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For once I completely agree with you. If you read Jon Krakauer's 'Into Thin Air', a great account of the 1996 disaster when a dozen climbers died, you'll see that one woman was totally unsuited to take on such a challenge but the expedition company took her money anyway. Another was on his third attempt and because his guide (Rob Hall) knew that the client had set his heart on reaching the summit, he went on against his better judgement instead of turning back when conditions got too rough. They both died. Money distorts everything. If someone wants to put their own life on the line, that's up to them. But endangering the lives of guides and sherpas who accompany them for financial reasons is another matter.

Not to mention Barra International (!) at No.2 - landing on a beach in the Hebrides, and Lukla at No.5 - landing on a 100yd strip hacked out of the side of a mountain at 8,000 ft up in the Himalayas! By comparison Don Mueang is a walk in the park.

What a sad life some people must lead if that's their main concern.

Collar up on Polo Shirt - Why? Why not?

Seems like a sensible policy. Play one side off against the other and keep some leverage over both. Why should Thailand be forced to align itself with one side or the other? It should do what is in its own best interests.

Or obsession.

That's a good point. You can find evidence for almost any conclusion you want to come to. Science itself is not settled, as some would have you believe. At the end of the day you have to sift through all the evidence and make up your own mind. That will be your version of the truth.

No-one decides, you have to make up your own mind. The truth is out there, we have more information available to us than at any time in history. Seek and ye shall find.

Isn't that an oxymoron?

10.8. What's yours?

Thanks for the recommendation. The book is from 1998, the year I first came to Thailand, but I'm sure most of its content still applies. Very little seems to have changed in the intervening 25 years.

If you know anything about golf you'll know LIV is entertainment, not sport.

Tech behemoths and moral responsibility. An oxymoron if ever I heard one.

The UN has no power to change the laws of a member country. It can't even fulfill it's principal mandate which is to prevent wars.

They couldn't know, although the article suggests the allied governments knew the risk and were prepared to sacrifice those men to the war effort.

There were many instances of POW transports, known as hellships, being sunk by allied forces. The ships were not marked as carrying prisoners, no red crosses or other identification so were considered legitimate targets. https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/allies-killed-20000-countrymen-sank-japanese-hell-ships-transported-m.html?chrome=1

As the OP said, it's all over her passport. Do you think they're not going to notice?

The climate change cult.

Ahh.....they're not 'experts' then. The Federal Reserve allegedly employs 400 PhDs. It hasn't prevented them from ph..........g up the US economy.

A life well lived. Congratulations sir.

You'd think even a simple so-called journalist would be able to use Google.

"As the only Southeast Asian actress in a worldwide blockbuster movie" Who writes this c**p? Michelle Yeoh just won an Oscar!

What utter BS. They feel the need to tell us there's a severe risk of terrorist attacks, but it's ok, don't be alarmed. When are we supposed to get alarmed.........when the bombs start going off?

Bringing 'democracy' to places like Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan. Mission accomplished (not), but hey, it's only a few trillion $ wasted.

Cheap it ain't, but the OP asked for quality and, like most things in life, you get what you pay for.