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Somebody was shot and wounded with a gun in US! I am shocked and speechless (nearly) how something like this could possibly happen.

These ignorant anti-gun morons only ever come out of the woodwork when someone gets shot in America.

30 people gunned down on a beach in Tunisia - not one peep out of the anti-gun fascists about Tunisia's gun laws. Certainly, lots of "Let's not get carried away with Islamaphobia" is mentioned. But no one even realized a single person lawfully carrying a gun on the beach at that time could have stopped this shooter early and saved dozens of lives.

The fact is, the anti-gun nutters are clearly racist.

Only when the shooter is white do we hear this guns are evil propoganda BS.

Muslim shooter, silence

Black shooter, silence.

Shooting occuring outside of the US, silence.

The only people opposed to Americans lawfully owning guns, are anti-American racists.

You're a racist for leaving out Asians on your list

In my personal experience, and there are many instances of such, the blacks in the United States exercise just as much extreme racism and any other ethnic group, and it is just as disgusting and distasteful, regardless of which group practices it.

I believe it...especially racism towards Asian-Americans. You won't see the media labeling it as racism, though.

RIP.

Along with the average 12 others that died that day on Thailand's appalling roads.

If Thailand is all about the money, when will the government, both national and local, start to seriously enforce road safety by imposing hefty and enforced fines?

A relatively small investment of a nation-wide computer system (Could be web-based, that keeps track of fines and offenders all the way to licence renewal etc), several hundred extra road cops, and the revenue will pour in. Strict enforcement....vehicle confiscation if caught driving with an unpaid fine, arrest for repeat offenders, and so on.

This kind of tragedy happens every day and it has to stop.

But TH is still a developing country. Compare to most developing ones, it's not that bad.

Let's not talk about black on white crime. Another farcical article design for sensationalism only..

Or black on Asian crime. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/asian-women-hit-face-separate-incidents-nypd-article-1.2257689

"Police aren’t currently investigating the alleged senseless street attacks as hate crimes..."

I bet had the victims been all black and the perp white (or Asian or Hispanic) it would be a hate crime.

Never mind giving the airport a makeover. They need to attend to the miserable anti tourist immigration and security staff.

I get treated better in Russia and China.

Both JFK and LaGuardia are crap. Seems like I'm entering Rikers Island.

61 years old and he takes two women.....respect

more like the two women took him, as they had strap-ons.

India, a place that worships Cows and treats women like animals, they are sending rockets to the moon children dont have clean water to drink , now they pay people to try to be Civilised. Even Rabbits crap in the same place, and to think this Nation will be the dominant race on the planet in 20 years.

Remember, they are supposed to surpass China as #1 in Asia. Plus, they are the world's biggest democracy.

I have no clue as to why Western powers buy one ggdddmmm thing from China, further propping up it's otherwise defunct economy. The countries it is threatening are all major buyers of its exports.

Put an additional 25% import tariff on everything it exports to drastically reduce its competitiveness. Leave that in place while announcing further increases over time to allow international companies to pull out of there and locate elsewhere including in the West. We give them jobs and manufacturing money just so they can turn around and threaten?

Next fly a couple of stealth bombers over and drop bunker busters on their projects and then follow with a couple more and then more. Then deny, deny, deny. Stealth means stealth.

Who in his right mind would threaten his only big export customers? Answer: The communists in Beijing aren't in their right minds.

The communists in Beijing are wily old strategists. They also have several millions of "citizens" placed around the globe, "innocently" baking bread, tending market gardens, and cooking egg foo yung for Western customers.

But then Washington also have millions of "expats" placed around the globe, "innocently" acting as overweight & bald retirees, sexpats, backpackers and internet forum posters spewing BS.

he's old and white = 'nuff said.

Apart from the slit/slant eye jibe I can't see a problem.

If you do a google search on "Xyza Cruz Bacani" you will find an article on how the Filipina and Indonesian maids are treated in Hong Kong. In most accounts, the treatment is the same or worse than what many posters in in TV believe only happens by Arab's in the middle east.

You are comparing HK to UAE? Don't know about you, but I know which legal system I would rather take.

Why would there be protests similar to Ferguson?

A person was convicted for murder.

This had nothing to do with police actions.

True enough - no police involved.

However, if the victim was black or moslem and the killer white non moslem then there would probably have been allegations of racist or religious motivation.

It does seem that in some Western countries the words racists and religious bigots are only applied to white non moslem people - regardless of whether they are Atheist, Christian, Jew or whatever.

Actually, a lot of times, if the victim was Asian, authorities don't label the crime racially motivated either.

Too bad prices in BKK are at least double what I paid here in US for Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Whey (5 lb for $58).

How is it double? https://www.phukethealthshop.com/#!/5lb-2-35kilo-Optimum-Nutrition-Gold-Standard-Whey-Protein/p/1461113/category=664924

$78 and you must consider the ridiculous shipping and import duties you would pay if ordering from USA.

Thanks for the info, but I said "prices in BKK", not prices in TL. Phuket is not BKK.

Can you image if this happen to a Aussie in Israel The Australian Government the UN and most of the world will go crazy

But Saudi Arabia nothing

Wake up soon

But I doubt that they will

What has this to do with Israel?

I'm surprised China hasn't been mentioned yet. Usually, it is whenever there's negative news...either related or unrelated.

Thailand trying to attract more quality tourists

Fat russian and rude pushy Chinese

Wow keep up the good work Thailand

Can't be worse than drunk & overweight sexpats who are full of themselves right?

I was proud to read that only 3 Thai males had entered into the assault...instead of the usual 20 or so mobbing him...

Had this been certain parts of NYC, he'll have the whole hood mobbing him...plus Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson.

More mob violence by a group of Thais.

The "victim" likely had something to do with starting the incident. In TL, if you don't seek trouble, rarely does trouble seek you.

So much for innocent until proven guilty.

You bunch a hangman are a bad as they come. Who knows what state he was in when he fell asleep? who knows how he was treated when awoken? His physical state shows abuse or worse. Hope I never get caught in the wrong place at the wring time.

Yeah...he should sue the policeman for his leg attacking his teeth.

The victim's shirt might have enraged Pattaya's bouncers.

Most likely thet the thugs couldn't read what was on the T shirt - whether it was in English or Thai!

"thet" is not a word in English or Thai either.

It is possible she simply panicked big time and it escalated out of control. In Africa you might be wise not to stop in case of a road accident, even when it is against the law, you drive directly to your embassy and then report.

I could be wrong, but the last time I checked, Thailand is not in Africa.

Wreaking havoc ain't cool. Looks like it could be a technical problem of the car as well though.

Of course, it could be a technical problem, since she's a Westerners. Had she been Asian, you would've gone with the bad driver stereotype.

......The word hate crime is never used when blacks go on a rampage of looting and killing white shopkeepers! It's always one sided.

True dat.

I remember awhile back here there where a few killings/murders of Asian deliveryman by blacks. They would make an order from a takeout place, then ambush the deliveryman. No mention of hate crimes by the media and prosecutors, since the perps were black.

any politicians that takes money from any lobbyist should be locked up. The whole system is set up for corruption.

Get Xi Jinping on there a$$e$.

When he took over, Singapore had a per capita income of less than the poorest African countries. In one generation, it has the 3rd highest in the world. RIP LKY.

The median salary is very low, the median quality of life is below first world, similar to that of Malaysia. Singapore looks first world on outside, but that is as far as it goes. Anyone who believes the hype is just naive and ignorant.

Anyone who doesn't believe he made a tremendous difference in the lives of Singaporeans is even more naive and ignorant.