Big time exaggeration!

[smartconsulting]

I would like the forums opinion on this. There are about 6 million people in Bangkok registered as part of the population.

If I was to guess that number would increase even more if we were to include all the workers from Northern Thailand and the migrant workers who work here for 3 months at a time and then go back home with their earnings.

All the news and reporting I read on this forum which in most cases is copied from the Nation and other sources always talks about the government being overthrown, Yingluck no confidence vote, chaos in Bangkok, mobs, travel warnings and the list goes on and on and on! To this date I have not seen any of this happen. I have talked to many people at my job, friends, and strangers when eating out or travelling around Bangkok and talking to our clients. Most Thais could care a rats ass about all the political crap going on.

All they want to do is live their lives and earn money to support their families. The majority of the protestors I have been told are rich Thais which have a lot of money to lose or gain depending on what side they support or students who have been recruited by these Thais to help protest. The number of people in Bangkok who actually care about all this is only a small percentage of the real population.

I will go out on a limb and state that most if the reporting we have seen in the English news is pure speculation and I feel it is useless because it only scares people and hurts the local economy. So unless there is iron clad proof which is actually seeing the tanks rolling up to parliament then all people and agencies concerned should stop posting and commenting on this utter dribble! Am I right or wrong?

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[smartconsulting]

I would like the forums opinion on this. There are about 6 million people in Bangkok registered as part of the population.

If I was to guess that number would increase even more if we were to include all the workers from Northern Thailand and the migrant workers who work here for 3 months at a time and then go back home with their earnings.

All the news and reporting I read on this forum which in most cases is copied from the Nation and other sources always talks about the government being overthrown, Yingluck no confidence vote, chaos in Bangkok, mobs, travel warnings and the list goes on and on and on! To this date I have not seen any of this happen. I have talked to many people at my job, friends, and strangers when eating out or travelling around Bangkok and talking to our clients. Most Thais could care a rats ass about all the political crap going on.

All they want to do is live their lives and earn money to support their families. The majority of the protestors I have been told are rich Thais which have a lot of money to lose or gain depending on what side they support or students who have been recruited by these Thais to help protest. The number of people in Bangkok who actually care about all this is only a small percentage of the real population.

I will go out on a limb and state that most if the reporting we have seen in the English news is pure speculation and I feel it is useless because it only scares people and hurts the local economy. So unless there is iron clad proof which is actually seeing the tanks rolling up to parliament then all people and agencies concerned should stop posting and commenting on this utter dribble! Am I right or wrong?

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I guess I am the only one lol

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[kblaze]

No one wants to waste their time on a thread in which the OP states that because he hasn't seen something happen, it isn't happening.

Did you watch your mom make love with your dad? no, but it happened.

Read a paper for christs sake

[kkerry]

Where I live I know a few people who stayed glued to the tv stations that broadcast 24/7 red or yellow shirt rantings, but they are in the minority from what I can tell. I rarely hear of anyone heading into Bangkok to attend a rally. For a city the size of Bangkok any rally of less than a hundred thousand people is hardly worth reporting on imo. If everyone was so outraged by the goings on in government then I'd expect to see hundreds of thousands at these rallies, not the ten or twenty thousand most seem to struggle to attract.

What I always find curious is how most outraged posters on Thai Visa don't seem to be Thai so they can't vote to change things anyway. I doubt few Thais care what opinions foreigners have of their politics. Some might listen politely but nothing a foreigner says is going to alter their opinion one iota.

[Marcel1]

6 mil people in Bangkok? I would start counting again since the last time you did must be a few decenia back..

[jdinasia]

wrong

[Travel2003]

Agree or not, a couple of you guys should read the OP again.

kblaze, OP already refers to papers, so no need to tell him to read a paper.

Marcel 1, read again, as OP stated about 6 mill plus the people who come and go. If wrong, what is the number then (reference please).

Edited November 18, 2013 by Travel2003

[smartconsulting]

6 mil people in Bangkok? I would start counting again since the last time you did must be a few decenia back..

6.3 million is the registered population of Thais living here. It does not include migrant workers, tourists, expats on holidays, and even long term expats here on a long term visa.

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[smartconsulting]

wrong

Would you care to elaborate please?

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[smartconsulting]

Where I live I know a few people who stayed glued to the tv stations that broadcast 24/7 red or yellow shirt rantings, but they are in the minority from what I can tell. I rarely hear of anyone heading into Bangkok to attend a rally. For a city the size of Bangkok any rally of less than a hundred thousand people is hardly worth reporting on imo. If everyone was so outraged by the goings on in government then I'd expect to see hundreds of thousands at these rallies, not the ten or twenty thousand most seem to struggle to attract.What I always find curious is how most outraged posters on Thai Visa don't seem to be Thai so they can't vote to change things anyway. I doubt few Thais care what opinions foreigners have of their politics. Some might listen politely but nothing a foreigner says is going to alter their opinion one iota.

Some very good points, thank you. I would also like to hear some mature arguments supporting the other side. Are there any?

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[benden25]

The population number is argumentative because their hasn't been a reliable census in this city for quite sometime. According to the 2010 Census the population was just under 8.3 million. The UN has the population at just under 8.5 million. But what does the size of the city really have anything to do with the politics of the country? Most people have more important things to do than attend a rally. I lived in the US for 30 years I don't recall a single person who ever participated in a single rally against the government but that doesn't mean no one cares about all the "political crap". I was here when the city was shut down for the Red Shirt Riots, I can tell you there was more than a few people who cared.

[whybother]

A lot of the news articles on TV come from other sources besides The Nation. Some of them are even translated from Thai media sources.

"The majority of the protestors I have been told are rich Thais". I don't think too many rich Thais would be spending the night at Rajamangala Stadium.

Maybe you should have a word to Jatuporn, who predicts that a coup is going to happen every 5 minutes.