An interesting conversation of a Red and a Yellow

Somewhere On Rajadamnoen

Man 1: May I bum a smoke, pal?

Man 2: Sure, here you go. You're from the red stage?

Man 1: Yes, and you must be PAD.

Man 2: Officially, yes. But ideologically I'm terribly confused. All these secret deals and switching of alliances are killing me.

Man 1: Tell me about it.

Man 2: Who are we fighting? Who are our enemies?

Man 1: I'm supposed to fight you and you're supposed to fight me.

Man 2: But both of us want Abhisit to go, so we must be allies.

Man 1: You hate Abhisit, Thaksin and Hun Sen. I like Thaksin and hate Abhisit. Hun Sen accommodated Thaksin, so I like him too. And to be honest, I can't bring myself to like your boss Sondhi yet.

Man 2: So you hate Abhisit and Sondhi. I hate Abhisit, Thaksin and Hun Sen. Abhisit is the common ground, but as Abhisit is fighting border battles with Hun Sen, I'm not sure why I'm hating them both at the same time. To add to that, bringing Abhisit down may bring back a pro-Thaksin government.

Man 1: What a bloody mess. And as much as I hate Abhisit, I don't want to see him ousted in a coup. I'm part of an anti-coup movement, to begin with. This means if you promote the idea of a coup, you and I are enemies.

Man 2: Maybe you're right. But before we decide what we are, let's go have a drink.

 

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