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Please, someone. tell me he is not lying their half dead with 12 stab wounds taking a selfie.

18 hours ago, Naam said:

being a German i don't consider myself "white". 

Because. . . 

1 hour ago, lazeeboy said:

Passed out drunk dressed provocative regardless doesn't warrant being raped 

 

Of course not, but a little self-awareness can sometimes save a lot of grief. To be fair, in this case we don't know whether or not the drinks of the young lady in question may have been spiked.

16 hours ago, Odysseus123 said:

Wifey numbah neung..

Children numbah two 

Family numbah three..(all 3,617 of 'em)

Dogs numbah four..

You forgot Buddha.

17 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

You might have noticed that it's holiday time in Thailand and universities and schools are closed.

Not to would-be rapists, apparently. Worrying if one has, like me, a daughter at uni.

6 hours ago, Sealbash said:

A gadget such as you suggest has probably not been introduced because it is not really practical. What is to stop the drunk driver from just having someone else start their car?


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A breathalyser device capable also of matching the driver's pre-recorded DNA? I can't believe this is an insurmountable problem. Maybe other posters can suggest solutions.

7 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

"Hospitals accused of over-pricing will be asked to lower their charges."

 

I would think that in other, civilised countries, it would be worded 'TOLD TO', as opposed to 'asked to'. I am sure if the pricing structure is submitted with a certain goodwill gesture (money), no action will be taken against the culprits, and it will be business as usual. 

Good for the Thai government for at least exposing the rip-off culture among private hospitals. Caveat emptor seems to be the message.

I have yet to see any evidence that political leaders in "civilised countries" with state-run healthcare schemes give a hoot what the private sector charges for anything. 

Playing with her phone at 4.30 a.m.

Good to know her university education isn't being wasted.

3 hours ago, Tayaout said:

I would start by enforcing helmet then see how that goes lol. 

Couldn't agree more in the context of Thailand, where most deaths and injuries involve riders and passengers on motorcycles. Maybe some enterprising techie could come up with a helmet with built-in alcohol detector linked to a cut-off for bikes' ignition systems.

On 4/13/2019 at 9:30 AM, NCC1701A said:

no worries with money in the bank.

 

here, there and everywhere.

 

i have been meaning to bring in another million baht and open another account at a different bank but i am so lazy i have not done it yet. 

Know exactly what you mean. I'm going to shfit a few more million quid here once the lousy exchange rate improves.

(Then I woke up!)

3 hours ago, Tayaout said:

We have them in Canada for DUI offenders on probation. They are very expensive and would probably be bypassed by a mechanic or by asking someone else to start the vehicule. 

 

 

I was really talking about tamper-proof gadget which could be fitted to all cars during manufacture and legally compulsory to use. I am sure minds more scientifically-inclined than mine could come up with solutions to the inherent weaknesses of the system in the video - which must say strikes me as a bit Heath Robinson in these technically-advanced times. As for the installation cost, this would surely be far outweighed by the potential savings, not just in baht but in terms of human lives.

I'm no techie, but surely it must possible to design an built-in detector for vehicles to prevent them from being started if the driver has been drinking.

After all, we already have automatic smoke detectors in buildings which work pretty well. Why not alcohol "sniffers" linked to the ignition systems of cars, buses and lorries?

Somebody smarter than me can perhaps come up with a similar gadget for motorbike and scooter riders, who are the most at-risk group (perhaps a device in the helmet linked to the starter mechanism?).

Apart from the potential saving in life and limb, there's money to be made out of this worthy cause for an enterprising inventor and manufacturer.

What a dreadful tragedy for this man and his family. Caveat emptor is one Latin phrase everybody coming to Thailand needs to learn. Safety standards here are generally far lower than in the West, accident rates much higher and official inertia off the scale.

39 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Peace loving Muslims are deviants, Islam is NOT peace loving and you can see this everyday on the news. Peace loving Muslims are irrelevant, the ideology is supremacist, intolerant and hates Jews, Christians and gays. Women are 2nd class people and those who want to leave are liable ti be killed. It is not a good religion, not at all, some being moderates does not alter what it really is.

I share some of your reservations about Islam,  which is totalitarian in nature since the teachings of Muhammad and Sharia together cover every aspect of life, temporal as well as spiritual. 

That said, perhaps we should be grateful that the vast majority of Muslims who migrate to our shores are "deviant" in not seeking to spread the word of Muhammad by force and being prepared to live peacefully among us.

7 minutes ago, Bluespunk said:

Talking about mediation not involvement. 

That's a relief.

4 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

Good. 

 

That may help end this violent and bloody separatist conflict. 

Really? Haven't we had enough Iraqs, Libyas, Afghanistans and Syrias, courtesy of the"international community"?

7 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

A country with muslims in control have draconian cruel sharia laws which enslave women and severely punish law breakers...even unto death. 

 

A country with muslims not in control...have muslims fighting lengthy terrorist style tactics where cowardly muslims attack productive law abiding citizens...

 

They are vermin...the world should unite and give them a choice...either assimilate into the country you reside in or be moved to a muslim country where your insane worldview and lifestyle is acceptable.

 

Once they are all safely together...go to plan B...???? 

They are vermin. . . 

I have little time for the ideology of Islam, but one needs to distinguish between millions of peace-loving Muslims, who go about their daily business like the rest of us, and the minority of fundamentalist fanatics whose terrorist tactics tend to tar their fellow believers with the same brush.

In the UK, an organisation called the Quilliam Foundation - started by a former Muslim jihadist -  is leading a campaign to bring Islamic teachings more in line with the needs of the 21st Century. Unfortunately, as in Thailand and the rest of the world, the recent surge in radicalism is making this increasingly an uphill struggle.