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I see in the BKK Post today that they have rediscovered the Jerdon's Babbler in Burma, no link as usual.

http://news.yahoo.com/bird-long-thought-extinct-rediscovered-myanmar-133720000.html

I know a good number of people suffer upset stomachs from eating the Som Tam with the little black crabs included.

I have long ago surmised if a bacterial test was performed on the various ingredients included in a Som Tam cart, set up on the roadside, you would not be eager to eat the Som Tam with the little black crabs included as I am certain the bacterial levels would be off the Richter scale.

Cheers

I have never seen a black crab before. Are they blackened versions of the red and blue crab?

They are actually black and come from the paddies and swamps. I don't eat them either, not because of health concerns but because they taste nasty.

Only in Thailand can police be caught drunk in bars while armed, and still get to keep their jobs. I am not referring to this case, but generally.

Haven't been over here in the Kingdom of Wonders then ?

Here, you get promoted to be a 3-star general for a stunt like that.....

Of course the caning is brutal and I don't condone it. However, that Singaporean laws are draconian is well known and it comes down to the usual adage: don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

I haven't been to Europe for many years but the last time I went I was shocked at the graffiti everywhere, I am sure there are many property owners that wished there were laws like that over there.

Supporting blatently racist emails? Referring to Black abortion as crime prevention? Blaming the entire findings of the report on "out-of-control" Black people? Blaming the entire issue of police violence and disparities in the justice system in America on...too many Black people?

Not 'too many Black people'. You're the only one saying that.

Too many black criminals.

If blacks break traffic laws more frequently than whites, maybe that's the reason they're being stopped more often.

Added to that the aggression and violence often shown by black men and the 'chip on the shoulder' gangsta attitude, it's understandable that they'll tend to be charged more than whites. But lefties ignore black behaviour and just pull out the race card as a defense.

Instead of trying to find institutionalised racism in everything, it's probably best for some blacks to take a good hard look at themselves and their behaviour.

If you had read the report, you'd know that it wasn't about "Black criminals". It was generally about people with parking tickets and their grass too long, "manner of walking" violations and people who were provably doing nothing wrong at all.

But of course, you haven't read the report because your agenda is already set in your mind. I do thank you for wording it the way you did though - it helps when posters show their true colors in the same post in which they trying to deny it.

I'll ask you the same question that you and those like you keep avoiding - is this discrepancy in "black behavior" or this "too many black criminals" claim that you point to a result of the fact that black people are inherently worse than white people? Or is it due to widespread problems in the system?

I've already made my position on the underlying causes of the problem very clear. Your constant blaming of Black people and suggestion that the emails weren't even racist appears to make your position clear too. You just haven't admitted it in so many words.

So why don't you want to directly answer the question?

I always have a feeling that the number of racists on TV is considerably higher than the average in the countries they come from.

Funny, seeing how they live among them little brown folks.....

As a boy i took canings in school, i made sure most the perps regretted it later in life, one of the teachers realised his mistake a few hours after the incident when he suffered a severe beating administered by my mother.

Interesting. In my school in the US, they did not cane anyone, therefore I was not caned.

But had I been caned, I, too, would have made sure the perpetrators paid for it. I would have hunted them down and taken care of business. No doubt about it.

I would bet all of those in favor of these vandals getting caned have never been caned themselves.

And you would be wrong......

And double the daily recommended intake of Sodium....

I figure I could because of the extremely high sodium content as well as various artificial flavor enhancers.

Piss off the police in any country and deal with the consequences.....

Yes not a good move but how many call for backup from the army ?

True, in the US they don;t have to; they are pretty tooled up themselves

Very, very rarely as I don't like them. But they have been coming in handy when trekking or birding.

Now we are going to see how Mr ABBOTT will try to save life of this criminal

He won't have to, the Philippines have suspended capital punishment. Which, in this case, is a shame.

I am not exactly a conservative but certain crimes just call for capital punishment.

The bad part: apparently dozens of operations like that in the Philippines and obviously enough sick perverts willing to pay for this s....

I won,t get within twenty miles of Chiang Mai. What a crap hole.

I have had some of the best food in Chiang Mai, covering the gamut from street food to up-market.

It seems that in Thailand, and Thailand only, people do not commit suicide; there is always foul play involved

They got French nationality like the UK Pakistanis got their UK passports: Unethically, illegally and without the support of the mass of the people. These mu***m immigrants were forced on us. Unable to integrate and permanently hostile to their host nations they turn to crime and terrorism....as represented by Jihadi John and his parasitic family. These guys are not French except on a technicality.

So very idiotic.

They most probably got the french nationality the easiest way, by being born there and having lived in France since their birth. In fact, as Immigration from africa started a long time ago, all those guys could easily be 3rd generation immigrants.

This. Like in England, a lot has to do with the colonial history when these colonial powers exploited countless countries and got rich off their sweat. And now the usual racists and bigots around here are kicking up a fuss.Plus ca change.....

...7:20 am is not so early to justify 'falling asleep'....nor are the travel distances....

Why not? He was a hotel GM and, as a fellow hotel GM, I can say that at the end of the tourist season everybody working in hotels is beat, even at 7:20 am.

....I hope they check to see that it was not something...or someone else that killed him before the crash...

...7:20 am is not so early to justify 'falling asleep'....nor are the travel distances....

...and as for the 'Fortuner'....it seems to have no frame integrity......it looks cut in half.....

.....and....were there even air bags deployed....????

Pretty sure it is a National Holiday and at least this site seems to agree: http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/thailand/

I am surprised that people don't know the holidays of the country they live in

Hysterics have started....

I have eaten street food in SE Asia for the last 20 years. I am well aware that some of the food is doctored but here is a bit of news: the West has its fair share of food scandals.

I have never had outright food poisoning here but 2 times in Africa. What most people call food poisoning here is anything but; a couple of days of the trots are nothing like lying in a corner and wanting to die.

I like the herbs and salads and do a de-worming course every 6 months. I also have a rule of frequenting only places that are busy, be they food stalls or restaurants as at least chances are good that that piece of meat hasn't been lying in a fridge for 8 days.

As for the "BIGGEST BS ! As if Thai knew anything..." comment above, you can safely ignore that. Your question will always bring out people like that. Better get used to it real quick, it is what makes Thai Visa so, em, em shall we say colorful?

Yes, it is easy to sort of walk down the wrong garden path; I have than it on many an occasion.

As for the raptor: the head sure looks like that of a Crested (Oriental) Honey Buzzard to me; and the crest is not always visible in my experience.