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Ensuring the safety and well-being of Thais; one may as well order 75 million straight jackets, because that is the only solution I see at this point. Otherwise, forego the straight jackets and these lunatics will continue to kill themselves in this lunatic fashion and the real sympathy should be held for those who feel that sympathy is deserved.
Step back and take a good look at the entire system and infrastructure; from the family unit (yeah, right!) all the way up to the top of Parliament; including everything in between, such as the Ministry of Licensing, Land, Education, Science and Engineering, all Law Enforcement agencies, Immigration, Business, Bean-Counting, etc. etc.
You will not find one gram of accountability or responsibility.
Hence, you have a country where people of all ages are generously tolerated to "pin-ball" their way through life without being held responsible or accountable for absolutely anything they do at a knee-jerk moment.
Does this tiny, miniscule consequence being reported today come as any real surprise to us all?
When it comes to complaining and moaning their woes, Thais spend their entire lives describing the water whilst the truth drowns in a sea of lies and avoidance.
Having sympathy for Thai lunacy is almost becoming a superstitious past time. I gave up believing that if I did not have any that I would cease to be a decent person. That turned out to be a falsehood because common sense and logic told me I was wasting my time.
Absolutely spot on.
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The question is will the Thai military get involved? When it comes to them, the government is not in control.
There are some very childish, neo-fascist people both in the military and that give the orders and they will not accept the court's decision if it goes against Thailand.
Just as in 1959 they occupied the temple site and refused to leave until the UN ordered them to do so in 1962, uprooting the flagpole and taking it with them, in a childish act of defiance by refusing to lower the Thai flag.
Thailand has a very over-inflated opinion of itself on the World stage.
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They are just doing what mostly every one of their countrymen would be doing in their position; making a little extra due to corruption.
It's part of the culture.
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Meanwhile Bloomberg optimistically reports "Thailand’s Rural Boom Yields Mercedes and $6,000 Jacuzzis"
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My Note 3 came with Samsung Knox and was bought at Mobile Expo earlier this month.
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I will ask for you.
Good power gains if they get anywhere near what is stated.
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End of the road for Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore in 2016
Oooold news
The primary issue facing the Thai motor industry is a labour shortage, but that's a whole lot better than a jobs shortage
The Australian car industry was doomed to failure the moment they dropped import taxes to just 5%.
The Vietnamese industry is collapsing already on the decision to scrap import duties in 2016.
Philippines which was once a strong manufacturing nation is standing by.
Indonesia is on the rise and hungry for a cut of any and everyone's action.
Malaysia is already landing deals that everyone expected Thailand to bag.
Thailand should remove it's industry protections for the reasons that it would put even more cars on the road (I guess you haven't been here long enough to feel the effects of the 1st car buyer sheme), and create more jobs that can't be filled?
I've been here 15+ years and the effects of the scheme in Bangkok have not been noticeable other than an increase in traffic on the expressways at certain times of the day.
The sheer volume of traffic has no doubt increased but visibly it is much the same as it ever was IMO.
If you want to talk jobs there's 15 motorcy taxi drivers at the end of my street that are all apparently 'employed' yet they don't seem to have the amount of fares to keep busy.
That's the problem with Thai statistics, most of them are just made up from thin air and not rooted in any economic reality whatsoever.
It's not just imports, it's also that tastes have changed, and people who want large family cars are now increasingly going for Hiluxes instead of Falcons + Commodores.Aussies have always had poor taste.
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Well, been trying since yesterday to get in touch with Mitsu Thailand to book an appointment for the recall. Unfortunately, it would seem the whole company has only one person capable of speaking a reasonable English, and that person is too busy to get back to me.
Confirms my poor opinion of the after-sales service of Mitsu Thailand. Beyond being thai-centric (promotions etc are mostly oriented towards Thai citizens see below), they never responded to my online contacts.
Honestly, while the service centers are of a variable quality, the corporate offices are just plain disastrous. For starters, they send out a recall letter in Thai alone (good luck to figure out what it could be if you don't speak or read the bloody language). They invite you to call a number to book an appointment, but cannot serve you when you call them! If someone recalls, my complaint about someone smoking in my car before it was delivered never got solved.
Finally, my pet peeve... It seems they do organize competitions and/or prizes, but reserved to Thais only. Apparently earlier this year there was something around traveling to Japan... but from the results page, it would appear that it was only reserved to thais (id card and house registration required). I don't really care about that, but the fact that a private company discriminates against foreigners irritates me formidably.
At this point that I have definitely decided never to buy Mitsu again. Very happy with the car, but I get irritated that the Japanese let their racist and nationalist Thai underlings carry out their 'Thai only' policies.
The only appropriate response is not to give your money to such idiots.
In any country such discrimination would be illegal.
It thrives here.
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End of the road for Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore in 2016
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Japanese imports i seem to recall had an effect on the American Motor Industry. They all but wiped out MoCy sales in Europe too.
Absolutely and an inability to move with the times and recognise what the market requires are both fundamental to success.
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Our kid gives a pretty decent review of the 2013 Accord.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sGPWakXlGg
In his opinion doesn't even come close to the BMW 3-series, let alone the 5.
Still gets a reasonable 3.5 out of 5 overall mark from Motor Torque.
It doesn't even get close to the Teana IMHO, but after reading a comment saying the Accord is worth 2x a Civic, I kinda give up
Haven't driven the Teana, the looks of those Nissans put me off.
How can they build such good looking cars like the 350z, Skyline R34 and the GT-R yet fail in the low and mid-market segments?
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when will these idiots learn? turn over = profit = reduced import tax= more people buying cars more jobs serviceing the cars more fuel revenue more transport drivers and on and on thailand dosen;t produce anything worth a shit and even if it did no one will deal with them becouse of the trade imbalance its like ok, i will sell to you on great terms, but if you want to sell to me im going to tax the hell out of you, and make your product so uncompetitive no one will buy it! love thailand but just dont understand why they never see the big picture.
They are protecting there own automotive industry as it will go down the pan if they allow cheap imports.
Yep. They could open it up, but then it would just fail in a similar spectacular fashion to Australia and Vietnam. I vote for TH retaining it's car industry
I disagree. Thailand builds cars for export and the range is quite wide while retaining a reasonable cost of manufacture and reliability. If Thailand remains as competitive as it currently is there is no danger of a spectacular collapse. Indeed if that is to happen it will be down to politics/governance or natural disaster IMO.
Most of the premium models (BMW, MB) sold here are assembled in Thailand however the quality of materials isn't available therefore they exceed the allowed amount of imported parts to qualify for government tax cuts. The prices of those models certainly could be reduced with further tax incentives and the premium brands would assemble more of their range here, creating more choice, more revenue and more jobs.
Opening the market further to certain imports could create more choice and competitiveness and may even encourage more manufacturers to base here. It would certainly affect the corruption endemic in the import sector and that is the sole reason it will never happen and why taxes are so high. Too many influential, lazy, greedy fingers in that pie for anything to change.
Australia's problem is that it's cars were always built with and for the local market in mind. Labour was and is too expensive and is controlled by the unions. The rest of the World stopped wanting old-technology V8s and fast utes decades ago even if they wanted them in the first place.
Sad to see the death of the locally built Ford models and the announcement of the phasing out of the Holden Ute in favour of Thai built pick-ups and imports in Australia but it was an inevitability with costs so high and demand for those models so low internationally.
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"Accord not a serious contender to the premium brands."
"If you are not Audi, BMW or Mercedes Benz it seems all you want to be is Audi, BMW or Mercedes Benz."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5bvEQgSLQY&feature=player_detailpage
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Our kid gives a pretty decent review of the 2013 Accord.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sGPWakXlGg
In his opinion doesn't even come close to the BMW 3-series, let alone the 5.
Still gets a reasonable 3.5 out of 5 overall mark from Motor Torque.
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The AG is not of sound mind. The PTP is playing to the hands of the Democrats and the Democrats want this because they will win in the end. What the Demos need to do now is to present a policy of "We can do it better than you." The current govt is going to cave and the Demos need to be ready and live up to their promises to the people.
Wishful thinking.
The Democrats are un-electable by the core of voters in the North and North East because of their policies in the 90's, the collapse of their corrupt government under Chuan and Suthep post financial crisis, and their backers.
In addition, they are not a populist party, and remain loyal to the status quo and the feudal, military regime that the majority of thinking Thai people are so desperate to get rid of.
Their incompetence and refusal to move with the times are what gifted Thaksin his two landslide election victories in 2001 and 2005.
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Politicians simply have no moral high ground here, and they all believe the laws do not apply to them or their families.
Don't hate the playa, hate the game.
To a man and woman, they are all the same. This is Thai culture.
Thailand is a nation of irresponsible children who refuse to accept blame or take responsibility for anything and much like the Chinese, they worship money and the acquisition of it.
There's no point crying over spilt milk now that Thaksin has shown he is better adept at using these cultural flaws to his advantage.
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A small coward behind skype on his screen is intimidated by opposition and wants to eliminate it. Hope he is eliminated first, as a law of nature and consequence, having done more harm than good unto others & attempting to divide and destroy a nation for personal benefit. At least he is one unhappy little man, worried over safety and a struggle for power- an unhappy state he deserves to live in. Soon he'll be too old and in poor health to operate as an attempting dictator.
It is not Thaksin trying to divide the nation. I was a Thaksin detractor when he was in power and remain so however...
...he could be dead and gone tomorrow and the major players, including those trying to manipulate Thai politics for their own benefit will still be there and Thailand will continue down this merry path of self-destruction and implosion.
I'm continually astounded at the amount of posters that don't know or refuse to acknowledge the real reasons behind the PAD protests and the 2006 coup.
Of course the fact that discussion of the key topics at hand is forbidden makes it more difficult, but come on people, are you really that naive and uninformed?
Just as Thais bottle up their emotions and often explode, the real reasons for the political maneuvering have been bottled up and will soon explode, and send the country into turmoil unlike any it experienced in the 20th Century. If they don't acknowledge what is going on it can never be prepared for.
Thaksin has shown he is now a force to be reckoned with, and was not so easily removed as they thought he would be. The military knows another intervention would result in a bloody coup and prolonged civil conflict.
Buckle up folks, the ride is only beginning.
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Too bad to hear this about the family. Was the motorman tested for alcohol and drugs? Did the motorman survive? Did he flee the scene?
If by motorman, you mean the driver of the train, why would you think he was drunk or on drugs?
Take a look at the picture, there is a person sitting in the driver's seat watching the rescue team working on the wreck.
Why would he flee the scene? He was in the right place at the right time, doing his job legally.
The man driving the truck, may he and his family R.I.P., was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
He obviously didn't look or listen. This is an all too common occurrence here and in many countries. People are in too much of a hurry and they die.
In a competition between a truck and a train, the train wins every time.
well that could be anyone sitting there,as we know how thias love to get involved,but it does look like a uniform of somekind....in these thypes of crossing incedents,where no bells or lights or gates are present at the crossing, we have to assume the engineer,complied meaning whistel,bell and headlights on bright...mandatory drug testing will show his blood work...i drove a freight train for 34 years back home the stories are aplenty...sadly no one really thinks about the phsycological damage for the engineer who cant stop on a dime or swerve to aviod the impact....it is qiute devastaing....sometimes staring the person in the eyes just before the collision....many have been afected...so sad...
Mandatory drug testing, engineer complying?
You are not in Kansas any more Dorothy.
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Rather than worrying about 'foreign murderers' in the country, it would be very nice if the government would do something about the 'local murderers' especially the ones that keep attacking and killing tourists.
The person that is de facto running the country is a wanted criminal on the run.
Foreign criminals are the least of their problems.
A little bit of perspective: One guy from one department has recommended DNA testing, everyone questioned about the idea thought it was very stupid and impractical. They are right and should be recognized as right. Entirely too much generalizing about Thai people on TV forums.
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The curse of the blue diamond has struck Thailand once again.
The tortuous two-decade saga of theft, deception, incompetence, corruption and murder burst back into the spotlight this month, doing renewed damage to Thailand’s economy, its relations with Middle Eastern countries, and prospects for reconciliation in its troubled mainly-Muslim southern provinces.
It is a story that reveals a great deal about the unbridled corruption of the Royal Thai Police, the weakness of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in the face of powerful entrenched vested interests, and the ham-fisted approach of many Thai officials when trying to defuse a crisis.
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Without attempting to politicize the issue to any of the multiple administrations that have been in place since the heist and providing factual information that occurred since the quoted blog entry was made.
He refused the promotion.
Somkid was not promoted and Somkid was indicted.In 2009 Mr Abhisit promised to reinvestigate the murders. The result was the indictment in January of General Somkid and four other police officers. All have denied the charges. Mr Ashri praised the serious efforts by the Thai government to improve relations. Then came this year's annual promotion list of state officials. Lo and behold, General Somkid was named to the rank of assistant police chief, a fact that did not escape Mr Ashri's attention. Thailand's obfuscating excuses have not mollified him.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2010/09/thai-saudi_murder_mystery
Now the statute of limitations has expired
As said, the man was not promoted and the man was indicted prior to the statute of limitations expiring.
As said the man received promotion under Abhisit's leadership and declined, despite being under indictment.
One wonders how someone can be promoted to assistant police chief while under indictment for such crimes.
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This is all Thaksin's fault, isn't it?
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2 killed and 18 hurt in VIP bus crash in Thailand
in Thailand News
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Numnut Wrapparondapol?