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Just as there can be no right moment for a revolution, there can similarly be no right moment for an occurrence, an event. That suggests that events can do nothing other than to follow in quick succession.

Thousands of demonstrators clad in yellow had occupied Suvarnabhumi Airport – for days, even weeks, all flights were going to be cancelled. Maille resolved to leave the revolution-stormed Thailand via the land route. He decided to travel to Poipet, located on the border of Cambodia, on a mini-bus – whose driver, it turned out, could both drive at 140 km per hour and simultaneously telephone, drink coffee, smoke and read a newspaper.

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