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I'm guessing baht is the money over there right? So they are burning down buildings in protest against what it costed, and now they are costing the rest of the country money now....
Yeah, it sounds like they are going about this "protest" the wrong way. Not saying I know what a better way is, but destroying buildings can't help the city's/country's infrastructure. They certainly have the government's attention, but I doubt the government is just going to roll over and give the PM job back to Shinawatra. Hopefully someone steps up soon and helps ease this tension. Hang in there, and be careful.
I'm guessing baht is the money over there right? So they are burning down buildings in protest against what it costed, and now they are costing the rest of the country money now....
The way I understand it is the old PM, Shinawatra, did a lot for the common man's financial and social situation. The Red Shirts are made up of a lot of these common folk from the rural parts of the country. Unfortunately they have no respect for the city of Bangkok itself and feel they can just burn it all. There is a theory that they are being paid to go to Bangkok and protest. This has not been proven though.
"All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness." - Mark Kennedy
My friend live very close to Central World and he took this picture from his roof
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Gah. 2,000 more armed red-shirts are approaching Bangkok. Tonight we expect a big gun fight in the city. We're now on curfew from 7PM (it's 10PM now) until 8 PM tomorrow. No one's suppose to leave their house.
There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot,
but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence
transform a yellow spot into the sun.
- Pablo Picasso
I had a co-worker transfer to the Raffles Hotel in Bangkok a couple months ago. I think she just recently got another transfter out of Thailand to Japan. Thank god.
GL Jei, that's some scary stuff.
Burning questions are burning: Is jenova_9 really a girl and is she cute? Does she talk like that in real life?
I'm sure he would leave if they actually let him. No one is allowed out of their houses... which I understand is probably to try and reduce casualties but nothing's gonna save someone against a fire...
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Holy crap, Jei. Stay safe. Things are really out of control over there.
I've been keeping an eye on the situation there over the past couple years - it's been brewing for a long time. I'm not really sure which side to believe - or where the truth really is, but it's never good to see such self-destructive behavior.
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