Red stronghold in Pathum Thani unchanged

[tbthailand]

"Rattatiya Yusingtoh, 44, right, and her husband Amnat Inbaan, 45, left still wear red" and there is a great big pic of them in the OP.

"Noi, who asked that her full name not be revealed" and there is no photo.

This is very telling and highlights two things.

It shows the violence the red shirts perpetrated on people that have opposing views with the death being witnessed up to and including the 21st of May, 2014 is still fresh on the minds of the opposition supporters who have to hide behind anonymity to protect themselves and their families. It shows that violence has really been a good friend of the red shirts in making people cower and stay silent while the vocal minority purport to represent Thailand. Noi is obviously still scared of repercussions of her affliction and love for democracy. (Not a love for 1/15th of democracy)

It also shows that under the NCPO the red shirt supporters still have no fear of the Junta and as has been shown by the Junta that no fear has been warranted.

Lets hope Noi does not have to put up anti grenade netting around her house now that the OP has given a description of her location.

hey dj - not being argumentative, but since the article states:

Less than a 100-metres away, across the street, another couple runs a chicken-rice shop - and they are not red shirts, but die-hard anti-Thaksin and Yingluck yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) members.

"We exist separately. I don't care," said Noi, who asked that her full name not be revealed. She added that as long as the red shirts in the community do not defame the monarchy, everybody can get on with their lives as normal.

Noi said people know each other's political stance, and most red-shirts simply don't patronise their stall.

It would seem clear that the local folk know each other pretty well and the issues that you raise about " the violence the red shirts perpetrated on people that have opposing views" is probably not the reason she did not want her full name used...

Just a guess...

[Fat Haggis]

How hard would it be to find a chicken and rice shack across the street 100ms away run by a female called "Noi " ? PERSEC doesn't seem to be an issue really does it?

[EnglishJohn]

"Rattatiya Yusingtoh, 44, right, and her husband Amnat Inbaan, 45, left still wear red" and there is a great big pic of them in the OP.

"Noi, who asked that her full name not be revealed" and there is no photo.

This is very telling and highlights two things.

It shows the violence the red shirts perpetrated on people that have opposing views with the death being witnessed up to and including the 21st of May, 2014 is still fresh on the minds of the opposition supporters who have to hide behind anonymity to protect themselves and their families. It shows that violence has really been a good friend of the red shirts in making people cower and stay silent while the vocal minority purport to represent Thailand. Noi is obviously still scared of repercussions of her affliction and love for democracy. (Not a love for 1/15th of democracy)

It also shows that under the NCPO the red shirt supporters still have no fear of the Junta and as has been shown by the Junta that no fear has been warranted.

Lets hope Noi does not have to put up anti grenade netting around her house now that the OP has given a description of her location.

hey dj - not being argumentative, but since the article states:

Less than a 100-metres away, across the street, another couple runs a chicken-rice shop - and they are not red shirts, but die-hard anti-Thaksin and Yingluck yellow-shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) members.

"We exist separately. I don't care," said Noi, who asked that her full name not be revealed. She added that as long as the red shirts in the community do not defame the monarchy, everybody can get on with their lives as normal.

Noi said people know each other's political stance, and most red-shirts simply don't patronise their stall.

It would seem clear that the local folk know each other pretty well and the issues that you raise about " the violence the red shirts perpetrated on people that have opposing views" is probably not the reason she did not want her full name used...

Just a guess...

Well, you should guess again, but with logic like that you may as well not bother. Do you really think he meant that all red-shirts will attack any opposition ?.

We have seen countless examples of people who say something against red-shirts getting drive by shootings at their house in the night, fire bombs being thrown at their front porches, Ping-Pong bombs being thrown at their house or simple grenades being left hanging on the gate posts. There is a sizeable minority of red-shirt primitives who think violence is the way to get what they want.

The original point is correct : red-shirts don't fear reprisals but non-red-shirts do. An observation which is supported by historical events.

[DLang]

Every feudal society run as fiefdoms by the tiny minority of rich elites needs people such as the red shirts and the Shinawats to help develop their society in something democratic and fair.

Of course the minority of rich elites don't really like this, result: 4 democratically elected leaders removed from power and military juntas and political purges.