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[bacchanal]

whybother, on 2010-07-09 08:46:12, said:

The Yellows are minority.  The Reds are a (probably larger) minority.

The Democrats are not the Yellows.  The Yellows have their own party.

The Reds have their own party, too.

Their militia leader Sae Daeng set up the Khattiyatham Party for them.

[yoshiwara]

afarang, on 2010-07-08 19:43:38, said:

givenall, on 2010-07-07 21:43:12, said:

landofthefree, on 2010-07-07 21:14:20, said:

Well whose crystal ball do we believe, Abhisits or the TAT's? If they believe the PMs crystal ball does this mean TAT will be revising its projected number of tourists for next year downwards?.....I don't think so they are all still living in fantasy land!

If this demonstration is an annual event then we all have to learn from Carfur and pull out. This totally uncatchable that the government can't control the situation and allow these thugs to continue to destroy the country

What is Carfur? Who are the thugs? The yellow shirts are the the thugs ,they totally ,initially disrupted the tourist industry in Thailand, and have been allowed to go scot free!!!. Who lost their jobs ,as a result of the yellows blockade of BOTh the airports? Mainly they were lowly, underpaid people from Isarn!!Always it is Isarn people who suffer. Do the yellows care? Not on your sweet nelly.Take careful note of the double  standards that apply in this country. Yellows- scot free. Reds- in gaol.

I care that your red friends never again have the power to burn down the livelihoods of Bangkok workers.
Your double standards squeaking is no excuse for the red violence in Bangkok both in 2010 and 2009.
The SOE is in place so that the reds who are itching to have another go in Bangkok do not do so.
It is peaceful now in Bangkok. Peaceful from the absent red thugs. That is what you probably really find unacceptable.

Edited by yoshiwara, 2010-07-09 17:54:18.

[Wozzit]

otherstuff1957, on 2010-07-08 17:38:55, said:

What's really stopping the protests is the Govt. freezing the funds of Thaksin's family & associates.  No money = no protests.  It's as simple as that.

I don't think anyone knows how much Thaksin has stashed in his Caribbean accounts and elsewhere. Seems there were a lot of cash inflows to fund the last protest. So I can't believe it's a lack of cash.

[tartempion]

Robby nz, on 2010-07-09 09:58:41, said:

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Here in the village rice farmers are scared if any red shirt shows up in any big Thai city/town the army will fall out of the sky and burn their villages.

Tends to demonstrate the fear tactics and BS the reds have been using subjigate those they say they support.

Makes me think about a conspiracy theory:

The powers in place got the reds to trench themselves into Ratchapasong, clean the place whilst paying terrorist to create havoc, then claim possible renewal of protest to keep the Emergency law running for months, thus effectively making opposition impossible.

Dictatorship in the make?

[ericthai]

londonthai, on 2010-07-08 16:33:31, said:

if there are no democratic means (like uncensored information/communication, free discussion and democratic elections) to express their political views, than people will take to the streets to protest and some more desperate ones might turn violent.

the objective for the latest protests was the general election. Because the government is happy to hold at power (and profits coming from it) as long as it is possible, sooner or later there would be further protests. Might be this year, might be in 5 years, with new faces and new generation of politically aware people.

Guess you don’t remember that that government did concede to new elections, but the reds did not accept that and kept demanding more and more.

[symbiosis]

It's easy to stop these "thugs". Just hold a fair election and respect the results. Is that too much to ask?