sambum

This tragic event was covered in depth at the time, and now all the armchair detectives and keyboard warriors are now back on the case. Personally, I think that there were too many flaws in the case that it should have been thrown out of court, but one thing that I remember from the original investigation was the comment by the main policeman in charge:- "NO THAI COULD HAVE DONE THIS!" Make of that what you will, but the way I read it is that "No Thai will ever get convicted of this crime!"

Somebody gave my post above a "Confused" emoticon, but now I am confused! I was replying to a post that was implying that the culprit was a Russian, and he should be deported and shipped off to the Ukraine:- "No doubts , it must be a Russian putinoid:). Deport these scumbags to Russia. - their pseudo tzar Putin is so eager to mobilize them for criminal war in Ukraine!" My post was merely to point out that the culprit was not a Russian, or other type of foreigner, but Thai!

So will AN be issuing an apology for defaming foreigners? Thought not!

>> #Phuket police arrested a driver who drove down to Kamala beach Mon. He's not a foreigner as many suspect but a 39-yr-old Thai who wanted his 2 kids to see the beach closely & recorded a video for him. Police charged him with careless driving, which may pose danger to others. Plus, the "Thaiger" quote is about a totally different incident!

I'm not ken on Russians either, but:- >> #Phuket police arrested a driver who drove down to Kamala beach Mon. He's not a foreigner as many suspect but a 39-yr-old Thai who wanted his 2 kids to see the beach closely & recorded a video for him. Police charged him with careless driving, which may pose danger to others.

"Personally I don't care for the backpacker hippy pot smokers......" I suppose you would rather have the drunken slobs that stagger about ranting and raving and wanting to have a fight with anyone and everyone? Or the recent "visa free" visitors that seem intent on "bad behaviour" of all kinds - not just violence, but theft and cheating on their bills etc etc etc? I think for the most part, the "backpacker hippy pot smokers" are pretty harmless, and would rather chill out on a beach and enjoy the sunsets, causing trouble for no one - indeed "keeping themselves to themselves, man!"

"Could it be an April fools day announcement?" On April 2nd? And "we need more tourists/passengers' equals more revenue/income..." so we start charging them more? That'll bring them flocking in!

They had to be told that they were in the wrong?!!!! They had to be told that saying they'd paid their bill and hadn't was wrong?!!! And they even had the gall to say that they didn't think that there would be a camera in that position! :- "The foreigners agreed to pay and apologised for their actions. They said they did not expect there to be a CCTV camera at that angle." And you really think there is a flip side to "this argument"? My interpretatation? "It's a fair cop, guv'nor!"

"Here we go, here we go, here we go!" was a warning that there is a "Brit Basher"/troll about. "Football's coming home!" Is a natural continuation of the above chant, or an impossible dream - take your pick (sorry, off topic, I'll get my coat!)

At first I thought you were a troll - now I think you are just trying to get your "replies" tally up! But you do it well!

"....especially the Brits." "Here we go, here we go, here we go!" Football's coming home! 🙂

Quite bizarre and once again the "dirty unwashed foreigners" are being singled out for "blame" - especially looking at the top story running side by side with this one! "COVID-19 outbreak at Prachuap prison: 79 confirmed infections" I suppose some "dirty unwashed foreigner" visiting the prison caused the outbreak? But there again, maybe somebody at AN has been taking advantage of the date? Hmmm? "APRIL 1st"!

But people Thais love making a major commotion out of anything these days. Even made a "drama out of a crisis" when an Eastern lady had to pee in the street because of a lack of toilet facilities in a certain Thai holiday resort!

"At the request of Thailand, the Israeli government is urgently examining a photo depicting an Israeli soldier holding the Thai national flag in front of piles of debris. Looks like it's in front of a tank to me!

They didn't use a laser gun to stun him did they? I would never have known!:- "CCTV footage from the mayhem and chaos on Tuesday at a city centre hotel in Phuket. (Inset) Mr Tolstov attacked people, including security guards at the hotel. Finally, police used a taser gun to stun and collapse the marauding Russian." "Rabid Russian rampage in Phuket. Tourist tasered by police after hotel havoc. A drunken Russian tourist, Mr Aleksandr Tolstov, triggered chaos in Phuket, assaulting multiple people at a hotel. Three officers intervened but had to resort to a taser to subdue him. Now facing criminal charges."{ "A Russian tourist is facing criminal charges and is being held by Karon Police after a furious outburst of violence in the centre of Phuket on Tuesday. The crazed Russian man, wearing nothing but summer trunks tore into security staff and later police at a local hotel. Finally, police were forced to use a Taser gun to incapacitate the rabid young man and prevent further conflict." "There has been another incident of outrageous behaviour by a foreigner in Phuket. On Tuesday, police were forced to use a Taser gun to overpower a young Russian man who attacked multiple people at a hotel." All within the same article/post!!! But yet another Russian "behaving badly" - well the Thai Government wanted them - now they got them - warts and all! 🙂

"The situation escalated when the Kick streamer seemed to threaten a bystander off-camera, causing uproar among the onlookers. A group of furious locals confronted Jino, prompting him to backtrack frantically. The situation escalated when the Kick streamer seemed to threaten a bystander off-camera, causing uproar among the onlookers. A group of furious locals confronted Jino, prompting him to backtrack frantically." News so enthralling that we have to be told twice?

Sorry - beat me to it!

".....Helmul Ing Obritzberger," Now there's a good old Ausie name! Commonly known as Bruce Eh? Obritzberger is facing charges under Section 335 of the Criminal Law for committing theft during nighttime. Serious question - Is that a more or less serious crime than theft during daytime?

Where I live, businesses are supposed to pay a small charge to have their garbage collected, but a few years ago a few didn't/wouldn't pay so the Council took away ALL of the garbage bins! (That'll show 'em!) Consequences - obvious - but TIT!!!

I used to enjoy putting my name in the snow until my girlfriend's father saw it was in her handwriting! 😀

But, but, but - that would mean spending BAHT, and diminishing the value of the GDP!

"a move that could potentially lead to extended selling hours and more relaxed advertising rules. This decision has, however, sparked controversy among anti-alcohol advocates. Talk about stating the bleeding obvious!

No alcohol to be sold between 2pm and 5pm?

I am afraid I have had enough of your twisting words round to suit your agenda - I will only quote one example but there area many as I have already pointed out, but this is from your latest contribution:- "......being a habitual drug user in order to get by in some sort of musical entourage" Whereas what I said was :- helped along by a few pills along the way, and later on, a bit of "Wacky Baccy"! I also played in a group with proper musicians playing proper instruments - LIVE!!! But I never saw (or wanted to see) a needle in anybody's arm apart from hospital, or the Doctor's Surgery. Additionally, I never mentioned LSD ("Because someone else pretending to be you in a post admitted to being a cocaine user, as well as LSD. That same person though said they drew a line at "smack".) so it must have been as you say, "someone else pretending to be me" ( 🤣 Highly unlikely bearing in mind your penchant for twisting words around! I tried to keep the thread light hearted but you seem intent on picking me to pieces and I am afraid " I ain't gonna play your game any more". My contributions to you in this thread (and a previous one) are finished, and you are now on my "Ignore" list. As someone with 8000 + posts to my credit, I do not take this step lightly, and have taken your lack of posts/experience on AN into consideration, but I do not need your kind of criticism, thank you - have a nice life on AN, and yes, I know you will want the last word - "Newbies" always do, so be my guest! Edited Monday at 06:42 PM by sambum 1 2 Quote

You have a bad habit of misquoting people to suit your agenda:- "Once again, no time frame, so meaningless statement and the previous correspondant claimed to have lived in a "city" in the North West of England, while ranting on about kids being kidnapped (ignoring that the most notorious case that happened when he was a kid), heroin (while saying taking pills was totally fine, and elsewhere, supporting cocaine usage), moaning about having his religion being changed" "Once again, no time frame,..." who else on this part of the thread didn't quote a time frame? "Claimed to have lived in a "city" in the North West of England" Once again pure speculation on your part that someone is making false claims. "...ranting on about kids being kidnapped....." Who said anything about kids "being kidnapped"? "....heroin (while saying taking pills was totally fine, and elsewhere, supporting cocaine usage)" YOU were the one who mentioned heroin, and I didn't say I supported cocaine usage - I said that cocaine could be injected or snorted, and at no time did I say that I supported either. "....moaning about having his religion being changed" Once again, pure conjecture on your part - I never mentioned ANYTHING about having my religion changed. Misquotes from start to finish - you don't even qualify for a "Sad" emoticon!