People Channel In Kalasin

[Issangeorge]

Kalasin cable has the Red Shirt Channel (People Channel) does anyone know how they are getting it? My wife tells me that it is over the Internet, but I have done many searches and cannot find it. I do not like the Red Shirts myself especially after their latest activities, but my wife is obsessed with them and is addicted to watching the Red Shirt channel, at our apartment in Kalasin she can get it on cable, but at house in the sticks even with two satellite dishes she can’t get it. Now she wants to go back to our small apartment as opposed to staying at our big house. I need to find a way of getting the channel on the Internet, please help.

[plachon]

I feel for you, I really do. Must be terrible not being able to get 24 hours Rednews and the Thaksinmanifesto Channel beamed into your home. I take it from your post you liked them before they raided Chula hospital and only threw around M79 grenades and terrorised non-hospitalised people for a living? Can't you just send wifey into Kalasin for her daily Weng-fix and then just get some peace and quiet at home?

[citizen33]

I feel for you, I really do. Must be terrible not being able to get 24 hours Rednews and the Thaksinmanifesto Channel beamed into your home. I take it from your post you liked them before they raided Chula hospital and only threw around M79 grenades and terrorised non-hospitalised people for a living? Can't you just send wifey into Kalasin for her daily Weng-fix and then just get some peace and quiet at home?

I was rather hoping that peace was in the air. But if you feel so strongly why don't you pop across to the KK central market and announce your views at the top of your voice? Or perhaps come across to Kalasin or Sarakham or Roi Et and do the same? Don't forget your yellow shirt!

If George's wife must have PTV she should keep looking on the NSS6 satellite, which I'd guess may start carrying it again before Thaicom 5. One thing for sure is that ASTV isn't going to to fill the gap for her: too many in Isaan listened already and discovered that they were ignorant peasants who didn't deserve a vote.

[plachon]

I feel for you, I really do. Must be terrible not being able to get 24 hours Rednews and the Thaksinmanifesto Channel beamed into your home. I take it from your post you liked them before they raided Chula hospital and only threw around M79 grenades and terrorised non-hospitalised people for a living? Can't you just send wifey into Kalasin for her daily Weng-fix and then just get some peace and quiet at home?

I was rather hoping that peace was in the air. But if you feel so strongly why don't you pop across to the KK central market and announce your views at the top of your voice? Or perhaps come across to Kalasin or Sarakham or Roi Et and do the same? Don't forget your yellow shirt!

If George's wife must have PTV she should keep looking on the NSS6 satellite, which I'd guess may start carrying it again before Thaicom 5. One thing for sure is that ASTV isn't going to to fill the gap for her: too many in Isaan listened already and discovered that they were ignorant peasants who didn't deserve a vote.

Why? I keep my political views to myself and a few friends mostly. This conflict will have to be sorted out by Thais, so there is little point me getting involved publically. But, supposing I was a Thai and even had a yellow shirt in my wardrobe and chose to wear it around the Central Market one day, are you suggesting something untoward might happen to me or that Redshirts are not the most tolerant people in the world? Now that's a surprise!

[citizen33]

Why? I keep my political views to myself and a few friends mostly. This conflict will have to be sorted out by Thais, so there is little point me getting involved publically. But, supposing I was a Thai and even had a yellow shirt in my wardrobe and chose to wear it around the Central Market one day, are you suggesting something untoward might happen to me or that Redshirts are not the most tolerant people in the world? Now that's a surprise!

My perception is that you posted a heavily sarcastic reply to a forum member who asked a reasonable question about a group that he stated he personally did not support. Posting with that degree of feeling suggests that you care, and, if you do care, telling a load of expats about your political views is really no substitute for addressing the objects of your ire - the redshirts - directly. And yes, they are all around you and for many of us include family members. My experience is that most will discuss the issues reasonably, but I wonder if you would have the bottle to use the patronising tone from your original post face to face. I don't think so.

Edited May 6, 2010 by citizen33

[plachon]

Why? I keep my political views to myself and a few friends mostly. This conflict will have to be sorted out by Thais, so there is little point me getting involved publically. But, supposing I was a Thai and even had a yellow shirt in my wardrobe and chose to wear it around the Central Market one day, are you suggesting something untoward might happen to me or that Redshirts are not the most tolerant people in the world? Now that's a surprise!

My perception is that you posted a heavily sarcastic reply to a forum member who asked a reasonable question about a group that he stated he personally did not support. Posting with that degree of feeling suggests that you care, and, if you do care, telling a load of expats about your political views is really no substitute for addressing the objects of your ire - the redshirts - directly. And yes, they are all around you and for many of us include family members. My experience is that most will discuss the issues reasonably, but I wonder if you would have the bottle to use the patronising tone from your original post face to face. I don't think so.

My experience is that most Reds are unable to discuss the issues reasonably which is why you can find families split by this silly colour divide in Isaan. They literally don't talk to each other over anything related to politics to avoid confrontation. And why many people are afraid of the latent power of the Reds to cause violence, stop free speech and terrorise innocent people (such as happened at Khon Kaen airport last week when they decided to search all cars leaving for one person), and demonstrated time and again over the past few years, since they started smashing up PAD gatherings in Mahasarakham and Udon Thani in 2008. While I understand most ordinary Reds are just in love with Thaksin and miss his largesse and imagined golden era of the TRT years, quite a few are far more extreme and have been radicalised in the Red madrassahs that have been running these past six months or so, or from the experience of attending the 24/7 propaganda on the Peoples Channel or BKK protest sites. I make no apology for occasionally being sarcastic about their "condition".

In any case, if you read my answer carefully, you would see that I gave a perfectly reasonable solution to the OPs dilemma.