Convenient to forget red-shirt violence

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2011
Convenient to forget red-shirt violence

Re: "Historical parallels are unfair", Letters, September 5.

I feel that Somsak Pola has some valid points, and it would be nice to read his thoughts into other red-shirt operations: Two assassination attempts on PM Abhisit. The criminal attack on foreign diplomats in Pattaya at the Asean conference. The parking of a loaded LPG tanker in a housing development and threatening to blow it up. The criminal attack on Chulalongkorn Hospital, threatening doctors, nurses and patients. The looting of Central Department Store and shops in Siam Square. The killing of residents in the Klong Toei area, who were protecting their homes and property.

Tom

Bangkok