theanimaster

On a serious note to those of you with young children, a friend of my wife was in a shopping centre in Bangkok when her 4 year old son was snatched when she wasn't looking. About a year later her son called out to her from the side of the road. She didnt recognise him. He has a shaven head and was missing one of his legs. He was stolen and used for professional begging.

In another incident my niece was at school in Cha Am and went to the toilet at lunch time. When she came back the 3 friends she was having lunch with had been snatched and thrown in a van.

I cannot stress enough how important it is to watch your children at all times and as soon as they are old enough explain the dangers of wandering off, talking to strangers, make them memorise your phone number etc. This happens A LOT in Thailand and it very rarely makes the news.

This isn't just a 'scare story' is it? I find it hard to believe that you were just 'fortunate' enough to hear two tales of this happening from your circle of family. Still, if it's true, then I have A LOT to be f--ing afraid of. I look after my kids all the time, however, my in-laws are Thai, and well, let's just say that they don't take these things as seriously as they should. I know this stuff happens -- just that I find it peculiar that you know of two such cases quite close to your family!

My wife and in-laws pick my kids up from school (a private school) and the school only allows people with IDs entry (although I've been able to get in all the time without an ID... maybe they just 'know' me?). However, my in-laws occasionally take the kids out after school -- when I'm still at work -- and without my knowledge. They just assume it's fine and don't want to 'inconvenience me' (or inconvenience themselves?) with a little note on where they're going.

Wow... the bar owner shut down for the night after that? I can only imagine the two farangs getting the shit kicked outta them and the whole "show must go on thing" happening. But yeah... if the Thais get the shit kicked outta them it's all "Let's close up for the night boys!"

I just hope she doesn't strip nude in front of the embassy in a sorry-arse ditch to get attention... if that's her in the photos that is.

About time I got that hotline number~! Plenty <deleted> I'd love to squeal on.

Funny how these ICT Ministry people contradict themselves in everything they say.

We all have the right to break the law. Politicians do it everyday, but it's only normal folk like us who are caught and put in prison for it. Still, it's our right.

More helpful work from MP-Chuwit !

Perhaps Deputy-PM Chalerm should seek his assistance, in his many initiatives, to seek-out and fight crime, wherever it occurs ! Or perhaps not, as Chuwit appears to actually achieve something, which would never do !

Oh shit. If only you knew.... if only you knew.

I'm gonna leave it at that. We all know the story. Let's just welcome Thaksin back with open arms.

There are some people who fight crime, and others -- they ~control~ it.

And those people who lost their homes get a thousand dollars in compensation... or 30,000 Thai baht to be exact. How generous of the local government (sponsor?).

Maybe they can sue for more. Maybe. I dunno... perhaps 30k is enough for a lawyer?

HAPPOSAI~!!!

The guy is ripping off a character from a Jap Anime cartoon -- Ranma 1/2!

Dunno about you guys, but the bare-chested "female" in the photo doesn't look very "GENUINELY female" to me. Katoey maybe?

The US warning stands. I don't think the Americans believe the Thais have "their man". The Thais have an excuse to say "Everyone go back to their business and pretend nothing's happened and tell all your farang friends to come on over and continue to give us money through tourism" but we ain't buying it.

Or are we?

The guy obviously doesn't know much about Thailand and face-saving, does he? It wasn't the Mussad that planted all that stuff there. It was most probably.... tun-tun-tuuuuuuuunnnnn... guess-who-has-to-save-face-here?

The Zimbabwe investment could be a sucker move, as the mine could be taken over by 'the government' at some point, either by the current slime or a future version.

Quite true, only a fool would invest in Zimbabwe the government can sieze all your assets at a whim and there is nothing you can do about it. I am sure there are many expats who could tell a story or 2 about this.

But who do you think is the bigger con man?

Oh... And just who the F does the government think theyre kidding? So the nice, sweet, terrorist-guy just told them where all the bomb-making equipment was, and even threw in another hint that it was not meant for Thailand and that it was actually off to some other country that Thailand could care less about.

Hell... If that were all true, we wouldn't need Guantanamo Bay!

TCT= Tourism Council of Thailand? I thought the "TCT" was the TEACHER'S Council of Thailand? Or is that only when the Democrats rule? Or wait... Do you mean they're one and the same???

Poor vendor. The police aren't gonna take too kindly to him making a killing offa porn. Everyone knows the police need their cut.

This is the first time I've received such warning about "FOREIGN" terrorists. Don't think they're talking about the redshirts/yellowshirts/blueshirts/blackshirts either. This is serious shit. Also the fact that they recalled the first message moments after it being sent only to send a THIRD warning out saying to disregard the recall. I am not going to take this warning lightly -- our government knows SOMETHING that's for sure~!!

Be safe everyone and keep an eye out!

Well... there's a reason why the government controls education in this country. It's to produce the sort of incompetent gullible idiots that they need to vote for them.

Just watch -- the government doesn't need to do anything except make MORE promises. That'll make the gullible fools happy. Just buy more time until the next elections where they can make more promises promising to promise the promises they've promised.

Only Thais won't be able to see the big catch here. The MICT will sell them drugs and they'll take the bait. Unfortunately there is little to NO education in this country regarding the importance of one's personal information.

If only all the corrupt cockroach politicians would stop pocketing so much money through their corrupt practices, then the country would easily be able to pay off its debt.

I mean, the amount of shit you read in the news ... a couple billion this minister stole here and a couple trillion this prime minister stole there... you don't have to be a genius to figure it out.

You want the country to majestically speak English? Well fortunately there IS a solution! Change all public TV broadcasting to English. YES and OMfG! FORCE the Thais to LEARN English through their favourite brain-draining source -- the Telly! But of course this will never happen. You've seen the results in countries like the Philippines -- the people can actually COMMAND the language (albeit with an accent) and ANYTHING that would work in Thailand is viewed as evil and against Thai culture.

On the other hand, anything that would make money for one selfish greedy little politician......

It's alright to murder and kill (as long as you're in the Police or Military) but God bless ya if you predict the End of the World.

So now we can all rest easy that the NEXT person who predicts a dam is gonna break or something somewhere is going to explode will follow it up or face charges by the Police.

Miracle Thailand.

Now who is to blame -- the education system or alcohol?

DO we have the same retarded laws in the US and the UK? That, if you are an MP you can get away with murder (literally)?

No wonder the guy took a hands-on approach to matters.