Baht Simpson

I take that line too. I'll occasionally have a Chang or Singh with the locals to be sociable. I don't find them offensive, just rather neutral.

I've only seen Full Moon beers in Tops and they're in the 159bht range. Hopefully our 7/11 will start to stock them.

There are some nice Belgian beer emporiums in Vientiane. They're not afraid to charge though.

Not seen those in our 7/11 yet. Aren't they a bit expensive though?

Beerlao IPA is nice. Worth paying a little extra if you can get it. Snowy IPA is good too if you like the New England style and is available in 7/11 at a reasonable price.

......is the incorrect answer. I do and some Thais I know do. You would be correct in asserting that many drink for the sake of intoxication but not all.

It's not just Chiang Mai, the whole of SE Asia is ablaze, and the Indian sub-continent. Here's the burning for the last 7 days.

Good question. I'm assuming they would have to.

Richard, how do you reconcile your full support of your family if they are gay with the fact that you would object to them getting married because they are gay? It's not really full support because you object to them having marriage equality. Also, there were a number of LGBT+ people who didn't agree with marriage equality, although a lot of them have since come around. Disagreement with it doesn't make you homophobic, just anti-equality. Homophobic is not a word I care for, preferring anti-LGBT+, which some people here clearly are. I don't think you are.

That's what she looked like before the surgery.

What the hell does that mean?

Can you name some of them? Let's have a look at them.

You're right. He just created another Twitter account where he pretended he was a Trans man. He then created a fake account pretending he was a lesbian. He threatened to kill trans activists, was banned by Twitter again. I actually feel sorry for him.

I had a look on the UK Gov. website which publishes figures on English Hate crime figures. Hate crime has existed in England & Wales since 2008. The latest stats they show are for recorded crime 2021-2022 and it's quite interesting. Of the 155,841 hate crimes recorded 97% were for public order offenses, violence, criminal damage and arson which are already crimes in law. It doesn't specify but let's assume the remaining 3% are for offenses of abuse. Now these are just recorded crimes, not criminal convictions. It doesn't specify how many people were convicted or just issued with warnings. It also doesn't detail offenses reported but not recorded. Make of these figures what you will but it does seem to be that the huge majority of hate crimes are existing crimes which are deemed to be aggravated by hate rather than a new type of crime. It seems that the Scottish system is more draconian and possibly unworkable. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022/hate-crime-england-and-wales-2021-to-2022#police-recorded-hate-crime

Quite so.

Linehan clearly has issues and is probably not the best spokeperson for female rights. He was supposedly posing as a woman on Mumsnet trying to drum up anti-trans support. So much for his advocacy for safe spaces for women, eh? He was banned from Twitter for hateful comments. More here: Poor man seems obsessed to the point of harming himself emotionally. He blames others for all his troubles. Needs someone to tell him to pull away from it all.

Strange that you think me stating how I perceive people is a smear. Particularly as I used the rather mild admonition "intransigent." The problem is that like Peterson she brings up some interesting issues but then lets herself down in practice. By saying you are sympathetic to transexuals then calling them "men in dresses" and "women with penises" you are inviting censure. I think that's the problem she's got. Peterson also betrays himself in his language by stating his support for the gay community then saying "Is it the freaks and the queers?" and stating that gays need help to integrate into society (sic). I will always listen to what these two have to say and I'm sure they raise some relevant points but I don't perceive their views as more important than anyone else's because of their prominence.

You're right. I'm not at all interested in Linehan's concerns because I don't see him as a serious commentator. And I'm not sure I want to talk about toilet provisions either because it's so tedious. 🙂 My point was a general one about how I perceive these people, not about any particular issue.

I'm not talking about specific issues. Those can be debated. I'm talking about Peterson's angry rants, Fox's pathetic sarcasm, Linehan's hateful comments and Rowling's intransigence.

I do have reservations on this new policy but mostly around workability and fair enforcement.

Yes. Remember when she liked a tweet that said trans women were just men in dresses and then got her agent to apologize by saying she accidentally liked the tweet when she "mishandled" the phone. Lol I have no problem with her or anyone voicing their opinion but like Jordan Peterson, Graham Linehan, Laurence Fox and others she's highly antagonistic and deliberately courts trouble in an attempt of vainglory.

I like the langour of a bath every few days and two quick showers a day, maybe more this time of year.

Christ would have kicked over his table.

Yeah, it's funny how these clowns abandon Christ's teachings when it suits them. Judge not, that you be not judged (Matthew 7:1). Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. (Luke 6:37)

Be careful with free travel insurance from credit card companies. Check the small print. Years ago I had a card that offered free travel insurance but only covered you when you were actually travelling, not when you were at your destination.