absolutelyBangkok archive · Politics
Originally published April 25, 2010
Considered myself to be in the middle, neither pro anyone nor against any party. But since that FCCT presser with the red shirts’ Khun Jaran speaking casually about the possibility of civil war I had to take a side. Made a turn, albeit reluctantly.
Today’s headlines are dominated by the gloom and doom of a looming civil war. Without much understanding what civil war is. People talk about it as lightly as talking about an adventurous, noble pastime. It’s all hearsay and tertiary experience what a civil war might be. But hey, we saw it on TV.
Anyone lived in a civil war yet? Well I was working in war-like environments, but the prospect of urban warfare for the sake of some hardcore red shirts’ version of democracy has me dumbfounded. How ignorant can you be? You’ll soon be longing for a dictator, as long as there’s some kind of stability. Any kind. Today’s legitimate and dubious reasons that justify and at the same time scorn the red march could soon look frustratingly insignificant.
Civil war as per
Wikipedia
’s definition:
A civil war is a war between organized groups within a single nation state, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly-united nation-state. The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies. It is high-intensity conflict, often involving regular armed forces, that is sustained, organized and large-scale. Civil wars may result in large numbers of casualties and the consumption of significant resources.
Ready for that? In the name of democracy? In Thailand, the paradise?!
Rebels without a cause, unable to prevent tragedy from befalling their reckless anti-heroism (to speak with James Dean…).
Looks like without some serious ugly blood-letting some people — yes count them in, the yellows — have no clue what they’re talking about when suggesting, some even glorifying, civil war as a means to an end.
Just imagine how Bangkok could be like in, say, a year. How life would be. Just think, for a minute.
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