ENOUGH!!!!


This. is. too. much.

This doesn't mean the thread. I mean the situation here. It's too much.
I just want a return to normalcy....OK OK. A return to the insanity of Thailand pre-Taksin redshirtery.

TheVoid said:

Stay safe darling..
And fuck some ass for protest.

Peace talks could be happening, but each side has demands (reds to end violence, burning tyres etc. and army to return to barracks) which I doubt the other will want to accept.

Hundreds of police and army, backed by armored vehicles, are converging on the perimeter of an anti-government protest camp in Bangkok, reporters saw early on Wednesday.

Twelve armoured personnel carriers (APCs) with machine guns mounted on top arrived in the Silom business district, where several trucks dropped off troops wearing balaclavas and carrying weapons and riot shields.

Thailand's army spokesman declined to comment on whether a crackdown was imminent on the protesters, who are defying a Monday deadline to disperse after occupying Bangkok's main retail district for six weeks.

"I will not answer any questions," spokesman Col Sunsern Kaewkumnerd said.

Hundreds of armed police were forming lines in Sukhumvit Road, a main thoroughfare leading into the protest zone, backed up by some 20 police vans on the roadside.

Leaders of the red shirts warned late Tuesday that they were concerned a crackdown would be launched at dawn, after the government ruled out negotiations until they abandoned their heavily fortified rally base.

Security forces had battled with protesters since Thursday as they attempted to seal off the protest site, triggering clashes that have left 39 dead and hundreds injured.

The violence, which eased Tuesday with only sporadic gunfire, turned parts of the city of 12 million into no-go zones as troops used live ammunition against protesters, who fought back mainly with homemade weapons.

There's no doubt that there will be crackdown.

It's going to end rather unpleasently I suspect. Bangkok is losing millions a week to the shut down of key businesses in the center of the city. It simply can't go on forever. In the end it's all about money anywhere in the world. It's been almost 2 months that Siam Paragon has been out of operation---can you imagine being a blue collar salesman and not being able to work for two months?


There's gonna be a crackdown.

TheVoid said:

Looks like.

Are you watching the news? We're just watching Channel 3 now.

There's no doubt that there will be crackdown.

It's going to end rather unpleasently I suspect. Bangkok is losing millions a week to the shut down of key businesses in the center of the city. It simply can't go on forever. In the end it's all about money anywhere in the world. It's been almost 2 months that Siam Paragon has been out of operation---can you imagine being a blue collar salesman and not being able to work for two months?


There's gonna be a crackdown.

Fauxie said:

No, the kind Dr. called me 2 days ago and asked me to fill in for a week long lecture series today, so I need to catch the bus soon.

It's been affecting my class size and I've been asked to be lenient on absences, etc. due to this. I'm thinking, well it's a holiday ...gimmmie MAH holidayz bitch.

Then I realize that in lieu of all the things going on, I probably should stop thinking about myself.


Hey, the short answer is no I haven't.

The reinforcement of armoured vehicles and troops in Silom and Saladaeng areas early this morning showed that the government will today use force to crackdown on red-shirt protesters at Ratchaprasong intersection, Gen Lertrat Rattanavanich, an appointed senator, said on Wednesday.

"It is likely that the government wants to rapidly end red-shirts rally, probably within today. There will be no peace talk as the government chooses to use force rather than political mechanism", Gen Lertrat said.

The senator could not imagine what the 5,000 red-shirts at the rally site would be when the crackdown starts.

He projected more than 100 reds would be killed and more than one thousand would be injured.

Gen Lertrat also doubted whether the government could keep the situation under control as the red-shirts had vowed to fight until the last minute.

who is arming the redshirts..?

TheVoid said:

Wow. All the kids are off until next Monday though.

Stay safe na. I know you're not in the thick of things, but I keep hearing reports of potential trouble in all kinds of places - back in Ratchadamnoen, near us in Pinklao, over in Ngamwongwan.

Fauxie said:

THos motherfuckers are now camping out in Rhamkanhaeng University!!
That's fucking 1 kilo from here, and right beside the damned running track I go to.


And the Chinese restaurant near me has been shut down for two days, and I haven't been able to see that cute Chinese guy handle a soup ladle since Sunday.

It's PERSONAL now.

TheVoid said:

Be safe dan..

tinaz said:

Thanks.
They've locked the Uni up and only Ajarns (professors) can get in and out of the place and ONLY until 8 PM at which point it becomes a prison.

The city is under a curfew right now which probably means the military & police are 'sweeping up'.



did I ever tell you your avatar is hot?

Bkk post is reporting that troops have reclaimed Lumpini and Withayu Rd. and the fires in the buildings like the one in the pic above have apparently been put out, so that's something. Seems the protesters are fewer in number and some are leaving.

No channel 3 then, since their building got torched.

Apparently Central World shopping mall is falling down?



27 buildings set ablaze yesterday afternoon and last night. For its affiliations it seems every Bangkok Bank they passed as they retreated they set on fire. SET building too, plus a few hotels, more shopping malls and a few government buildings.



Big C supermarket, opposite Central World, has been set on fire this morning.

No channel 3 then, since their building got torched.

Apparently Central World shopping mall is falling down?



27 buildings set ablaze yesterday afternoon and last night. For its affiliations it seems every Bangkok Bank they passed as they retreated they set on fire. SET building too, plus a few hotels, more shopping malls and a few government buildings.



Big C supermarket, opposite Central World, has been set on fire this morning.

God damnit.

Central World is my favorite shopping mall too.

I heard the set fire to MBK!!



And now some of them are coming to my section of town, Rhamkanhaeng.
The security gaurds are all over the place in the Unis in this area.



The Chinese restaurant I like has been closed for 2 days and I haven't been able to watch that little Chinese hottie bend over and clean tables since like Fucking Sunday.

Fauxie said:

This really PISSES me off.


People lost their jobs because these malls shut down. Blue collar, working class people.


They've essentially caused harm to their own fucking countrymen.

Tourist dollars not coming into this country will worsen the financial situation of so many people. This is fucking ridiculous!!!




It's the bangkok whores sending money home to their parents that's truly keeping these idiots int he sticks afloat!!! respect the damned whores you idiots, and get out of Bangkok peacefully! Shit!

TheVoid said:

It's disgusting. Somehow I get the feeling they did more damage yesterday afternoon after the red leaders' (some of them, anyway) surrender than they did in all the days prior.

MBK? Nooooo!

I noticed on the way home last night that outside Central Pinklao they had this row of cones and it looked like some kind of checkpoint was shortly going to be set up. This could spread all over and be far worse than it was when everything was contained in pretty much a 5km square area.

There's a group who've come out and said they're not part of the red shirts and are operating independently.