fazur wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:31 am was in thailand when redshirts were going a bit buffalo don't remember any farang being targeted.leave? why?

exactly, Farangs have never been targeted and wont be. Thailand is a survivor. All you need do is look at tourists arrivals since the mid 90's.

concerning the students

Students risk being tools of politicians, say experts

BANGKOK: Students at anti-government rallies risk becoming a tool of politicians who are seeking ways to attack the Prayut Chan-o-cha administration, according to some political scientists and pundits.

“The innocent power of youngsters may unwittingly become a tool of Future Forward,” said Rangsit University political scientist Wanwichit Boonprong.

Future Forward supporters had pledged to launch an off-parliament movement, but “this worries me because what their messages are outside the House are one-sided communication,” Mr Wanwichit said.

....Student flash mobs are also attracting attention from politicians. Pheu Thai spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ard yesterday urged opposition politicians to join hands with students to “halt the Prayut regime”, which succeeded the five-year military-backed government that followed the 2014 coup.

However, former politician Chuvit Kamolvisit said yesterday that it was easy for politicians to campaign and win support outside parliament by painting a “dream that touches people’s hearts”. He warned that such politicians were “playing with fire” and could be burnt.

https://www.thephuketnews.com/students- ... a1Uqv6MXuE

sigmoid wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 1:19 pm

fazur wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:31 am was in thailand when redshirts were going a bit buffalo don't remember any farang being targeted.leave? why?

The problem arises when your neighborhood is under military curfew and you are unable to go out to buy drinking water, beer, cigarettes, food, etc. without risking getting shot by a sniper.

Or, a stray bullet happens to encounter your skull while opposing factions are battling for control of the area.

Or, you can't get out because the airport is blockaded.

Or, your savings in baht become nearly worthless because the currency has crashed.

Of course, if you live upcountry, you may not be significantly affected but if the military takes over again and people revolt, then you'll be living in a completely lawless country.

Bangkok is a huge city it’s not as if the entire city is going to burn down and 10million Bangkokians fighting each other. I’ve lived here since just before Thaksin was ousted and when there’s trouble it’s just that few streets or areas affected, life goes on the rest of the city.

A few will survive to repopulate the land.

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Not a problem if the airports get blockaded, with all these empty speedboats parked out in Pattaya Bay because of the lack Covid affected Chinese tour groups I have my cunning evacuation plan sorted.

hey every country has riots, battles in the streets, look around the worlds cities just in the last week
no reason to go back to 92

I am reassured by that article thanks Sigmoid. Unsurprisingly the targets of the protests were state buildings and police booths exactly as I would expect if the current situation escalates beyond 3 finger Hunger Game salutes and hand written cardboard and paper signs.

The hated corruption extorting police force would be a major target for the more extreme elements in any civil unrest in my opinion and I wouldn't lose any sleep over that as they seem to serve very little civic purpose and as has been seen in the recent past are next to useless in maintaining law and order in any serious confrontation. As always the military have weaponry of a magnitude no civilian protest could deal with.