tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785107449482074318.post5799563273527496644..comments2023-10-15T03:28:56.526-07:00Comments on Les Enfants Perdus: Thailand gets bloody!mlucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03105822851312475176noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785107449482074318.post-45036240716712983262010-03-19T07:52:56.344-07:002010-03-19T07:52:56.344-07:00It is an authentic festival which functions by bri...It is an authentic festival which functions by brightly highlighting its own moment and punctuating an otherwise tedious equilibriun; a yearly occasion of misrule in which structure is ritually denounced and secretly strengthened through that denunciation. What would these people do if the reviled government were overthrown? How lost they'd then be, wandering in a featureless land with no figure upon which to project their misery. Without a hated leader what meaning would they have in their lives? <br /><br />That the sacrificial vessels were old plastic water bottles is the most telling detail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com