Update from a friend in BKK

[scroobal]

You are the only one that seemed to know what the situation is . The legitimate govt was removed and the current PM has no right to be there. He got his position when his allies strangled Bangkok airport to a standstill for 3 days.

I am afraid if you are not siding you should only be listening to CNN and BBC. I am in Bangkok and have been here for more than 3 years and seen lots. Local press here is highly bias and very yellow. So when I say I heard from my Thai friends I am afraid they themselves are listening to very bias information.

If anyone wish to comment about Thai politics and accusing so and so is guilty he should spend some time on the countryside. No need to be in Isaan or north. So to the south too and then you can comment who is right and who is wrong.

Not dispersing from a protest site and asking for unreasonable demands do not deserve the army shooting at you. Army is use for war. Police is use for quelling riots.

And anyway what makes anyone think the poor is making unreasonable demand? If you voted in a government 3 times and it won three times overwhelmingly but 3 times it was taken away from you are you making unreasonable demand for the current government to be dissolve?

To say that "I believe Thaksin is the main culprit" is itself very bias.

 

[myo539]

All Thais are victims in this incident, regardless what shirt they wore. I'm not siding Abhisit/Elites/Royal family, but i still believe Thaksin is the main culprit in this holocaust.

If Thai PM and Generals are still in denied mode, they may even lose their pants!

At least Thaksin helped the poor Thais and brought prosperity and peace to Thailand. It's a good trade-off - the Thais would rather not have a nice Cambridge-educated PM but wars in the street and fire on the buildings.

 

[halsey02]

Don't believe in this Hocus pocus, voodoo shit.
She is just plain lousy with a track record like a train wreck.
If this is not Nepotism, then I don't know what is.

But dady-in-law says sHE is best to be found on planet earth, so you "sit down & shut up" or meet him at the cul de sac!

 

[halsey02]

Thaksin and Abhisit have not done well in not trying to work the problem out.
But the problem goes deeper than just the 2 of them.
There are also individuals in both the red shirts and the government who have their own agendas and who have contributed to the escalation of the situation instead of trying to contain or resolve it.

Where can we find independent news on the situation in Thailand?. The Nation & Bangkok Post are biased; just like the shit times & all the print & other media companies here; plus CNN is also slanted, BBC used to be very good...but not now anymore...