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Good. And I hope he walks.
A man deserves respect.

Oh, that's what all the hollering is about with the rubber farmers?
They want free money?
F--- that.

JAIL for LIFE ... that's what he deserves.

Surely that should be decided following the Guilty verdict not before it.

I can think of another name that rhymes with Bangkokrick. The guy admitted to killing the man; there is video footage of him searching for a knife; it was not to peel a spud it was because the Puxxy lost his fight. He done it with intent, it is that simple and deserves life. Unless he pays his way out of this this will be the judgement plain and simple - even with the vastly corrupt justice system.

bah. I'm pretty sure that whole payoff thing only works when the offended is Thai, and before the courts get involved.

This is two farang. It's all about showing a good face to the world on this one.

I expect it'll be as up and up as they can muster.

Good. If you're stupid enough to text and drive you deserve your Darwin Award. You've earned it.

Just don't drag me into it.

Thailand has been calm for 2 years.
Egypt was, relatively, calm for 1.

How far from the brink is Thailand, really?

Besides, the two cultures and the problems they face could hardly be more different.

I assume the embassy is different.
But when I went to the consulate on Penang, I didn't see any Thais working there at all.
It seemed to be staffed entirely by Malaysians.

I mean, I have no idea whether or not Thais hold the keys to those stamps, but I can imagine it 's just as likely that Thai people had no part in this. We are talking about Muslim travelers receiving stolen stamps in a Muslim country, after all.

The face of the digital divide.

What is it with American-speak, everything

either "sucks" or is "awesome."

Haters suck

Americans are awesome.

Cheers, mate.

Censorship here is jive, dude.
I don't know what it is that they're looking for, but I've noticed I can google some fairly common terms and randomly turn up some real shady- you wouldn't see this in the States- type results.

One gets the feeling that the internet censorship has a lot in common with the bib; You see them. You know they're there. But they don't seem to do a whole hell of a lot... not that I'm complaining about the ineptitude of censors.

Creeper, sure.
But is this actually illegal?

He didn't actually touch her. Nor did he physically move her clothing.
I am curious what specific charge this would carry.

I don't understand. Is it a crime to camp 40km inside an uninhabited forest or something?
Clearly the father is a little batshit and dragged his son into this weirdo antisocial lifestyle and not the dude is maladjusted for the real world. Nothing in the story to explain the obviously glaring question; why were they taken from the forest- again?

Relative to Thai women. you have nothing to offer.

Why are the wisest answers always the shortest ones? alt=thumbsup.gif width=25 height=19> Well done, Markaew, well done!!!!

Racist and sexist at the same time.

That's almost impressive.

And there are more than one of you!

Congratulations, fellas. I'm actually happy you two found each other.

Maybe you guys can meet up for deep philosophical discussions on the evils of women's suffrage, the nature of the White man's superiority in the world and, like, ya know, how women are icky.

Just keep it to yourselves. You're embarrassing the rest of us.

Ha. That was hilarious.
At first, I thought it was that Thai trans girl from The Voice- or whichever show that was- that was singing in male and female voice.

I saw where they were going, but I didn't know know they were going that far.
lol. rollin

deleted my own instead of pointing out the choking irony in some of these ridiculously sexist comments.

Seems this piece omitted the most obvious and undeniably greatest factor in the hunt for farang/farang love: statistics.
Exactly how large is the expat community here?
No doubt in my mind that I'd be happy for the opportunity to spend some time commiserating with fellow westerner... if I could find one. Unfortunately, there are only about 3 or 4 of you in the entire city, as far as I can tell. I donlt seem to cross paths with too many in my day to day. Another problem is differentiating the expats from the tourist. Because, really, who has time to chat up every blonde just to get a feel for her visa status?

Then there's that eye-contact expat dodge thing that I see way, way too often here: When you pass a fellow westerner on the street, especially away from the city center and tourist areas- and instead of a smile or a nod in solidarity, you get navel gazers. Am I the only one that experiences that? I dunno. It's weird.

And then there's the other elephant in the room: Why doesn't this woman take a page out of the farang man's handbook and Try-Dating-Thai people. They're quite good companions, ya know.

I dunno. I've heard a couple of farang ladies speak on this subject online. None have yet really made me understand what the big deal is.

5 proper dates and an arm full of flings.
Were you doing better back home?

Reading the travel warnings from their goverment?
Have you seen the US travel warnings? I'll paraphrase; "Never leave the US or you will die".

I'm not one to rag on Phuket or Pattaya for being the Wild East. I'm all for it. But that is because I happen to be the kind of foreigner that does have a little street smarts about him. The trouble is; The ministry of tourism isn't marketing to people with "street smarts". And they're not warning people to bring their street game. They're marketing to midwest americans and middle class australians and geriatric europeans and all manner of people that want to pour firewater down the gullet and wander around drunk in the night.

I'm not saying they have any particular responsibility to tell people to do their own research when they're traveling. But let's not pretend Phuket isn't a particularly dangerous place for tourists, relative to many other spots in Thailand- because it is. And Thailand would be smart to take into consideration the reputation that these places are building int the West.

My real question is; Why does every-single-person ever arrested immediately confess?

One gets the impression that going on trial is more hazardous than life in prison.

You can't trust the water out of the tap.
If there is a more important duty of any government to it's people than clean drinking water, I have yet to hear of it.

Everything I read in the news is a joke until they work out that problem.

This whole, ripping apart your country just because your politically aligned with one man, sounds really f stupid to me, as an outsider.

Been in country two years.
Still can't make sense of the politics here.