How Protesters Outfoxed Police At Tuesday’s Rally

By Khaosod English

 

Police move in to arrest activist leader Nuttaa Mahattana and other protesters at Tuesday's rally.

 

By Grittara Chanaman, Contributor

 

BANGKOK — Some observers were surprised when a splinter group of pro-democracy protesters succeeded in marching on the Government House – and nearly reaching it – Tuesday, the fourth anniversary of military rule.

 

But that morning, a plan was hatched by leaders of the Democracy Restoration Group when it became apparent thousands of police would block the main group from departing Thammasat University’s Tha Prachan campus, according to a source close to one of the leaders.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2018/05/25/how-protesters-outfoxed-police-at-tuesdays-rally/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-05-25

All the police at the front door....them pesky protestors enter at the back

'Amorn Wanichwiwatana, who helped write the new constitution, said Wednesday that it was written to make its guarantees of such liberties secondary to existing junta orders.'

 

And there we have it - from the horse's own filthy mouth. The wonderful 'Constitution' was specifically written to take away basic human rights and liberties. I (and others here) have said repeatedly: Look at the wording of the Constitution, where every 'right' it bestows is immediately followed by the clause, 'unless this is against good morality of people'. And who decides what 'good morality of people' is? Why, the scummiest, most immoral and unethical people imaginable: the junta and their fascist overlords.

 

Edited May 25, 20188 yr by Eligius

No one is being outfoxed either way. It is a plain and simple power move for strangulation and the squashing of the citizens by the elite, and  the citizens powerless to breathe at this point.

18 minutes ago, Eligius said:

'Amorn Wanichwiwatana, who helped write the new constitution, said Wednesday that it was written to make its guarantees of such liberties secondary to existing junta orders.'

 

And there we have it - from the horse's own filthy mouth. The wonderful 'Constitution' was specifically written to take away basic human rights and liberties. I (and others here) have said repeatedly: Look at the wording of the Constitution, where every 'right' it bestows is immediately followed by the clause, 'unless this is against good morality of people'. And who decides what 'good morality of people' is? Why, the scummiest, most immoral and unethical people imaginable: the junta and their fascist overlords.

 

Well more fool the people for voting 'Yes'. It was blindingly obvious even at the time that the junta was up to no good.

1 minute ago, baboon said:

Well more fool the people for voting 'Yes'. It was blindingly obvious even at the time that the junta was up to no good.

Right, Baboon (if indeed the people did vote 'yes', as the junta claim - we can never be sure of that). The people should have seen that when a Constitution cannot even be openly discussed - nothing critical whatever was allowed to be said about it, on pain of 10 years' imprisonment (I kid you not) - then the whole thing stank to high heaven.

 

Maybe people's eyes are now beginning to open to reality. Can only hope ...

1 hour ago, webfact said:

How Protesters Outfoxed Police At Tuesday’s Rally

Sometimes education pays- even here ?

1 hour ago, Eligius said:

The wonderful 'Constitution' was specifically written to take away basic human rights and liberties. I (and others here) have said repeatedly:

And just to make matters even worse the NCPO dont even follow the limited freedoms endorsed by that constitution. They overrule it with their specific orders, articles and sections that are somehow deemed legal despite a constitution being in place. The hypocrisy is stunning.

2 hours ago, Eligius said:

Maybe people's eyes are now beginning to open to reality. Can only hope

What one can hope for is a large turnout of the majority of registered voters to vote in the next election. The Constitution referendum passed with 54% of a 61% total voter turnout or about one-third of the registered voters that approximates the size of loyal pro-military supporters. It does no good to have eyes open if not backed by action. A 80% turnout should give pro-military politicians their proper place in Thai politics - retirement.

3 hours ago, Eligius said:

'Amorn Wanichwiwatana, who helped write the new constitution, said Wednesday that it was written to make its guarantees of such liberties secondary to existing junta orders.'

 

And there we have it - from the horse's own filthy mouth. The wonderful 'Constitution' was specifically written to take away basic human rights and liberties. I (and others here) have said repeatedly: Look at the wording of the Constitution, where every 'right' it bestows is immediately followed by the clause, 'unless this is against good morality of people'. And who decides what 'good morality of people' is? Why, the scummiest, most immoral and unethical people imaginable: the junta and their fascist overlords.

 

 

It might have been written by Confucius himself:

 

"The ideal world espoused by Confucianism is a moral community in which its members, by appropriately controlling their desires through their innate moral emotions, abide by the social order and contribute to the realization of public virtue."

 

I perfectly illustrates the gulf between them and the demonstrators, the supporters of the demonstrators, modernisers and...........us.

 

 

Edited May 25, 20188 yr by Enoon