In Thailand, students take on the military (and 'Death Eaters')

BANGKOK - Her hair is tucked back with rhinestone bobby pins. Owlish glasses frame her face, and her school uniform is neatly pressed.

"What other countries have these kinds of rules, unless they are dictatorships like North Korea?" said Benjamaporn, referring to the hair regulations."They want us to be like robots." But rather than fall into line, young Thais have taken to the streets, calling for democratic reform. In June, Benjamaporn engaged in a piece of performance art in Bangkok that was also a protest. Slumping over in a chair, she had her hands tied behind her back and a pair of scissors in her lap. Duct tape covered her mouth. A sign around her neck asked the audience to cut her hair because its tendrils broke school rules.

The aim, he said, was for the youth to"show absolute loyalty and obedience and be ready to sacrifice for the sake of the nation and its tutelary deities: monarchy, Buddhism and the army". In May, after protests by Mr Netiwit, Benjamaporn and others, the education ministry relaxed the rules on student haircuts. While perms and dyed hair are still taboo, individual schools can now decide on the coiffures of their charges. But many schools, particularly in rural areas, have kept to the old traditions.

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