Blame game is futile

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Published: 20 Sep 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Re: ''Only the reds to blame'' (Postbag, Sept 19). As an impartial observer on events in Thailand it was interesting to read J C Wilcox's comment. I can't say I agree with blaming one opposing faction against another, especially as a guest in Thailand. I can also recall another coloured shirt group that invaded airports and commandeered parliament buildings for months. But I'm not going to direct blame with emotive language such as ''aggressors'' and ''use of violence'' because I don't believe half of what I see or read in either the local or international media.

So I seriously question the accuracy of the events as recounted in this J C Wilcox letter. Human Rights Watch have interviewed witnesses at massacres and have reports on their website.

I recommend people use this as the best source of information.

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egon
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Discussion 24 : 22 Sep 2012 at 10.4324
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Disc 23 Dom: Talking about laziness.Too lazy to read more than the 100 items of biased reporting by the BBC?!
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Discussion 23 : 21 Sep 2012 at 14.2823
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sunshine 51

A lazy journalist would have stationed themselves on the government side and lived off government/army press releases. It's odd that even members of the Thai media have admitted that the international press did a better job than they did.
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Discussion 22 : 21 Sep 2012 at 12.1322
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disc21 egon, I guess supporting corruption is a new ideology!!!!
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Discussion 21 : 21 Sep 2012 at 11.0521
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Disc 20:Not only laziness but unjustified ideology too.Gosh Dom,you did it again.Playing,not very well,to be neutral but your sympathy does close your eyes to the facts.
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Discussion 20 : 20 Sep 2012 at 22.0620
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further to my previous post, there was no conspiracy amongst the media, it was simply a case of lazyness on their part! It was much easier, and safer, to hide behind the red shirts, and buy their propaganda, rather than do like Aljazeera, and cover the conflict in a location where they were able to observe both sides.
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Discussion 19 : 20 Sep 2012 at 22.0419
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DOM DUNN - The explanation relating to human rights is that they only relate to those they consider to be a victim, they do not consider all parties involved in an incident. Human rights applies to all and that is something they do not seem to understand.
Regarding CNN and BBC, I would suggest you ask, Dan Rivers of CNN and Rachel Harvey of the BBC, oh, and Robert Amsterdam might be able to help too. What very many of us know, is that what we witnessed in reality is not what was shown on TV. You've already been told about Aljazeera.
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Discussion 18 : 20 Sep 2012 at 21.4818
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Yes, dom, we've all heard your story numerous times how you were on Suk Soi 11 and didn't notice a thing. You must have thought the smoke was just the guy down the street burning his trash, I suppose.
Well, as long as you weren't inconvenienced, that's all that matters, bully good show and all that. After all, you keep saying how it was only a "few" buildings and a "small" portion of Bangkok that was terrorized and destroyed.
That says a lot about you. As long as YOU weren't affected.
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Discussion 17 : 20 Sep 2012 at 21.2317
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"passengers could embark and disembark much more quickly..."
Ahh, but, Mr. Bullinger, could the travelers get in and out of the stations any faster? The bottlenecks are not at the trains, but at the turnstiles. I think the question of how many cars has more to do with total weight, available electric power, and braking efficiency. As it stands, the power supply had to be increased to allow for the recent addition of the fourth car. Adding yet more would mean that, while you would not be forced into such unpleasantly close proximity to other riders, you would be at increased risk of breakdown or worse.
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Discussion 16 : 20 Sep 2012 at 20.3716
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"Mr" Dunn, you can delete Aljazeera off your list because I watched the entire horror show on that channel.I can assure you that Wayne Hay of that network did not take sides! His reports, from the front line, were accurate and at no time did he hint at a government conspiracy. In fact, he cornered the Red shirt spokesman(a certain person by the name of Dean} and showed him one of his men holding and firing a fire arm! That my friend is a fact!!!!!
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Discussion 15 : 20 Sep 2012 at 19.1515
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jcwilcox D8

Can you explain why Human Rights Watch, CNN, the BBC and I might add Al Jazeera, Reuters and many independent journalists are all united in this conspiracy to spread false information?
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