If there's a will, There's an affray

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If there's a will, There's an affray

Published: 30 Sep 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

There are a few things I've learned from the rumble in front of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) compound between the yellow People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and the red shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) last Tuesday. One, as I already suspected, the red shirts have the upper hand. The Romans and the Americans created their hegemony through the three R's: resource, reinforcement and resolve. The red shirts have all three, while the yellow shirts have simply wilted.

Another thing, also as already suspected, is the ineffectiveness of the Thai police.

If the Romans had put up a shield wall similar to the one the police put up around the CSD, three elderly Gauls could have breached it.

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DONHUAN
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Discussion 34 : 02 Oct 2012 at 12.3934
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As the writer implied, this is a dry-run for the up-coming street battles; so be prepare for the worse and hoped for the best. These color politics wouldn’t go away anytime soon and it will likely grow worse unless the key players themselves can come to a sort of compromise. The main MAN who is actually holding this peace détente is already very old and this god-given peace-time window is fast running out. Pray that sanity & common senses prevail on all sides, otherwise hell will break loose in Thailand; this is not a drill.
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Discussion 33 : 01 Oct 2012 at 18.2733
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Disc31 Peterd... "we know that an unsettled clock is never right."

Do you KNOW that? Or was it something Jatuporn said? If you take another look you'll see that there are lots of ways an 'unsettled' (unless this is an odd translation) clock can be right... It always pays to think of all the angles before making a claim. The simplest assumption is often the wrong one.
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Discussion 32 : 30 Sep 2012 at 22.3432
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There are several questions to ask in this little incident, one of most important is why the heck are the grandmas and grandpas doing rioting in the street of bangkok? Dont their children and grandchildren worried that grandma and grandpa are endangering themselves in the process of setting a bad example? Do they want the next generation to talk things out in the street with foul languages and offensive body language, not a good example to future generations. This show the country has gone back in reverse while other countries are speeding ahead, thailand will never catch up.
A small spark can set a forest on fire, just hope no grandmas and grandpas are playing with matches least thailand end up in flames.
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Discussion 31 : 30 Sep 2012 at 22.0631
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Right Bob. 2 times a day is not so bad when we know that an unsettled clock is never right.
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Discussion 30 : 30 Sep 2012 at 20.4830
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Disc 27, 28 and 29... Thanks. Even three broken clocks are right at least twice a day.

;-)
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Discussion 29 : 30 Sep 2012 at 18.3229
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Like Peterd D28, I am amazed to find myself agreeing with englishbob D25.
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Discussion 28 : 30 Sep 2012 at 17.1228
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I cannot believe i write that but #25 make a good synthesis of the this not glorious event.
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Discussion 27 : 30 Sep 2012 at 16.1627
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D25 englishbob....I agree with that score....(: as sad as it may be.
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Discussion 26 : 30 Sep 2012 at 16.0926
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D22. So you know why then, even you dog! Can you enlighten me then, is it just one reason or several, if the latter can you list them for me.
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Discussion 25 : 30 Sep 2012 at 16.0025
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I think the scores here are...
PAD - 0
UDD - 0
Police - 0
Common Sense - 0

Another day in paradise...
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