Misterwhisper

Will that autopsy result entice an additional criminal charge of concealing the true cause of death and falsifying an official report? Probably not.

With all due respect, I have never really understood why vegans would want to eat "imitation meat". It seems so hypocritical to me.

If you are a meat eater, go for a juicy piece of chicken thigh (plus a healthy serving of veggies, of course).

If you are vegetarian or vegan, stick to the literally thousands of very tasty vegetable and fruit options. Why would a person who eschews (even abhors) cooked meat want to eat anything that actually resembles the texture, taste and even shape of a meat dish? I just don't get it.

Even as a meat lover, I frequently eat vegetarian.  

What a bizarre contrast to TripAdvisor's recent "Bangkok and Thailand best travel destinations 2021" award.

It will be most interesting to see how the creative eggheads at TAT are going to save the nation's face this time. I am positively certain that they're already feverishly working on some sort of a preposterous disclaimer.  

As long as I have been here - a whopping 3 decades - there has always been unending talk about "police reform". And herein lies the problem. It's only TALK, but never any concerted ACTION. And with good reason, too. There are way too many greedy snouts digging into the feeding trough (not only in the police force, I might add) -- and they are (understandably, perhaps) quite... uhm... "reluctant" to change that situation.

Extortion, blackmailing, bribery, bullying, embezzlement, human trafficking, pimping, drug dealing, torture, rape, murder -- when you have a police force that ROUTINELY engages in all of this and more, from the top brass down to the lowest-ranking officers, you really don't have space for regular career criminals anymore. And the army is not one iota better.

And make no mistake... this vile murder was NOT an isolated incident. It happens every single day on a more or less grand scale everywhere in the kingdom, the vast majority of these cases being successfully swept under the carpet.

That this disgusting and deeply disturbing video came to light at all must be put down to sheer luck. My guess is that the officer who allegedly shot the clip has been bullied and indeed ordered by his superior on numerous previous occasions to participate in a long list of highly criminal activities and finally just had had enough. Taking the clip and making it public was his chance to escape the situation in which he was caught up for god knows how long.

If you are an officer who has even the slightest shred of conscience and tiniest bit of moral compass left, you are having a very hard time in this so-called "law enforcement agency", where, so it seems, almost everybody is involved in criminal activities at least to some extent.    

In other news, TAT this year apparently also aims at issuing 1,000 ridiculous announcements concerning foreign tourist arrivals.

41 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

2,400 rooms are scheduled to go live across the country this year, to add to the 100's of thousands already empty, sitting there gathering dust.

In accordance with the age-old wise proverb: "If you build it, they won't come"?

8 hours ago, webfact said:

urge people to speak up against corruption.

But... if you do you're either being slapped with a criminal defamation lawsuit, prosecuted os a "fake news spreader", branded a national security threat, or labeled as "unpatriotic". Go figure. 

Meanwhile, Finland retorted with cynicism by asking Thailand how a serious outbreak among Burmese migrant workers in Samutsakhon in early April could possible have happened - for the Thai government has consistently insisted that all migrant workers in the country were well looked after. The Samutsakhon event is regarded as the start of Thailand's "fourth wave", which currently claims about 20,000 new infections and around 200 deaths every day. Reportedly, no berry pickers are among these casualties, but pretty much every other occupational profession imaginable.

1 hour ago, Karma80 said:

I am stunned that nobody wants to jump through the many hoops of ???? to come to a mostly closed island with restrictions and growing covid cases for a holiday. Singaporeans don't know what they are missing out on. Alcohol bans, restaurant curfews, mask wearing on beaches, the risk that you'll end up in a quarantine at your expense, even if you don't have covid. What's not to like!

And no sex without mask either!