The Moment

摘要

Red is the color of anger, danger and protest. So it'srnfitting that supporters of former Thai Prime Minister ThaksinrnShinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup, have chosenrndeep scarlet as their identifying hue. Tens of thousands of Red Shirts have thronged Bangkok's government district since March 12 in increasingly virulent demonstrations demanding that current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva step down and hold new elections. But red is also the color of blood, and in response to Abhisit's steadfast refusal to resign, the Red Shirts decided to shed their own. As dawn broke on March 16, hundreds lined up at medical tents, where nurses siphoned blood from their veins into 2-liter water bottles and juice jugs.