Alwyn

The problem is the tourists... not Thailand.

Insurance? No.

Experience of riding? No

Protective gear? No.

Riding in an unsafe manner? Yes.

It's clear to see who is at fault.

She was riding on the back of a bike and was hit by a truck - maybe you think the bike reversed into the truck? You know the driver was inexperienced. How? Please, tell us how protective headgear (do you know she wasn't wearing a lid?) would not have protected her legs, would it? Or were you attempting sarcasm?

"ask good questions".. As the old saying goes "there are no stupid questions, just stupid answers"...

And where is this Shrine??? In all the years I have been here I have not heard of it before....

For those interested, there should be festivities on Soi 4 area of Maenam starting around 5 pm this afternoon... (as far as I can figure) I believe a 200 baht charge to see the evening show around the Chinese Temple...

Let's hope the waves and wind die down by then....

It's in Maenam. Turn right at the lights and head towards the sea. It's where the walking street market begins Jimmy. Cheers, Alwyn.

The religion isn't under threat it's that many of the so-called upholders of the religion are scum.

Every religion is under threat from Islam

The media has been told to discuss the charter ' respectfully ' !

Respectfully is a euphemism for so many other words definitely not in the respectfully category and would include ' threat '.

Yes, what they mean is "praise the charter" or else (even though it's not yet finished)

That's big of him. Nice for him to tell everybody it won't be a glance over a coffee but he's going to study it. When you have to announce something like that, somethings not right in he head.

Yes if an offence has been committed and the person is a flight risk. No if it's being held to sort private issues as is mostly the case.

What has company set up and nominees got to do with tourism and sport?

My guess is this has been kicked off due to complaints about Chinese and Russian tour guides operating in Phuket.

Yes, except it is not about the guides this time but about the companies, taking the tourist from one tourist place to the next, all controlled by their own people without any Thai being involved.

I get all that, but what has it got tondo with the ministry of tourism and sports? This is what the police or fraud squad should be doing, even inland revenue or customs and excise, but her job isn't this. Do we have someone here trying to make a name for herself and grab some limelight in preparation for elections - if there to ever be any?

What has company set up and nominees got to do with tourism and sport?

A www bless, he's sooOooo stressed

If they want to see real violence go to any University in the west and watch the anti-Semites kicks off when Jew want to walk past wearing a yarmulke or an Israeli professor visits....

How does one measure unemployment in country where there is no register of unemployed? Besides that, how can you measure happiness? It's like measuring pregnancy and saying "she's only a bit pregnant, so just 36.9% for her"

more quality tourists....

Nonsense! Since when have coup leaders interfered in politics, freedom of speech or the economy ? The country is in good hands.

Said nobody, ever.

....since when is ..... finding....... an unmarked (?) envelope .......containing money.......considered theft.....???

When you have tattoos and wear a tee-shirt according to the majority of posters here

a great advocate for peace?...

How some people can say that, he publicly denies the holocaust and it's ok for you to have some people like that doing shows around the world saying this?....

Please share with us any links/articles, where "he publicly denied the holocaust" ... you won't find any.

If he had, it's a serious offense in France:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayssot_Act

There are plenty of articles regarding this, even on his own wiki page he describes the holocaust as "memory pornography" for Jews. It's one of the reasons he served prison time in Belgium and is banned from the UK. He is a promoter of terrorism and hatred.

There is none. If he had denied the holocaust, he would have been easily convicted for this in France. He has not been convicted for this.

The "Memory pornography" quote, does not in any way means he denied the holocaust.

Again, a video of him visiting Auschwitz:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8699c_dieudonne-a-auschwitz_webcam

You have the right not to like his humour (assuming you understand French) or his position on certain topics, but have the intellectual honesty of not repeating incorrect facts or ... pure lies.

Let's talk about intellectual honesty. When this guy invites Robert Faurisson onto the stage and tells the audience to applaud him. is he not accepting and endorsing Faurisson's own view? Honestly? Or do you think it's funny, a good joke? This person has been banned from entering the UK, served time in Belgium, suspended sentence in France, is under arrest in HK because of his anti-semitic "humour" which everybody else (except a few people like you) brands as promoting terror and incitement to hatred. If he'd been shut up a lot of people wouldn't be dead and the World would be a different place

If he is not funny and nobody wants to see him then it should not matter as nobody would turn up for his show, right?

I know nothing about this guy, but censorship is always wrong.

Thailand, the hub of censorship.

So you openly support people who promote terrorism and hatred. What a nice person you are.

No he doesn't. He points that that censoring someone just because you disagree with them is not what free speech means.

Do you understand why?

You just wrote an example of how those who wish to muffle views they don't like attempt to accuse someone of something different.

You and the General have a lot in common

The last thing zionists want is for the truth and all of their lies to be exposed. Always playing the victim but responsible for most of the hate and murder that's gone on in the world for the last 150 years. Who controls the world banking system, mass media, US foreign policy and who were the bolsheviks that were responsible for the genocide of countless millions of Russian and Ukranian christians? Wake up and stop listening to their drivel and please no accusations or lectures about me being an anti semite. Plenty of jews are anti zionist.

Don't believe me? Click on the video link for a good short film.

^^ these type of jewis are against zionism and the state of israel because of radical religious reasons, ie. god did not choose the state of israel, people did. therefor according to them zionism and the state of israel are evil.

this been said: imo denying the holocaust should be allowed, same as insulting jesus or mohammed. sure, it's stupid and provocative to deny the holocaust but if that is the guy's opinion. opinions don't kill people......

Opinions certainly do kill people. Hitler's opinions caused the death of 6 million Jews, 2 million gypsies and million upon millions of young men around the World. The opinion of a few Muslims caused the death of Charlie Hebdo.

No, these are opinions made actions.

Cause and effect. The cause for the actions were his opinions, if you don't see how that works there is something wrong with you. Let me put it to you; If somebody had acted on Hitler's opinions, if he'd been closed down for spouting his vile rhetoric, then countless millions would not have been put to death nor perished fighting because they didn't agree with his opinions.

If he is not funny and nobody wants to see him then it should not matter as nobody would turn up for his show, right?

I know nothing about this guy, but censorship is always wrong.

Thailand, the hub of censorship.

So you openly support people who promote terrorism and hatred. What a nice person you are.

No he doesn't. He points that that censoring someone just because you disagree with them is not what free speech means.

Do you understand why?

You just wrote an example of how those who wish to muffle views they don't like attempt to accuse someone of something different.

Freedom of speech brings with it responsibility. People like you who don't understand this and think free speech should not be curtailed are the kind of people who start wars. People like you accept free speech at any cost are usually hypocrites because you will be the first person who complains when the National Front say all n*ggers are worthless animals who only want to rape whitey.

The last thing zionists want is for the truth and all of their lies to be exposed. Always playing the victim but responsible for most of the hate and murder that's gone on in the world for the last 150 years. Who controls the world banking system, mass media, US foreign policy and who were the bolsheviks that were responsible for the genocide of countless millions of Russian and Ukranian christians? Wake up and stop listening to their drivel and please no accusations or lectures about me being an anti semite. Plenty of jews are anti zionist.

Don't believe me? Click on the video link for a good short film.

^^ these type of jewis are against zionism and the state of israel because of radical religious reasons, ie. god did not choose the state of israel, people did. therefor according to them zionism and the state of israel are evil.

this been said: imo denying the holocaust should be allowed, same as insulting jesus or mohammed. sure, it's stupid and provocative to deny the holocaust but if that is the guy's opinion. opinions don't kill people......

Opinions certainly do kill people. Hitler's opinions caused the death of 6 million Jews, 2 million gypsies and million upon millions of young men around the World. The opinion of a few Muslims caused the death of Charlie Hebdo.

a great advocate for peace?...

How some people can say that, he publicly denies the holocaust and it's ok for you to have some people like that doing shows around the world saying this?....

Please share with us any links/articles, where "he publicly denied the holocaust" ... you won't find any.

If he had, it's a serious offense in France:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayssot_Act

There are plenty of articles regarding this, even on his own wiki page he describes the holocaust as "memory pornography" for Jews. It's one of the reasons he served prison time in Belgium and is banned from the UK. He is a promoter of terrorism and hatred.

If he is not funny and nobody wants to see him then it should not matter as nobody would turn up for his show, right?

I know nothing about this guy, but censorship is always wrong.

Thailand, the hub of censorship.

So you openly support people who promote terrorism and hatred. What a nice person you are.

Foreigners can own land in Thailand? How?

My guess would be through a company? The Thais are probably the shareholders needed for him to create the company. I do doubt whether he would be able to set this up or even come up with such an idea. Sounds like he's been striped up, big time!

There will be another coup or civil war before there's an election

I'm wondering if this "request" to Google is at the behest of their paymasters or if the Junta is just getting out of control now they've had a good taste of total power? YL is not looking so bad now is she. BTW, if Google does get knocked on the head I believe you can still access their "power saving" site, blackle.com, try it!