Experts hose down hopes for amnesty

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Experts hose down hopes for amnesty

'Secret' talks dismissed as trivial

Published: 10 Feb 2013 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

Political observers have dismissed Thursday's closed-door talks between red and yellow shirt leaders as trivial, saying the meeting made little headway towards achieving bipartisan support for political amnesty.

The two sides still have key differences of opinion on the issue that could make an amnesty deal impossible, they say.

Pheu Thai Party list-MP and red shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) core leader Korkaew Pikulthong met Parnthep Pourpongpan, spokesman for the yellow shirt People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), at parliament on Thursday.

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facts_only
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Discussion 10 : 10 Feb 2013 at 20.2110
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"If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies." - Moshe Dayan

"That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind." - Martin Luther King
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Discussion 9 : 10 Feb 2013 at 19.399
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The red-shirt leaders are MPs and hide in ministries.
The foot slodiers that followed their orders are now in jail and they demand amnesty. The demand for amesty is the same nonsense as their demand in 2010 for an immediate election. How can someone support such a leadership ?
But i guess when you got paid for protesting, then you will support the devil.
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Discussion 8 : 10 Feb 2013 at 16.088
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This will never end in a positive way. Because the people concerned still mix up reconciliation with amnesty. Of course, this has been intentionally arranged so by the puppet regime. No sane person would directly link reconciliation and amnesty. First, there has to be reconciliation, then there can be amnesty for the stupid followers, and then the instigators have to be hit by the full force of law!
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Discussion 7 : 10 Feb 2013 at 16.017
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Funny thing that UDD fights for the return of a dictator who never cared for democracy.
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Discussion 6 : 10 Feb 2013 at 15.156
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All this according to the gospel delivered on the great multimedia Skype.Amen.
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Discussion 5 : 10 Feb 2013 at 14.225
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All law breakers, incl. red, yellow and fugitive, must face justice and serve any sentences.
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Discussion 4 : 10 Feb 2013 at 11.574
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Who does more damage, a thief who picks pockets, or protesters who close an airport or shut down the business heart of a city?
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Discussion 3 : 10 Feb 2013 at 09.443
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When a civilised society starts giving amnesty its people who broke its own laws...it stops being a civilised society.....
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Discussion 2 : 10 Feb 2013 at 09.022
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One phrase troubles me, "Protest leaders who instigated unrest must be punished", exactly how do you define leaders? In some cases it is obvious, but there is also a grey area. Is the front runner in a mob a leader? Is the initiator/coordinator of a chant a leader? Is a pop star who speaks in support a leader?
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Discussion 1 : 10 Feb 2013 at 08.451
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A bunch of law-breakers sitting around saying "Hey, I know what we can do. Let's get the government to retrospectively make our law breaking activities legal. Wouldn't that be great!"
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