[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a-LnwQiU5g[/media]
Yeah. Pretty cool if you ask me. Something like this would be unimaginable in the US.
Damn, I wonder how they managed to organise the entire thing without the government knowing.
umm its mainly tyres
bang cock
[QUOTE=Sethorion;21604266]Damn, I wonder how they managed to organise the entire thing without the government knowing.[/QUOTE]
I'm pretty sure the government have noticed all this...
did I just see jackie chan
That's pretty amazing. I hope it ends peacefully for them.
Asian protests always end alright.
[img]http://hivearchive.com/images/tankman.jpg[/img]
Oh
Heh, I was expecting a curtain made of bamboo. :(
hardcore motherfuckers
[QUOTE=NoDachi;21604277]I'm pretty sure the government have noticed all this...[/QUOTE]
No I mean I wonder how they managed to construct that huge wall without the government interfering.
Bangkok wall?
I dunno, I don't see it at all. It's just a barricade in some part of town to me.
hehe the wall stops the cocks from banging
GO REDSHIRTS! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!
What are their politics? democratic?
hypocratic
I'm really worried about this, im going travelling in Thailand for a month in about 5 weeks. I hope it gets better.
This is pretty badass.
And to be honest I didn't even realise there was a problem in Thailand.
"Weapons are drawn"
*shots of guys holding 2x4s*
[QUOTE=Hezzy;21608040]"Weapons are drawn"
*shots of guys holding 2x4s*[/QUOTE]
Yeah well the police are using lethal force.
I'm going to link a youtube video. Now to warn you it's extremely graphic, a guy gets shot in the head. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8p2lhlngZU[/url]
I don't mean for it to be a shock video but it's what's happening in Thailand right now. This shit's real.
"Hey, do you know the name of Thailands capital city"
"Yes, Bangkok"
"That's right, BANG COCK" *hit in the nuts*
Friend = :gonk:
[QUOTE=ProboardslolV2;21605615]GO REDSHIRTS! VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!
What are their politics? democratic?[/QUOTE]
"Democratic" as far as eastern politics go. The main thing that ties the red shirts together is their support for the former PM Thaksin. Their main demands is for the government to hold new elections and dissolve immediately.
Politically I'd say they're roughly a traditional populist party we see a lot in African and Asian countries. I remember reading a quote from an elderly Kyrgyzs fellow who supported the recent revolution in his country, but bemoaned that whereas old school revolutionaries like Lenin fought for the people, that the "the rich fight each other using the people". I think that's what we are seeing here as well.
I'm pointing this out because some people think that by wearing "red", they're socialist or communist. They're only wearing red because it was the color of Thaksin's former party, the Thai Rak Thai (Thai's love Thai's)
Thaksin was forced out of government back in 2006 by the army and so-called "Yellow Shirts", part of a bunch called the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) that was opposed to Thaksin and his supporters. The yellow shirts did something similar in that they went to Bangkok, protested, blocked parliament, and what not until the military moved in. Thaksin was forced out of power, his party the TRT was shut down, many of the candidates barred from holding office again.
Thaksin was a powerful businessman in Thailand, and he promised some progressive notions here and there mostly in social welfare. His supporters feel he was pushed out unlawfully and believe it has something to do with the fact that Thaksin existed outside of the traditional power triangle in Thailand, between the government, military, and the monarchy, who saw him as a threat.
Now the part that really ticked off the red shirts was this- after Thaksin's overthrow elections were held in 2007 to form a new government. A successor to the TRT (Thaksin's old Party) was formed- the People's Power Party (how it reeks of populism), and ended up winning a majority of votes in the elections over the opposition "Democratic Party".
Subsequently the PPP formed a government led by Sundaravej. The same bunch that forced Thaksin out of power- the PAD/ Yellow Shirts- took to the streets again and protested, causing havok and chaos (blocking parliament again, occupying airports, seizing control of government buildings, getting into violent confrontations with who would later become Red Shirts, and forcing the military's hand against the government) until eventually the court of Thailand banned the PPP and their associates, allowing for the Democratic Party to form their current government led by Vejjajiva, which the Red Shirts are currently protesting.
You can see why the Red Shirts might feel jilted- first they had to deal with Thaksin being given the boot, and later to see the party they backed get dissolved, rob them of their representation, and essentially leave the Democratic Party to run unopposed in government. That is why one of their demands is to have new elections, because it's obvious the Democratic Party was handed the government on a silver platter.
Red Shirts have been in Bangok for awhile, and their main aim is to cause enough of an economic drain (tourists are already staying away from Thailand, banks are closing, etc. to force the government to step down.
I'm also hearing that the yellow shirts are wanting to counter-protest against the Red shirts as well. It'd be interesting to see the two clash.
[QUOTE=Sethorion;21604266]Damn, I wonder how they managed to organise the entire thing without the government knowing.[/QUOTE]
The government know, i think they're gonna sit this out and see what happens.
[QUOTE=Wakka;21608175]Yeah well the police are using lethal force.
I'm going to link a youtube video. Now to warn you it's extremely graphic, a guy gets shot in the head. [URL]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8p2lhlngZU[/URL]
I don't mean for it to be a shock video but it's what's happening in Thailand right now. This shit's real.[/QUOTE]
Fucking hell...
we're looking into cancelling our flights to Thailand and going to Vietnam instead.
There's never going to be a politician everyone agrees with.
The red shirts are just destroying their own country for a corrupted politician to return and leech off more money.
I'd say at least 60% of the red shirts weren't educated properly and at least 70% of them don't even know how Thaksin was trying to remove the throne.
Thai people are so gullible. Especially all the hillbillies from the North-East. Fucking inbred low-lifes.
[QUOTE=Scotchair;21609166]Fucking hell...
we're looking into cancelling our flights to Thailand and going to Vietnam instead.[/QUOTE]
Do it. As a Thai citizen, I don't even want to live here.
[QUOTE=MercZ;21608720]"Democratic" as far as eastern politics go. The main thing that ties the red shirts together is their support for the former PM Thaksin. They're main demands is for the government to hold new elections and dissolve immediately.
Politically I'd say they're roughly a traditional populist party we see a lot in African and Asian countries. I remember reading a quote from an elderly Kyrgyzs fellow who supported the recent revolution in his country, but bemoaned that whereas old school revolutionaries like Lenin fought for the people, that the "the rich fight each other using the people". I think that's what we are seeing here as well.
I'm pointing this out because some people think that by wearing "red", they're socialist or communist. They're only wearing red because it was the color of Thaksin's former party, the Thai Rak Thai (Thai's love Thai's)
Thaksin was forced out of government back in 2006 by the army and so-called "Yellow Shirts", part of a bunch called the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) that was opposed to Thaksin and his supporters. The yellow shirts did something similar in that they went to Bangkok, protested, blocked parliament, and what not until the military moved in. Thaksin was forced out of power, his party the TRT was shut down, many of the candidates barred from holding office again.
Thaksin was a powerful businessman in Thailand, and he promised some progressive notions here and there mostly in social welfare. His supporters feel he was pushed out unlawfully and believe it has something to do with the fact that Thaksin existed outside of the traditional power triangle in Thailand, between the government, military, and the monarchy, who saw him as a threat.
Now the part that really ticked off the red shirts was this- after Thaksin's overthrow elections were held in 2007 to form a new government. A successor to the TRT (Thaksin's old Party) was formed- the People's Power Party (how it reeks of populism), and ended up winning a majority of votes in the elections over the opposition "Democratic Party".
Subsequently the PPP formed a government led by Sundaravej. The same bunch that forced Thaksin out of power- the PAD/ Yellow Shirts- took to the streets again and protested, causing havok and chaos (blocking parliament again, occupying airports, seizing control of government buildings, getting into violent confrontations with who would later become Red Shirts, and forcing the military's hand against the government) until eventually the court of Thailand banned the PPP and their associates, allowing for the Democratic Party to form their current government led by Vejjajiva, which the Red Shirts are currently protesting.
You can see why the Red Shirts might feel jilted- first they had to deal with Thaksin being given the boot, and later to see the party they backed get dissolved, rob them of their representation, and essentially leave the Democratic Party to run unopposed in government. That is why one of their demands is to have new elections, because it's obvious the Democratic Party was handed the government on a silver platter.
Red Shirts have been in Bangok for awhile, and their main aim is to cause enough of an economic drain (tourists are already staying away from Thailand, banks are closing, etc. to force the government to step down.
I'm also hearing that the yellow shirts are wanting to counter-protest against the Red shirts as well. It'd be interesting to see the two clash.[/QUOTE]
I'd like to add something here too, though - you glossed over the "before".
Before his removal from power he was dealing with the (then new) insurgency in the South and allegations that he was using the position he had for personal advantage (i.e. the sale of Shin to Temasek w/o having to pay capital gains tax, purchase of land from a quango, abolishing the air fare minimum when AirAsia and Shin were to open up shop in Thailand, granting of tax breaks to Shin, etc.), and a bunch of massive defamation lawsuits he'd brought against journalist. The PAD went out to protest claiming abuse of position. That's still being contested.
It's entirely true that he represents a populist and separate side. Don't make the mistake talking heads to and assign left-or-right positions to any side; the last time we had a proper left-right split was when it was (oversimplification follows) military v. civilian politicians, the former McCarthyist and the latter simply not. We got out of that impasse by having our king choose a civilian PM, the Army simply bowed out after the '93 massacres to be replaced by "pro-business" parties after the '97 economic thingee.
Now the role of the military is rather blurred and both sides simply claim "change" and policies that help different sets of people.
I really don't [i]want[/i] to know much, though. This isn't particularly informed but just pieced together from clippings I have.
Don't worry they will all be eventually killed off by dodgy gas monsters or evil robot's.
[QUOTE=Scotchair;21609166]Fucking hell...
we're looking into cancelling our flights to Thailand and going to Vietnam instead.[/QUOTE]
I would absolutely recommend Vietnam. I went there last year.
[QUOTE=binarybitz;21609196]
Do it. As a Thai citizen, I don't even want to live here.[/QUOTE]
That brings up my tally to three, welcome to the exclusive club
I have no time for this political non-sense. I need to study for my entrance exams. But it's growing onto me. D:
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