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Most European countries get 6 weeks paid vacation.  On top of holidays.  And pensions.  How much work do they really do compared to Thais?  

Why should van driver be held responsible for her death?  She is a pedestrian, which means she had no car and therefore no money.  Not an important person if she is walking.  Only poor people walk, and poor people are worth less than rich people, who have money and status.  If you have a car and money, then you are more important than pedestrians.  

The only logical step for the Thai govt to take is to legalize gambling.  This will keep the masses entertained and hopeful while the rich get richer.  The destruction of families and meager savings of regular people has never been something to stop the rich from accumulating more wealth.  That has never been a concern, so of course gambling will be legalized in Thailand.  The right people will get rich off of it.

Why should the authorities do anything about the pollution if they are receiving tons of money from the polluters?  The common peasants don’t pay them anything, but the rich families and companies give them so much to look the other way while they pollute.  This allows them to buy nice things like houses and watches.  Oh, and nice cars too.

At least the Chinese men are letting the female fetuses live by abandoning the mothers, instead of aborting.  So that is a step in the right direction for Chinese society.

They want tourists spending more per day because that means they are spending on higher end stuff.  The stuff them and their cronies own and run.  When tourists spend less per day, that means more going to regular working Thais with no connections.  Can’t have the less wealthy Thais making more  money than them and their buddies.

36 minutes ago, atpeace said:

Good for you and I always the respect the guys that react so quickly in scary situations  Do you think this was a Thai thing or just a human being a fool. 

 

For the life of me, I don't sense Thais are ethically any different than westerners. I've been here decades so it is not a newbie viewpoint  Obviously there is more corruption and  I don't know how that plays into ethics for the society as a whole.  Also, Thai hustlers in tourist town are a product of their environment and don't reflect the average Thai's ethics. 

 

Done rambling and off to hug some random Thais...

Might be a Thai thing, of course not all of them, but I would say maybe more than you would like.  It was like a disdain for my appearance.  Like that is more important than a kids life, because now I look ridiculous with all the wet clothes.  It was not a look of relief on his face.  It wasn’t his kid, it was someone else’s.  Made me realize what a certain segment of the population places their values.  Sad really.

Putin can come to Thailand and meet with all the draft dodgers.  He can hear their concerns and address their fears.  Or he might just poison them all.

Do these captured or killed Thais have any money or high status?  If not, why would Thai authorities care about them?  

Just let him go and stop wasting everyone’s time.  

Oh my god! Never expected this pardon.  Everyone must be so surprised!  This came out of left field.  Wow, who would have thought this would happen?

Whos getting better treatment, Thaksin or the Red Bull heir?  What kind of prisoner gets to fly on a private helicopter when they don’t feel well in prison.  Lucky guy.

You don’t have to say anything.  Just give the general public information on the businesses owned by certain people and government officials.  There is no need to comment, then you don’t get in trouble.  It’s actually a benefit to the owners that their businesses are given free advertising.  Everyone will know their business acumen is great!

How exactly will they stop this?  It’s in their blood.  It’s part of the culture.  It’s like trying to take rice out of their diet, no one will know how to live.  Every single higher up has done this or seen this happen, they know how it works, it’s a requirement to get the job in the first place.  Everyone has to get their hands dirty to gain trust and get promoted.  What normal countries require you to pay millions of baht to get the top police job in provinces?  This is next level corruption, where will they even start?

Have you tried the three eyed fish they sell in pattaya?  It is so delicious!  I wonder why some Thai fish have three eyes?

19 day overstay?  She couldn’t even make it to 1,000 days.  What an amateur!

The government should spend more money on people to pick up trash.  But then the bosses like to keep the money for themselves to buy stuff and make others envious of their wealth.  Also, if regular people see that people are paid to pick up trash, they will throw more trash on the ground because they expect it to be picked up.  That is the way it is here.