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No, absolutely no interest in change from the people with the power to affect change, They don't use Buses of any type and are far too self absorbed to care...

They need to do this country wide, not just in a select few provinces, at least it's a start even if the cynic inside of me thinks that these particular millers probably support one particular colour.... 

1 hour ago, debate101 said:

Cheating, lying, stealing, abusing, killing--all forgivable if you are loyal to the right people. It's what the system is based on.

 

There's simply no acknowledgment of the concept of public good nor recognition that individuals who are not already in a social relationship with you have any rights whatsoever. This is why people don't pull over for ambulances or intervene in public instances of abuse.

 

The leaders embody and define the public good, and you follow their orders. Luckily for you, your bad behavior gets excused if you're obsequious enough to the phu yai of your organization.

That and the belief in karma - you reap in this life what you have sown in past lives. That's why the peasants cannot be entrusted with voting because they're peasants, therefore they must not have been sufficiently virtuous in their past lives. That's the concept that lies behind the Yellow Shirt/junta narrative of leaving government to "virtuous" people

These two quotes hit the nail on the head, & until these cultural attitudes change nothing will ever change here...

 Don't hold your breath waiting.....

1 hour ago, bangrak said:

The graffity is written in Turkish language, and as the Turkish language is about only known by people of geographical(!*) Turkish origine...

Alas, it seems no TV poster reads Turkish, to tell us what the words, really, mean. Knowing what s...t Google can make out of a few words translated from/to Thai...

The signature (like a capital 'A' enclosed in a circle) at the underside of the graffity rings a bell though, I remember having seen it quite some time on the walls of European cities, but I can't 'situate' it at the time. Would it possibly have something to do with Kurdish movements fighting against Turkish occupation //for an independent Kurdish state...?

(*) 'geographical', because there are many ethnic minorities living on the territories controled by the Turkish ethnic group and commonly called Turkey, having little or no rights or freedom to live according to their ancestral customs, or to be educated in their original language, only Turkish being allowed...

The sign A in a circle always used to mean Anarchy back in the days of Punk rock at the end of the 70s/ early 80s......

So he tied himself to a pillar underwater, a feat in itself, & then cut his throat? I'd love to see someone try to reconstruct it... Do they think that everyone are total idiots? or are they so full of their own self-importance that they really don't care?  Maybe both...  

Surprise, surprise...  

Don't get it elgordo, don't see a relevant topic, I agree with Centrum it would be good to have a pinned topic on this.....

Do need to upgrade my helmet when I have some spare cash though

I wish that those figures applied for teachers...  Not much chance of the government following its own laws if they can get them cheaper though is there... 

I wish they would turn them on at dusk or when its raining, the main problem is that they are convinced that turning the lights on drains their battery, of course they pay no attention to farangs telling them that it doesnt,  maybe a national TV campaign might help.....

In a real court they'd have a hard job proving this, but here....

So making money from the deaths in the tsunami? Didn't they make enough out of the donations after the event? Despicable...  TIT

The saga continues......

Tragic, so sad for Mum & baby, I have no words for the father.....

No, had mid life crisis in the UK sold everything, got divorced, came here 6 years ago winging it. Am now happily married again, still here & still winging it....

Oh dear, they just can't help themselves can they....

As they rub their hands together at the thought of all the money that will come their way...  

Happy new year...

Yeah right.....  

More BS  

Awful, a family ruined through sheer stupidity...  TIT 

Bloody ridiculous, the only decent painkiller left that you can get easily here, you can only get ordinary opiates after lining some pharmacist or Doctors pockets, what do they expect poorer people to do take paracetamol? keep this up and the Opium trade is gonna start to make a comeback , idiots..... 

28 minutes ago, ezzra said:

 

Something is terribly wrong with criminals, convicted  or suspect that are

making bail to do a runner at anytime they wish, are the police in this this

business just to win the forfeited bail money or to bring people to justice

I wonder.....

For the money of course...   TIT

7 hours ago, debate101 said:

And how long will this forum remain open? My guess is not much longer, as the owners could be prosecuted for any negative comment deemed arbitrarily damaging to the country's (junta's) image.

I think we should be OK for a while longer anyway, purely because it's in English which the vast majority can't read, were it in Thai it probably would have been shut down years ago......

1 hour ago, FlorC said:

Now here is a more specific question : Next month I'll be arriving at night at MoChit busstation . I want to stay there 'till the morning busses start driving ... will I get robbed there with my bags ?

Stay in the lighted areas & you will be safe enough....

OK thanks everyone...