News Forum - University students’ protest ignites over senators’ role

[Thaiger]

Activists comprising mainly students, as well as supporters of the Move Forward Party (MFP), held protests at the Kasetsart University, situated in the Bang Khen district of Bangkok, yesterday evening. The protests sparked from the increasing tension and anger against the seemingly prominent role individuals appointed as senators hold in the prolonged political disturbance of … …

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[BJoe]

Will there be blood in the streets again ?  Certainly a sad situation and political instability is not conducive to a tourist dependent country.  

[Khunmark]

5 hours ago, BJoe said:

Will there be blood in the streets again ?  Certainly a sad situation and political instability is not conducive to a tourist dependent country.  

Well, let’s hope not. To there credit the people have shown remarkable restraint to date.

[Pinetree]

4 hours ago, Khunmark said:

Well, let’s hope not. To there credit the people have shown remarkable restraint to date.

The 'people' as you put it,. just don't care.  It's same , same, nothing has been changed by the election and all thinking Thai's knew that would be the result.  Students protest, it's what they do. 

[Ramanathan.P]

No point in being hard on the streets. These students have to work smart to undo the system that is not democratic in their view. 

[Khunmark]

2 hours ago, Pinetree said:

The 'people' as you put it,. just don't care.  It's same , same, nothing has been changed by the election and all thinking Thai's knew that would be the result.  Students protest, it's what they do. 

I’m not sure what to glean from your post. Can the student’s objections be discounted because they’re not real people? Surely, you would like to have a go at rephrasing your assertion. Are you suggesting the students are naive because they thought they were given a choice of candidates, who turned out not to be candidates after all? How dare they be pissed off about that.

Your play on the lack of push back is contentious. Is the absence of civil unrest due to apathy? Or is it due to fear of reprisals? Which I might add is a reoccurring theme to public demonstrations in Thailand. You cannot make your assertions about this with any certainty because you don’t know. What is known, is there is a repeated history in Thailand of the army turning is guns on its own people, all thinking Thai’s know this.

 

[Pinetree]

7 minutes ago, Khunmark said:

I’m not sure what to glean from your post. Can the student’s objections be discounted because they’re not real people? Surely, you would like to have a go at rephrasing your assertion. Are you suggesting the students are naive because they thought they were given a choice of candidates, who turned out not to be candidates after all? How dare they be pissed off about that.

Your play on the lack of push back is contentious. Is the absence of civil unrest due to apathy? Or is it due to fear of reprisals? Which I might add is a reoccurring theme to public demonstrations in Thailand. You cannot make your assertions about this with any certainty because you don’t know. What is known, is there is a repeated history in Thailand of the army turning is guns on its own people, all thinking Thai’s know this.

None of that is true. Of course the students have an argument, as students often do in these kind of protests and yes, they are often naïve in their expectations and wishes and often fail to see the realities. If my Thai family and friends are anything to go by, this election was a none event, that they never expected would substantially  impact the power base of the elite and the military and they were right, it hasn't. They get on with their own lives and metaphorically shrug their shoulders at the apparent futility of it all. The lack of reaction to the political squabbles going on in Bangkok is entirely understandable.    As I say, they expect very little from the process of elections and just don't care much, We in the West feel much the same about our elections.  Democracy, as the West understands it, has never worked for Thailand and I don't see any sign that it ever will. 

[HolyCowCm]

12 hours ago, BJoe said:

Will there be blood in the streets again ?  Certainly a sad situation and political instability is not conducive to a tourist dependent country.  

Ya know, one never knows how the tides can turn and escalate or diminish. Could be massive arrests with some being beaten silly or passing away succumbing to being overly beaten, or to even their friends and families secretely harrassed, or plainly put in prison or held under trumped up arcahic charges like they are currently doing. 

As for conducive to a tourist detination, this has absolutely nothing to do with that sector. I used to have people visit me back in the day and we used to purposely walk amongst the red shirt camps in Bangkok. Was a fun time actually. Tourism goes on and business also goes on.