En 8 dagar gammal artikel från The Nation som belyser att en del faranger deltager i de rödas ockupation, när det gula höll igång så var det även en del faranger som deltog.
Frågan är, hur många här på MPR är beredda att så att säga "Put your money where your mouth is" och ansluta sig till en extremistgrupp i verkligheten och inte bara på internet?
Foreigners joining the rally
By PierLuc Gagnon
The Nation
Bangkok: -- A few foreigners were spotted among the red crowds at Rajprasong intersection, joining the antigovernment movement regardless of the degree of their knowledge of Thai politics.
An American appeared on the stage yesterday, despite the government's enforcement of the emergency decree.
He said he had read the news and was puzzled by the rumour that some protesters were paid to show their support. Seemingly in Thailand for some time due to his slight knowledge of the Thai language, he had been encouraged to come to the scene to see it with his own eyes.
While on stage, he addressed the crowd in English, saying that the United States took a long time to establish democracy.
"What you're doing is amazing and I hope you achieve it," he said.
As the protest ran into its fourth day on Tuesday, some foreigners were also seen in their red shirts. Having been living here for some time, they were cheered up by the popular movement "in defence of democracy".
"This is becoming a people's movement. The country has been divided in the last month and I am worried about the direction it is heading in," said Frank Klose, a German who has been living in Thailand for the past 20 years.
Klose, a resident of Bangkok and Ubon Ratchathani, added that it was his third time at the protests and he was hoping a dissolution of Parliament would help resolve the current chasm.
However, he admitted he was not too knowledgeable about Thai politics, and mainly came in support of his Thai wife, who is a strong activist.
A desire to see the dissolution of Parliament was shared by other foreigners present.
"A love for freedom," answered another foreigner wearing a "Yubsapha" (House dissolution) scarf when asked about his motivation for joining the protests. He was there with a Thai friend.
"I am here to support freedom of speech, freedom of protest and corruptionfree elections. We should have a democracy without interference like in the US," added the dual American and Canadian citizen, who has been living in Bangkok for 15 years and asked to remain anonymous.
"The current government was not voted in, and I want to have a vote," he said.
He added that it was his first time at the protests as he was too busy with his business, but that he watched and followed the situation every day.
Exprime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's assetsseizure case did not seem to be a factor for the foreigners when asked about their motivation for joining the red shirts' protests.
-- The Nation 2010-04-09
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