sargeant wrote:
Copied from yahoo forum
This protest shows just how desparate the majority of Thai people are at being oppressed by a elite group of powerful in their country!
Majority!? before the troops moved in a few days ago and it was relatively peaceful, there were not enough protesters at the site to form a majority in this afternoons football match at Wembley.
SJ
a pretty puerile post let me quote me
I copied this post from the yahoo forum the red letters I agree 100% with
was what you posted in red NO
was it me that posted it on yahoo NO
was it you playing hey look guys i am slagging sarge of can i be in your gang yyyyeeeeeessssssss
BBC had some film of a British guy who has joined ranks with the Red Shirts. They interviewed him for about 15 seconds..blah, blah, blah. He was running supplies over to the barricades either on Rama IV or Wireless. Decked out in jeans, what looked like a motorcycle jacket, and a full head bandanna where you couldn't see his hair at all. He may very well be mistaken for a big Thai and shot. What are these guys thinking, that this is some kind of Rambo movie? Pete
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Big Boy wrote:Sky News are reporting that the US Embassy are offering to evacuate US families of people working in Bangkok.
A big C5B landed at U-Tapao today. Not that unusual as I see them every two months or so as I believe they bring in supplies for the Embassy, JUSMAG* and other military things here. Very well could be here to take out those who want to go. Won't take them all the way home but back to Japan or Guam and probably commercial air from there. Pete
Any farang who gets involved is a dozy C and does not realise it will not make one iota of difference
I am living in a difficult position now but the name of the game is to remain cool and detached. My village is ready to mobilise and move to BK and they have discussed it with me and my response is "I'm farang and nothing to do with me"
It is gratefully accepted
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
sargeant wrote:I copied this post from the yahoo forum
was what you posted in red NO
was it me that posted it on yahoo NO
Errr I know Sarge, that's why when quoting you I put at the very top "Copied from yahoo forum", to acknowledge it was not your words
I made it clear it wasn't directed at you I was just doing what you and others have done on the thread, comment on outside quotes. Relax, no-one's out to get you
Copied from yahoo forum
This protest shows just how desparate the majority of Thai people are at being oppressed by a elite group of powerful in their country! They majority deserve better than this.[/quote]
Direct copy from your post
sargeant wrote: Copied from yahoo forum
This protest shows just how desparate the majority of Thai people are at being oppressed by a elite group of powerful in their country!
sj your words not mine
Errr I know Sarge, that's why when quoting you I put at the very top "Copied from yahoo forum",
I put no you didnt please note the green and blue letterings are identical you copied and pasted
plus if i had written it i would have spelt it desperate my spelling is legendary lol lol
RICHARD OF LOXLEY
It’s none of my business what people say and think of me. I am what I am and do what I do. I expect nothing and accept everything. It makes life so much easier.
The Thai army has designated a neighbourhood in central Bangkok as a "live firing zone" - as the British Embassy warns of "intense violence" in two areas.
Soldiers have closed off roads leading to the Ratchaprarop area and pinned Thai and English-language notices on wire saying, "Live Firing Zone" and "Restricted Area. No Entry".
The signs indicate that soldiers may shoot protesters if they do not disperse from their encampment in the city's business district.
As the unrest continues, the military has announced it will send in reinforcements for troops struggling to keep the peace.
Army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd told reporters: "I cannot say how many troops are deployed because of security concerns, but there will be reinforcements to help
troops seal the area and step up pressure on protesters."
It is believed 22 Thai nationals have now been killed in the violence.
Meanwhile, the US Embassy has offered to evacuate family members of its staff and has issued a travel warning advising American citizens to stay away.
"Red Shirt" demonstrators are still refusing to leave the fortified area of downtown Bangkok, demanding that the nation's prime minister calls an immediate election.
At least 17 other people were killed and 161 injured overnight, as soldiers struggled to isolate the camp.
The protesters are trying to bring down the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, who they believe came into power illegitimately.
They threw stones, used slingshots and launched fireworks at the troops, as the two-month stand-off descended into more violence.
Sky's correspondent Ashish Joshi, in Bangkok, said: "What we have is a very tense stand-off with neither side prepared to give an inch.
"What has happened is the government has decided that the army will be allowed to use force - live rounds, rubber bullets and tear gas to stop the protests from spreading out of the few blocks they've taken over in past months."
He added: "To give you an idea, it would be several thousand people who would have taken over the West End of London - that gives you an idea of the scale of the protest and demonstration.
"This is a living community, people have been camped here for weeks but the morale still seems to be quite high."
Earlier, the Thai government announced that the number of dead has grown to 43 and 1,620 have been injured during the past two months of clashes.
In a message from New York, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to both sides to "do all within their power to avoid further violence and loss of life."
One of the Red Shirts leaders, Kwanchai Praipana, called on the prime minister to resign and vowed: "We'll keep on fighting."
But the protester added that supplies of food, water and fuel were starting to run low as their delivery trucks were blocked but said they had enough to last "days".
Earlier, the France 24 news channel said one of its cameramen, Canadian Nelson Rand, had been "gravely wounded" after he was shot while filming the unrest.
Two Thai reporters were also injured.
The political unrest is causing huge problems for the country's economy, especially the tourism industry which it is heavily reliant on.
The Foreign Office is advising against all but essential travel to specific parts of Thailand, including Bangkok.
British nationals requiring urgent consular assistance should call 02 305 8333 (in Thailand).
"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things" - Yma o Hyd.
Sarge, I'm not sure if you're doing this on purpose or not, but here's the extract from my earlier post with "Copied from yahoo forum" clearly at the top. I deliberately put/placed/left those words in to let it be known they were not your words. It can't really be any simpler!?
Now shake yerself down, take that jerry can off your nut and get out of them there trenches
Super Joe wrote:
sargeant wrote:Copied from yahoo forum
This protest shows just how desparate the majority of Thai people are at being oppressed by a elite group of powerful in their country!
Troops have been armed with only M16 rifles and HK rifles, not war weapons, deputy chief of staff Lt-Gen Dapong Rattanasuwan said on national television on Saturday afternoon.
i take it the Vietnam war was not a war
SJ It was a long post but you chose to quote a small segment NOT written by me and then chose to use it totally out of context hence my responce
I see that Abhisit finally left his bunker to do a piece on TV. He clearly no longer figures in the equation and simply does as ordered. There are reports that many politicians are leaving the Country, has anyone else heard this?
Pete 
