Blood on the Streets

PS: Off topic but rumor has it that there will be some violence in BKK starting late the 29th or 30th. A few of us who live here are heading up north for a week. I hope it is just a rumor.

This was hidden in the censorship sucks thread. If there is anything in it people arriving shortly would surely be interested.

so does anyone know anything more about this rumor?

This is different than a rumor. There are logical reasons to expect some kind of civil unrest around the time of the day of decision, 30 May. The recent coup was bloodless, but Thai history shows these types of conflicts are not always bloodless, and there has been alot of tension built up since the coup because the new government has been so ineffective. Tension seeks release. Often that means blood. I hope it doesn't come to that, of course, but caution is a good idea now.

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Funny, since he was responsible for putting them there to begin with.

[Aunty]

Exactly! Did he really say all those things, or is he being misquoted?

Exactly! Did he really say all those things, or is he being misquoted?

I would be keen to know also, I know he was advising the judges both involved and not involved with the decision making on whether to disolve Thai Rak Thai and the Democratic Party TO BE VERY VERY CAREFUL or they may be compounding the problem!

Not really sure he was responsible for the coup[ Boygeenyus] or it was people very close to him,that were a bit pissed off with Premier Thaksin trying to upset the historical leadership protocol which had always been going on in the Military and trying to bring his own people in there as well.

If he haid anymore, I really would like to know, as that would not be good!

[Hmmm]

Bangkok Pundit offers his translation and interpretation of what the King said ...
http://bangkokpundit.blogspot.com/2007/ ... -king.html (http://bangkokpundit.blogspot.com/2007/05/judges-seek-audience-with-hm-king.html)
(Note that the entire blogspot domain is apparently blocked by some ISPs in Thailand !)

This was the Nation's report ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/05 ... 035153.php (http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/25/headlines/headlines_30035153.php)

Don't expect to be enlightened by any of this !

Some countries have issued advisaries for 29-31 May.

He also apparently made comments like public office was to serve the people and not just an excuse to take as much as you can.

Gee, I wonder who he meant by that.

Yep, Thailand has some pretty lousy leadership. But in that you don't get idiots worried about how they are going to look in history. They have worse features, IMO. If the military government didn't play piss-le-tie-squat with internet censorship I might still support thrm openly, Now, my support is silent, just waiting till the end of a year (plus a little more, Maybe) to give 'em all the chance. Then? Chaos, probably. But since when does Thailand not get through chaos (again)? No worries.

[thrillbill]

It was in the newspaper, Bangkok Post, a couple days ago about a possiblility of demonstrations and things getting out of control. I was surprised the Bangkok Post printed such an article that seemed to be written by Fox News.

[Dboy]

I've heard similar rumors as well, outside of this forum or bangkok post.

Dboy

For him to go public like this is unusual and shows how pissed off he really must be with the present lot.A self-inflicted wound, I'm afraid - he encouraged the army to stage a coup out of rivalry for Thaksin. If he had his way Thaksin would be locked up like Suu Kyi - Burma's military regime is admired by the King

[Hmmm]

One of the many surprising things in Handley's book is this account of HMK's position on Burma and Suu Kyi. This just reinforces the fact that HMK has no interest in democracy in Thailand or elsewhere, in fact exactly the opposite ....

"In February 1993 eight previous Nobel Peace laureates visited Thailand, as BurmaтАЩs closest neighbor, to demonstrate their solidarity. Oscar Arias, the former president of Costa Rica, South AfricaтАЩs Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama of Tibet, and five others were invited by Thai social activists, to the great consternation of the Thai military. After visiting the destitute Burmese refugee camps on the northern Thai border, the group was received by King Bhumibol. They were astounded to hear him lecture them on how Aung San Suu Kyi should give up her fight and return to England to raise her children, and let Slorc run the country. Military governments were good for developing countries, the king insisted, and there was no need to support the Burmese opposition. Suu Kyi was only a troublemaker.
It wasnтАЩt the only time the king said such things. He lobbied American diplomats and foreign academics to accept Slorc as bringing stability to Burma. Like the Slorc generals, he argued from his palace chambers that because Suu Kyi was married to a foreigner and had been educated abroad, she didnтАЩt represent traditional Burmese values, so she ought to return to England and her family there. "

Excerpt from The King Never Smiles here:
http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?o ... &Itemid=34 (http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=155&Itemid=34)