September 21, 2006

• “Bloodless” Coup

  I love how the news media (all Bangkok-based) continues to call this a bloodless coup.  I guess the blood of Southern Thailand’s citizens doesn’t count.

  The Bangkok-based media keeps talking about how Thaksin bribed Southerners to vote for him.  Where have I seen this type of press before?  I wonder where they learned it.

  As far as I know, my family in Southern Thailand didn’t get any money.  ‘Would have been nice?  How would gossip that Thaksin bribed Southerners affect how people in Bangkok feel about him?  Gee, I wonder!!!!!!

  Do people in Bangkok really believe everything they see on the news?  And even more importantly, now that the military coup government is admittedly controlling the news, are they really that much of a bunch of sheep?

  Bloodless coup, indeed.

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