6 Months On

[Garry9999]

It's almost 6 months since the red shirt protest in Bangkok ended.

How would you describe the mood in Bangkok today?

[GuestHouse]

I watched a Thai language chat show a couple of weeks back, the host and guests were media people (but not political commentators so perhaps not as aware of how the political machine works as they could have been).

The attitude displayed towards the red shirt movement was remarkable - A mixture of ridicule towards the movement and self congratulation towards the urban middle class - To paraphrase a real attitude of 'How could those stupid country bums believe they could win?!'

Methinks things will change when Thaksin is back in town.

[Garry9999]

I watched a Thai language chat show a couple of weeks back, the host and guests were media people (but not political commentators so perhaps not as aware of how the political machine works as they could have been).

The attitude displayed towards the red shirt movement was remarkable - A mixture of ridicule towards the movement and self congratulation towards the urban middle class - To paraphrase a real attitude of 'How could those stupid country bums believe they could win?!'

Methinks things will change when Thaksin is back in town.

Case of under estimation then?

[Loz]

the mood in the north east is decidedly ambivalent. distracted by floods maybe. political attention spans vary between cultures, i've noticed.

[manarak]

I watched a Thai language chat show a couple of weeks back, the host and guests were media people (but not political commentators so perhaps not as aware of how the political machine works as they could have been).

The attitude displayed towards the red shirt movement was remarkable - A mixture of ridicule towards the movement and self congratulation towards the urban middle class - To paraphrase a real attitude of 'How could those stupid country bums believe they could win?!'

Methinks things will change when Thaksin is back in town.

I'm relieved, then.

No way Takkie is coming back any time soon.

[gregb]

Methinks things will change when Thaksin is back in town.

The only change Thaksin returning will bring is civil war. You better hope he doesn't come back. My take on the mood in the capital is one of cautious optimism. The army seems to have put down the rebellion temporarily, but rumors of continuing terrorism by the red shirted insurgents are everywhere.

Far from people being in a self congratualtory mood as GuestHouse would have you believe, Bangkok is mostly tense and simply trying to ignore the problem while hoping for the best. The red shirts have proved they are not interested in compromise, so any type of reconciliation is basically dead on arrival. The reds will either die a slow death or this will end very badly in blood. I don't think anyone is confident yet to say one way or the other.

We can only hope that Thaksin comes to his senses and realizes he has lost his grip on power and fades away quietly into that good night. I want my children to grow up in an era of peace and unity. Thaksin and his ilk can only bring death and divisiveness. There is nothing good or noble about that truly evil creature.

[EvilDrSomkid]

Excuse me OP, but you have been around TV for about a year right? You are asking TV members for feedback on the mood of Thai people in Bangkok 6 months after Red Shirt D-Day?

Where do you live? In BKK? If yes, what is YOUR idea?

Haven't you learned yet that foreigners in Thailand are as clueless about what is really going on in this country?

Recommend this topic be moved to Farang Pub

Oh, you were serious? :lol:

Well: Business as usual. Under the surface: who the <deleted> knows?