Flashermac Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Chalerm is saying not more than 30,000 turned out, but Michael Yon - who was there - says it had to be in the hundreds of thousands, when you figure in those who marched for only a portion of the seven hour trek! Yon says the march showed that the PDRC is still strong, even though not that many actually stay in the protesters' camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Today's march ends ... "Let our innocent gunmen go ... or else!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Flash,I keep reflecting on so many months of back and forth. I wonder what will change the course decisively? Extreme mob violence,the army having enough or perhaps the rice scandal? For now its seems an endless tit for tat with more grenades and guns. This recent stash of weapons was seized but Cambodian arms among other are readily available. :dunno: :dunno:Thoughts pulees... One man , one vote, and then respect the result is the only way to resolve this. However. We don't know what the reforms will be, nor who will govern whilst they are implemented, nor when, and under what circumstances any future election may be held. We can surmise that Sutheps backers will provide the government which will implement the " reforms". .We can surmise that the election will not take place until some mechanism has been constructed that will disenfranchise the Thaksin factions electoral power base. That process completed we can expect that any election will confirm Sutheps backers as the government. Thailands long glorious march into the abyss of totalitarianism can continue! In summary, if we don't have an election with one man one vote, and the result respected. then the country is f*cked. But hey, look on the bright side, Thaksins passport will be revoked, and the new PM will have a willy! (even if as an old Etonian he doesn't know what it is for!). And of course, when an expected unhappy event occurs, the right person will get the very top job. Because at the end of the day this is what it is really all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 One man one vote as long as they don't vote for the Shinawatra cnuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Munchie, who gets to decide who the people are allowed to vote for? Who decides who can get on the ballot and who can't? What are the criteria? This is fundamental, and Mr Suthep has never addressed this question. Neither have any of his comrades, minions, or mouthpieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 As long as Suthep doesn't provide any specifics, the protests can go on forever. In the 1930's, Hitler operated in a similar manner, making up a boogie man and playing to the crowds. Nothing new, same old formula.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 So did Takky. He calls them the "amart" and the reds still insist they must protect "democracy" from the "amart", whoever they are. Both sides sound a bit like a stuck phonograph record. (Apparently the "amart" are mainly wealthy Chinese Thai businesss familes, excluding of course all whose name is Shinawatra. They are called "prai" = peasants, as are the other wealthy red shirt leaders.) Suthep's best proposal so far is that provincial governors be elected, not appointed by the central bureaucracy. Thus, they would be responsible to the people in their province, which they clearly are not now. He also wants the police to be under the governor of each province, not appointed by the top brass in Bangkok and directly under the control of whatever government is in power. He calls for decentralising power, not consolidating it as the red shirts want to continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Not amart...they meant K-Mart...55555555555555555555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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