PAPER PIGEONS FOR PEACE

Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has developed a new way to stem separatist violence in the south. A mass government-sponsored littering campaign:

Thailand's Prime Minister Proposes Paper Pigeon Drops in South

Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand's Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra wants Thais to fold paper pigeons to be airdropped in the south to spread goodwill in an area where violence has killed hundreds.
The proposal was discussed at a weekly cabinet meeting today, spokesman Jakrapob Penkair said at a briefing in Ubon Ratchathani province, about 600 kilometers (361 miles) northeast of Bangkok. Thaksin proposed the idea after academics gave him an origami bird following a meeting on ways to solve the problem.
``The distribution of paper peace pigeons in the three southern provinces may not directly help solve the violence, but it will have an important impact in terms of spreading goodwill,'' Jakrapob quoted Thaksin as saying during the cabinet meeting. ``The prime minister said the problem in the south is reaching the point where enough is enough.''

I'm sure Lee Kwan-yew would not approve.