Al Jazeera: Slingshots & Firecrackers, That’s All They Had

Relive Black May with Al Jazeera’s “The Rageh Omaar Report: The Year of Living Dangerously.” As if the Thai government’s PR campaign fell on deaf ears you’re left wondering if the red shirts are no front. The last words belong to the opposition, it’s the government that’s in need of explanations. Add some somber music and there you have a classic drama.

There is always the danger of superficiality and clichés when outsiders try insider reports. It’s suggested the poor and innocent were only armed with slingshots and firecrackers. Still, we learn that the reds try to turn the pro-Thaksin movement into something very different, into a class war – and why is it that fewer people visit Siriraj Hospital these days?

Think what you want of our governor, but Sukhumbhand’s assessment of implicitly calling the red protest self-defeating gets lost amidst much “there’s no way out.” Sukhumbhand warns the rural people who were on the streets they’re the first to feel the effects of the protest. They’ll suffer. We hear Jatuporn, but no word about the cash war, war weapons, lies and deception.

No wonder the reports’ comments at Al Jazeera’s YouTube site are locked. Or is there a way out? And just a thought: If the reporter would ask his local colleagues how to pronounce local names he’d only gain credibility.




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June 21, 2010 | Filed Under Books & Movies, News & Media, Politics 

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4 Responses to “Al Jazeera: Slingshots & Firecrackers, That’s All They Had”

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  2. Occasional Poster on June 21st, 2010 12:20 pm

    Poor journalism from the site the station that actually showed footage of armed reds and reported them as armed and violent.

    The red leadership have people who are very well connected in the media industry and they also have a few propagandists par excellence. I don’t include the ludicrous Sean in that though as he is clearly an idiot.

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  3. denyzofisarn on June 22nd, 2010 4:16 am

    I believe terrorists have lots of time to think through what they set to achieve. 9/11 was a masterpiece! Osama bin Laden’s family business was building demolition. When I saw it on TV I told my son that was some Hollywood movie worth catching. It was so real! Well, I was disappointed when my son said: “Dad, that was CNN breaking news.”

    9/11, “happy birthday!” after every M79 “boom” … Think of all the fireworks on every December 5th’s night. Bangkok is a birthday cake with many buildings on fire. Failed state checklist, please! Let’s hope his heart will go on when he hears and sees Bangkok burning, like old capital Krungsri, from the north wing of Siriraj Hospital. across the Maenam. Meanwhile, Nero was out shopping with his daughter in LV Paris. Probably humming his favorite “My heart will go on” to the store’s music. Someone saw me in LV Paris and see, I know nothing about Bangkok on fire. Perfect alibi, criminologist. I am no terrorist, I no have time for that. I am busy with business deals and no time to be terrorist.

    Ai Lerm sent some tomato snipers to waste Seh Daeng and do it from my enemy’s building Dusit. Seh Daeng has opened his big mouth again about me (grin and bear) lately during his squabbles with Jatuporn. Ai Daeng is not indispensible and is stupid to fight 40k soldiers. Corner the 2nd-hand tyre market and knock out all CCTVs. And don’t forget to happy birthday Dusit Hotel with our signature M79. And send all bulls from Isaan at the protest site to join the slum thugs and don’t give the soldiers any sleep. Spike our mens’ f/b with cannabis that will make them fearless and jolly too. Please try to waste 82 innocent Thais and farang. We need a good body count to nail Ai Mark and Ai Thug. Authenticate our lies, always! That is a very special birthday #. Some succumbed to their injuries in the hospitals. The blood of 90 innocent people in AV and Suthep Thaugsuban’s hands, alas “All the perfume of Arabia can’t wash the blood off your hands” murderers!!

    The latest spin was some horny soldiers raped protesters in Wat Pathum Wanaram. I thought the Chula Hospital nurses were threatened that. Doctor Jutaporn or Doctor Promphan Noparit the pallbearer, whose spin was that? Doctor Robert Amsterdam, checklist spin on human right abuse, plsease. Sun Tse’s war strategy? If it hurts your enemy, hit there again and again.

    Rob Amsterdam, I begin to understand Hilter’s feeling!

    Nai Chao Thugxin: “I never bend the law (since Sept 19, 2006). Pure allegations!” But frankly, sir, do you miss it? Then milking big time? Small wonder all your subordinates were performing pretty well. They mostly depended on your ability to perform all your honest-mistake sleight of hand. One simple reminder they still chop off hands for stealing in Saudi Arabia.

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  4. max on June 23rd, 2010 9:56 am

    You continue to be a disgrace. I get it.

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