chapter 2 thais tied in an ineluctable knot , the fate of democracy , and other conundrums metaphysical and otherwise i hear it : from the open balcony there is more of the ongoing cacophony conjoined with wafting acrid smells of gunfire around rajamangala stadium and ramkamhaeng university , siamese twin monstrosities , strident misconfigurations , that pummel like cluster headaches .