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On 1/16/2024 at 11:45 AM, stoner said:

 

Are those cases a reflection of the whole system or individuals.

They a reflection of the fact that most resources and funding go to a tiny prcentage of schools where the rich and influential send their kidsto get a world class education while the rest of the scools offer an education even worse than the PISA scores suggest if you take out these few.

On 5/31/2023 at 12:51 PM, JimTripper said:

I don't think I could make it in Asia if I were physically disabled if I were solo. The mobility issues are just too great.

 

Downtown Bangkok would likely be my first choice as it has sidewalks in most places downtown and food and necessities streetside. If your in a smaller town and your chair breaks down or something, your stuck without being near someplace that could repair it or where you could buy another. If something happened you want to be nearby food, banks, etc without having to travel very far.

Not all of Asia, but Thailand is really impossible. 

In Hong Kong, Singapore or Japan disabled people are a really frequent sight but in Thailand there seems to be some kind of stigma to them going out as well as the faact that almost nowhere caters for them.  My wife recently broke her leg very badly in Hong Kong, she needed surgery and was confined to a wheelchair for 3 months.  In Hong Kong the pavements are not too good and it is very hilly so some places were quite aa struggle.  However, with some effort and planning we were able to get pretty much anywhere.  Shopping centres, subway stops, offices (government or private), parks, cinemas, Disneyland, Ocean park etc etc all have lifts and ramps to cope with wheelchairs.  Many busses and taxis are adapted for wheelchairs.  Restaurants and most other locations are geared up for the disabled and very often as soon as you appear there are people turning up to direct or help you.

On returning to Thailand there is none of that and luckily we have a car and she was able to walk short distances with a stick by then or she would have been very restricted.

13 hours ago, BayArea said:

Hit and run causing a fatality and flees the country leaving her family behind. 

Says a lot who she is.

Is she connected to Red Bull ?

The hordes of Russian tourists here make it clear which side Thailnd is allied with over the Ukraine, so hardly to be trusted with such advanced technology.

I am sure the luxury wristwatches were just borrowed from a dead friend

18 hours ago, khunPer said:

Where does the money for the pay rises come from..?

Unemployment of all the workers who are no longer worth what they would have to be paid so that their jobs are automated or move to more competitive countries with cheaper labor so that the goods nd services they produce are cheaper.

1 hour ago, rwill said:

What political party does not try to curry favour among the people.  That's how they get reelected.

In some countries.  In others it takes more guns and money.

13 hours ago, Confuscious said:

The death penalty is no deterrent and on top of that a human life is waisted.

Everybody who commit such a crime should be locked up in a special jail where they are forced to work from sunrise to sundown 

The earned money should go integrally to the victims family.

The prisoners can also be used for the wellbeing of the citizens by forced to cleaning up in disasters (flood) or organ donation. 

The death penalty is a deterrent in places where effective policing and judiciary mean the criminal is likely to be caught and convicted.  It also helps enormously in allowing the families and friends of the victimto begin the process of recovery and healing.  In addition without the death penalty there are many cases where these animals are eventually released and go on to reoffend with a better chance of getting away with it after learning from their mistakes.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Because we see no difference between the various recreational drugs.

We are capable of rational thought!

You see no difference between cannabis and say PCP or heroin ?  I think your rational thinking could do with some improvement.

11 minutes ago, jvs said:

No it is nonsense,the killer used a gun to kill the teachers first.

After that he attacked the children with a knife.

Without a gun maybe the teachers could have stopped him or at least try.

Too many people in Thailand have an illegal gun and too many people know about it and remain quiet.

The saying is "mai pen rai,nobody is dead yet"

A gun is just for killing, a knife has many other uses.

Talking non sense is fine in a lot of topics,for some one who claims to have a super high IQ i would have expected more sense in a sensitive topic like this.

 

Was this an illegal gun ?  As an ex-cop he would probably have no problem getting a legal one.

Cannot help wonder how many armd drug addicted police are out there and being covered up.

On 9/22/2022 at 9:57 AM, worgeordie said:

Report back when the ill gotten assets have been seized and are actually out of his control .......

regards worgeordie 

and when he serves even a day of jail time for his crimes

If she is making so much money she has a 300,000 baht top and the many other designer items she claims maybe a tax audit would be a good idea.

21 hours ago, Orinoco said:

Legalize all  drugs.

Put the bad guys out of business.

You get control

You get to tax it all..

Win, Win, Win.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats right.  After all the American opiod crisis shows legal drugs won't do any harm.  Only half a million deaths tens of millions addicted.  What could go wrong.

7 minutes ago, whiteman said:

they under declare  what does that mean in laymen's terms???

They declare that a bottle that cost maybe 20 dollars actually only cost 5 dollars and therefore only pay a quater of the tax due.

16 hours ago, ozimoron said:

There isn't one in any country.

 

It is possible that a mass shooting can and has occurred in Thailand but they will never see a pattern of them . There isn't a cult machine gun loving community that conflates its love of assault rifles with racial animus and grievance, backed by religion. Furthermore, Thailand is blessed not have the Murdoch press pouring gasoline onto the fire.

In my view the British Territorial Army definitely counts.  Don't know enough about the US National Guard to judge if that is well regulated.

Hopefully the people involved in paying the bribes to get get this criminal on the streets will also face justice.  They are just as corrupt as the officials taking bribes.

8 hours ago, Jerno said:

Thailand best country in the world? Oh Puh-Lee-zz!  Try Canada....already 2.5 years of legal recreational cannabis across the board.  And a country with a genuine Democracy, not fake illegal one created in Thailand by the Pray-hoot coup. 

Great weather too as long as you don't like sun and the food must be great I mean you see Canadian restaurants everywhere.  No wonder they need their regular joints.

17 hours ago, KhunLA said:

If you have to ask ...

 

... so sad ... ????

 

DISCLAIMER:  possible hypocrisy, as I drank all 3 name brands, and then some.  Embarrassed to say ... I was lost.  Now it's Kopper, Snowy or Laos Dark.

Kopper ?  I'd rather drink Budweiser ...  well maybe not that bad but still.  At least the three name brands taste like beer.

2 hours ago, overherebc said:

What's your opinion on companies doing random tests for cannabis on their workers at varoius times?

To me it would very much depend on the job.  If the job is one where taking cannabis (or alcohol or aother drugs) could be a danger especially to others then I think it is entirely justified.  If I was taking a flight I would not like to think the pilot could be even slightly stoned or <deleted>.  The stewardesses I would not be quite so concerned about and the airline could assess over a period wether they are doing their job well or not.

On 6/28/2022 at 11:38 AM, Jerno said:

Mandatory payment upon ordering.  Instant stop to hoaxes.

But here in Samui we had a problem where they were taking orders but then deliveries could be taking an hour or more and stone cold food deivered as they tried to get drivers to wait for various other orders and drive around for other deliveries on the way.  A lot ofpeople booking payment on delivery and cancelling if they could not deliver in a reasonable time seems to have got them to up their game.