Antonio Salgado: A Risk Too Far...
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by Vactor
As more and more of presidential candidate Antonio Salgado's history with corruption comes to light, the citizens of eThailand have been left with some serious considering to do.
Antonio claims to be a changed man, and to all outward appearances he seems to be. He has put forth a commendable effort participating in our recent governments has recently acted as an upstanding member of our community.
Is this enough for us to hand over the keys to a person who was willing to steal from the treasury in the past?
Hardly!
Antonio Salgado was accessory to embezzlement, among other charges and as such, reformed or not, should never be allowed access to our highest office.
Like many of you I too applaud the work that Antonio has done in the recent months, however with a history like his, his intentions should always be considered with suspicion.
The risk is too great.. The toils of too many eThailanders would be lain on the line..
Antonio Salgado is at best an opportunist who saw the writing on the wall when the"emperor" he had toadied up to was finally deposed, and at worst...and at great risk to our country, a Wolf in Sheep's clothing, biding his time until he can once again dip his hands into our coffers.
Antonio Salgado has plenty of ways to serve his country other than via presidency, let him continue to pay his penance through those.
I would invite all eThailanders to join me as I vote for Guy Kilmore for President. Let us keep our course towards a better eThailand steady.
Vactor
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Im getting kind of sick of people bringing up something thats happened a while ago. Like youv'e said hes been putting forth much effort recently for thailand, and he also wants to continue to help even more. In my opinion its what someone wants to do in the present and future that more important than a mistake in the past.
And by the way he was also one of the few people who gave back all the money he recieved. I can see how some people are skeptic about him, but im sure he sincerely wants to create change and help out Thailand.
He refused to give back the money for a good long while claiming we would steal it. His response to our article "Final chance for TNT members to rescind their corruption and give back the stolen money" was something like "Hi I farted". I'm not saying he never gave back the money, but I doubt he intended to give it back when he and his TNT friends first stole the money.
I support your endorsement. I was one of the people who verbally tilted with Antonio in those days and I remember what the atmosphere was like. It was a tense time. I do think Antonio both regrets those past action and has truly changed. I do think he attempts to do what is right for Thailand in his offical capacities. My reasons for running against him are that I think I have a better vision for Thailand and a different approach than he does. If he wins, I would support his government just as I hope he does mine if the reverse happens.
With that said, it is important that EVERY Thailander remembers the corruption that occured in beta and guards against it. It was what made Thailand a laughing stock and drove active players from the country. It affectively killed these eNation for a long time. I have no wish to relieve that time again.
In my point of view, Antonio has showed enough about how he changed and how much he's fighting for our country.
If you can't see it, I'm sorry but you need glasses or someone who explain the things to you.
And I really don't think that flamming Antonio will bring people to vote on you, or in anyone who you set up as your candidate.
This article is far from a flame, this is the public airing of a concern about a well documented character flaw in a candidate.
That he gave back the money when finally cornered, and has done work to improve his public image gives us reason to allow him to be a welcome member of our community, but is far from a reason to entrust the highest levels of our government in him.
I welcome Antonio's efforts to improve eThailand, and I am happy to have him continue in any capacity that does not give him exclusive power.
I do not fault Vactor for these feelings. I quite understand them. This is the key reason why it is important to combat corruption in all its forms, because it not only discourages active players it can leave a taint on others.
@Jesse:
>In my opinion its what someone wants to do in the present and
>future that more important than a mistake in the past.
I agree that we're seeing a distressing and distracting tendency here to focus on Rockman-era Antonio. I think we all know by now what he did then and that he claims to have reformed. Poring over this in great detail isn't really informative at this point nor needful so long as no one actually forgets what happened. But an insistence on making this the centerpiece of the election simply polarizes us into "for" and "against" camps, alienates these two sides, and breaks down any hope of substantive debate into a popularity contest.
In more detail: http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/more-than-character-why-i-cannot-support-antonio-salagado-for-president-716545/1
Sorry, more at various points you took from another newspaper that has already been reviewed indeed. His comments may not be fair, some things speak more about the past true.
More when he says that will not do more shows and more than a day that will do, do not you think he may be trying to get a second chance? Many tiveras not, you also want a future, give him a chance!
I think that he already proved that he wants the best to our country, but I don't think your thoughts will ever change, and it's not necessary that you change them either. New players arrive everiday, and they are seeing how Antonio is working to improve our country.