Mentors Posted April 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 i agree with Somchai888. If someone has really interests about other views, the person can find independent and uncensored articles and serious websites. And lucky, even not just in English. :happyeaster: and :offline: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 One big flaw in the argumentation.. Using the argument: "Maybe of more relevance to this forum: if the Red Shirts get their way, there may be more options for village girls than picking rice and sucking fat farang cocks. Quick, to the barricades!" -> for most of these girls this is a choice of life sorry but every single girl I met (no matter the sort of venue) -> entered the industry to make "big money".... Most the regular TG I know don't come from middle or hiso...they are daughters of farmers who went to university and got a decent job... What pisses me off, no matter who is right or wrong -> violence by a minority (80-100 thousand people are a minority in a country counting more than 60 million people). If these people were fighting for more rights: . They could stop selling their products to the cities -> food especially would seriously wake up the "establishment" and middle class . They could block all the roads in their hometowns plenty of other ways to make their voices heard but without violence... Now, they are just being used by one man for his own selfish interests. Why couldn't these people just wait the next election? Of course, it is better to let Thaksin back, reinstate him as PM so he can deal with the mess he created... (but then I will not give a shit about LOS anymore as by that time my girlfriend and her family will have been relocated here) Propaganda and nonsense arguments work both ways Note: Before you throw stones at me... I only see advantages with the current situation in Thailand in my personal life -> if the red shirts continue this for one or two months it will all be benefit to me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 @Somchai888 If you are looking for a forum with plenty of anti yellow etc... go have a look at the forums of some major western newspapers. -> quite more agitated than here. And you can discuss the "taboo subject" there, they all do....even if most of them don't even know the name of the "taboo person". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkoktraveler Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Got to remember Mr. T. stood for democracy which meant some got executed without an arrest or trial. Hard to believe some people love him for his Democracy. As for me, I got hurt as a result of an attempted robbery right after another one of his 'war on drugs' programs began. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Somchai888 likes to pop up, stir some shit and then disappear for a while, I wouldn't take him seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I thought he was Mentor's alter ego difficult to believe there are two BM's so disillusioned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waerth Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Oh have a look at Thaivisa you will find tons of farangs whom even now spindoctor why the reds are saints and not to be blamed for any of the violence. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so said. I am also getting a bit upset with BBC's Jonathan Head for feeding biased crap. Waerth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I think (hope) he's just a shit stirrer, because the possibility of him actually believing what he writes is just too horrific to contemplate...!! Mentors I'm bemused about... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I think the biggest mistake of the reds is best resumed by this article: -> attacking/killing police/soldiers is "fair fight"....but I suppose the UDD is too coward to do so -> hence they attack/kill simple citizens. Hope it will be the UDD's grave What if the UDD pisses enough BKK people? How many people are living in BKK now? More than the UDD mob I guess.... Please, Thai people (Bangkokians) give some hope -> chase the reds out of your city Thais V Thais ----------------------------- Angry residents repel invading protesters By: Post Reporters Published: 13/04/2009 at 11:01 PM Angry residents took violence into their own hands on Monday to help soldiers and police disperse United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) protesters in their neighbourhoods. In Din Daeng, apartment residents helped soldiers remove a gas tanker used by red shirt protesters to thwart government forces. About 50 residents of the flats asked the demonstrators and truck driver to move the tanker away from their homes because of the presence of children and the elderly. The protesters refused and the ranting of the drunken tanker driver only angered the residents. One resident, who gave his name only as Tanawat, said he did not want to interfere in the rally but did not think the protesters should hold people hostage. The red shirts opened the valves of the gas containers and prepared to set the tanker alight, Mr Tanawat said. They also parked a bus near the tanker, apparently to use it to feed the planned fire. Some protesters threw petrol bombs into the apartment compound, he said, but the residents managed to put out the fire. "Fire cannot force us out. This is our home," Mr Tanawat said. Other residents attacked the red shirts for only thinking of themselves and not caring about the danger they were causing others. The ageing Din Daeng flat compound is a sizeable community made up of many buildings each housing 80 rooms. Soldiers stationed in the area since the morning removed the tanker in the late afternoon. Villagers near Wat Somanas Rajavaravihara near Ratchadamnoen Nok Avenue yesterday also expressed anger at the red shirt protesters after they fired on and threw petrol bombs at the army headquarters. They also torched tyres and five buses at the intersection. Residents armed themselves with whatever was at hand to use against the protesters. But soldiers intervened and told them "to let officers keep order and peace", one resident said. The troops then fired on the protesters and a gunfight took place lasting about an hour. The protesters eventually fled after trying to set fire to buses and the nearby Forest Industry Organisation office. Also, about 200 Muslims gathered near Phetchaburi road to attack red shirts who had destroyed their shops and cars on Phetchaburi Soi 5 and 7 while returning to Government House. At least 1,000 rioters, who were pushed from Ratchaprarop road by the military, broke shop windows and destroyed four cars and 10 motorcycles as well as fired guns at a mosque, Daral Amarn. The angry residents brandished wooden clubs, knives and iron bars in preparation to fight the red shirts. Cars holding red shirts were attacked with sticks before the residents returned to their homes as police forced the red shirts to withdraw. Sompong Potisiri, a coffee vendor, said the red shirts smashed her pushcart. "I was shocked and don't know who to ask for compensation," she said. "I never thought there would be something like this." A Muslim leader said the action was unacceptable. The mosque was sacred to the Muslim community. "They've done too much to us," he said. "We feel very angry." The military led by Col Apirak Kongsompong, deputy chief of staff of the 1st Division of the King's Guard, turned up later at Uruphong intersection to tell residents the red shirts' action was not a fight for democracy but rioting pure and simple. He called on the residents to resist the rioters. Some local people angered by the red shirts' actions clapped their hands in support of the officers. In a related development, 500 residents living near the Yommarat intersection and Nang Loeng market also forced out the protesters. The residents joined the police to disperse the rioters, shouting: "This is my home. You all should get out." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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