Just Whistlin’
I spent three or four hours taking photos of the protests last Sunday. There have been all sorts of absurd claims of millions of protesters but logic and the eyeball would indicate a crowd in the low to mid-hundreds of thousands. The claims bring to mind Hitler’s famed ‘big lie’ theory.
I walked between stages and took about 250 shots. These are some of them:













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Thanks Simon your pics keep me informed
Cheers Lindsay
Your pics make more sensw than some of daisys english
Oh and the nz show just played 4 songs by no tag from can we get away with it and have given audio culture website 2 plugs good stuff
Thank you Lindsay. I hope you have a great Xmas!
Merry Christmas simon
I am learning thailish he he
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Great photos simon
Great photos, Simon. They give a completely different picture of the protests than the mainstream media.
I’m curious, though, about the prevalence of English signs. Is that normal for Thailand? Trying to attract international attention? Trying to show how much more cultured and sophisticated they are than those dirty Yingluck supporters?
Merry Christmas!
Thanks Chris. The signs are in English primarily I think because for many of the Thai middle class English is commonly used. In areas like ThongLor, Aree, Ekkamai (and others) in Bangkok you see more English signage than Thai and the menus etc are in English. These are not tourist areas at all, but Thai middle and upper class. Bangkok is very bi-lingual.
I’m not sure anyone particularly cares about international attention, although the thuggier elements seem a little upset at the fact the the foreign media have been less than sympathetic to Suthep’s cries for a ‘People’s Council’ headed by him. That said, I’d argue that most of those in the streets on Sunday are less than supportive of that too. They want Yingluck out of power but want her gone via the ballot box.
Thank you Ann, I appreciate that. Hope you are having a great day!