Peaceful and Unarmed PAD

Posted by Bangkok Pundit | 10/09/2008 02:00:00 AM



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  1. Anonymous // October 09, 2008 3:22 AM  

    This video is neatly edited and it is nice to put such a headline. Me too, I don’t believe that none of the thousands protesters were unarmed. But it is so heartless for any one to say something like this to an unarmed woman who went with a family to join the protest. Please see… http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/10/09/politics/politics_30085551.php

    As I browse Internet to find all information, one thing is clear: we just can’t find any neutral comment on any website. Just like this space of yours, while over 400 people injured – mainly from the police’s tear gas – you can still manage to find a video clip that selectively shows armed PAD members. At the same time, PAD’s main website
    Manager also features only police’s violence clips. One question to you, by showing this video clip, do you by any mean want to justify that the police is just to use the force to the protesters as a whole? Do you suggest that the police did it because they had to defend themselves?

    Thanks.
    A blogger like you

  2. Bangkok Pundit // October 09, 2008 10:30 AM  

    One question to you, by showing this video clip, do you by any mean want to justify that the police is just to use the force to the protesters as a whole? Do you suggest that the police did it because they had to defend themselves?

    I was responding to statements that the protesters were unarmed and peaceful. The video shows a gun by one of the protesters.

    To be honest, I don't think of using tear gas as using "force".

  3. Anonymous // October 09, 2008 12:25 PM  

    I think the reasons for posting the clip are obvious -- because most mainstream media (aside from Matichon, a day late) treat the idea that the PAD had guns as simply a police allegation, and have not published photos. This allow the PAD to lie about the matter.

    In other words it is an effort to disseminate facts, even though there is not a big market for that among PAD sympathizers and apologists.

    It's kind of amazing that people object to a blog posting material that adds to the understanding of a situation. That's called 'putting your heads in the sand.'

    And let me risk being called 'heartless.' If the mainstream Thaimedia had been doing their duty of accurately representing the violence, including the use of guns, all along, maybe this poor young woman would not have gone to join what was in fact a riot.


    -BP Fan

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