THAILAND - The political situation was back to normal - but it was necessary for the government to maintain the state of emergency for a time yet due to fears of fresh unrest, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday.
Once again, security means to give extraordinary powers to the government, and rather that freedom from fear, fear is the source of power, of legitimacy.
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UPDATE (July 7): As predicted, the state of emergency is far from coming to an end.