Old Croc

You really do have the intellect of a 5-year-old. I think there's a chance you are the f--wits vacant faced offsider in the blue shirt.

Come on mate show us all the level of your intellect with some juicy Biden conspiracies.

Do you think the seemingly high crime rate on this small island could be related to the fact that Phuket gets millions more international visitors than the entire population of your country of NZ? Of course, there are other factors, such as the sometimes-hysterical reporting of relatively minor incidents, and the open-door policies for people fleeing wars started by despots in their country.

As part of my former job, I've had some training in human phycology, but you don't need qualifications to know that the assessment in the OP is spot on. To me the real sickos, and I started voicing this opinion in 2015, are the senior members of his political party who catered to him in the pursuit of personal wealth and power. This, despite some also having personal bias against the man. They have only become more rabid and conniving as they've discovered their form of conservative government is unpopular with much of the younger generation of voters. Their hypocrisy and willingness to lie, cheat and site their gods to achieve this power is disgusting. I don't really blame the massively stupid, costumed morons who turn up for the rallies. While their lack of even a basic form of intelligence can be amusing, they are a product of their leader's policies of keeping them ignorant and unable to form opinions of their own. I don't think Biden should be running again either for different reasons. He was there for a specific purpose in 2020, but now is too old for another term. He seems selfless and genuinely working for the country, and has improved almost every aspect of the economy, despite the Right's conspiracies against him. There is a low age qualification for Presidents. I think there should also be an upper limit, perhaps 70. This should also apply to the Judicial and House reps.

Unfortunately, huge numbers of visitors result in associated increases in criminal activity. Phuket is one of the most attractive world destinations for tourism despite the opinions of a few disillusioned expats with a grudge. For those proposing selling, sinking or sectioning off the Island, have you considered the impact on Thailand's economy? "Before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019, Phuket had welcomed 14.5 million foreign tourists, generating revenue of 422 billion baht, ranking second after Bangkok. The province's gross domestic product was 251 billion baht"

People dob in others for many reasons. Stealing girlfriends, stealing money, stealing jobs, stealing food out of the fridge, refusing to do their share of cleaning the house, personal hygiene, attacking neighbors with an axe, having an obnoxious personality, boasting at the pub about how clever they are, etc., etc. To stay off the radar you have to maintain a very low profile and be cleverer than most.

Agreed, no drunken idiot should abuse anyone. However, in the real world, not your fantasy one, it happens all the time. The English have a reputation as a world leader for such behavior. The police, whose job is to restore the peace often wear the brunt of this abuse. They have to desensitize their personal feelings to be able to effectively do that job. Now who's the racist! For information, the Kerr family have Anglo-Indian and Philipine roots. Australia is ranked 12th (of about 190) in the current FIFA rankings. They are ahead of many European countries, and Scotland, about which this thread originated. They finished 4th in the latest World Cup and have beaten England in the past. Admittedly, the money there isn't great, which is why Kerr is an in-demand international player who has been nominated for the World Player of the Year award. Chelsea extended her current contract which is an indication of how they view her value. Trying to denigrate her playing career when the discussion is about hate crime issues is fairly pathetic. The Australian cricket captain is probably crying because his actions had him kicked out of the game for a year when an English captain (Atherton) received a slap on the wrist for the same offence. Whatever the result of the charge against her I think the copper may be wondering in a few years why he is always overlooked for promotion. Anyway, done with it now, you're just being argumentative for the sake of it, and have exposed your hypocrisy on the subject.

OK. Be warned, agreeing with one of my sarcastic posts could expose you to the same flood of confused emoji posters I attract.

I had to supply a Federal Police clearance for my O-A (At high cost). However, I believe most of the criminal element coming into Thailand currently are entering visa exempt with stays of up to 90 days. Insisting on police clearances for all tourists would not be practical IMO.

You did realize my post was sarcasm? The concept is pie in the sky thinking and could never be practically introduced.

Well trained, professional law Enforcment officers don't racially abuse clients. So now you're reverting to attacking the drunk. I'm not defending her; she should be charged with any drunken offences regarding her behavior on the night short of bringing serious hate crime charges to because she called a policeman white! As usual you're completely ignoring any practicalities, or reasonable disagreement, and advocating for police to dissect drunken language in order to upgrade charges against any idiot they interact with! Let's hope the police don't mishear or misreport comments made in the heat of the moment. Your little country will have to build more jails. You can't export your prisoners to us anymore. And if you next call is for deportation, I think Chelsea needs her more than the other way around.

Every country should demand that. It would kill off most of the massive world tourism industry very quickly. What would be the parameters for travelling, a completely clean record, would a childhood error decades earlier rule you out, what about a fine in the courts even for a minor matter? Who would adjudicate, the airline check-in clerk or would everyone have to apply for a visa and be vetted at the embassy? That would kill visa free travel. What if the onus was on the pax to produce his own crim record, would anyone commit document fraud? Some might consider it couldn't even be slightly practical to expect this sort of vetting of the 1.3 billion international tourists worldwide each year.

Heard it all before! Trump said he would be a dictator only on "Day 1" of his tenure.

I never said it was acceptable. My stance was that people in law enforcement shouldn't get precious about insults when on the job, because their clientele don't always abide by correct society standards with language. My words were - "It is normal in some jobs (i.e. common)" You chose to ignore that clarification, continued with your argumentative assertions, and threw in a childish insult. I've never been to Pattaya. A man called JonnyF English walked into MI5......

Not upset, never said anything like that, just disagreed with your assertions that this type of language doesn't exist and gave examples from my experiences. When you decided to call me a liar, living a fantasy, I gave my assessment of your intellect and personality. Not everyone on this forum spent their life like you delivering letters in Scunthorpe.

I find Somebody to be perpetually sad and confused.

Just another article stating what we already know from the many previous threads on the subject. I look forward to one that supplies answers to the questions being asked not just repeating the same known facts.

Brainless tosser.

What a very strange thing to say, even considering that the OP is in Pattaya.

His long-term visa has been revoked which will force him to leave the country in which he lives with his Thai wife, after completion of legal matters. I wouldn't call that "Scot Free". I'm not on his side, but it seems his relatively minor assault offended against several things that are sacrosanct with Thais and caused mass hysteria beyond the severity of the incident. In one blow he managed to offend against the King's beaches, one of their god like doctors, and awaken, the always there, resentment against rich foreigners.

Not making excuses for the arrogant Swiss idiot, he did kick her. However, as assaults go in Thailand this one was on the lower end of the violence scale.A small fine would be the normal penalty. I see daddy standing behind the doctor in the pic, there may be pressures at work to milk it for all they can. For me, the Swiss guy's behavior in another incident of blocking an ambulance, and the manner in which his rented elephant business (sanctuary?) is conducted are of much more concern and worthy of greater legal scrutiny.

Hahaha

It is normal in some jobs (i.e. common). Obviously, it shouldn't be, but the world has a long way to go before it is eliminated. One copper being precious about one very minor incident won't change anything. I've made hundreds of arrests of some of the worst people on the planet, including whole boatloads (literally) of Iraqis and Afghans. I've, been abused in any way you can imagine, up to and including death threats. Some I took very seriously because of the known character of the person making them, but charging them for spoken words was never a consideration. You need to step down from your ivory tower and look at the real world.

I wasn't defending Kerr. She, and her brother Daniel, who was a star AFL footballer, have both acted stupidly when on the sauce. I was pointing out the absurdity of a copper being offended by normal drunken abuse. Even more stupid because of the high profile of the one he has decided to charge in this way.

Of course it is part of it! Did you mean to say it shouldn't be part of it?