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DocN
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Yes we do!
The same way we "observe" a horrible and bloody car-crash "with great interest"!
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...and Thailand will welcome them with open arms, throw jobs and condos at them, lot's of money, no difficulty whatsoever....
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Come on folks, give the TAT a break!
Yes, I worked for it in another country for many years but I do not anymore, so I am not making this comment because of any old friendships.
The countries issuing the "warnings" are simply doing so as a "matter of course." If they don't and one of their citizens is injured, there would be "hell to pay on the home front". I have also done PR for the Government of my country of birth, so again, I know what I'm talking about.
Based on my years of experience, I know that the majority of would-be holiday makers are not going to cancel their plans to visit Thailand because of what is happening in BKK at the moment, so please stop "kicking the TAT."
If some of the "naysayers" think they can do better than the people who work with the Authority, I suggest they get off their posteriors and go Volunteer to do something to help promote the country that they have chosen to live in. The country that allows them to stay here, even if they can do nothing but grizzle about it. Suggest you either show some respect for Thailand or go home!
Did we really have to wait that long for a "if you don't like it- go home"?
The country that allows me to stay here, even I have the audacity to criticize it!
Thank you, Thailand...for allowing me to pay more taxes than most of your citizens and still treat me like a second class human!
...why should we stop kicking TAT?
They don't even know the difference between a travel warning and a travel advisory!
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So even better for child maybe. Europe going worse and worse. And she avoided possible problems in the future, if she will decide to get thai citizenship.
After the bunch of "muslims & rape"- comments, I thought. we'd hit intellectual rock- bottom!
Boy, was I wrong!
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Nice, how some of you already begin to hi- jack the thread and stir up the usual "this is what they do to good citizens...but the rapists, Muslims or terrorists they let stay..."- idiocy!
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No warning from Germany.
I just checked.
It is a travel advisory!
Not same same...very different!
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Wow! It took only the first comment, to drag this down the road of the anti- Thaksinism!
Fantastic!
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Okay...since some in Thailand don't want to be part of the international community and play along with international rules...just cancel the 2 upcoming Worldcup - Qualifiers and also ban Thailand from taking part in the Olympics...
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What I still fail to understand: the TEMPLE belongs to Cambodia...how can the LAND, the temple stands on, NOT belong to Cambodia?
Not the land it stands on, the land next to it.
You know what I mean, don't you?!
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I guess we are going to see a real sensation: a country, vanishing in it's own @..hole...
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What I still fail to understand: the TEMPLE belongs to Cambodia...how can the LAND, the temple stands on, NOT belong to Cambodia?
This is like someone has to take an urgent dump, knocks on my door and asks,if he can use my toilet.
I allow it and when is to enter my appartment, I go "Hey,hey,hey man...what are you doing? I said, you can use the toilet...not the space around it! Now...good luck, with hitting it from here...and please...don't make a mess!"
It is beyond idiotic!
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Yep! Former colleague of mine is married to a Thai- dude...Seen some!
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The malls are all the same, especially the ones with a "name", eg "Central World"and the likes.
Old Siam is a little more unique, but in the end it's...shopping malls.lom or the newly opened (renovated)
Question is: have you been to Bangkok before?
If not, you can do the "usual" tourist stuff- no harm done: Wat Po, Grand Palace, the Marble temple, Golden Mountain...
For hotels: it of course depends on your budget.
Cheaper ones , in the riverside area would be Glow Trinity (Chong Nonsi), Furama Silom or the newly opened (renovated) Mandarin.
For upmarket, look for Anantara Riverside, Hilton or (if you like it top-notch) The Siam.
Sukhumvit is not really my area, but I can recommend 5Points by Shearton at Soi 15.
For nightclubs: Saxophone (Victory Monument), Apoteka (Soi 11) or the great "Maggie Choo's" in the basement of the Novotel Fenix Silom.
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Just blow the dam thing up, already!
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"the people" are constantly "ignoring" their power!
Now they have been throwing tantrums for a week, whenever the name "Thaksin" was mentioned.
I sincerely hope, they will do so, when other politicians (ALL other politicians) rob them of their money, when "justice" is bought and sold in other cases...but I guess, not!
Heck Doc you sure are obsessed with Thaksin.
Cant you see there's more to it than that?
The people out there know what the corruption by those in high places is doing to this country and this bill will absolve all those involved in corruption since 2004.
Did you not read how many senior politicians of whatever color would be let off corruption charges?
It also lets off all those who have broken the law, if they want to use politics as an excuse, that includes those who killed, fired grenades and burnt buildings in the red riots.
It absolves the red leaders who stood up on the stage and incited their supporters to burn and use violence. For it will drop all the charges pending against them.
And most of all from Abhisith and Sutheps point of view it robs of them of a chance to clear their name of all the charges brought against them, if this is passed they can never have their day in court. So their opponents can forever call them murders.
And from where I sit it will mean that the truth of what happened in 2010 will be obscured forever.
Consider who is pushing for this bill and who is against it and with a little thought you will be able to see who has the most to gain if it becomes law and who has the most to lose if it does not.
Not at all obsessed with Thakisn- although some constantly accuse me of that.
Can't I see there is more to it? I can, but....
"The people out there" most likely do not have a clue and they don't give a hoot for corruption...mainly because it is a part of their everyday life and they all use it! How do I know? I work with "the people out there" ...and the only thing that get's them "out there" is the name "Thakisn"!
I know, that they SHOULD be out there for all you mentioned (and much more, might I add...maybe the ones that are convicted of certain ill- doing under a certain law that protects certain people)...but I have the very strong feeling, they are just not!
And I am not stupid: I know, who has the most to gain and the bill is a crying shame...but to assume, that all of a sudden the whole country discovered their social, democratic, justice- conscience is a joke!
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Not really blues...but IMHO the most exciting new band in some time.
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Jatuporn claims protesters seek to topple the government
...maybe!
So?
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The people have all the power they need!
Either they don't know that or they are ignoring it for reasons, that are beyond me to understand!
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Why give more power to poor people when they can be easily and cheaply be bought.
Better consolidate power for the elite, as they are not prone to greed.
Oh look...the troll is out again!
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"the people" are constantly "ignoring" their power!
Now they have been throwing tantrums for a week, whenever the name "Thaksin" was mentioned.
I sincerely hope, they will do so, when other politicians (ALL other politicians) rob them of their money, when "justice" is bought and sold in other cases...but I guess, not!
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...what? ...what...did you...just say...? I wasn't paying...attention!
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Why is it interesting to anyone what is was and who belonged to in the past?
The ruling of the ICJ (and any following rulings) will hopefully state where it IS and who it belongs to , NOW...and all sides should be okay with that!
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I highly doubt, these are travel warnings. There is a (judicial) difference between a travel advice and a a travel warning.
With "nothing" happening at the moment, those might be travel advice.
Well my first reaction was that it was a desperate attempt to white wash the doings of the PTP.
Then I remembered who said it and you might be right
BANGKOK, 6 November 2013 (NNT) – According to Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichackchaikul, eight countries have already issued travel warnings to their people, urging them to avoid demonstration sites in Thailand.I really don't care, if you think, I want to whitewash anyone, as I told you several times: you are wrong!
And I even care less, who said "warnings" and was probably wrong about it.
I am working in the travel industry and even people who should KNOW the difference, get it mixed up all the time, so...go figure!
Foreign minister Surapong insists Thailand's sovereignty remains intact
in Thailand News
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Let me get this straight: because the ICJ (somewhat) ruled against Thailand in a 2-nation- conflict...someone actually fears, that Thailand is loosing its sovereignty?
Amazing!