Red Serendipity (Poll)
Fascinating to see how multiple-sided the current sea of red emotion is. You can read into the movement whatever you want. Even if you’re there yourself, if you’re a fervent red, you’ll be able to find all kinds of justifications covering the whole spectrum from radicals to pro to diehard anti. Just pick your truth.
If you’re surfing through the English-language Thai blogosphere you’re witnessing a real people’s march with cheerful local crowds, a movement with a solid agenda and learn that some missions are accomplished. BangkokPundit has an interesting collection of positives: Red Shirts Losing?
On the other hand, depending on the sources you favor, there were fewer than 5,000 reds the other day. There’s material everywhere dealing with the disarray within the reds, with Thaksin’s questionable past and difficult character, with the futile wait for anything to be achieved, not to mention – to put it mildly – Thai society’s doubts and reservations about today’s reds. So what to believe? Who’s lying less? What’s “true”?
There’s some kind of serendipity back in Thai politics. You knew where your heart is, what is right and what is wrong. Now this wake-up call. For me at least the red march serves as a timely reminder to clear up and define one’s one position. They couldn’t make it clearer by their actions who they most probably are. Well it’s a march of records, kind of. Now they’re promising the world’s longest protest caravan. 80 km long, 2,000 cars … Looks like they don’t yet have an environment policy.
Maybe you always knew what is right and what is wrong. Maybe you didn’t change your mind, but adjust your mind – or are now even more convinced that you were always right, depending on how you “read” and “filtered” what information available. I, for one, am grateful the reds marched – to separate the wheat from the chaff. What was fuzzier before is slightly more clear. Face off. Maybe. For how long?
Did/does the red march change your mind?
I feel let down. There is no doubt that the reds have some serious grievances, unfortunately they have tied their bandwagon to Thaksin who has been a leader for their cause but for his own benefit.
With the excrement and blood episodes they have clearly demonstrated that their leaders are failing without a clear agenda. Perhaps it’s time to freshen things up and change their shirt color to puce or pumpkin … something light to coincide with the beginning of spring, might inspire some creativity in the cause.
This is the whole problem with this Talk-sin-ology (Thaksin’s thinking). His philosophy is based on, everything has to be better, bigger and immenser until the whole universe has been bought up and is his.
Follow his talks (who on earth would call this lectures), his actions, his purchases, his watch collection, etc. etc. Never ever any limit in sight. Always more more more …
This dream he sold to the farmers and followers and unfortunately they still believe in it.
Look at all those greedy red MPs who’ll do anything in the world to sell their souls in order to be able to get a piece of the cake. See Chavilit, Noppadon, Penkair, Jatuporn, Nattawut, Sean, etc. etc. Do you really believe they are working for justice for the poor and for democracy?? For a man who himself told us several times while in office: that he don’t need democracy, and who himself was nothing else than an arrogant dictator who always wanted to decide all by himself, even if he didn’t understand most matters?
Dream on dreamer. They have the same fever, arrogance and dream as Thaksin. More and better and bigger until you drop and forget that your soul is not based on money only.
But that’s not how the world works Mr. Thaksin. One day you will fall so deeply, that u will not be able to walk up and smile anymore.
I’m pretty sure already today, Thaksin can’t sleep well and is loaded with nightmares of his daily lies he has too present day by day, to keep his greed, power and purchase lust satisfied.
On another note:
Why should Abhisit hold peace talks with them?
Seriously, after they nearly tried to kill him a few weeks ago, and now smeared his own home with blood, while wife and kid were at home and all those threats? He’s still so polite and cool and is still working for the country, and is offering peace talks with a bunch of crocks?
Chapeau Abhisit and shame shame on the other guys – who just have one thing in mind: getting back into power, fill their pockets and keep up with there daily lies and low IQ actions and ideas and misuse the poor non-understanding Isaan farmers who still have no clue what Thaksin really has done to this country.
Morals and ethics and social divide never have been so low as today. They all are following Thaksin’s way: join with me or else you will suffer.
What would any of those mentioned red shirts leaders have said if anyone in Thailand smeared their house with blood?
How low can one get?
Shame on you reds, pack up and apologize to the ones who were loyal to you and followed your fake cause.
Agree, and despite the smooth talking “acceptable” appearances of one side, it starts at the top (and I’m not just talking about the reds).
Did anyone try The Nation’s graphic on Saturday or Sunday? It was measuring red demo with Google Earth and its rulers – 65 m across, so many meters long.
They calculated around 50,000 on the opening day, when everyone was reporting at least a 100,000. By my own multiplications there couldn’t have been more than 80,000, if they were standing 4 men on 1 sq meter.