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...have a democracy. We're having elections in April, and everyone will have the chance to vote and decide if they like Thaksin or not. I don't like these street protests. The people who protest claim to represent the Thai people. They want Thaksin out because of his policies. They accuse him of things because they don't like him. You have to prove allegations before a judge. If it's true and you have the evidence, then it can be proven. But they just make accusations, and they don't want to vote. It's not fair...
...Many people should join hands to solve this problem. That's why the Prime Minister is open to talks with any opposition leader, anyone from the protest movement, so we can come up with a good solution. We admit some things need to be improved. Public participation in the political process could be better. This includes academics, NGOs, local governments. We need to control corruption and improve transparency in the bureaucracy. But if 100,000 protesters can come onto the streets and ask for any government member to resign, next time they'll do it again. Then...
...remain free…to express whatever views they may have on the military’s congressionally mandated employment policy, all the while retaining eligibility for federal funds.” Members of the Harvard community ought to galvanize behind Dean Kagan’s call for protest. But students and faculty members should not be alone in organizing against the military’s unwise and discriminatory policy. The University ought to commit itself formally to supporting Congressional efforts to change “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” either...
...preserve the Law School’s nondiscrimination policy, Congress still could have forced the school to let military recruiters on campus.The Solomon Amendment, initially passed by Congress in 1994, gives schools a choice: take federal funds and let military recruiters on campus, or forgo the money to protest the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.But according to Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ’76, in an ruling issued Monday, Congress doesn’t even need to give the schools a choice.Harvard and other...
...support and action. “We believe that the students in fact are the key part of the conscience of our people,” and that they can force administrators to act, he said. Several top U.S. schools have cancelled some of their contracts with Coke to protest alleged abuses—including the University of Michigan, which suspended Coke sales on campus at the beginning of January, and Swarthmore, which ousted Coke from some of its dining facilities. Romero suggested that Harvard turn to alternative soft-drink suppliers such as Worcester, Mass.-based Polar Beverages or Dubai...