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Big Boss shaking the team up? Wants more action? Or just changing the team?

Interesting comparison. How quickly French police and senior politicians have commented on this, including full details of the two arrested suspects.

Meanwhile in the UK, the Birmingham attacker who stabbed killed and wounded - the police and politicians remain quite. Keep it out of the press!

Well done France. 

5 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Why has school not been shut down?

The administrators are responsible for the actions of the employees, and should be prosecuted.

The other teachers who knew and did not intervene to protect the students and report the behaviour are as guilty as the teacher who was sacked.

 

Once this came to light, the school management appear to have acted quickly and decisively. 

How many classes, how many pupils and how many teachers are at the school?

And you seriously think the school should be closed, and all those people affected, because of the actions of one person?????

I wish all schools in such cases would act so decisively and follow the law.

15 hours ago, Jack Hna said:

That's one hell of a corkage charge now. That leo from 711 just became one of the most expensive beers ever. 

Corkage is expensive, IME, usually, where ever you want it. Certainly used to be in the UK.

500 ThB seems reasonable. Hardly mega expensive.

Seems more like he didn't like several things, got on a downward spiral which the booze wouldn't have helped. Now his multiple bad reviews appear like a vendetta.

24 minutes ago, Ventenio said:

this poll further says what I've saying the last 100 years

 

99.99999999999% of all farangs here are sexpats.  

 

 

More sophistry.

The sun came out and rose in the east today. Guess that means the chickens will lay eggs and there will be traffic jams again!

About as logically connected as your bias.

1 hour ago, Orton Rd said:

Lot of customers on here by the look of it then ????

Nothing like a bit of sophistry.

6 hours ago, donnacha said:

Despite all the lies spread in the immediate aftermath, witness testimony proved that the officers correctly executed their search warrant and only fired after being fired upon.

The problem, this year, is that every fatality involving the police is being cynically exploited to inflame passions and advance a particular narrative before anyone bothers to check the facts. The actual truth of an individual incident no longer matters to the Democrats because they believe the entire system to be systematically racist - even if these particular police are innocent it doesn't matter because all police are guilty.

Luckily, the court system does not work that way (yet). A lot of these prosecutions are set in motion for political reasons and, even in cases of obvious wrong-doing such as George Floyd's death, prosecutors are setting charges so high that no court will be able to convict on that basis.

Bringing Murder One charges suits a prosecutor's political needs but will ultimately undermine trust in the justice system and result in more chaos in Democrat cities, and more black businesses getting burned down by white BLM protesters, when the charges are inevitably thrown out.

 

All of what you wrote is true. And is what to expect when a justice system becomes totally politicized. Truth, facts, honesty and treating people with fairness and the truth doesn't matter to politicians. Which is why democracies only ever work with fully independent justice systems.

Fake, Fake, Fake!

But some top boys were thrown under the bus. So we can pretend all's well, and move on raking the cash in.

How quaint.

7 hours ago, bluesofa said:

'Invite'? Is this some formal language in government, or is there something else going on? '

Demand' would surely be the better word for what appears to be a suspect use of public money.

Yes, seems rather odd. Pheu Thai normally "demand" everything they want. 

Another example of why you can't trust the ratings on these type of websites.

Their downgrades are purely politically motivated.

As they are clearly intended to harm the business, wonder if they'll get sued?

20 hours ago, johng said:

Yes arrested for murder in Thailand but somehow made it back to Ireland !!!

 

Rather like the Norwegian thug who murdered the British guy in Phuket and then scarpered somewhere out of Thailand. The police said at the time that bail wasn't a risk because they kept his passport - 555!

Or the American who beat an Aussie to death in a Pattaya bar - and simply went back to the US after his arrest and confession. 

And so the list goes on and on. 

3 minutes ago, Henryford said:

WTO deal, already sorted, easy.

You do realize that the UK isn't currently a member of the WTO don't you? And that any WTO can challenge a new applicant on any tariffs prior to membership which must be ratified by all members?

WTO - easy peazy, because Nigel Farage said so. When asked to explain the detail he was clueless. Like so many who repeat that mantra.

15 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

So you are saying the EU holds all the cards?

Not sure how you reached that conclusion? Oh yes, political bias, that's it.

With 27 member states all vying for their self interests, and all unwilling to compromise for fear of upsetting powerful lobbies in their own countries, the chances of a deal were always low. It relied on the EU negotiators and Counsel exerting control and having sufficient influence on member states which they clearly don't. Boris and his buffoons aren't bright enough to exploit that either.

On 9/23/2020 at 5:40 AM, Somtamnication said:

RBG's body not  yet buried. Shame on these people.

Where does it say, anywhere, that there must be a set time frame after death before appointing a successor?

On 9/22/2020 at 3:57 PM, spidermike007 said:

The police here own franchises. They are franchisees. They are not law enforcement officials. They rarely engage in law enforcement, traffic safety, or public safety. They are not here for the benefit of the people, and they are not here to keep us safe. They are here to collect. That is all they do. If you need to give them an official title, it would be that of a revenue collection agent. Only it is their own account, that they represent.

Always remember one thing. The police here are not engaged in law enforcement. They are revenue collection agents, and they each have their own franchise. Nobody will ever touch them. They are protected at the highest levels. They do as they please, and Thailand remains a relatively lawless state. The extraordinary aspect of all of this, is how much of a tribute this is, to the Thai people. Despite the lack of law and order, and the extraordinary lack of a deterrent, Thailand remains a relatively safe place to live, and to travel, and crime is far lower than it would be in almost any other country, without law and order. I consider this to be a great example of how good most Thai people really are, and how honorable they are, as a people. I never feel threatened here. I can walk the streets of most cities late at night, and never feel afraid of my security, like in many other nations. The most dangerous place in this country is on the roads.

I know some will take exception to my summary. We have all encountered punks here, and business people who have no vision, and do silly things. But, I believe those are people who are the exception to this rule. Most are quite extraordinary, and in a large sense, are self policed.

And that experience you had is very, very common. Many years ago, my sister in law, was involved with a rather dodgy Brit, while living on Samui. When she finally ditched him, he was livid, and just could not handle it. He ended up coming one night, at 3:30am, and burning down her bungalow, which was made of wood and thatch. It went up like a bomb. Fortunately, neither she, nor her roommate were there at the time, or they would have either died, or ended up with major 3rd degree burns all over their bodies, which I believe was his intention. In most countries, this would be treated as attempted murder, correct? The police were able to find a video of him racing away from the scene, at around 3:35am, as there was a CCTV camera in front of the police station, only a few hundred meters away from her bungalow. They took him in, and told him he would have to leave Thailand, and could never return. Not sure what exchanged hands, for him to not have been arrested. He was also told he would have to pay my sister in law 120,000 baht for the destruction of her gold, cash, and possessions. Same for her friend. He did pay. We know that for a fact, as we were friendly with a couple of his friends. When she went to the police station to collect, she was told that he never paid, and he was already back in Thailand. But, that they had advocated for her, and made sure he could never come back to Thailand! When she pushed, and told them that she knew for a fact that he had paid them, she was told that her life was now in danger, and that she needed to back down, and go away, or her safety could not be guaranteed.

The real problem is, you cannot report these guys. Not to the higher ups, not to the provincial authorities, and certainly not to the army. They are all corrupt beyond imagination. And the level of corruption simply escalates, the further up the food chain you go. They are not expected to be honest, and they are not expected to engage in law enforcement, traffic or public safety, on any level. It is an irrevocably broken and dysfunctional system. Anything hyperbole to the contrary, is just a smoke screen, intended to deceive the naive amongst us. So typical of these collection agents, who have the audacity to pose as cops. They are anything but. Many are operating their own little mafia gangs. But law enforcement? Never.

 

 

What a load of cobblers. And what's worse so many support your ludicrous view.

Hyperbolic exaggeration of anything here seems to be a pastime for some posters in their anti Thai rants.

Why not go home to your well policed, honestly governed, economically sound farang paradise?

16 hours ago, Fex Bluse said:

Many such issues encountered in Thailand are because the international banking lists Thailand and transactions originating here as high risk. 

 

In many countries with better banking oversight, you would have less trouble. 

 

Thailand is on a bunch of risky lists. 

I guess you don't include the US, UK and Germany in the "many countries with better banking oversight".

On 9/23/2020 at 8:04 AM, NE1 said:

Passport needed to buy Rabbit train ticket. Reason ? Money laundering.

No foreigners can have a Lazada wallet. Reason ? Money laundering.

Love it.

Laundering - reserved occupation old son!

1 hour ago, Ventenio said:

54,683 have become alcoholics because they must drink with farang

87,234 have gotten diseases

11,924 have AIDS, most will die

8,292 have killed themselves after fat farang treats them bad

 

sooo IRONIC when the drunk old farang goes to bar and talks about how to help people in the world, as they make a 20-year old girl drink whisky and destroy her body and mind.......these farangs think these girls .... oh wait, they never think about these girls.

 

should all be run by the government.  

What a load of tosh. 

33 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

No, most "good" mothers would find a better job. Some, not many, do it for their children because they either don't know a better way, or have been abused as children themselves and think it's normal. A careful mother doesn't expose herself to more than one man at a time. Promiscuity has a price. So does prostitution. Renting or selling, it's all the same. Traffickers sell women to people, women put a price on sharing their bodies with men who can't get women the normal way.

That's partially true. 

Entertainment, including sexual entertainment, has been around since the dawn of mankind. Religious fanatics and women empowerment fanatics support it's oppression. (Maybe religions were opposed because of the health risks which were less controllable and treatable in the past? Religions all have a social behavior control aspect). 

Enlightened countries, such as Germany, The Netherlands, New Zealand, have legalized sex entertainment. This takes the criminal element out by taking away their market place. And recognizes this isn't going to disappear. 

Others like the UK, have laws, but selectively enforce them. Different police force authorities in the UK have different attitudes which is rather ludicrous. Other countries also have laws, but tolerate within reason.

The US of course, being the US, uses their laws for entrapment. Trafficking is a big problem their, surprise surprise.

Oddly, Sweden and France have tightened their laws against sex workers and their clients. In response to the powerful women's empowerment movements there.

You seem to categorize all sexual entertainment as seedy, economic desperate loose women selling their bodies to desperate sexually starved perverts. Rather than the entertainment of places such as Cowboy and Nana.  That speaks volumes of your world views.

Do you also categorize alcohol drinkers as socially deprived individuals who squander the family money on the evil drink?

2 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Making it legal will save some corruption, and maybe some lives, which isn't a bad thing. But being dead wrong about trafficking here? Bangkok, and Thailand, because of the corruption, is one of the biggest trafficking places on earth, and the traffickers job is to recruit, by force, young girls and boys to be sold. Trafficking, as I stated, is but one of the reasons women, and men, get into the trade. Economic reasons might be a large part here because of the overpopulation and lack of jobs, but mental illness, child abuse, trafficking and immorality are also factors, and you don't have to sell your body to support yourself.

Seriously. Do you actually have any viable evidence from verifiable sources to back up your statements?

The UK had some busts a few years ago, rescuing trafficked girls. East Europeans, mainly Romanians. One was located on a main road into Birmingham. These girls were promised good jobs as nannies, maids, waitresses etc. 

These scams operate in most countries. Economic exploitation of the poor by criminal gangs. Therefore poor countries in Europe, Africa, Asian and the Americas are at risk of such trafficking and exploitation. 

Why do you see this as only a major problem here, when it's world wide? I have seen no credible evidence to suggest Thailand is involved in the big way you suggest.