bradiston

1 hour ago, HaoleBoy said:

It's more than money.  Look at what is happening with Chinese companies running the ports in Nigeria.  The Chinese are importing Chinese prisoners to work in these companies thus a further hazard.

Any sources for this latter statement? I couldn't find any.

8 minutes ago, Speedhump said:

As I mentioned to another reply, they earn tiny money for working all day in hot sun. 20 or 30 Baht is nothing to me once or occasionally twice a week.

 

In the 1960s my dad, a lowly London bus driver, used to tip petrol station attendants too. I learned compassion from him. Try it.

I'm with you on this. Generally I don't tip every time I go to the same place, but maybe once a week. I always think, ok it's not much, but if everybody puts in, it means something.

Mr Pink in Reservoir Dogs has a point, but in the end, he pays.

3 hours ago, WhatMeWorry said:

Thailand will sell its soul to China for money. Its all about money with the Thais, nothing else matters to them.

I see this proclaimed on every topic on this forum. What do people expect? They're trying to earn a living. You aren't. All about money? What else is there? Charity? Everything free today? Anywhere you go, it's all about money. Timbuctoo, Fulham Broadway, it doesn't matter. Money does.

17 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

No idea. I only fly first class.

Same here, and that's only when the jet's in for an MOT

2 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

 

I agree,

 

And I despise all religions equally 

 

However, Bradiston or whatever he calls himself seems to have this massive unjustified fetish for Islam.

 

The world has been spinning for 4.5 billion years at least, and the dreamers ask us to partake in these make believe imaginery Gods etc because they can't face the fact that we are just organisms, and when it's over, it's over.

 

Religions haven't be going longer than 6000 years maximum.

 

The earth managed for billions of years without them.

You've just spent 3 days demonising Islam. How can you say now, you don't give a damn? What a wally!

1 hour ago, Scouse123 said:

 

 

Just a load mouthed ranting clown.

 

I have asked you, but now I won't bother because you can't answer, to name the positives in the religion of Islam.

 

Name them! There aren't any.

 

Instead, you spout about historical nonsense hundreds of years ago.

 

I won't be answering further as you are a nonsensical bigot, go get some fresh air and stop drinking the Kool aid, it's having a bad effect on you.

Kool aid? Do you even know what that is, or was? Historical nonsense? Catholic priests are still abusing kids. The mafia and 'Ndrangheta are still operating. I don't recall you ever asking for positives about Islam. And Catholics are still worshipping the devil in their cannibal cult.

1 hour ago, Scouse123 said:

 

 

Just a load mouthed ranting clown.

 

I have asked you, but now I won't bother because you can't answer, to name the positives in the religion of Islam.

 

Name them! There aren't any.

 

Instead, you spout about historical nonsense hundreds of years ago.

 

I won't be answering further as you are a nonsensical bigot, go get some fresh air and stop drinking the Kool aid, it's having a bad effect on you.

Good riddance then.

50 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

 

You are just a foolish individual whose arguments don't stack up in the face of scrutiny 

Roman Catholicism. It's priests. The greatest bunch of child molesters in the history of mankind. It's nuns, cruelly persecuting Irish women. It's armies, raping and pillaging all across South America, Asia and Africa. It's cardinals, torturers and corrupt. Even now! The Mafia, mass murderers with God's blessing. Blackmailers, drug dealers, human traffickers, kidnappers, rapists, murderers. 'Ndrangheta. The Vatican can't clean itself of the low life in high places. You've got a bloody nerve calling the shots here. A religion that worships a tortured corpse, drinks his blood and eats his flesh. Ugh. Nauseating rubbish.

41 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Backpedaling.

Yes, eco friendly backpedalling.

I think what Bangkok needs is a congestion charge and Ken Livingstone to take over as mayor. Come to think of it, Boris needs a job. Cycle lanes, bus lanes, speed humps, the whole works. There's so much they could do to really screw things up. Bring it on, I say. And make Buakhao one way, reversing every 24 hours to make it fair.

4 minutes ago, Peterphuket said:

That means when you compare that to JGon's explanation, by road becomes even less advantageous, and people will choose to sail around Singapore.

And rail? Would seem to be the best choice. Containers fit nicely onto wagons. But oil? I don't see that happening unless they build an oil line across too. Cars? Easy by rail. Etc etc.

35 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Even if you go for the land bridge as opposed to the canal option, the unloading and reloading facilities at BOTH ends would have to be super efficient & economical to justify the shippers' participation.

 

Which might be a challenge ...

Yes, that would be the challenge, I agree. But strategically it has to make sense. Chennai, Kolkata, Yangon are all major ports in close proximity. Cutting out the piracy prone Malacca and Sunda straits would be a huge boon, plus those waters are too shallow for some of the largest container/tankers. Of course everyone will cry foul on China - when don't they - for tipping money into it if they do. But Sretta's looking for a consortium. This would help all maritime trading nations, including the oil states in the Middle East.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Malacca

2 hours ago, JGon said:

This makes zero sense to me.

 

First look at the topography of that area. The only area "feasible" (as in it would cost less) is where I put the red line. You are still cutting through 200 meter elevation of soil. Any other area you're cutting through Mountains! The canal would be roughly 70 km long. I highly doubt that would cost 28 Billion USD.  

 

Second... all this work for what?! To save a few hundred kilometers? Both the Panama Canal and Suez save thousands of kilometers (Weeks) from voyages. This Thailand proposal would be as long as the Panama Canal, but it doesn't have a lake in the middle which means even more digging and cost.

 

This will never happen!  

It's not a canal they're planning. Rail and road link. The ships won't sail across. They will unload and reload at each end.

23 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

Idiot

So you can dish it but you can't take it. What a sad act.

I don't get it. If they're online websites, how come they've got 120 million in cash kicking around? You mean they regularly empty the mule accounts the hapless punters are paying into? Why? Why not go straight to coin or whatever? And buying such visible assets? Insane!

Not entirely on topic, (ex pats in Thailand), but I'd also suggest taking screenshots at regular intervals of any suspect calls. I had a call from a US number, which I still have a record of. It initially looked kosher of course (why not halal?), but I was passed to a WhatsApp number that was definitely a scammer. Although the number and conversation came up on my phone, as soon as I suggested they fxxx off, the number and all trace of the call disappeared. Not sure how they did that.

It's quite obviously in the public interest to release details of his illnesses, if they exist. It wouldn't mean anything of course. Just a bent quack's trumped up opinion. Will the truth ever out? A job for a talented hacker.

"The truths of Islam"! The fastest growing religion.

2 hours ago, proton said:

Sounds like you hate people pointing out the truths of islam, usually it ends up with threats and insults when facts cannot be countered. Without lies islam dies, so many leave since the age of online knowledge.

"Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world. The growth and regional migration of Muslims, combined with the ongoing impact of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) and other extremist groups that commit acts of violence in the name of Islam, have brought Muslims and the Islamic faith to the forefront of the political debate in many countries. Yet many facts about Muslims are not well known in some of these places, and most Americans – who live in a country with a relatively small Muslim population – have said they know little or nothing about Islam."

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/08/09/muslims-and-islam-key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world/

I suggest you are very much in that group of people, even if you don't live in the USA.

1 minute ago, Martin71 said:

Perhaps what bugs him are the suicide bombers or indiscriminate car bombs or the nutters on knife wielding rampages killing women and children or blowing up concerts full of young girls...

Oh god, not another one.

1 hour ago, proton said:

He stated that Buddhists killing women for not converting to Buddhism happens everyday, laughable

Don't misquote me. You and your hate mob are just pests.

9 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

 

 

No, you are part of the problem along with the other lefties and liberal deniers.

 

You are the one who went on a rant, not me, and when other posters answered you, you have tried to dismiss logical and factual responses.

Sob, so lonely...

3 minutes ago, FruitPudding said:

 

Not much of a rebuttal

😴 This is one of those interminable threads which occur occasionally on AN.

I suggest you study the charts and graphs in this link:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/08/09/muslims-and-islam-key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world/

20 minutes ago, proton said:

 

Makes no difference how many so called 'moderates' there are, that does not affect the fundamental evil of the faith they follow. Most are kept in the dark about the reality of it by imams selective preaching and quoting. Muslims are victims of islam as well. 5000 extremists worldwide is laughable, more than that in Leicester! Extremists are just true followers anyway.

"What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." What you write is garbage.

1 hour ago, FruitPudding said:

 

I dunno where you get the 5000 from, but there were plenty of Muslims worldwide dancing in the streets celebrating the rape and murder of innocent Israelis.

 

Not to mention, all the arranged marriages, female genital mutilation,  child brides, honour killings etc. etc.

 

A quarter of the world's population?  Damn! It'll be half in no time.

Fruit cake anyone?

2 hours ago, proton said:

You are wrong, it was about a Thai muslim murdering his girl friend. Where ever islam spreads intolerance, oppression and misery follow, those excusing it and it's medieval practices are the disgrace.

So a Muslim man murders his girlfriend, but you've based your whole response in his being Muslim. If he'd been a Buddhist, which happens every day, or any other religion, would your response been so weighted? No. You just have a poisonous hatred for Islam, and are using this one incident to leverage it. Your arguments are thus totally invalidated.

2 hours ago, Scouse123 said:

 

 

No, statistics have said that probably 15-25% are extremist, radical, or fanatical.

 

Estimates put Muslims at 1.6 billion, not 1.8 billion.

 

This includes those that wish the entire destruction of the West, and the accepted numbers worldwide by various agencies is 15% to 25% of the total number of Muslims.

 

A damn sight more than your 5,000.

 

So, at the low estimate of 15% we are talking 12 million with extreme views of the West, according to Brigitte Gabriel.

 

If you accept a Muslim perspective, instead of Brigitte Gabriel's view, they are saying 325,000 Radicals. Still, a long way from your 5,000!

 

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/terrorism-security/2015/0113/How-many-Muslim-extremists-are-there-Just-the-facts-please

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh right. Christian Scientist Monitor! Dated 2015. Is this the best you could come up with after your Google search?

Try this

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/08/09/muslims-and-islam-key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world/