Boonlert calls it quits amid clashes

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Boonlert calls it quits amid clashes

20,000 POLICE, TROOPS OUTNUMBER PITAK SIAM PROTESTERS

Published: 25 Nov 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Pitak Siam leader Gen Boonlert Kaewprasit yesterday called off the group's anti-government protest after an eight-hour rally which left 61 people injured, 137 arrested and drew a lower-than-expected turnout.

End of the movement: Early Saturday evening, Pitak Siam leader Gen Boonlert Kaewprasit announced to the crowd and disappointed aides the end of the rally, and the end of his involvement with the Pitak Siam movement.

Gen Boonlert also stood down as the group's leader.

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Myran22
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Discussion 56 : 26 Nov 2012 at 12.4356
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D52

Exactly. These people want to live in a democracy, but only if the person THEY vote for gets elected.
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Discussion 55 : 26 Nov 2012 at 03.0855
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android - "The government will curb against any political hinderence "

Yes indeed.
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Discussion 54 : 25 Nov 2012 at 20.0654
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Android : "Anti-government protestors assaulting the police officer who fell on ground with large sticks are behaving like animals"
WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY THE SAME IN MARCH/MAY 2010 ??????
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Discussion 53 : 25 Nov 2012 at 17.1753
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i read only about the reds, the yellows.....as we see yesterday again, the big part from the protester are peacfull, thats ok, but i think, no matter which colour, there are everytime some people want to use violence. And for leader of every colour its impossible to control so many people.
so please be fair, every colour have peacefull protester.
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Discussion 52 : 25 Nov 2012 at 16.2652
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Just like in the USA, a majority of voters chose a leader. If these folks want regime change, there is a process to achieve it. We re-elected our current President, Thailand selected Yingluck Shinawatra to lead them. respect the choice of the majority, and respect your Prime Minister. Like her, or hate her, she is your elected leader, you agreed to live with the results of the last election, and now it's time to be an adult about it, an follow her. If you want change, you to BE the change! Respect your leaders, and get respected in return.
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Discussion 51 : 25 Nov 2012 at 15.3151
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You can be for against this government or any other past or future government, but the way I see it, PS rewarded the government a penalty without goalkeeper...and the government scored! PS: we bring 1 Million to the rally! GVT: okay...so we bring out the police in full force! (Now, everybody knew, that 1 M was way out of reach, but...hey...they said it!) PS: we want a coup! GVT: fine...we enforce the ISA and search every single car, coming into BKK! PS: we cut through barbed wire! GVT: okay...here is some teargas! You didn't lose to evil! You lost to stupidity!
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Discussion 50 : 25 Nov 2012 at 15.2050
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Who are the demonstrators, Pitak Siam or police?
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Discussion 49 : 25 Nov 2012 at 14.3249
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I don't believe Thailand is moving forward. Nor, do I believe the theme of this protest is the answer.

No government, this one especially has ever dealth with the fundamental problem; education reform. There is not just a huge economic gap in this country, but also an intellectual one.

The masses are ill-informed and uneducated, yet are the ones that put the PTP in power. The PTP are just as happy as the Dems supposedly were to keep them ignorant, so as to easily buy them off.

A small intelligentsia sees the PTP for what it is, but are outgunned by the overwhelming numbers of red supporters who lack both knowledge and the means to us
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Discussion 48 : 25 Nov 2012 at 14.0448
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Couldn't agree more, Khun tamsin D#40.

We are 'lucky' enough to have opportunities to try out numerous coups in the past. Not a single one can be said to contribute to our democratic progress. Quite the contrary. Why should we assume the next one will be different? Alas, no one felt a need to answer this question, let alone consult history or other analytical methods beyond peer consesus of the like-minded people.
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Discussion 47 : 25 Nov 2012 at 13.3747
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Lucky for Thailands future !!
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