Yesterday, anti-government Thai protesters (People's Alliance) went into Bangkok International Airport, forcing the airport to withhold departing flights for safety. This protesting clearly infringed on public safety. Before the airport attack, I believe, the Alliance supporters were provoked by pro-government crowds and fired guns at them.
If the DPP happened to do something like this in Taiwan (they are probably violent enough), and the police does not hesitate to control and disperse the protest (really, what was the Thai police doing?), DPP supporters will definitely look back and blame the police for "over-policing".
(Still, nothing is done constructively by foreign nations - or Muslim extremists - to save all the crude oil on the Somalian-pirate-hijacked Saudi tanker. If you do not want to give them money, at least give them some bullets!)
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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Perhaps the Thai military should procure advanced crowd dispersion technology such as the following...yikes!:
ReplyDelete"The Active Denial System (ADS) is a non-lethal, directed-energy weapon developed by the U.S. military. It is a strong millimeter-wave transmitter used for crowd control (the "goodbye effect"). Informally, the weapon is also called pain ray. Raytheon is currently marketing a reduced-range version of this technology.
The ADS works by directing electromagnetic radiation, specifically, high-frequency microwave radiation at a frequency of 95 GHz (a wavelength of 3.2 mm), toward the subjects. The waves excite water molecules in the epidermis to around 130 °F (55 °C), causing an intensely painful sensation of extreme heat. While not actually burning the skin, the burning sensation is similar to that of a light bulb being pressed against the skin. The focused beam can be directed at targets at a range of just under half a kilometer, or about 550 yards."
Alternatively, a more peaceful method would be to toss cases of Green Giant canned vegetables into the crowd. All the protesters would then rush home to consume their delectable and nutritious offerings, leaving the planes to be able to land and take-off in peace. :-)
Ho Ho Ho,
Jolly Green Giant!
The ADS is basically like an external microwave. There was a show about it on Discovery.
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