Thanakit Somwong, of Bangkok, says he tries not to talk politics with clients because it's too divisive. Andy Nelson/The Christian Science MonitorFrom The Christian Science Monitor:
Lawmakers are to pick a new prime minister Monday – the third in four months, reflecting the country's polarized politics.
BANGKOK, THAILAND - As lawmakers here prepare to pick Thailand's third prime minister in four months, the polarized country appears to have stepped back from the brink of all-out political violence.
Tempers have cooled since a court ordered the dissolution of three political parties in the ruling coalition on Dec. 2. As a result, antigovernment protesters ended a week-long occupation of Bangkok's two airports that wrecked the country's tourism industry.
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My Comment: One must always respect the democratic choice of the majority .... failure to do so will only create a great deal of resentment and anger .... which in tuen will punish everyone.