Thai protest leaders agree to surrender

[opebo]

No clue how this will affect opebo and his hobby.

Anything which helps the current government avoid being overturned is good.  Those Reds are lousy - democracy is the death knell for personal freedoms.

[opebo]

Opebo - opposing rights for the poor and oppressed as long as he's merrily exploiting them.

Certainly, and also don't forget that 'democracy' doesn't give them any rights, just the illusion of rights (case in point, USA).

[opebo]

Disappointing. The oligarchs won, once again.

Huzzah! 

[opebo]

The answer is, gentlemen, that my hypocrisy is precisely the best evidence that I am 'real' (all too real, alas.. feet of clay, don't you know).

[opebo]

What bothers me more is the extent to which he is idolized by so many left-wing posters here as a champion for socialism. Because that is pretty stupid.

Whether it makes sense to idolize them or not, many of the early champions of the revolution were hypocritical, whore-going scions of the upper-middle class, Gustaf.  In any case, the whole point of the leftist critique of the capitalist system is that it doesn't matter one whit what any individual does.

[opebo]

What bothers me more is the extent to which he is idolized by so many left-wing posters here as a champion for socialism. Because that is pretty stupid.

Whether it makes sense to idolize them or not, many of the early champions of the revolution were hypocritical, whore-going scions of the upper-middle class, Gustaf.  In any case, the whole point of the leftist critique of the capitalist system is that it doesn't matter one whit what any individual does.

I only harrass people for poor taste in their personal lives, not for personal political actions.

But why do you then constantly harass people for the choices they make in their personal lives?