timmyp

One reason I don't agree with the death penalty.

And one reason I don't agree with the judicial system.

Wow, colleges wanting a crackdown on booze? Times are changing...

Bangkok, no way to anywhere else in Thailand.

I am a City Boy since birth, concrete running in my veins.

city boy since birth , BKK and nowhere else. andd yet you know so much about thee country people!! lol

AYJAYDEE requires a resume when stating an opinion?

I lived all over Japan for over 15 years, in rural and urban areas alike. I lived in rural India for a year and urban India for another year. I've been visiting Thailand for the last 25 years, rural and urban areas alike. And I have lived in rural and urban areas in the country of my birth. Lots of moving around in my life.

Sorry, I forgot how much people love to attack each other in this forum, I should have posted my living experience before expressing my opinion? AYJAYDEE, you are clearly speaking from a position of someone who must have more knowledge than I, andd yet you know so much about thee country, I guess? I wonder what your international and urban vs. rural living situation has been. Remember to support your position with your background, or people like yourself will just assume that you don't know what you're talking about.

Please ban these obnoxious and cruel American rituals from Thai colleges.

The same exact thing happens in Japan, so clearly you meant to say, "Please ban these obnoxious and cruel Japanese rituals..."?

...or whatever horrible country innocent Thai people got these wicked ideas from (certainly it couldn't have been a concept that arose within?)

Perhaps your opinion is not your fault, because the world press certainly likes to look at social problems in the U.S. in detail, so people think hazing and other such behaviour are American inventions?

Hazing as an idea could be good in that it builds bonds with the newcomers, but it inevitably turns bad because of people who don't understand limits and get out of control when they have power.

I have been through a couple incidents of hazing in my life, but they didn't get out of hand like they certainly can. I guess I'm just lucky...

The way some people sing at karaoke, sometimes I wish I had a gun...

That was cute and harmless. What's the big deal?

I thought he would have at least pulled up to the counter to buy something? It seemed he was a little worried about getting in trouble, and one lap was enough.

Keep it up. At least I had a chuckle.

This totally conflicts with the Happiness Campaign.

This is how China thanks leaders who allow their countries to become economic colonies (along with the opportunity to trade natural resources for lots of weapons).

There is an awesome country song in this story!

Overweight kids are subject serious teasing and bullying, and teachers have been shown to be harsher on those kids as well., I imagine that takes a toll on the grades.

... or maybe fat kids are just dumb?

Wow... that is horrifying. No end to twisted people... I hope the girl gets the help she need and the parents are punished.

No sympathy for the parents, but I would venture to say that they were probably subject to the same as children. It is a nasty circle.

I have never had this problem, but I hear about it often.

I understand that the taxi drivers need to follow the laws, etc., but it's hard not to have sympathy when I consider how little they make.

Er, before I get flamed: I'm not justifying their actions, just saying that many are in a bad situation and are understandably driven to trying to rip people off.

And of course there are jackasses out there as well who will just rip anyone off for the sake of doing it...

Another example of the total social weirdness Japan is so well known for...

You need to get out more. You want weird, try the U.S. Westboro Baptist Church? Tea Party? Cops with tanks? By the way, it's not clear, because it may just be that most cases are not reported, but Japan has a very, very low incidence of rape.

I lived in Japan for 15 years, and got out quite a bit there.

Japan definitely has a reputation for being pretty weird, especially when it comes to sex. Are other places weird? For sure. Especially all the little freaky groups in the U.S. you mentioned.

About Japan's low incidence of rape:

Japan has a very low incidence of reported rape.

...And I wasn't suggesting that this is going to have any effect on the incidence of rape in Japan, reported or otherwise.

A few days ago I read some claims on the internet that execution in the video wasn't real.

Well, that pretty much wraps it up then. Just for verification, however, I'm waiting for the final report of the Official Thai Visa Crime Forensic and Moon-Landing Verification Committee before I make up my mind. I see from the posts that the committee is almost ready to report its conclusion.

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My point is that others have been speculating about this already prior to the news report being released, I wasn't saying that chatter on the internet proves anything to be true.

If you have Ebola you don't recover end of story, the lady had something else, just what that would be is anybody's guess.

25% chance of survival. Not good odds, but death isn't a sure thing, "only" 75% of those afflicted don't recover

Another example of the total social weirdness Japan is so well known for...

What you are talking about is a sub contractor and this can easily be done by opening a Thai company.

The problem remains that Digital Nomads want their bread buttered on both sides. They don't want corporate responsibility or tax implications they just want to be free to do whatever, wherever and whenever they like.

If there is a country in the World that condones and supports this I'd like to know. I may consider moving there.

I wouldn't mind paying taxes at all, but not so thrilled about having to work in an office (if that's what you mean by corporate responsibility).

I still have to pay taxes on my earnings from Japanese companies, which is around 15%.

For the visa I mentioned earlier in Japan, all of the companies you would freelance for have to be Japanese.

thanks... so in effect you have just contradicted everthing you said in your original post, Japan does not offer a "freelance" visa - "you have to be officially employed part-time at all of those companies"(so it's not exactly freelance)"

None of us were really asking for permission to work on tourist visas...

I guess this is how the authorities are addressing the question of getting legal permission to work in Thailand as a digital nomad: "Oh, just work on a tourist visa."

I hope another visa option comes along. Japan has a freelancer option, so if you can prove you make about $3000 USD per month (showing bank statements, etc. and clients ensuring the work), then you can get a 1 year work visa. To renew, you have to prove the income again. I wish they would do that here. That's a decent salary for Thailand, and those people would be spending that money here.

can you direct me to link which details this Japanese "freelance" option please ?

I wonder if the guy has suffered organ damage.

One of the nasty things about Ebola is that it wrecks the organs, right? So some fear that experimental treatments can't save the patients even if the treatment helps the patient beat virus.

His brain if he things his god saved him and not the many doctors/nurses/scientists/lab animals etc etc that made it possible.

I want to like your post more, but I can only click "Like" one time.

I wasn't afraid of Ebola before, but if it does that to your brain, I'm absolutely terrified now.

None of us were really asking for permission to work on tourist visas...

I guess this is how the authorities are addressing the question of getting legal permission to work in Thailand as a digital nomad: "Oh, just work on a tourist visa."

I hope another visa option comes along. Japan has a freelancer option, so if you can prove you make about $3000 USD per month (showing bank statements, etc. and clients ensuring the work), then you can get a 1 year work visa. To renew, you have to prove the income again. I wish they would do that here. That's a decent salary for Thailand, and those people would be spending that money here.