takkatan in the land

very brave or very unconcious, I would not like being in his situation in a justiceless country like this

The article mentions two noteworthy things:

Rule of Law and discipline (personal and systemic) . I believe it would take Thailand - at least- 50 years to have these .

I'm afraid you are so optimistic

This thread has turned into Thai bashing...

I have bought roses from children...I will never miss a few baht...some destitute family may have food on the table because of their child selling roses...

I don't think so this is thai bashing, I bet we'd all be agree in critizing this forms of youth work in others parts of the world,

why should be different when we are talking about thailand?

thainess 100%

on the same disgusting and incompetent way how thai police has been leading this case since the beggining

thai police it's discredited far long time ago, all we have suffered them sometime know how corrupt they are

but this time they overpass their incompetence and they are getting exposed to the world media and opinion

I hope some day all people around the wold will be aware of what kind of police is ruling this country

it's intinity tasteless and unacceptable how thai police has been proceeding with this investigation

accusing always whoever is not thai first showing their despite and xenophobia upon foreigners

they are insulting everyone's intelligence with their constantly behavior of ineffectiveness and incompetence

they will never be able to restore all the extra and unnecessary pain they causing to the victim's families

new uniform wouldn't be necessary, stopping scam and extortion procedures will be enough to reflect a friendlier image

what's the OP it's perceiving it's perhaps more common in mature people mostly couples or families

young people use to have social life grouping and partying everyday, I see them always everywhere

though I don't like many things in Thailand I think is still a good option to get retired in or to expend some vacation

it's very simple:

honest people are surprised but happy and proud to see a foreigner learning and speaking their own language

scammers are puzzled and worryied because for them it's getting harder to manipulate or cheat to foreigners

"Perhaps they are selfish or really stupid.... they don't seem to care or acknowledge that their actions are affecting other people."

that's a proper description of what mostly thais are

only a coconut kingdom's police chief can say in the media that foreigners can't pretend to be always safe wearing bikinis

only a coconut kigdom's police can blame the media for their own incompetence

thais are like that with foreigners, they are always trying to make the day when they have a chance

I understand that the guy paid because it was his first time in the land, now he knows how thais are

probably next time he will be more harsh and less friendly with the scammers

1500 thb it's a week's work for many people in thailand

if what you want to buy is fake items, yes, thailand it's good place you can buy very cheap products and perhaps thailand it's the 11th best shopping paradise, don't know

but.... if you wanna buy well reknown brand better to buy it anywhere else in us or eu for two reasons:

1 - it's more difficult that can be fake either, 2 - will be cheaper

who the hell gives a s..t if this may slow down the koh tao turism!!

the only evidence we have right now is that thai police is not going to find the murder

first they were blaming a british guys, then to the burmese, now they say they suspect of a mistery western woman......

perhaps one day we will read in all thai media that police arrested the killer because some good soul reported to the police about being witness of a drunk thai man in Nakhon Nowhere confessing that he killed that guys in koh tao, otherwise we wil never know who did that dreedful murder

mostly means that the woman who think or said that expect that you will support her and her forever, and initialy her family too

in other words it's the most accural portrayal of a thai woman, at least those ones who use to look for or have relationships with foreigners

nice generalization

yeah, it's the most convenient think to do, otherwise it could last forever analyzing one by one all relationships

OP

If you are a Brit it means ££££££££££££

If you are American it means $$$$$$$$$$$$

If you are European it means (euros symbol won't work in post for some reason)

If you are Japanese it means ¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥

If you are Thai it means zero!

I have heard that thais use to pay sinsod as well (honestly I don't know if they tell that trying to look less hipocrite or if it's real, it's just what many girls have told me) but sure that girls may not expect being taken care by thais of course

What you can bet milions on it's that the bride's family would be much less greedy if the pretendant is thai than if were foreiger

mostly means that the woman who think or said that expect that you will support her and her forever, and initialy her family too

in other words it's the most accural portrayal of a thai woman, at least those ones who use to look for or have relationships with foreigners

S.O.S. thai gangs and mafia are threatened by the growth of foreigner gangs

thais started to call westerners ¨farang¨ since the french vietnamese war around 1950, and nowadays in 2014 they still calling it

this tells you quite a lot of about evolution capacity of thai people

There are thousands of English words that goes back centuries. Does that tell you a lot about the evolution capacity of westerners?

is any of the words you are talking about still being used by locals of a country to reffer only to the westerners or white people who visit this country?

If your answer is no, then is because you didn't understand what I was talking about

neither did anyone else. try again

well it's quite clear unless you get along with being called farang, if like that it will be quite difficult for you to understand it, and never in earth will be possible just with one more time

not sure either about those your speak on behalf of them

thais love and consume lots of foreign food, specially japanese

also they love western food: hotdog, sandwich, pizza, kfc, mcdonals...

also we can't forget that some of the most eaten foods by thais are chinese origin: khao man gai, khao kha moo... 

when I was living in pattaya my german neighbor used to collect plastic from the trash bins from our building or street, he told me once he was selling it, he used to pilled up bags full of botles in his room, he used to stinks himself wearing dirty clothes for several days

thais started to call westerners ¨farang¨ since the french vietnamese war around 1950, and nowadays in 2014 they still calling it

this tells you quite a lot of about evolution capacity of thai people

There are thousands of English words that goes back centuries. Does that tell you a lot about the evolution capacity of westerners?

is any of the words you are talking about still being used by locals of a country to reffer only to the westerners or white people who visit this country?

If your answer is no, then is because you didn't understand what I was talking about