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“If I can’t dance I don’t want to be in your revolution,” said Emma Goldman, or at least she probably said one of the several common variations of that quote.
It is not appropriate to entertain soldiers while they are on duty, a Thai colonel told Reuters after a troupe of 10 women in tight camouflage vests and shorts posed with soldiers and tanks while making a music video.
Sorry, Emma, it’s hard times… Leaders of the Thai coup have banned go-go girls from dancing near tanks and troops, as a distraction from the serious business of power. Here’s the story:
Happy snaps… A Thai fashion college student conducts a photo shoot with soldiers keeping guard near the Government House in Bangkok September 21, 2006.
REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
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