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Posted 2010-03-24 19:08:27
Red Shirts plan intensified protest as international parliamentary meeting convenes in Bangkok
BANGKOK (TNA) – A leader of the Thailand's Red Shirt protesters -- the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) -- said the protest will be larger Saturday, claiming three to five times the number of demonstrators as were in last week’s caravans.
Red Shirt leader Nuttawut Saikua said the number of protesters will increase about three to five times from last weekend’s motorcade that snaked through roads in Bangkok and Thonburi.
The Red Shirts will contact local and foreign media as well as the Guinness Book of World Records to see if it could set a record number of protesters joining campaigns to oust the prime minister.
About 65,000 Red Shirts travelled in a convoy of vehicles and motorcycles through the capital's key streets Saturday to raise support from Bangkok residents and pressure the government to dissolve Parliament.
Meanwhile, Jatuporn Prompan, another top leader and an opposition Puea Thai Party member of parliament said is party's MPs did not attend Parliament
on Wednesday as the barbed wire rings and concrete cordons placed by soldiers around the Parliament was considered disrespect honour of Members of Parliament, signifying that MPs must follow orders of the Army.
How will the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly begin, as soldiers occupied several areas, Mr Jatuporn asked, stating that the Red Shirt leaders would not move its activists to Parliament on Thursday.
The 122th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly to be attended by 153 member countries will begin Saturday and will run to next Thursday (April 1) at the Sofitel Centara Grand Bangkok and Convention Center in the downtown Rajprasong area.
If the police set up checkpoints to block protesters, the Red Shirts will break them, threatened Mr Jutuporn.
Meanwhile, Pol Maj-Gen Piya Uthayo, spokesman of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, said about 22 companies of police will remain assigned around Parliament until its sessions end this week.
He expressed concern about the mass protest on Saturday when the international parliamentary assembly begins.
About 150 police officers will be deployed at the meeting’s venue and security officers will also be dispatched to 18 hotels where participants will stay, said the spokesman. (TNA)
-- TNA 2010-03-24
Posted 2010-03-24 19:16:02
Quote Red Shirt leader Nuttawut Saikua said the number of protesters will increase about three to five times from last weekend’s motorcade that snaked through roads in Bangkok and Thonburi.
The Red Shirts will contact local and foreign media as well as the Guinness Book of World Records to see if it could set a record number of protesters joining campaigns to oust the prime minister.
Is he legally retarded or just stupid?
Posted 2010-03-24 19:23:30
Bottom line:
We'll contact Guinness Book of World Records in order to entice more protesters. It's nothing but a gimmick like everything else before this.
When will the folks wake up, this is not about democracy.
Posted 2010-03-24 19:34:15
nah, jst a Guinness will do the trick.  
Posted 2010-03-24 19:47:16
 elcent, on 2010-03-24 20:34:15, said:
nah, jst a Guinness will do the trick.
Make it a Theakstons Old Peculiar and I may be tempted.
Posted 2010-03-24 19:48:32
Retarded and stupid. Former PM Anand said it best - reds are being destroyed by their own idiot leaders. Just sit back and watch the stupidity fly.
Posted 2010-03-24 20:27:17
TAWP, on 2010-03-24 19:16:02, said: Quote Red Shirt leader Nuttawut Saikua said the number of protesters will increase about three to five times from last weekend's motorcade that snaked through roads in Bangkok and Thonburi.
The Red Shirts will contact local and foreign media as well as the Guinness Book of World Records to see if it could set a record number of protesters joining campaigns to oust the prime minister.
Is he legally retarded or just stupid?
There goes 30% more drop in tourism. Poor get poorer, rich don’t give a shi....t
Posted 2010-03-24 20:48:42
Well i guess a world record was bound to be broken sooner or later..
World record for Land with the most diverse and largest number of neverending hubs...
World record for Land with the most continuous crackdowns ect ect
On this occasion maybe a world record for the most nuttiest display of behaviour shown from a former prime minister is more fitting 
Posted 2010-03-24 20:52:15
givenall, on 2010-03-24 20:27:17, said: TAWP, on 2010-03-24 19:16:02, said: Quote Red Shirt leader Nuttawut Saikua said the number of protesters will increase about three to five times from last weekend's motorcade that snaked through roads in Bangkok and Thonburi.
The Red Shirts will contact local and foreign media as well as the Guinness Book of World Records to see if it could set a record number of protesters joining campaigns to oust the prime minister.
Is he legally retarded or just stupid?
There goes 30% more drop in tourism. Poor get poorer, rich don't give a shi....t
The rich don't give a shi....t is exactly what it is all about. The longer I stay in Thailand the more i realize this fact. It starts in the schools at a very early age where the kids are brainwashed into worshiping the elite. The message is then carried on through propoganda which can be seen everwhere in Bangkok and elsewhere in Thailand. The poor are taught to be grateful for what they have while Thailand remains one of the biggest 'haves' versus 'have not' societies in the world. I know a lot of the Bangkok rich. They don't care about poor people. Look at the support base of the Yellow shirts , its the 'haves' the ones that want to deprive the poor of even having a vote, the ones Abhisit relies on for support. Before anyone says it,it is a great pity that a 'have' like Thaksin supported the 'have nots" as it will take them a long time to get over him, but when they do they will be the major force in Thai politics.
Posted 2010-03-24 20:56:58
landofthefree, on 2010-03-24 20:52:15, said: givenall, on 2010-03-24 20:27:17, said: TAWP, on 2010-03-24 19:16:02, said: Quote Red Shirt leader Nuttawut Saikua said the number of protesters will increase about three to five times from last weekend's motorcade that snaked through roads in Bangkok and Thonburi.
The Red Shirts will contact local and foreign media as well as the Guinness Book of World Records to see if it could set a record number of protesters joining campaigns to oust the prime minister.
Is he legally retarded or just stupid?
There goes 30% more drop in tourism. Poor get poorer, rich don't give a shi....t
The rich don't give a shi....t is exactly what it is all about. The longer I stay in Thailand the more i realize this fact. It starts in the schools at a very early age where the kids are brainwashed into worshiping the elite. The message is then carried on through propoganda which can be seen everwhere in Bangkok and elsewhere in Thailand. The poor are taught to be grateful for what they have while Thailand remains one of the biggest 'haves' versus 'have not' societies in the world. I know a lot of the Bangkok rich. They don't care about poor people. Look at the support base of the Yellow shirts , its the 'haves' the ones that want to deprive the poor of even having a vote, the ones Abhisit relies on for support. Before anyone says it,it is a great pity that a 'have' like Thaksin supported the 'have nots" as it will take them a long time to get over him, but when they do they will be the major force in Thai politics.
good points indeed. you're right, I was disturbed how at a tender young age they are aware of class. I known western kids eventually want to be cool to and fit in, but not like here. seen rich bangkok kids often call others: khon baan nork. there is a lot of division of class here, and a long way toward realization of democracy and equality or any of those concepts. Such is life I suppose in a developing country.
Posted 2010-03-24 21:21:07
The PAD yellows are a small minority. Yes that faction vote for Abhisit but only a small portion of his total support. This is the same tired old false propaganda, that if you are anti-Thaksin, you are pro yellow and against poor people. The Thai democrats have not once suggested they support the PAD/yellow idea of a mostly appointed parliament. I could use the same argument, that the Thai communists mostly vote with Thaksin, to argue that the reds are a communist movement.
Edited by Jingthing, 2010-03-24 21:22:14.
Posted 2010-03-24 21:25:11
Guinness Book of World Records?
If the RED capture the airport, maybe the Guinness guy might come.
Posted 2010-03-24 21:29:32
Exactly how many of Abhisits MP's were wearing yellow shirts? Anyone know?
Posted 2010-03-24 21:38:06
So here is a question.
What happens if one person says at the front of all this i got a good idea lets all go to the airport.
Lemmings springs to mind.
I know world record for lemmings
Or reddings if there is such a word and you get my drift.
Posted 2010-03-24 21:52:19
These people have really gone crazy.
Posted 2010-03-24 21:55:02
chesneychez, on 2010-03-24 21:52:19, said: These people have really gone crazy.
actually that happened prior to this point. 
Posted 2010-03-24 21:58:02
Wonder if there is a world record for number soldiers protecting a government from its own people?
I've heard its 47 000 in Bangkok at the moment but not sure that true.
Posted 2010-03-24 22:13:08
Jingthing, on 2010-03-24 21:21:07, said: The PAD yellows are a small minority. Yes that faction vote for Abhisit but only a small portion of his total support. This is the same tired old false propaganda, that if you are anti-Thaksin, you are pro yellow and against poor people. The Thai democrats have not once suggested they support the PAD/yellow idea of a mostly appointed parliament. I could use the same argument, that the Thai communists mostly vote with Thaksin, to argue that the reds are a communist movement.
Posted 2010-03-24 22:39:10
Kewl - hope they get 10x the numbers, but based on past events probably should be more modest. 
Posted 2010-03-24 22:49:47
They should try to set a record of blood removed from their bodies. I would say if each participant can get 4 liters out it would be kind of fun. Then they could all take a nap.
Posted 2010-03-24 22:55:13
landofthefree, on 2010-03-24 20:52:15, said: Look at the support base of the Yellow shirts , its the 'haves' the ones that want to deprive the poor of even having a vote, the ones Abhisit relies on for support.
On the contrary, PM-Abhisit doesn't receive the support of a single PAD/NPP PM, because there are none. 
But with BS like this being fed 24/7 to the Red-Shirts, the chances of a fair election are pretty-much zero, in the short-term at least. So much for 'true democracy'. 
Posted 2010-03-24 23:48:57
Ricardo, on 2010-03-24 16:55:13, said: landofthefree, on 2010-03-24 20:52:15, said: Look at the support base of the Yellow shirts , its the 'haves' the ones that want to deprive the poor of even having a vote, the ones Abhisit relies on for support.
On the contrary, PM-Abhisit doesn't receive the support of a single PAD/NPP PM, because there are none.
But with BS like this being fed 24/7 to the Red-Shirts, the chances of a fair election are pretty-much zero, in the short-term at least. So much for 'true democracy'.
Unless you count Kasit Piromya....
Posted 2010-03-24 23:56:27
TAWP, on 2010-03-24 19:16:02, said: Quote Red Shirt leader Nuttawut Saikua said the number of protesters will increase about three to five times from last weekend’s motorcade that snaked through roads in Bangkok and Thonburi.
The Red Shirts will contact local and foreign media as well as the Guinness Book of World Records to see if it could set a record number of protesters joining campaigns to oust the prime minister.
Is he legally retarded or just stupid?
I think she was too embarrassed to take him for the official tests,
and so just put him back in the cupboard till he was to big for it.
3rd of 4th time I saw this post and it ALWAYS made me laugh.
Thanks TAWP
Posted 2010-03-25 00:31:34
Great. These idiotic protesters see Thailand as a playground. Very immature
Posted 2010-03-25 02:52:54
Based on those numbers they will have 3x the number they had during their "million man" protest. Somehow I doubt this.
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