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Tui Tui from that Chris Delivery nonsense is cute.

In a weird kind of way.

Maybe it is time to spend more money on wellbeing instead of war...global ban of politicians owning shares from military/arms companies.Armed forces overseas back home building schools and hospitals...

Privatized prisons, privatized wars, a not very intelligent or educated people, what could go wrong.

Just walked by there 20 min ago (8:30) fire out. I shop there too. Bummer. Had lots of good things. Hope they can get back on their feet.

I'm sure they all invested in insurance.

Who would have thought that teaching would become such a dangerous profession

Those who have observed American culture and society.

So much hostility when someone was just wondering why he got more baht for his pound.

Everyone's a Forex and investment wizard, they need to shout to prove it.

Someone upset one of Sharky's girls.

Who is the hottest Thai soap actress?

My girlfriend.

Another one of you class act Westerners.

#cringe.

Actually I would have gotten up at the police meeting/conference and declared my love for Thailand and the Thai people, and that the local homeless shelter needs a full day of cleaning and helping out at, unfortunately as an Alien I cannot do it without a valid Work Permit so I would appreciate if these two young men would do the work on my behalf, and of course all the local media are invited to watch them show their love for the Thai people that are less fortunate than them.

To really get revenge, you need to it in a clever way.

The 500 baht fine is pathetic, and almost shows just as much disrespect to the foreigner as the incident itself.

The kudos these little yobbos will get from their peers will be huge, and I can genuinely see a wave of copycats happening.

B500 is a significant amount when you consider that is more than one days wages, Western equivalent to B5000, or US $140. Most Thai parents will not take that lightly.

$140 is a lot then you think? For a racially motivated, unprovoked slap on the head with a shoe?

500 baht in Thailand, or $140 in the West. It's nothing. IMO, should have been a 2000 baht fine + 2000 baht to the foreigner.

500 baht is virtually the same as a ticket you'd get for riding without a helmet.

Yes, he should have demanded some compensation during the circus apology and then stood up and declared that he is donating it to a Thai Buddhist temple as he is Buddhist and likes to help Thai people.

Well, that is crappy, but I would imagine that many of us who were once young men can think of some stupid things we did in our teens. I have a decent sized list to choose from, and I wasn't a particularly crazy teen. Hopefully they will learn from this and avoid really big problems in the future, like most people do.

I agree many of us did crazy things as teens. I certainly did. But the difference here is the choice of targets -- a white man.

Yes, how dare they. How dare WE suffer from juvenile racist pranks. Don't they know that we developed and run the World.

Now publicly give him an extra deep Wai to show how nice us Thai people are.

'Don't hit old foreigners on the head with a shoe if front of people son. It makes Thailand look bad and might embarrass yourself if caught.'

1 tow truck that takes 3 hours to get to the pound and back.

I like those odds.

Will be back to the usual within 3 weeks.

Final court apperance today before Sentencing on Nov. 28th.

He apologized to the victim's family and friends. He was told that due to a guilty plea his sentence will automatically be reduced by 50%.

Only a bit of fun, we've all done silly things when 16 to look big and badass in front of one's peers.

All this modern technology, everyone with cameras and social sites connected 24/7.... it really is all nasty stuff portraying Thailand as something other than the beautiful, Zen Buddhist nation that Thailand is.

Nasty sites such youtube, facebook, etc. such be banned (again, remember that youtube was banned up until 2-3 years ago) for tarnishing Thailand's reputation.

It wouldn't be surprising to see two Thai thugs corner him in a soi with a gun to get that gold. I'm sure those steroids don't stop bullets to the stomach and chest.

the control tower at the Pakse airport had issued the instruction to Cambodian-born pilot Young San

As long as everyone knows the pilot was Cambodian, and the heading hints that he disobeyed orders from the control tower, which he didn't.

Well done The Nation.

Modern vehicles have come too soon to all these 2nd generation rice farmers.

Maybe in 40 years time Thai driving culture will be on par with Western nations of today.

Perhaps.

To be fair, it's little wonder that driving habits are so bad, 95% of the population are 2nd generation rice farmers.

2 generations ago they had nothing but buffalo and cart, now they can get big powerful pick-ups on credit and take to the road without any sort of knowledge or sense of what is going on.

This guy will be sacked, then when the story is forgotten in a week's time either hired by the same company or some other that want a stooge to drive their clapped out intercity bus 30 days a month for 6,000b. Getting around the minimum wage by offering sleeping quarters next to the engine.

Must have been during a break in the race against the bus next to him.