diamond, May 15 at 4:31 pm

And you live where?

You can yell all you like; it doesn’t make you
informed.
The world is full of armchair experts; and I haven’t
said one word defending the government, so what are you
on about?

I’m done with the likes of you.

You don’t answer because you can’t. What I’ve said is accurate and you know it, ouroborus. The only way you can defend the present government in Thailand is to defend the overthrow of an elected government by the army, which is supposed to exist to defend the people. It is not defending them, it is killing them. You can’t make wrong right by claiming superior knowledge that only you have. That’s an old trick of the right and it doesn’t impress me one bit.

diamond, May 15 at 7:05 am

Ah, another expert.
If you had said anything remotely accurate, I’d have
happily engaged you in a conversation.
Unfortunately that’s not to be.

Ouroborus you’re the one who doesn’t know what you’re talking about and you seem to be hellbent on spreading misinformation. The fact that matters here is that this is not an elected government: it is an illegal government which overthrew the elected government and while your chatty anecdotes about whether or not you feel safe may interest you they don’t interest me.

What is not safe at the moment is democracy in Thailand and clearly if the army is allowed to do what it’s done with no consequences you will have another Burma in place with only a pious hope that the King can be a stabilizing force to avoid outright Fascism such as exists in Burma. The present government is a fake, illegitimate government that will continue to keep much of the Thai population in such poverty that they sell their daughters to the sex trade to survive. Thaksin opened a real can of worms when he tried to do something about the hideous injustices and imbalances in Thailand. The red shirts want to move forward into the future but the army and the conservative forces around the Monarchy are determined to stay in the past and keep the rural people down any way they can.

Here;

http://tinyurl.com/2abxenk

That previous link was too long.

Here’s a link to a pretty good background article about
the “red shirts” in Asia Times;

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/LE13Ae01.ht
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Shawn Crispin (also from Asia Times) also has some very
informative articles regarding Thai politics.
In life things are rarely what they seem; and here in
Thailand it’s more so!

Commune115, May 15 at 3:50 am

With all due respect; you don’t know what you’re
talking about.
Do not presume to know what is going on here; you
don’t!

The poor and workers of Thailand have the right to resist government repression and demand change. Where are the solidarity movements here with the Red Shirts?! Last year it was quite an obsession among Limousine Liberals to cheer the Greens in Iran, but when movements which are actually led by the workers present themselves…silence.

This situation is far more dangerous than the coup. I
had no hesitation about traveling then and would tell
anyone who asked if it was safe to come to Thailand;
yes, by all means, come and enjoy your stay here.
Now and until this political situation is resolved, I
would strongly advise; do not come to Thailand.
The randomness of the violence means it could strike
anywhere, at anytime. While this is largely confined
to BKK; the red shirts have set up random road blocks
in other areas of the country.
I think it’s safe to say that nobody knows how or
when this will end. There are at least 5 embassies
closed including the U.S. and U.K.