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And so the carnage continues.

We know that road traffic accidents of some sort are inevitable but the recklessness with which many people in this country drive is terrifying.

We get these stories time after time and it appears that no-one in authority cares enough to do anything meaningful about it.

Seemingly an acceptable rate of attrition.

5am in the morning????

needs a police raid methinks

Well, could hardly be 5am in the afternoon.

The usual jigsaw puzzle with half the pieces missing.

It raises more questions than answers.

It's all a load of red bull.

No mention of the tuk tuk problems and ripoffs which tourists encounter daily whilst trying to get around. 300 baht for a 5-10 minute trip.

Looks as is the unpaid health bills shortfall is miniscule compared with the amount of revenue generated by tourism.

Tourism is a big enough 'cash cow' as it is. So, the government could cover this shortfall.

Emma Thompson has been invited because her father Eric Thompson was the English language creator of the television animation series "The Magic Roundabout" back in the 60's and 70's.

It appears that the Thai Government want to use the same title for their "Uniting for the Future, Learning from Each Other’s Experience" forum.

"Peace, man," said Dylan.

Can't help feeling that the 'sins' of 20, 30 and 40 years ago are being judged by the political correctness of today.

That doesn't mean that I condone the alleged sexual misconduct but I think that looking at events in the context of the time is important.

Values and attitudes do change over time and things that were 'acceptable' in a previous generation are not anymore.

Society has changed its attitude to a lot of things in 30 years and perhaps DLT has too, but his alleged sins of the past are going to be judged by the values of today.

Not saying what's right or wrong, just making an observation.

When was sexual assault ever acceptable in your lifetime?

You're in the 21st century now, not the Dark Ages. Behave accordingly.

Well Tubby just read some of your posts from yesterday.

Clearly you failed to (or chose not to) appreciate the point I was making about values shifting over time.

I made no judgement about Travis' guilt or innocence of any charges brought.

However, first you vilify a man who as yet, has not been found guilty calling him 'a filthy rapist'. Then you do the same to anyone who has an alternative viewpoint.

In the unlikelihood that at any time in the future, I choose to be a member of a lynch mob, I would want you to be my leader. You display all the attributes required.

Blair, Blair, Blair,

Blah, Blah, Blah.

Waste of the price of his plane ticket, never mind some absorbitant fee.

Can't help feeling that the 'sins' of 20, 30 and 40 years ago are being judged by the political correctness of today.

That doesn't mean that I condone the alleged sexual misconduct but I think that looking at events in the context of the time is important.

Values and attitudes do change over time and things that were 'acceptable' in a previous generation are not anymore.

Society has changed its attitude to a lot of things in 30 years and perhaps DLT has too, but his alleged sins of the past are going to be judged by the values of today.

Not saying what's right or wrong, just making an observation.

Hypocrisy v Integrity

It's a 'no contest' in this country.

Tour bus rams three parked cars in Phuket.

'rams' sounds so much more exciting than 'collides with'.

Little bit of intent?

She was surfing when he got aroused?

It must have been The Little Old lady From Pasadena.

Natdanai Rungruangkitkrai, the course lecturer, said he seriously regretted that the issue had received such a strong negative response. He added that he had intended to teach the students about ethics and as part of the lesson he had asked them to think creatively about how to prevent cheating.

Well if the lesson is to promote ethics, why do you need a device to prevent cheating? Why do you need to be creative to prevent cheating? The idea is that you don't need any device, you use 'ethics' and simply do not cheat..........wallah! There it's not that difficult is it Professor?

I wish I were as clever as you.

By the way I don't know what 'wallah' means.

I think you mean 'voila'.

N'est ce pas, Jimbo?

I think it's the author of the article who is a touch 'artis anal'.

I believe that Oprah did suffer from a form discrimination, that which comes from stereotyping.

She was black, so the shop assistant assumed that she couldn't afford top of the range goods.

This kind of thing happens often and stems from ignorance and pre-conceptions, not to mention inbuilt snobbery.

Prejudice of one kind or another is everywhere.

There is no universal concept of justice in the same way that there is no universal morality.

The values of Thai culture create the Thai view of justice.

Saving face means little to Westerners looking for justice, but in Thailand it means a huge amount.

Whether the passing of 13 years makes the achievement of Western justice any easier now than in 2000 is questionable.

"We are not violating anybody's rights, as the checking is being done overseas. So you can't really attack me for this," he said.

Dubai?

“If the DSI wanted to know who was in the mafia, they should have asked business owners, not government officers.”

So tell us their names please, Mr honest, taxi-owning businessman.

"30 foreign trips in 2 years"

That's a lot of overseas shopping excursions. Obviously she needs her own plane to carry the stuff back.

There will be one big hangar for the plane and several hundred small hangers for the new outfits.

It's merely a friendly reminder to the bad guys named to pull their heads in and temporarily delegate duties to persons unnamed by DSI.

After all if you can have a P.M. by proxy what's so difficult about having mafia ones on Phuket.

Social media sites are the biggest threat to the stability of regimes which only accept free speech if it is supportive of them.

Opposition groups who use social media as a tool to challenge the status quo are bad news.

However "The Arab Spring" showed that trying control the freedom that comes with technology is impossible to implement.

Indeed, banning social media sites or denouncing behaviour on them is totally counter-productive, especially in a relatively democratic society such as Thailand.

There will be more 'liking' hits than ever.

Sick stuff.

Can imagine him doing it again if the situation presented itself.

Should never be out on the streets again.