Watch The Beautiful Thai Commerical That’s Making The Whole World Cry

[Triana]

EDIT: LINK that tells more about the commercial: http://aattp.org/watch-the-beautiful-thai-commerical-thats-making-the-whole-world-cry/

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. It made the whole world cry........plus one.

SO beautiful...

I am deeply touched.

Thank you, my dear Triana...

[Voice for Peace]

2. plus another

I was waiting for a commercial commercial but it was
just about love. <-- love tears

[RebelOne]

5. And another. It was truly inspiring and a real tearjerker. n/t

[CurtEastPoint]

3. Kinda says it all. Kindness is repaid. Many times over.

[TreasonousBastard]

4. That is intense.

[MADem]

6. Yeah, I'll rec that--giving IS the best communication! nt

[seabeyond]

7. i LUV love. just put on make up to go out to lunch, too. beautiful. thank you. nt

[ErikJ]

9. One problem, it would validate RW ideologues

They would use it as an example of how a health care system can be based on personal charity rather than a "government takeover".

[mazzarro]

13. Yes indeed it will validated the RW idealogues

Though the gesture is truly touching. But personal charity will never cover all people in need of medical support.

[Triana]

19. True, it would. But we need both. Personal, private charity cannot provide health care for millions

It's just not possible. For-profit health care is IMO immoral and psychopathically parasitic. We need nationalized, single-payer. AND personal, private charity.

RWNJ's idea that private charity should provide health care for an entire nation and take care of all those in poverty is ignorant and very unrealistic. I believe they know better but they like to use this argument as a convenient excuse to save themselves and their wealthy owners from having to pay more taxes and/or have those tax dollars used for helping those less fortunate or who are injured or sick and can't afford to pay out of pocket.

So not only is it ignorant and unrealistic - it's arrogant and narcissistic.

[GeoWilliam750]

24. In the antebellum South

Even the slaveholders usually provided healthcare for their slaves.

Modern workers are not nearly as important to their employers.

[mbperrin]

33. That's because slaves are expensive property.

No maintenance, you lose it.

WAGE slaves, though, can and are replaced at the drop of a hat if their rental rate is not exceeded many times over by their work rate.


The rise of corporations along with their biggest advantage - total exemption from personal liability for anything done wrong by the officers and employees of the corporation - has led to a total disconnect between the corporation and their employees.

Adam Smith thought that allowing corporations was a bad thing. So do I.

[wundermaus]

45. Had not looked at it that way before...

Very insightful and illuminating perspective. Thank you.

http://www.globalissues.org/article/234/the-rise-of-corporations

[pangaia]

21. No it won't validate RW idealogues. Don't worry.

It actually has nothing to do with them. They don't understand it at all.

[nolabear]

31. No, I don't think so. The two aren't mutually exclusive.

[progressoid]

34. Yep, all we need is a few hundred thousand more "miracles" like this.

Yes, the video is touching, but we all know that daily there are thousands who won't get that act of kindness.

[Triana]

40. Millions.

And there aren't nor will there ever be enough acts of kindness to cover them all. That's why we need national, single-payer not-for-profit healthcare.

[fasttense]

47. Well, without millions of people going into bankruptcy

and total destitution from medical expenses, this commercial would NOT have the same impact.

It's that we all know how impossible the daughter's position is when she sees the bills for her father's illness that makes it so powerful. The charity of the doctor would be simply a shrug if not for the fact that to have life and health in a capitalistic economy, you must have vast wealth.

The doctor's and father's kindness to each other is so powerful because so many people are in the situation where they can NOT pay for health care and the cost will ruin their lives. There wont be some kind soul helping out the vast majority of us when we can't afford to be healthy anymore.

The commercial gets it's emotional strength from the very awfulness of a capitalistic health care system.

[Triana]

48. Well said. n/t

[roguevalley]

44. I am going to enjoy it for the grace it shows. F the pugs.

[Snake Plissken]

39. lol RW ideologues wouldn't have even transported him to the hospital without payment first n/t

[mountain grammy]

53. yes, my thoughts. sad but true...

[Adsos Letter]

10. I thought to myself "No way some TV commercial will make ME cry"

Proven wrong, once again...

[Link Speed]

26. Same here

Simply beautiful

[Stargazer09]

11. That is really sweet

It's nice to see a commercial that gets people to think about being kind to others.

[radiclib]

12. Lovely

Thanks!

[RC]

14. That is the way the world would mostly work without the money grubbers ruining it for the rest of us

We are what is important, not how rich we can get by screwing over our neighbors. Until we understand that, things will not be getting any better.
The video depicted Karma in action.

[gopiscrap]

15. Wow!!!!!!

this is amazing, I can use this as part of a sermon...I already have the title for it

[Iliyah]

16. K & R

Just beautiful and thank you!

[Lifelong Protester]

17. OK, now I'm crying

Great video/commercial. Thanks for posting it.

[bhikkhu]

18. Thanks

and yes, it did.

[WillyT]

20. HUGE K & R !!!

[Neutrino_603]

22. Thank you.

Thank you very much.

[GeoWilliam750]

23. Based on this story, I think

http://www.snopes.com/glurge/milk.asp

But still really well done.

[iandhr]

25. Wow

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Add one more...

[allan01]

28. re:Watch The Beautiful Thai Commerical That’s Making The Whole World Cry

pay it fore ward .

[Tikki]

29. As we age..the need to 'pay forward' should not only be strong...it should be urgent...

Tikki

[Sherman A1]

30. K&R

[barbtries]

32. it made me cry.

yes it did.

[ColesCountyDem]

35. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy". n/t

[djean111]

36. Made me tear up.

Plus - a beautiful reason why we need Single Payer - no one should have to sell their business because of sickness.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

37. Magnificent feature and message

Thanks for posting this....millions will see it.

[trocar]

38. Very, VERY Touching

[Demo_Chris]

41. Beautiful and moving... nt

[BlueJazz]

42. Tears.

[sandpan]

43. OMG! That was simply beautiful!

Follow the money! True Move H is Thailand tel-com company and you know a lot of money was spent to make this commercial. There's always money for their capitalist commercials but nothing to help their own people.

[Mnemosyne]

62. Nice to see you post, sandpan. I had to cry too, a beautiful video.

[Cha]

46. ..

Mahalo Triana~

[sinkingfeeling]

49. Brought tears to my eyes too.

[90-percent]

50. What's the point?

I don't understand how anybody could make any money from such a commercial?

So why did they bother?

-90% Jimmy, and honorary member of the .01%



, in lieu of the yet to be invented DU SNARK smilie

[aristocles]

51. No tears here

Just a better appreciation of the importance of basic humanity. We are all members of a tribe, as we were 300,000 years ago. Now that tribe is really really big.

One thing I've learned in 64 years, never be sarcastic, never be snarky. We are all in the same boat...food for worms. In 300 years, no one will remember that you were alive here once. Just be nice to the members of your tribe.

[cate94]

52. It worked

you made another person cry.

[mountain grammy]

54. It's a beautiful sentiment but should end with a message for universal health care

so more than one child can succeed in life. That the child had to steal medicine is the real message here.

[BrotherIvan]

55. Absolutely

And that the daughter had her pain and worry doubled as she was losing her father to going broke paying the bill. I know EXACTLY how she feels and no person should feel that way, EVER. Single payer is the only answer.

[ChiciB1]

56. Kicking... Thanks For Posting... n/t

[shireen]

57. i don't get it

nice little story, but if it is a commercial, what exactly is it advertising? Kindness? Karma?

[Trillo]

58. A very well done Psychological Operation!

Trust the hospitals and the doctors, because that bankruptcy-creating hospital bill you get will be completely wiped out by that good deed you did so long ago! Poof!

[grantcart]

59. This is a common theme in Thai thinking and its not really political in nature.

At the foundation of Thai cosmology and metaphysics is the Buddhist understanding of merit and that it is somehow

the only really immutable force in human action. Go good and it will be returned, do evil and it will follow you. If it misses you

in this lifetime it will get you next.

It is essentially the most democratic of thoughts because it causes the rich to be concerned that they are not investing enough

in their next life cycle, whether later in this life or in the next carnation.

The most vivid example of this I witnessed was when I was living in Bangkok and read a story about an older woman who was a

widow. Her children were grown and had good education and careers. Her small house was paid off and she had little need for

material goods. She went to her neighborhood bank and withdrew about $ 200,000 (about 80% of her savings) and put it

into a grocery bag. She got on a bus and went to the Governor of Bangkok's office and handed him the money.

The Governor of Bangkok at the time was an ascetic Buddhist layman. He and his wife had taken vows of celibacy.

He lived in a house with no walls so that anyone could take anything of his that they wanted. He drove an old clunker that

someone had given him and up until a few weeks before didn't have a TV until someone gave it to him.

The widowed grandmother was moved by his simple life and delivered her life savings so that he could use it to help the poor.

Chamlong Srimuang's strange story as a politician can be seen here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamlong_Srimuang

[Triana]

61. Thanks grantcart! Obviously there are different perspectives on life and wealth

in other parts of the world that are not based in selfish greed as they are in the US. This is good to know. I wish a little bit more (OK a lot more) of these perspectives would spread to America. Not that it could come anywhere near solving our chronic issues of medical bankruptcy and poverty, but it would help. Generosity and empathy are sorely lacking here, which has certainly helped cause the severe economic issues we see in the US.

[LostinRed]

60. Nice commercial

Made me tear up that is for sure. Kind of a weird commercial for a telecom they were really reaching with their tag line at the end.

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. Thanks, just sent it to others

Now what is that thing coming from the corner of my eye.