Gandalf8353

Can we say Meth? That's where pseudo-ephedrine goes in the States.

An accident? Unlikely.

Every rational being on this planet is a creature of free will. Even if abused himself as a child, the accused had a choice. He CHOSE to do this, and now must face the wheels of justice. Let the evidence point to guilt or innocence, then, if guilty, let him serve the proper sentence.

@Goldbuggy, the elder gentleman assaulting the younger gentleman (the security officer) is NOT a security official, ergo NOT his boss. He works in a different section of the airport. He alarmed the metal detector, that is why the security officer was going to "wand" him.

I wonder whether senior politicians set a good example, or similarly avoid the scanners ?

According to my wife, even the Royal Family set a good example. This thug is just some self-important ass who is too big for his shoes.

The airport security checks here are nothing compared to what the TSA in the US put you through. Ron Paul says if he is elected President, he's doing away with the TSA and making the airlines hire their own security. I like it. Not only does it save the taxpayers millions and millions of dollars, if you don't like the way security treats you at one airlines, switch to another.

Nice thought but if the airlines have to provide security do you think that will impact the price of the ticket?

I have been through TSA security in the U.S. and Thailand and I see only one difference. In the U.S. you don't have to stand in line and go through passport control when leaving the country.

The last time I left there, I did.

You had to go through immigration passport control at the airport when leaving the USA? I've never seen that before. Which airport and when?

We may or may not be speaking of the same thing, When I left Detroit (DTW) I had to show my passport before boarding the plane that was headed to Narita with a connection to Bangkok. This was October of 2010.

My wife works at the BKK International Airport in security (Suvarnbhumi). She was on shift when this happened. The guy made the portal buzz and EVERYONE who does so is subject to having the "wand" passed over them for contraband. This joker objected and then started abusing the security agent. (The young guy, who was the station supervisor). The older guy does not work for security, he works for customs control which is a different entity than those who screen the passengers here. No one is exempt, not even air crews.

The airport security checks here are nothing compared to what the TSA in the US put you through. Ron Paul says if he is elected President, he's doing away with the TSA and making the airlines hire their own security. I like it. Not only does it save the taxpayers millions and millions of dollars, if you don't like the way security treats you at one airlines, switch to another.

Nice thought but if the airlines have to provide security do you think that will impact the price of the ticket?

I have been through TSA security in the U.S. and Thailand and I see only one difference. In the U.S. you don't have to stand in line and go through passport control when leaving the country.

The last time I left there, I did.

Think that was the young guy's problem - the delivered headbuts were far too slow.

I counted about 16 attempts.

Perhaps sarcasm. Not sure. However, the "attempted" head butts were instead a "wai" or a gesture of respect. The security officer and also the female officer near him were trying to defuse the situation.

As much as many passengers complain about security, it's incidents like this that make a security officer's job much more difficult, and by extension, causes more difficulty for other passengers as well. The security officers have a thankless job, and work 12 hour shifts. They have my sympathy.

If I were a senior customs guy, I'd expect to walk through, wouldn't you?

I blame the security for not recognizing his boss.

A good instructed boss would give him a promotion for a correct accomplished job.

When not even the pilots and flight crew are exempt from security screening, this guy, no matter who he was, is not exempt. That is the protocol according to my better half. He was not a "boss" for security, he was part of a different section of airport staff. No one is exempt from security checks at the checkpoints. Lungmi is right.

So this means that all high ranked officials can travel in Thailand without being screened?

No, but apparently there are a few that think they can.

Senior official transferred following assault caught on YouTube

The Nation

The Customs Department on Wednesday transferred back to headquarters a senior official based at Suvarnabhumi Airport who allegedly assaulted an airport security officer while refusing to be patted down.

Director General Somchai Poonsawat said the C-7 official, who was identified only as Sombat, will face an investigation into the incident, which occurred on January at in the airport. The investigation will take about 30 days.

Footage from a surveillance camera of the alleged assault, which has appeared on YouTube, shows the official walking through a security check. However, he refuses to be patted down after a security alarm beeps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN0an4lZ9bk

In the footage, the official is showing whacking the officer's ears with both hands. The official then points to his badge and the junior officer bows apologetically.

The video was posted on YouTube on Monday and by Tuesday it had attracted many thousands of angry comments.

Somchai said the official in trouble was a chief of passenger services at the airport responsible for crackdowns on contraband and narcotics.

After the incident, the junior officer saw a doctor, who diagnosed injuries to the eardrum. He also filed a complaint with the police.

-- The Nation 2012-01-11

My wife works for airport security and she witnessed this incident. The "official" was clearly out of line, and was clearly in violation of security protocol. His assault was on the checkpoint supervisor, whom my wife describes as very patient and very polite. That punk that assaulted the security agent IMO should have been tasered and taken down, then sent to jail. Even the flight crews have to go through the same kind of security checks as the rest of the passengers. This man's conduct was inexcusable.

probably everybody wants to know how my ex golddigger looks like, here is a glimpse

isnt she sexy?

But I don't understand what she saw in you...

Perhaps self absorption, xenophobia, egomania, etc?

probably everybody wants to know how my ex golddigger looks like, here is a glimpse

isnt she sexy?

Your personality and wit really shines thru. Thank you for making me feel good about myself.

Ditto and Amen. A real chick magnet.

If this weren't so pathetic, it would be funny.

i did not spend a million on her, she was really the most beautiful girl i ever had in my life. She was a model.

You see men are stupid, we only see the looks of the snake, not the poison she has behind her teeth

on contrary her mom was an old ugly cow, and soon she will be like that

i only paid food for her, she stay in my appartment, i paid her 1 ticket to bali, that is it, and few clothes

but i saved a lot of money because i stayed her home for few months so in fact i saved money if i analyze the costs

i am not a jerk, that would buy a girl, only paid for food.

and yes, precious ring of course

i am smart now

i dumped my previous girl for this girl, the other girl was even younger and I was her first man, if you know what i mean, first intercourse for her, and I dump her for this piece of ass

yes sex was good, very tightif you know what I mean, very tight

Having seen this post, the problem is quite obvious.

From what I have seen written, there is a great deal that you don't understand about traditional Thai culture, including the "red flags" to watch for when establishing a relationship. Learn the difference between "good girls", and the rest. Please don't condemn an entire nation of women based on limited experience with a few. Reading these threads, there have been many "red flags" that should have been a warning. Personally, I stayed away from the "hot spots" and found a traditional Thai lady from the country. We've been married for some time now, her family never asked me for "sin sodt" although to stay with Thai tradition, I gave it to them. It was given right back to us. During our courtship she never asked me for a dime, and after our marriage she has never wanted more than she needed to take care of the normal things that a married couple would want.

There ARE Thai women that are worth every second of a person's time.

Are Thais unfit? My answer would have to be one should walk through any big box store in the States and ask the same question. If obesity is a measure of fitness, then Thais as a general rule are very fit. Perhaps many may not like to do a lot of walking or running, but if obesity is used as a measure Thais, as a general rule are much more fit than many. My wife (a Thai) enjoys vigorous exercise, walking, and running every day. Most of her friends are the same way. I will confess that it's sometimes a little disconcerting, however, to see some people at work during the daytime sprawled on a bench or a table sound asleep.

There is Thai custom and then there are those few who are looking for a mark. Sometimes fools and their money are soon parted. It didn't cost me a nickel.

The biggest expense I had was the notary fee charged by the US Embassy.

the internet is a funny place. a bunch of people that have no clue what they are talking about...talking about issues. Just wondering how many people here have been to thai jail...or been to jail at all?

Indeed. Anyone who has ever been to a jail in a major city in the U.S. wouldn't be calling it a country club. The only country clubs are low security Federal facilities or camps like the one where Martha Stewart did her time. My best friend did ten years in a U.S. prison. A place where most people wouldn't want their dog to be. Not as bad as a Thai jail or prison, but sure as hell not a country club. No free TV except one that is shared by 300 people. Want to get stabbed for arguing over which channel to watch? Spend time in some of the US prisons. It's no cakewalk.

Want something more than just 3 hots and a cot? Hopefully there is someone outside who sends money in so you can buy from the canteen.

Don't get caught driving drunk. Four days in the drunk tank with 17 other people and one toilet stuffed into a space smaller than a small bedroom is no cakewalk. He saw people getting stabbed over a postage stamp. Doesn't sound like easy time to me.

LOL... this happens everywhere. In fact it's WORSE in the USA.

After he got elected Obama sent every American a check for $400--as promised.

Oh, really? I am on a pension and didn't see a nickel. Mum is on Social Security, she didn't see a nickel either. The only thing I've seen is a military pension getting slammed with tax increases two years in a row with no COLA for several years. They ALL lie, everywhere. The surest way to tell if any politician is lying is to watch for their lips to move.

As far as democracies go, are there any, really? Aren't most of them 'representative republics' in actuality where the representatives ignore their constituents desires once elected?

Seems to be the criteria for being elected to public office anywhere, even in the vaunted "democracy" the USA. Promises galore, then once in office, accumulate wealth for the rest of your life while ignoring the people who put you there. Yes, most are called "representative republics, but the only people those elected represent are themselves.

Given Thaksin was only the care-taker PM at the time of the coup, and there were elections about 12 months after it, the coup wasn't so much designed to change the leadership, as to set a few more ground rules so that the leader couldn't subvert the checks and balances as Thaksin was doing.

Yingluck wasn't elected by the majority of Thais, but her party did get a majority of seats, which gives her the right to form government.

I'm glad you think that the south is "well off", "educated" and "elitist", because the PTP failed to get a single seat south of Bangkok.

The south is another kettle of fish altogether. We both know it.

Yeah, they don't count so who cares just ignore them. They aren't part of "The People of Thailand".

Huh? The southerners aren't Thai in your eyes?

Breaking news: it turns out that math his been wrong for centuries and 2 + 2 = 3. Stay tuned as we will be debunking other assumptions people might make in the future.

The Southerners aren't Thai? Nice job of trying to extract something from my comment that I did not say. The south is another kettle of fish politically. Plain enough?

@ Crushdepth: There ain't no submariners down in hell! *LOL*

My point, friends, is this. First, no, I am not a stupid uneducated denizen of Isaan. I can spell simple English.

Second, Thaksin is not the end all and be all of corruption. It exists everywhere. Please don't try to tell me that the former gov't and cronies weren't corrupt.

Third, a military coup is not the way to change leadership.

Fourth, being a "dumb" and "uneducated" country girl from Isaan, my wife has a better handle on English than I have seen on many forums that are in English, including this one. So, intelligence and education must be relative.

Fifth, if Thailand is a democracy then the will of the people should be followed. Yingluck was elected by the majority of Thais, most outside the "well off" and "educated" and "elitist" areas of the country. The majority of Thais favored her over the status quo.

Be that stupid, uneducated, or whatever, unless a government propped up by the military is what everyone wants then I would think that this would be a moot point.

Given Thaksin was only the care-taker PM at the time of the coup, and there were elections about 12 months after it, the coup wasn't so much designed to change the leadership, as to set a few more ground rules so that the leader couldn't subvert the checks and balances as Thaksin was doing.

Yingluck wasn't elected by the majority of Thais, but her party did get a majority of seats, which gives her the right to form government.

I'm glad you think that the south is "well off", "educated" and "elitist", because the PTP failed to get a single seat south of Bangkok.

The south is another kettle of fish altogether. We both know it.

My point, friends, is this. First, no, I am not a stupid uneducated denizen of Isaan. I can spell simple English.

Second, Thaksin is not the end all and be all of corruption. It exists everywhere. Please don't try to tell me that the former gov't and cronies weren't corrupt.

Third, a military coup is not the way to change leadership.

Fourth, being a "dumb" and "uneducated" country girl from Isaan, my wife has a better handle on English than I have seen on many forums that are in English, including this one. So, intelligence and education must be relative.

Fifth, if Thailand is a democracy then the will of the people should be followed. Yingluck was elected by the majority of Thais, most outside the "well off" and "educated" and "elitist" areas of the country. The majority of Thais favored her over the status quo.

Be that stupid, uneducated, or whatever, unless a government propped up by the military is what everyone wants then I would think that this would be a moot point.