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This year , er right now , present time...... . Wake up and smell the coffee.....!   Are we there yet....?

maybe turn down the sarcasm level one notch so   no.

I went up to BKK in 2010 and spent a couple of days photographing and chatting with the red-shirts. Without exception, I was welcomed and treated with the utmost courtesy by everyone I came across.

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I went into Bangkok today to the Royal Thai police HQ and saw some protesters outside, they were in a very festive mood, a lot of shouting but no aggression atall. The main entrance is blocked off big time and there are a few hundred police inside the walls with riot gear on waiting to see if anything happens. It does not look like it will from my time there today. Afterwards I went to the US embassy with a friend to re new his passport and it was business as usual. No protestors around and reasonable traffic. Saw a lot of police vans parked up along Lumpini Road. But again, no sign's of any trouble. Just the smallish mob at the police HQ. I never felt threatened at any time while around the police building and while inside they were all smiling and laughing like nothing was going on outside.

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Who mentioned the Royal family?

 

 

Please refrain from any discussion of the Royal Family on this forum.

 

 

That would be the person whose post I removed.

 

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Gotcha and thanks.

 

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just hope that now a certain birthday has past the shit dont hit the fan....

From what I saw on the TV yesterday, the show will resume Friday.

I found that very disconcerting.

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It looks like things are not getting better to say the least, Yingluck dissolves parliament but supporters of the protest are saying that it is not enough. I hope this ends soon and with no more blood.

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-09/yingluck-calls-for-fresh-elections-to-end-deadly-thai-protests.html

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While I don't care for the practices of the current government, rule by protests of minority is not the way to go either. Yingluck had a chance to become a good PM. All she had to do was put the country first instead of focusing on getting her brother back (and potentially in power).

 

I left Bangkok early this morning so I could avoid the mess of today and whatever happens in the future.

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One of the many ironies in this recent uproar is that the only recent elected Thai government to serve a complete term was the first Thaksin administration.

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