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25 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

 

So, only because they could not spot the husband on CCTV, and because she 'frequently travelled to Thailand', they "...speculated that she concocted the story..."? - What if the husband used another immigration line (and there were many Indonesians lining up)? Did they question IOs in their investigation, or check their computer system? If so, why wasn't that mentioned in the report? 

No, not only that. The next paragraph that you quote clearly states that she was in Thailand for 13 days (contrary to her claim). So it's fabricated.

I'll save everyone the trouble. This thread will be posts along the lines of:

1) This rule is stupid. 

2) If you think this rule is stupid, then you're an alcoholic

3) Thailand is technically not a Buddhist country by law, why not have bams for other religious holodays? 

4) You can still drink, just not buy. Again, stupid rule. 

5) Real religious people won't drink anyway. 

6) Stock up in advance. 

7) My local mom 'n pop still sells. 

😎Tourists will be pissed (angry or drunk or both?) 

9) Don' t forget, you're an alcoholic for questioning this rule. 

10) This rule is stupid, but TIT. 

2 hours ago, Simon1287 said:

I do see a very small number of Thai's wearing them now but that is a very recent development indeed.

 

In previous years you would have to have held a Thai down and forcibly put a pair of the things on them and then give them 6 months pay to walk even 100 yards wearing them. If walking past anyone they knew then a years pay would have been needed, for the humiliation.

 

I imagine 99.99% of Thai's still feel the same way now though it may be changing. Slowly.

 

As someone just pointed out in another post, any farang wearing a pair is instantly viewed as a cheap charlie. Actually, much worse than that..

 

Over the years I have tried a pair for a laugh that were intended to be a present for a farang in farangland, on a couple of occasions.

 

Never again, which is a shame as they are actually super things to wear in the Thai climate, but I could see I was instantly transformed from a foreigner with money into something the cat dragged in the eyes of any Thai that saw me. 

 

If you must wear them then stick to backpacker ghettoes. The Thai's there are experts at hiding their disgust, for obvious reasons.

 

Simon

It might be where you are - sure, the Bangkok crowd aren't wearing them to the mall but in my family's hometown they're seen everwhere and the shops that sell them aren't targeting foreigners. They're not that "new" either. My father-in-law is nearly 80 and very conservative "old school" Thai. He's been wearing them around the house for years (as long as I've known him. They're comfortable. 

They better be careful. Isn't amending laws tantamount to treason these days according to the constitutional court?

Absolute garbage from Tulsatith Tabtim. It starts with this nonsense:

"No outsider can really tell who is right and who is wrong." 

and gets worse from there. Do yourself a favour and don't click on the link to the original (very long) article by the pseudo-intelectual Tulsatith. 

2 hours ago, retarius said:

Looks to me like last week's acquittal of Pita was only to avoid being accused of double standards.

 Indeed. It's unfortunately unfolding as I prediced last week:

"Cleared of this, which shows the court to be neutral . This sets it up nicely for a party dissolution next week which then surely wouldn't be political because the court is "neutral". "

Wish I had been wrong. 

4 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

It seems like most gals wear shorts under their skirts in Thailand....

Struggling to sell your videos?  

Cleared of this, which shows the court to be neutral . This sets it up nicely for a party dissolution next week which then surely wouldn't be political because the court is "neutral". 

"It would imply that our legal system can be manipulated by those in power to serve political ends, thereby undermining the very foundation of our democracy."

Nothing needs to be implied, the system is and always has been manipulate by those in power and continues to undermine democracy.

Has this journalist been living under a rock??

So the nightclub was flouting existing regualtions. What's the point of creating more regulations then? Of course, the core of the problem is enforcement (the RTP) - more regulations won't fix that.

6 hours ago, JensenZ said:

It's absurd for people on here to accuse Thailand of being corrupt when their own countries are much worse. 

Why? So because another country is corrupt one can't accuse Thailand of being corrupt? That seems absurd to me. I come from a corrupt country (most are), live in a corrupt country (again, most are) and am currently in Thailand. This article highlights a facet of corruption in Thailand and so (in this THAI centric forum, people condemn it). When I comment on an article on the corruption in my own country, I also condemn it. It's possible to do both. 

7 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Makes me laugh, saying theres no corruption in the Uk is like saying there's no prostitution in Thailand

True, but who in this thread said or even alluded to the fact that there was no corruption in the UK??