Misterwhisper

None of the voting options provided really fit.

So I went for the one that probably comes closest to the realities on the ground, "If China goes green, Thailand will follow".

As China has absolutely no plans (nor the necessary infrastructure) for "going green" in the broadest sense and anytime soon, Thailand won't "go green" either.

The only thing that the words "Trust" and "Thailand" have in common is the initial "T". There is nothing else. 

It truly is getting more ridiculous by the day.

Who are visitors going to complain to when they have been scammed, overcharged, screwed over, taken advantage of? Your dancing elephant?

He just cannot desist, can he? It's almost like an obsessive-compulsive disorder that causes Yuthasak to frequently spurt out ludicrous predictions that - probably depending on his mood - appear to alternate between absolutely ridiculous uber-optimistic figures one day and more pessimistic ones the next. Yet they are all pulled out of thing air, of course. Just put a cork in it for a while, Yuthasak! 

Yes, there indeed have been tons of fake news circulating, such as...

> weekly announcements by various ministries and government departments about the imminent arrival of millions over millions of foreign tourist;

> repeated announcements by a certain minister that "everything is under control" regarding Covid-19 and that "Thailand has managed the pandemic better than any other country in the world";

> regular assertions that Thailand were a  full-fledged democracy and a stalwart for the protection of human rights;

> frequent claims the country were a hub for this and a hub for that and a hub for... well... basically everything;

> and so on and so on.

The legitimate question is, of course: Have any of these  fake news sources been prosecuted by  the Anti-Fake News Center in accordance with the law? And if not, why not? 

I really have been had by them for the past 30+ years, having been told all these decades that prostitution did not exist in Thailand. And now this!!!! I am speechless, shaken to the bone. My entire world is crumbling around me. After all, I initially moved here solely because I was taken in by the country's squeaky clean image. How could they lie to me so horribly??!! 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Dr. Kwanchai added that Thailand has been using cannabis to treat patients for more than 300 years

No, it hasn't, Dr. Kwanchai. Or have you forgotten that cannabis was ILLEGAL in this country for at least 80 years? Your nation's prisons are full of people who tried to... uhm... partake in your "national heritage". So please, Dr. Kwanchai, don't try rewriting history just because it all of a sudden suits your agenda. 

And here is the old conundrum once again that plays a large part in holding back this country from developing a viable civil society:

On the one hand, "netizens" have correctly pointed out that it was ILLEGAL to hire people for a salary below the minimum wage of THB300 per day.

And on the other hand, the school's name has to be obscured and "netizens" are scared of being sued for "defamation" despite the fact that the school in question has clearly violated the law and even has PUBLICIZED that fact in the form of its job advertisement.

Go figure.  

The only reason why this scam is working so well is that the modus operandi (including the threats and the blackmailing) used by "fake" and "genuine" bent officials and police officers alike is virtually identical. 

I hope the tourism & sports minister as well as the TAT chief both have received appropriate notices, too; namely to kindly desist from weekly announcing wishful arrival figures that in recent months have become increasingly hilarious -- in a  comedy show kind of way.