Thousands of protesters gather in Bangkok, seek elections

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok on Sunday and planned to give Thailand's military-backed government an ultimatum: either call elections or face more pro-democracy demonstrations over the coming week. About 80,000 red-shirted supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a military coup in 2006, arrived on Saturday, many traveling in pick-up trucks, motorcycles or vans from northern provinces, carrying red flags and blaring music about democracy and freedom.

Good for them! If they can do it, so can we. Surely us Americans are tough enough to shrug off a few rubber bullets and protect ourselves against tear gas. (Just go down to the local army surplus store, they have all that sort of stuff.)

sadly I dont think democracy will help much, at least now the common folk over there know who their opressors are rather than being distracted by a bunch of puppets. But I gotta give them credit for opposing their ruling body and being brave enough to stand up to them