Thai police say use of force necessary as protesters plan new rally

[sammieuk1]

At some point the ping pong balls will turn into footballs the people have been driven into the ground and can go no further good luck to the protesters weight of numbers will prevail ????

[kwonitoy]

2 hours ago, AndyFoxy said:

Was that BLM?

Auntie Fah

[Sunderland]

2 hours ago, GreasyFingers said:

I must be in a different time zone to some of the posters on here. Plenty of video clips on Thai news channels of the protesters not being peaceful and destroying property.

Can you blame them? No work. No money. Treated like excrement for a lifetime. I know how I would feel in their shoes.

[Sunderland]

24 minutes ago, Artisi said:

I would agree about peaceful protests but - there is always the element within the push that ensure they create sufficient trouble to get a firm hand reaction so they can then claim police brutality, they then justify to themselves that they are the victims and can now riot as you are now seeing. 

I challenge you to protest peacefully when you are down to your last dime with a family to feed, and you are well aware that people who can improve your life have no intention of doing so whatsoever.

Edited August 12, 2021 by Sunderland

[natway09]

The Covid response in regard to not providing the correct & mass inoculations in Thailand in a 

responsible time frame is not the main thrust of these protests.

The PM & his Health Minister had no choice but to follow orders from the upper echelon which is why the delay in procurement & the reason that they did not join the world body for supply of same.

If you take the trouble of looking up the International press on this subject a whole new can of beans will be revealed.

This round of protests is directly aimed at this "upper echelon" of "untouchables" that are still supported by the PM willfully or not but paramount to his role of maintaining his position as PM

[Thingamabob]

15 hours ago, Artisi said:

With 1, maybe 2 suffering gun shot wounds and other injuries from home made bombs and rocks fired from catapults etc.

I'm no fan of the little general and his cohorts and maybe some protesting is justified - - but deliberately going out to injure police who are just doing their job is over the top, and necessary force should be brought to bear on these few idiots causing the problem.  

 

Any difference than storming the white house? 

 

My suggestion is to get someone who reads and follows the recent protests and have them translate the reports etc. into English for you to really understand what many of these protesters are really doing in the name of protest against the government and he who can't be named. 

You might be very surprised. 

Nonsense. The reports in Thai are not surprising. They reflect the common knowledge against whom and what the protests are aimed at.

[PeeJayEm]

15 hours ago, Artisi said:

If you're happy to take read and believe what the majority of English language news media report then you are poorly misinformed. The main thrust from the protester are the unsettling of the current government and major changes to the morarchy - this is down played by the English media as they haven't the b all's to report it, for me I don't have a dog in this race so therefore it is of no  concern to me.

However, my comments in the main were about the criminal element attending these "peaceful" rallies to cause chaos and injury to the police who are simply there endeavouring to maintain some order - nothing more nothing less. Bear in mind many of the police might also be against the current government and the monarchy, but their job is to do as they are told. 

 

 

In the face of autocracy that doesn't listen to anything peaceful and uses arms against it, there is no other option but to respond in kind, or just give up snd go home.  

[Burma Bill]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police decided to use tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullet because we considered that if we don't, there will be more damage,

Ah ha! Keeping up with his "buddy" across the border in Burma, but falling short of live ammunition???

[internationalism]

Report in English from yesterday protest under title "Protest march dispersed before it began".

Independent photographer hit by a baton into shoulder, camera damage. That was without warning. 

Other photographers were warned by police not to make pix

https://prachatai.com/english/node/9396

 

 

[zyphodb]

Well, they would say that, wouldn't they?

[internationalism]

protest letter from 111 lawyers and law academics condemning police for yesterday's violence 

https://www.matichon.co.th/news-monitor/news_2881130

 

[A1Str8]

They wouldn't protest if there was nothing to protest against.

What jokers.

[SS1]

On 8/11/2021 at 7:51 PM, Artisi said:

With 1, maybe 2 suffering gun shot wounds and other injuries from home made bombs and rocks fired from catapults etc.

I'm no fan of the little general and his cohorts and maybe some protesting is justified - - but deliberately going out to injure police who are just doing their job is over the top, and necessary force should be brought to bear on these few idiots causing the problem.  

 

Any difference than storming the white house? 

 

My suggestion is to get someone who reads and follows the recent protests and have them translate the reports etc. into English for you to really understand what many of these protesters are really doing in the name of protest against the government and he who can't be named. 

You might be very surprised. 

Let's not forget Thailand doesn't have a "police force" in the Western meaning of the term. There is actually quite a big difference. 

[metisdead]

Off topic posts and replies about the storming of the White House have been removed.

[greeneking]

On 8/12/2021 at 11:37 AM, natway09 said:

The Covid response in regard to not providing the correct & mass inoculations in Thailand in a 

responsible time frame is not the main thrust of these protests.

The PM & his Health Minister had no choice but to follow orders from the upper echelon which is why the delay in procurement & the reason that they did not join the world body for supply of same.

If you take the trouble of looking up the International press on this subject a whole new can of beans will be revealed.

This round of protests is directly aimed at this "upper echelon" of "untouchables" that are still supported by the PM willfully or not but paramount to his role of maintaining his position as PM

All interesting. What if at the time of the coup this 'upper echelon' had been told their time is up, we have the guns. You can still live well, but get in the way and you are no longer needed.