Political chaos , protesting , turmoil , and crisis are all words that can be linked to Thailand in recent weeks and on and off over the last eight years. From November 2013 until February 2014, there was constant distress throughout the country relating to the current political system and the leaders of Thailand. People were flooding the streets in Bangkok to protest the government or waving Thai flags to show support of Thailand.
All across Thailand people were upset with the government and showing it by protesting in the capital city of Bangkok. The reason for this unrest to spread through the country is an amnesty bill proposed to the parliament of Thailand. This bill would allow the self –exiled former, Prime Minister Thaksin to return to Thailand without being punished for the crimes he had been charged of. The current Prime Minister Yingluck is actually Thaksin’s sister and many people feel she does whatever Thaksin asks her to do. Thaksin was part of an extremely corrupt government and thousands of people were angered when they heard that he could be allowed back into the country as a free man.
The role of the King of Thailand is important to understand the different priorities of the protesters. The current King is beloved by all in Thailand and he is respected as much as the gods in their religion. If anything bad is said about the King, the speaker can be given a jail sentence. The King does actually have power, unlike the queen of England. As the
Most of the church does not support his tactic of civil disobedience and direct action because it is “inciting violence” and is “untimely.” His rebuttal consists of questions like, “Do people who have money get blamed for robbery?” and “Who gets to decide the timing of our actions?” The protesters were getting blamed for problems that they did not start or contribute to, thus showing the drastic prejudice of the time period. How would one even pick a time for change and what the conditions would be to make perfect environment? The church is against violence, so any sign of brutality tends to make the church uneasy. In the clergymen’s eyes, civil disobedience leads to violent actions, so they determined that the “instigators” and their methods must be unsuitable. King disagrees with the church as an institution, which makes him seem religiously irreverent to some. Nevertheless, he is actually preaching the ways of his faith in a powerful and devout
Thailand has fallen under the rule of another coup, just as Scotland fell under the rule of Macbeth. Thailand has fallen under a disruptive government who can’t seem to stay in power. Just as Scotland, when the generals started to attack the king so did Thailand feel their wrath. After many attempts in Scotland and Thailand one person finally took control, but for how long will it stay? Power so strong yet so fickle in nature both countries are having trouble deciding what to do next in the light of their new power. Just as Macduff struggles to find his way so does the king of Thailand for what he will do next. The generals on both countries have an immense amount of power and have bid for the throne. With their bid for power has thrown both
He would lead this peaceful protest and withstand the violence, because he believed God had a plan and would get him through it all. Kyi was Buddhist, but her religion did not play as big a role as Kings did. She also did not stage protests like King did, mostly because she was placed under house arrest for years, on and off again. She was held down by the Junta and not given the people the right to vote for what they want. King was held down and put in prison, because he wanted his right.
King’s methods of protesting have predominantly been based around the idea of non-violent protest- much like Mahatma Gandhi, who fought for the independence of India against Britain, by organizing boycotts and peaceful forms of civil disobedience. One example was Gandhi’s attempt to encourage Indians to boycott British goods such as salt and textiles and to buy Indian goods instead.
King’s display of peaceful protest brought the attention he needed, nevertheless this attention came at a price. Protesters were beaten by law enforcement, just for standing/sitting on public property.Officers would use attack dogs, which is considered one step down from lethal force, against them. Yet
King’s opinion that unity among the people is a huge strength for a successful movement. In this speech, he called people to be united. If people are united it would be easier to be heard their voices. His idea was that protest without violence. If there was a strong unity, nonviolence movement would be very effective. He gave the example of Pharaoh of Egypt. Pharaoh wanted to keep slavery in Egypt for a long time. For that, he engaged slaves fighting each other. Whenever slaves got united, something happened in the court of Pharaoh, which ultimately helped the slaves to be liberated from the slavery of Pharaoh (King,
King’s display of peaceful protest brought the attention he need, nevertheless this attention came at a price. Protesters were beaten by law enforcement, just for standing/sitting on public property.Officers would use attack dogs, which is considered one
Entdeckungland fell as a country when their president, Giorgio Franz Diego Best passed away. There country fell which led to throwing off Entdeckungland politics into confusion.
The land on which modern-day Myanmar stands could be traced back to Pagan Dynasty. Britain gradually took control of Myanmar in 1824. Burma was able to gain its independence from the Great Britain in 1948. Burma became a parliamentary democracy, granting autonomous states to minorities. In 1962 Union Revolutionary Council overthrew the civilian government and suspended the constitution. As a result, the country was under military rule from 1962 to 1988. The military government transitioned to a socialist economy, nationalized all major industries and reduced the foreign influence. Years of military rule and suppression and a failed attempt to move to a multi- party election system led to the imposition of economic sanctions to Myanmar. A new constitution was voted in by the public in 2008, that established a parliamentary system where the military has the 50% of the seats. The military government was officially dissolved in 2011, and a former member, Thein Sein was inaugurated as president and PM, convening a largely civilian parliament and begun political, economic and parliamentary reforms.
Civil Disobedience, as shown through King, is very powerful. The biggest strength of this tactic is the amount of passion behind it.
To begin, problems are hard to be recognized by important people in the legal system. Government pay more attention to some problems over others because they have indicators telling them which one is important. Indicators are in form of rate or numbers, problem recognition become significant when there is a big shift within the data. Also, it cost money to pay those people who collect data to for evidences that an issue is an issue. Sometimes, politicians’ will considered a crisis or a disaster as their main problem if it happens. Most of the time, the government will manage the policy-making in incrementalism way. Instead of following the normal agenda, politicians will pass the most burning issues. The best example of a crisis is an event that was all over the news and in the social media like the airplane in the Indian Ocean.
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