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You do know (of course you do!) that a Scotsman is a Brit? As is a Welshman, and an Englishman and people from a certain part of Ireland? The other guy is obviously a Scotsman, because none of the above would be within spitting distance of an inebriated (unexploded!) Scotsman! 🙂 Unless of course he's a Russian!

See previous post!

"Heavily inebriated, the Scotsman had an altercation and was left to navigate his way home with a friend. The night took a dramatic turn when witnesses reported seeing the friend push the Scotsman into the street, directly in the path of an oncoming car." A heavily inebriated "unexploded" Scotsman can not be reasoned with - even friends or family are at risk!

A regular occurrence I would say!

"I have no idea what the 300 million was allegedly used for. That is your story." Not "my story" at all - it is in the post - as already pointed out "that he used 300 million baht to influence the legal process surrounding his son" You were the one who brought up the matter of compensation - not me, so don't ask me about why the total does not include it - that's "your pigeon"! And you were the one who said that I was hung up because I happened to mention (as a P.S.) that the gentleman making the claim was described as an "heiress". I didn't make a big issue out of it but you did - explaining in detail how easy it is to get genders mixed up during translation. Anyway, I think we have exhausted this topic, so have a nice day and hope your head cold gets better soon! P.S. Hope your head cold gets better soon

Re your last paragraph, I couldn't agree more. In the UK, my Govt Pension and Work Pension combined exceed the Personal Allowances limit by a small amount, so I have to pay tax on that "excess", and don't see why I should have to pay tax on it again! Another point which may have been made already as I don't go through these posts with a "fine toothcomb", is that any money that I bring into Thailand is spent in Thailand on foods and services which have already had tax added via VAT, and Import Taxes in the case of "farang foods and drinks", so if I am reading things correctly, my money will be taxed by the Inland Revenue in the UK, taxed by the Thai Government twice (via Income Tax and VAT) so theoretically, I will be taxed 3 times on my meagre pension which has been "frozen" (No annual increments) for the last 10 years as I am not resident in the UK. Fair?

I mentioned "heiress" as a P.S. to my post, so I wouldn't say that I was "hung up" on it, more a sort of side comment. You are the one that appears to be "hung up" on the situation! "Where is your evidence of someone paying a bribe? People pay compensation for death in this country as a matter of course. As far as I am aware it has been done this way for eons. Why is this person's payment any different?" "The accusations revolve around statements suggesting he used 300 million baht to influence the legal process surrounding his son Vorayuth ‘Boss’ Yoovidhya, who was involved in a fatal hit-and-run incident." I didn't accuse anyone of taking a bribe, "that he used 300 million baht to influence the legal process surrounding his son" is what is under question, not that it was used as compensation paid to the dead policeman's family. (Maybe you should bring that to the attention of the court, as you also mentioned it to somebody else on another post, it would appear that you are "hung up" on the payment being made as compensation rather than trying "to influence the legal process". " If you know more facts than others (about compensation being paid to the family) please do share them and back it up with why you know it is factual. Most here would be interested in knowing." That is the only comment that I will make to your last statement, as it is totally irrelevant to what I said, and I have no intention of getting into a "fact swapping argument" with you.

That's not the point though - is it? What is under question is whether tried to "pervert the course of justice" by offering several million baht as a bribe. P.S. Is "he" an "heiress" as posted in the headline? Very handsome for a woman! 🙂

Absolutely ridiculous situation, and just one of those reasons why Thailand will never be taken seriously by the West as a potential "World Player" (Whatever that is?) And did I not see recently that Thailand has dropped down the charts as a potential holiday destination for many people? Also, I wonder whether we would have heard if the money/bribe had been accepted? I think not! 🙂

Of course, sir! "O", or "I"?

We have a word for people like you (apart from "troll" in my old "home" country which is unprintable here, but I think you will get the gist - if you are as educated as wot you fink you are - "g*b****te". P.S. You are now an Honorary Member on my "Ignored" list - there are not many of you, but it is a select list of well qualified "g*b****tes" like yourself, so you are in good company!

"Everyone knows that you aren't allowed to criticise anything about Thailand unless everything about your home country is perfect." "You can not be seeerious, man!"

You seem to have great difficulty in choosing a descriptive adjective other than "pathetic" in your replies to posts - that in itself is pathetic! And accusing people of not being capable of giving an answer when it would appear that they are far more capable than you are of posing an original question!

I've been on here /ThaiVisa for many years (8 years longer than you) and am peed off with comments like yours that don't even deserve an answer as the replies have been given many times before. Pathetic Apologist!

"If it is so much better in UK I wonder why you're here???" Not another? - Yawn!

" raised concerns about Pattaya’s image as a tourist destination" Copy and paste for imminent future use! Why aren't these security guards licensed as in the UK and other countries? Any misbehaviour like that mentioned in the post as in the post should mean loss of licence - hence loss of job!

"UK former mercenary, living in Thailand for 22 years, fined and warned by Udon Thani police after assault at PTT station. Man agrees to pay full compensation and apologises to the Thai victim’s family..............." "A UK man, a former mercenary who has lived in Thailand for 22 years, was fined and warned by Udon Thani police on Friday. It came after he was summoned by police for being involved in an assault at a PTT station in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The UK man also agreed to pay full compensation and offered his apologies to the family of the Thai man he assaulted. Police, it is understood, declined to revoke the 44-year-old man’s visa due to his previous cooperation with the Immigration Bureau on Ko Samui and the fact that this was a first-time offence." The foreigner who assaulted a 25-year-old service station employee in Udon Thani in the early hours of Wednesday morning has been fined and booked by police. The man was identified by Udon Thani police as 44-year-old Mr Davis. In brief, a UK national who has lived in Thailand for 22 years. Mr Davis is reported to be a former mercenary or soldier for hire. Do we really need to be told 3 (Three!) times in 3 paragraphs that he has been fined and warned/booked by Police? Or 4 (Four!) times that he is a UK national who was a former mercenary?

😆 I think in this case "school" doesn't mean a school - it means a "school of thought/law" e.g. I got this from Google - I don't know anything about Muslim/Islam rules/laws:- "The Jaʿfarī school,[a] also known as the Jafarite school, Jaʿfarī fiqh (Arabic: الفقه الجعفري) or Ja'fari jurisprudence, is a prominent school of jurisprudence (fiqh) within Twelver and Ismaili (including Nizari)[1] Shia Islam, named after the sixth Imam, Ja'far al-Sadiq.[2" P.S. Jurisprudence is "the study, knowledge, or science of law."

"The Quran only teaches violence for self defense" ??? "Death penalty is the traditional form of punishment for both male and female apostates for leaving Islam. Jaʿfari or Imāmī school – Male apostates must be executed,

And just see what happens if you become a Muslim and try to leave:- "Death penalty is the traditional form of punishment for both male and female apostates for leaving Islam. Jaʿfari or Imāmī school – Male apostates must be executed, while female apostates must be held in solitary confinement until they repents and return to Islam." Peace and love? Right!

Sorry about your grandfather - hence the "Like"

I've made mistakes, like leaving an ATM card in a machine etc, but I've never had 2 million's worth of baht of gold to carry about, and if I had, I don't think I'd have carried it about in a bag on the back of a motor bike taxi! But it sounds like she's never had any problems before, so she could have been doing it on a regular basis, and got a bit lax?

With the post about e-cigarettes yesterday, and then only buds to be illegal, and today now apparently all except cannabis for medical use, no wonder Thailand's "politicians" (Inverted commas on purpose!) will never convince the rest of the World that they should be taken seriously. "One forward - two back!"

I remember reading once a very apt description of the Muslim and Christian beliefs. "It's like two schoolchildren arguing in the playground about who has the best imaginary friend." Whoever said it was spot on!

"Thailand Set to Recriminalise Cannabis Amid Expert Outcry" Misleading headline - it reads like the experts are complaining about it being recriminalised!