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On 9/7/2023 at 12:24 AM, RichardColeman said:

First time I cam here 20 years ago, I remember a big moving digital sign saying 'Drug smuggling carries the death sentence' - I am all for them doing this to scum like this

Because killing 3 none too bright , naive women will make the world a better and safer place......right ?

On 9/7/2023 at 1:20 PM, Thingamabob said:

Corruption exists world-wide with the exception, by and large, of Scandinavia.

Sure but there are degrees , hence the corruption index , all nations do NOT have the same levels of corruption.

Translation ;

" My buddies in Buriram are making an absolute fortune so let's keep the good times rolling "

8 hours ago, arithai12 said:

You are right, the UK is a stellar example of how a government should work. No nonsense, straight to business, no lies to electors, no private little parties, a good solid strategy when dealing with international relations. Right, right.

Yet you conveniently forget one simple yet crucial fact;

In UK a shambolic government can be voted out in a general election with no interference from the military or corrupt judiciary.

The whole thing is a charade , not worth getting worked up by it.

The only political points of interest are what happens when the Senators stand down , what will the next measure be to thwart democracy and when will the younger generation explode with frustration ?

10 hours ago, hotchilli said:

What came first..
The residents or the bomb factory?

The residents !

Article states that the warehouse was only recently built.

5 hours ago, Swiss1960 said:

Better avoid Bangkok in the next days and weeks...

That's highly optimistic , many months if not years I think.

6 hours ago, MrMojoRisin said:

The best outcome for Future Forward (and Thailand) is for them to move to the opposition benches and let Pheu Thai reveal their true colours by joining with junta lackeys such as Anutin and the Democrats.

 

FF will utterly destroy all these clowns in the next election and will be able to reform Thailand unhindered.

 

Rome wasn’t built in a day. 

The powers to be have made it abundantly clear that they have no regard for the democratic process , this will not change in a year or a decade. What point is a convincing electoral victory if the courts simply disqualify the victorious MP's and the parties they represent ?

There is now only one way to get a reformist government , it wont be pretty !

On 6/26/2023 at 11:33 AM, oxo1947 said:

 

Can you both help us out here---What insurance companies ?? ..There are people here that are looking to take out insurance, would be nice to know who to avoid.

If as seems likely , an existing condition was not disclosed , then NO insurance would pay out.

On 6/13/2023 at 8:59 PM, mark131v said:

Oh that's alright then if the esteemed ex General says it then it must be true, yeah people of that pedigree are pure as the driven snow don't you know

 

watches you say? Oh I borrowed them off a dead mate, you would like to check my finances sorry no can do I have immunity from everything.....

 

Gawd I hate that fat ugly frog!!!!

I would rather you describe him as a Toad , thanks !

13 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

Yes. That would be amazing wouldn't it? 

 

We had plans to retire to France.  Had been saving up and looking at properties.  

 

Can't do it now. Stuck here in thailand or go back to UK are our only realistic options.  

 

 

What's wrong with Portugal ?

1 hour ago, madmitch said:

That won't exactly endear Prayut's senator friends towards supporting Pita!

Cant believe the guy could possibly be that stupid.

Perhaps he knows the senate will stitch him up and is setting the stage for the aftermath.

5 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

I don't think tanks and guns control how schools are run by corrupt directors.

I was making a general point , but I assume you are nuanced enough to recognise that.

19 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Just part of the culture they are so proud of. It would be hard to find a culture as morally bankrupt as the Thais. It doesn't get lower that stealing off kids,

 

What does your stepdaughter who knows everything that goes do about it? Nothing I'd guess, which is indicative of why the situation has existed for decades and will exist to decades to come. Like so many things in Thailand, no-one actually cares enough to do anything. I'm not pointing the finger at your stepdaughter in particular but at everyone who just turns a blind eye to the scum running the schools.

To be fair to the stepdaughter , and indeed Thais in general , it's not easy to change the status quo when it is protected by guns and tanks.

15 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

Pop the kid out, then pop her OUT. Problem solved. 

 

No freakin' way she could ever be even a semi-fit mother. She should never be permitted to touch that child and that child should never see it's monster. She would probably kill the infant, or try to. 

Let's hope the child never learns who his mother was , that would be a heavy burden to bear.

4 hours ago, Reginald Prewster said:

Great job that the Royal Thai Police performed here.

It is well known that Gambling isn't allowed in Thailand and I hope they get the full bill for their activities including deportation and ban.

 

The good ones in and the bad ones out.

I and many other Expats work hard for our earnings abroad or legally with a work permit, so if you can't, stay out of Thailand. 

The illegality of gambling in Thailand is of course entirely the prerogative of those in authority.

However illegal gambling does occur on a large scale and members of the RTP , amongst others , are certainly heavily implicated.

Given this fact it seems naive of you to praise the RTP or to suggest that foreign elements are responsible largely for the law breaking.

I would have thought somebody as concerned as you appear to be , would wish to finger the real villain , his name is Mr institutionalised corruption ! 

13 hours ago, madmitch said:

Let's hope that Thailand elects a Government that will get rid of ridiculous laws like these. 

Would said government last long enough to implement radical change ?

Methinks not !

On 4/20/2023 at 9:44 AM, IamNoone88 said:

Yep  ... I am a Brit and increasingly ashamed of the reputation that some Brits create overseas .... sadly not just in Thailand although it seems to be a magnet for more than its fair share

Surprised that a snowflake survives the heat in Thailand.

On 4/20/2023 at 8:33 AM, mikeymike100 said:

Quite so, he hasn't, as yet, been tried in a court and convicted of anything, but many posters automatically jump to conclusions as you have said?

It would seem many posters hate the Brits for some reason?

Us Brits live rent free in the haters spacious skulls.