Peaceful Rallies In Bangkok, Chiang Mai Mark Thai Coup Anniversary

[Buchholz]

Reconcilliation will come when people will genuinely look to what they did wrong on their side and apologise for it.

...and pay for all damages and compensation for deaths and injuries. Words alone aren't enough; Words that come out of the UDD and Pheu Thai have almost no weight.

When you're finished with the bill for the red's activities, can you also make one for the yellow's? Fair's fair. Mind you, the yellow shirts might be in a better financial position than the red shirts.

No one is in better financial position than my signature line.

[Buchholz]

The question I still have is what was said in the speeches by K. Jatuporn c.s. did the two fugitives K. Jakkrapok and K. Arisman phone-in ? Forward looking, reconciliatory, open-minded speeches or the usual claptrap we've come to know from PTV ?

There were videotaped messages from three different criminal Red fugitives (Arisaman, Jakrapob, and Daranee), but no live phone-ins. They reportedly backed down from that earlier announcement because they were afraid their locations could be traced.

http://www.thailandoutlook.tv/tan/ViewData.aspx?DataID=1035039

[Buchholz]

There were approximately 15-20,000 people at the very well organised Chiangmai rally. Entirely peaceful, and definitely not 'uneducated rural poor from the north-east'.

If only because they're from the north-west instead.

But still a poor turn-out, for a city of about a million people, who are all supposed to be rabid Thaksin-supporters. Perhaps he isn't missed as much some think ?

There's also news reports that the attendance was not nearly as high as tim's assertion:

3,000 also massed in northern Chiang Mai city

http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1380813〈=eng_news&cate_img=logo_world&cate_rss=WORLD_eng

About 7,000 people attended that meeting

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-09-19/thai-coup-protests-draw-more-than-organizers-expect.html

Edited September 21, 2010 by Buchholz