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Whenever they come out denying something, my instinct is to then believe that what they are trying to deny is true.

15 hours ago, Psimbo said:

What? That the VICTIMS FAMILIES are the ones holding this back at present?

Yes indeed.  Money is more important that justice.

Well, that's the first rubber stamp.  No big surprise here.

More rubber stamps to come.

So what was the actual reason behind the inactive post transfer?  Was it because he was accepting money to allow the underage patrons, not to mention the drugs?

Thailand HUB of superficiality.
 

16 hours ago, Suradit69 said:

Were you leaning over their shoulders listening to the conversations they had with the immigration officer?  Normally they frown on such intimate proximity while processing someone.

 

 

 

A few years ago I witnessed a scruffy backpacker get hauled away when he flat out refused (in raised voice) to provide an address.  I was in line 2 lanes over.  I just shook my head and thought to myself, stupid a$$hole, you never want to pi$$ off immigration officers, foreign or domestic.

15 hours ago, darksidedog said:

US credibility abroad has been pretty poor for a very long time, but the article is correct in that it has gone way further south since.

Given the new leaders performance to date, most English people would have more faith in Basil Fawlty.

LOL.  

Seems like everyone is at fault here.  We have a malfunctioning crane (what was malfunctioning?), that should have been taken out of service until properly fixed.  Then we have someone (construction supervisor, senior engineer??) ordering work to proceed anyway, and a crane operator, who apparently was insufficiently trained and did not know/understand load limits,

So the site supervisor/senior engineer needs to be held accountable as well as the company for not fixing the crane and for hiring an unqualified crane operator.  Lots of blame to go around here.

So what will be done?  Probably not much.  A slap on the wrist fine and that will be that.  Welcome to Amazing Thailand.

18 hours ago, Muggi1968 said:

I think  the lesson is not to serve alcohol in airports...

No not misunderstand me....

I love beer but some
can not not control it

Actually, I tend to agree with you, but would add that all alcohol on flights, regardless of duration, be banned also.   And no drinking out of your own brown bag either.

15 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

I think you will find that the buck stops one level above Gen P.

Anybody who believes that Prayut was the man who instigated the coup is a fool.  He has someone much higher up pulling his strings.  He's just the front man.

If advertising alcohol is illegal in Thailand, why was I watching an ad for Heineken on the giant outdoor TV at Siam Paragon while standing waiting for a train?   Too obvious to be noticed, or selective enforcement again?

Does not sound good.  Serious back injury and ears bleeding, so possible head injury.

Occured near a U-Turn.   I wonder if it was the person making the U-turn that hit her, or someone trying to avoid someone making a U-turn?  All these U-turns need to be outlawed.  In addition to being a serious traffic hazard, especially on busy roads, they also disrupt traffic and cause serious congestion.

Thailand 4.0 my ass.  More like Thailand 0.4.

A 3000 baht fine is barely a slap on the wrist.  It is not a deterrent in any way.  I would suggest something more like 500,000 baht fine for the first offense, 5,000,000 baht for a second and jail time for the owners (5 years minimum) for a third offense.

The next step will for the purchasers of said boxes to have to register themselves with the NBTC at the time of purchase, just as we now have to do when buying a SIM card.

It is so sad, and pathetic, what is happening to this country.

Well, good on the activist, but I suspect his days are now numbered. 

Pathetic.  None of these 'army chiefs' has a clue as to how to run a country, only how to ruin it.

Time to pull the plug on Facebook... WORLDWIDE.

18 hours ago, Revolutionary said:

The army is no worse than any of the previous governments over the last 10 years. At least the streets are not blocked off by demonstrators, the airport is open and no more barricades and violence on the streets. 

Except the good citizens of Thailand CANNOT vote the military out of office.

This country would be SOOOOO much better off if the military would stay the hell out of politics.

For that matter, this could would be much better off if this lot were disbanded completely.   No one would even know the difference, except for the lack of coups every 5 years or so.

16 hours ago, Grumpy Duck said:

Street food vendors do not bother me nearly as much as the f*#<€ng Indians walking around ASOK selling watches that are likely stolen or broken 

The watches are neither stolen nor broken.  They are knock-offs.  

Just wave the guys off and go on your way.  That's what I do.  They don't bother anyone who is not interested.

This poll is useless because it does not offer sufficient options.  It is really only offering...

a:  leave them alone, or...

b:  ban them all.

What we need is, allow them to continue, but some cleanup and restrictions are needed.

I would allow the true street food vendors (those with a mobile cart) to continue, with restrictions, including hygiene.  However, those that run what are essentially restaurants, with tables and chairs, be severely restricted to specific designated locations, and with restrictions, especially hygiene.

All popup/mobile bars should be banned outright.

On 4/20/2017 at 11:05 PM, uchibenkei said:

This whole debacle reads like a frat house prank.  Ridiculous. 

Welcome to Thailand.

This was done by ultra royalists, and it is the ultra royalists that are backing this junta, hence the total inaction.

TAT must be so proud in what they have achieved with their marketing of Songkran, especially in places like Pattaya.

Songkran has become a nationwide 'full-moon' party on steroids.   Well done TAT.

Isn't Songkran fun.   TAT must be so proud.