Thais protest peacefully against military government

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/19/thailand.protests/index.html?iref=newssearch


Thailand's past is full of violent attempts to take over the current government, however the last coup by a military group was one of the few bloodless ones. The people of Thailand were especially upset by the change in government because Thaskin, the former prime minister, was very loved for all the help he tried to give the people. A group of supporters decided to protest peacefully against this new government, and sat in a group in red colored t-shirts in front of the Government house. On the other hand there are equally violent Thais who broke through barricades to attack villagers over right to a village area on the border of Thailand and Cambodia. It is reported that they used catapults and sticks to fight each other.

I picked this article this week because it shows two sides of a very notoriously violent country. Although Thailand has had a past of extremely deadly and frequent coups the Thai people have started heading toward a more peaceful path. By peacefully rebelling, the Thaskin supporters got their point across to the military government without having to shed any blood.The article also show that opposite end of the spectrum with Thais fighting with catapults and stones over a temple area.