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5 hours ago, davehowden said:

So how do you distinguish a legal checkpoint from an illegal one ?

You saunter over to them and say "Hey you guys is this legal?"

Or.

Take some snaps and send it to the cops, who will never reveal who you are. Right.

20 hours ago, Dap said:

Maybe because here in the Kingdom, even if the information

is true and correct you can still be sued for defamation and

you can quite possibly lose the case.

Yes, well I wouldn't want to test the case, but reporting a fact is not defamatory. However however, yes point taken. i.e. Andy Hall. . . Very sensitive to criticism in Asia. In these circumstances how do they expect their country to improve its ways. 

Can't see why it shouldn't go with a shot of the restaurant. 

On 10/20/2017 at 8:07 PM, GTgrizzly said:

Pardon my ignorance guys, but I'm new on here

What are Ya Ba pills ????

Small, red, really low yield amphetamine pills. Normally crushed and smoked on foil or in a glass pipe. Full of impurities and a poor imitation of ice. Habitual use can cause personality changes and violence particularly coupled with alcohol, although there would be very few statistics on this. That there are lifetime prison sentences associated with possession, just provides the police with an easy earn on the bribe path.

How many man hours? How much effort? What utter irresponsible waste of resources. 8 Yabba pills, suggests such evil, crime and corruption that this even gets "aired"?

There is a serious question mark over what is important. Fine its a funny photograph, but about what?

Does this poor individual now have to pay the police to stay out of prison because he was just trying to have a bit of a good time? Most likely and if he cannot another waste of a good life that although a little high at night or with his friends, would still be going to work and living with his family and being productive.

The world is crazy.

1 hour ago, Essaybloke said:

In the land of 'new democracy'?  Probably. 

somebody could gamble on the result of a game!    Can you imagine the horror and social havoc that could ensue from that! The disassembling of Thai culture, the affront to Buddhism?      Careful folks!

4 hours ago, muluc said:

....i think statistics are never objective, i lived in bangkok a year long recently and i found it quite save, even i rode a hired 'pun pun' bicycle all the time, i love krung thep...:-)

I have a friend 76 who has lived there all her life. No problems so far. So ??????

How does this work?

Anyway you know about the people that collect these so-called statistics. REally . . . . . . !!!

The Australian Government is only likely to find out if and when you enter the country with your Thai wife and you say you are married. Then within the prescribed time, she will be entitled to Aus benefits.

Whether or not you let the Department of Births Deaths and Marriages know you are married is up to you, and you can let Centerlink know you are married. If you don't tell Dept BD&M, means you can divorce without the Aus expenses and complications. 

In other words at the moment I believe you can keep these two information streams separate. 

Yes and a modest improvement in the justice system is worth a mention isn't it?

Really is anything else needed to produce "real' civilisation. 

3 hours ago, DM07 said:

I hope Zuckerberg tells Prayut to shove his facebook- plans, where the sun don't shine!

But with the sleazebag Zuckerberg is, I highly doubt it!

Yes a couple of billionaire control freaks, putting their heads together over our welfare!

Can that be a good thing? If you don't laugh you cry. Lets see what comes out of it and what sort of shit we have to go through. 

On 10/15/2017 at 5:07 PM, smedly said:

Improvement, as long as I have been here I have seen none

Judging by the reports of this kind, there does not seem to have been an "improvement" at least in the 10 years I have experience in Thailand. In fact of late it is as bad if not worse than ever. 

About the only country/ territory that seems to have "improved" their law and order record in ASEAN at least, is Singapore, and I guess we can largely say they have concentrated hard, on disincentives. Harsh penalties actually working. I better not do that, I don't want a really hard spanking. 

We may find them repugnantly hard, but humans are resilient, ruthless animals that need to be trained. 

It seems that with the degeneration of polite society under the influence of ever more lax moral codes, excuses, lame reasons, the influence of designer drugs and the blanket penetration of pharmaceuticals, our ability to reason, seems to be declining. 

I am an optimist, but we have to "see" the rot before we cut it out.

There are scumbags and she got one. Yes I agree she should get it out on social media or even the Aus media if she can

1 hour ago, smedly said:

it is time the authorities started to ask why people need to go to the media (not just this particular case) to get the police to actually do what they are supposed to do, that is a fundamental 3rd world flaw and needs to be addressed, we all know and have heard about people going to the police to report a crime and  have basically been told to (piss) off unless they go to the media or are willing to pay money, that is not how policing works in any civilised country 

Fine but we come to 3rd World countries for myriad "other" benefits. Don't we? So what can we expect?

Anything can happen on an open forum. . . and does and will. . . once we let our thoughts out for all to read.  Unless you are a poet, alcohol is also ill advised for writers. Personal experience noted haha

On 9/22/2017 at 5:14 PM, Laza 45 said:

...I woke up to a fight in the corridor of a hotel.. guy finds the 'girl' he brought back has tackle..  next morning staff say to me...'he should have asked us if he wanted a girl... we can tell the difference'!  To the untrained eye it may be difficult.. but really .. big hands, Adams apple.. lack of subcutaneous fat.. and voice are giveaways.. I think you would have to be pissed and hopeful to make a mistake! 

I think Airlines should have notices like little videos for passengers arriving. The Dangers of Transgender Men and How to Identify Them. 

1 hour ago, r136dg said:

Yea, but what if that Australian British nut bag had access to an AK rather than a machete???

People like that screw things up for the rest of us. 

Yes well we should all get in touch wiht our Expat frineds o/s and let the know not to come here and attack people with machetes for fear of getting a bad reputation

hahaah

Comedy writers looking for material? We're all very angry so we'll sentence you to death. My brother sells newspapers. Or works at Thai Visa. 

We know you won't be executed but it feels good to say it. 

Come back later and try again..

Like most courts, . . . . . but first lets alleviate you of some baht or two or three

Brilliant Watson. ". . . mmm (thinks) after careful consideration, there must have been some personal conflict involved in this. . . . "

Staggering leaps of logic here, I cower in anticipation of further revelations.

4 hours ago, isitworthit said:

Why would anyone leave there bag outside a toilet 

and again not all  Australians are like this and one point 

all Nationals have there bad seeds not just Australians so stop the hate 

Its opportunistic racism. There are so many Thai baggers on here, that any opportunity to bring the baggers down to size is seized upon. Normal sort of biff baff buff stuff. Best not to take much notice of it.

What is an elderly guy doing escalating "anything" with a much younger Thai man. That in itself is truly idiotic. Beyond belief and he's obviously live in Thai for a while. On that score he should keep a civil tongue in his mouth. Who's on drugs here??????

4 hours ago, darksidedog said:

This shows everything that is wrong with road usage in Thailand. She thinks she can park wherever she wants, can drive away knocking others down with impunity and will probably get a piss poor fine with a couple of wai's thrown in. Only when this sort of antosocial behaviour is rewarded with significant jail time, are we ever likely to see improvements in peoples driving behaviour here.

That's not dangerous driving its assault with what is potentially a deadly weapon. They should upgrade the charge. 

15 minutes ago, UnkleMoooose said:

Indiana Jones chasing robots. What's not to love.

If we or anybody else could really tell who was a skin job and who wasn't . . 

I am an enormeous fan of the first movie, not sure about this one and the bad guy is so awful you

wonder what his problem is. I think he needs bad guy therapy, is he a skin job too? 

They walk among us. . . . 

2 hours ago, rebo said:

Of course! It's raining.

Yes and raining scumbags by the looks of it . . . 

3 hours ago, jonclark said:

Probably not worth asking if you fancy a beer then?

Is that a firm ask then?       Yes as a matter of fact I do or would. . . I'm partial to Lao or in the Philippines, Red Horse.