Comments on: The Red Shirts in Bangkok: The Faces of Day Two http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/red-shirts-2010-the-faces-of-day-two/ Expat making her way through the Thai language and culture Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:01:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Catherine Wentworth http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/red-shirts-2010-the-faces-of-day-two/#comment-4018 Catherine Wentworth Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:05:13 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=10583#comment-4018 Talen, Rick, and Kaewmala - thanks for the support! It was a grand time out there. And hot, hot, hot. I was soaking wet coming home. There is shade around, but I was not always in it. Kaewmala - I'm going to put a video up soon. If you feel that it's a bit too too (you know), please tell me and I'll take it down. As with the other, I'm going to go with my gut on what I leave out. Anyone can see worse on the BBC... but... Talen, Rick, and Kaewmala – thanks for the support! It was a grand time out there. And hot, hot, hot. I was soaking wet coming home. There is shade around, but I was not always in it.

Kaewmala – I’m going to put a video up soon. If you feel that it’s a bit too too (you know), please tell me and I’ll take it down. As with the other, I’m going to go with my gut on what I leave out. Anyone can see worse on the BBC… but…

]]> By: kaewmala http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/red-shirts-2010-the-faces-of-day-two/#comment-4017 kaewmala Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:29:01 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=10583#comment-4017 One can hardly accuse you of being "chicken" going out in the back of a pick-up truck taking all those wonderful pictures, Cat. The important thing is that you do what you think is right and what you are comfortable with. Better safe than sorry is always wise. And as for red or yellow, I wish we Thais were a little less obsessed with colors and more with principles of equality and justice. .-= kaewmala´s last blog ..<a href="http://thaisextalk.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/from-wet-bottom-to-masculine-guile/" rel="nofollow">From “Wet Bottom” to Masculine Guile</a> =-. One can hardly accuse you of being “chicken” going out in the back of a pick-up truck taking all those wonderful pictures, Cat. The important thing is that you do what you think is right and what you are comfortable with. Better safe than sorry is always wise.

And as for red or yellow, I wish we Thais were a little less obsessed with colors and more with principles of equality and justice.
.-= kaewmala´s last blog ..From “Wet Bottom” to Masculine Guile =-.

]]> By: SiamRick http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/red-shirts-2010-the-faces-of-day-two/#comment-4016 SiamRick Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:16:05 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=10583#comment-4016 Fantastic pictures. What more can I say. Can't wait till you fill in some words, Catherine. .-= SiamRick´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BehindTheNoodleCurtain/~3/M-YzfDzkwCU/canadian-boys-need-to-toughen-up.html" rel="nofollow">Canadian boys need to toughen up</a> =-. Fantastic pictures. What more can I say. Can’t wait till you fill in some words, Catherine.
.-= SiamRick´s last blog ..Canadian boys need to toughen up =-.

]]> By: Catherine Wentworth http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/red-shirts-2010-the-faces-of-day-two/#comment-4015 Catherine Wentworth Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:33:44 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=10583#comment-4015 Hi Dr Will. Thanks for stopping by. I've come across your blog in the past, and I'm now reading through <a href="http://wyaryan.blogspot.com/2010/03/open-letter-to-red-shirts.html" rel="nofollow">An Open Letter to the Red Shirts</a>. I do agree with you. I too am a guest in this country, so I will merely observe. Hi Dr Will. Thanks for stopping by. I’ve come across your blog in the past, and I’m now reading through An Open Letter to the Red Shirts. I do agree with you. I too am a guest in this country, so I will merely observe.

]]> By: Talen http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/red-shirts-2010-the-faces-of-day-two/#comment-4013 Talen Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:13:37 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=10583#comment-4013 Excellent photos Cat. You really have captured the people in a great light...as people not a threatening force. Keep up the great work but please be careful out there. .-= Talen´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Thailandlandofsmilescom/~3/zezSEH86IHU/" rel="nofollow">Thailand in the News Week Ending 03/13/10</a> =-. Excellent photos Cat. You really have captured the people in a great light…as people not a threatening force.

Keep up the great work but please be careful out there.
.-= Talen´s last blog ..Thailand in the News Week Ending 03/13/10 =-.

]]> By: Catherine Wentworth http://womenlearnthai.com/index.php/red-shirts-2010-the-faces-of-day-two/#comment-4012 Catherine Wentworth Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:13:38 +0000 http://womenlearnthai.com/?p=10583#comment-4012 My pleasure :-) I saw quite a lot of back and forth between the police, army and Red Shirts. No frowns or negative gestures - mostly smiles. It was more of a party atmosphere (I like). I do have a number of videos that I'm not quite sure about posting. In the video above, he's quite explicit on what he wants Abhisit to do... I'm of the <em>better safe than sorry</em> camp so I stopped the video where you find it. So am I chicken? Or being practical? <em>'From whichever way you look the reds really have had the short end of the stick.'</em> Last year I had more Thai friends who were in the Yellow camp. This year, while they still don't like Thaksin, they believe that nothing concrete has been done to help the country people. So last year they were yellow, but this year they are more orange than red or yellow. My pleasure :-) I saw quite a lot of back and forth between the police, army and Red Shirts. No frowns or negative gestures – mostly smiles. It was more of a party atmosphere (I like).

I do have a number of videos that I’m not quite sure about posting. In the video above, he’s quite explicit on what he wants Abhisit to do… I’m of the better safe than sorry camp so I stopped the video where you find it. So am I chicken? Or being practical?

‘From whichever way you look the reds really have had the short end of the stick.’

Last year I had more Thai friends who were in the Yellow camp. This year, while they still don’t like Thaksin, they believe that nothing concrete has been done to help the country people.

So last year they were yellow, but this year they are more orange than red or yellow.

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