Originally Posted by
FOF
Interesting that they have said they don't want an amnesty.
Yeah, I was a bit taken back by that myself. Not sure, time will tell. My best guess is, they believe this is far from over, and the speeches tonight were just smoke & mirrors. Some of these guys are facing maximum 20 year prison sentences, so I have a hard time believing they'll just give themselves up, especially considering none of their stated or non-stated goals have been met. Not to mention, the reasons for not accepting the government's proposal were pretty stupid. Besides, if they accepted, what would all the peaceful, unarmed red shirt protesters do with the tons of weapons currently stashed at the protest site?
It's made the government look harder at the problem of social & economic inequality, which is great, but they still didn't reach their goals. Who knows, I (obviously) like my current affairs though, so time will tell.
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