Thailand riot
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I'm rather confused about it now, what's going on, why are the red shirts protesting, and are they related to the airport lockdown?
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lol, from their party names
both seems to be supporting the same course
against dictatorship = for democracy isn't it?
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red shirts are the pro thaksin group which are the direct opposition of the yellow shirts which closed down the airport.
tit for tat.
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The situation is getting very frantic...
The minister warns on use of force on the protestors...
Things are going to get bloody...
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yea. they sized a thai army apc.
think the military leaders are just sympathetic... same old same old, seize power again.
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And the yellow shirts are now the blue shirts.
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Haiz... what's wrong with these people nowadays? At the end, it's the people who will suffer.... Not many will come to travel or invest in Thailand....
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Originally posted by cassie:
And the yellow shirts are now the blue shirts.
blue shirts look like military or police to me. all young men of the same age.. not saying anything, just suspicious.
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my friends heading to bangkok leh.
is pattaya near bangkok?
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they need a war lah... riot is not going to solve the problem
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Originally posted by dumbdumb!:
my friends heading to bangkok leh.
is pattaya near bangkok?
I doubt so.... but the minister declared state of emergency at Bangkok as protestors have surrounded the Government House forcing the minister to leave the place....
Tell them to be careful over there.
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150 km south of Bkk but there are pockets of protests in Bkk as well. Generally it's confined to the Govt House area. If your friend avoids that place, should be fine. But be street smart.
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Asean summit got called off so the protesters are all heading back to bangkok
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hmm. tts bad
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now what is the point of the whole thing? to bring thaksin back into power? hope the reds will get trashed and yellow gain victory....i do not wish thailand end up like singapore politically
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planning a trip to chonburi area near pattaya, think need to hold bak now
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kengkia: Neither do we want singapore to end up like thailand lol. I wonder what's on the king's mind right now..
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i can't imagine a PAP style of rule in thailand...
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i can't imagine a PAP style of rule in thailand...
...if thaksin is back in power , he will only become worse...in order to prevent a coup again...in name...actually a good excuse for him to consolidate his power...hitler and his gang set up fire on reichstag and blame a commie for it and used that as excuse to remove any democratic traits of weimar republic...
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The red shirt attempt to bring Thaksin back to power is good for the people of Thailand.
Remember when Thaksin was in power, Thailand econ was good. He manage to bring Thailand from low point of economic crisis of 1997 to fast growing of the 2000.
Those Thai military ruler who overthrow him know nuts abt economic management.
And all countries are suffering from world econ meltdown, THailand needs leader like Thaksin to revivie the econ and save hundred thousands of job in Thailand.
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assuming what u say is true but what if thaksin do the path of PAP in the years to come how? TRT will become a self-serving govt. like the PAP. thaksin most likely will anoint one of his children as successor..he may be the brain but what abt his character? do u want thailand to end up like singapore?
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They've got a heck load of problems on their hands. The political mess, economic crisis, low tourism numbers, border clashes with cambodia.. not to mention the attacks that's been going on in the thai south.
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thailand still got king right?
what's the diff between king and pm? what's the king's role in the govt?
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myanmar and cambodia must be gleeing around right know i bet..
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