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This will cause a lot of resentment from those who did not do anything wrong but cannot get access to seed money like these people. They will say, with a lot of resentment behind their breath "Oh! How fortunate they are! Here we are, clean as a whistle and we can't get money like they did. Perhaps, we should also become drug addicts, go through rehab and avail of that seed money ourselves?" Why do I say this? Because we had a project very similar to this (albeit a different type of problem).

But that's the easier task compared with eliminating corruption! Is he also saying he can't stop corruption? or Nepotism?

Ho hum... Nothing beats catching geriatric Bridge players.

Beware of Fake Foreigners with poor grammar to boot!

Hmmmm . . . . Social Equality?

Have you heard people (wearing brown or green clothing) asking you "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?"

That's Social Equality for you.

Why are they even worried about this when 99.3% of the population have a good understanding of this government?

This is beginning to sound like the Emperor's New Clothes story...

One of the seminars I attended showed a cycle of behaviour similar to the attached diagram. Why am I so reminded of this? Did anyone hear after the apology was made whether he said he was only joking?

Needs attitude adjustment. Not Thai enough. Should have asked "Don't You Know Who I Am?"

Alcazar and Tiffany's in Pattaya will have a roaring good year...

Must...include... SHARIA....law....

Who are they going to sue for that?

Where have those tiger be brought to? Another private zoo? Removing those tiger from the Temple is not enough. Those tiger must be brought to a BETTER place where proper care and maintenance is guaranteed. Where the animals' welfare can be monitored by the public.

Will he have to do a re-enactment of the crime?

Between the Temple and Nat Geo, which of the 2 do you think is more credible? Would someone please make a poll on this PLEASE? My reply might, however might be misconstrued as defamation so there you have it.

How many Thais have scaled Everest?

If you are implying that it is not cold, the why is it that all Farang visitors at Chiang Rai are bundled up with thick jackets, and scarves? They must be feeling really hot eh?

Just returned from Amnat Charoen and Ubol. Really cold and windy.. The type of wind you normally would expect of a Typhoon... Just relentless wind - almost like wading in a fast flowing river or creek. Sure it's not Everest Cold but for locals, this is cold.

Back in Chiang Rai, it is also cold. 9 deg. celcius today and overcast with some light showers. Took my motorbike to return home in light rain last night. Regret not having my gloves because my fingers were really getting ice cold.

And so it starts... They never learn don't they....

Sigh......

This is too ridiculous...

Nuff said. Attitude adjustment appointment coming up for Jonathan... Or will it be a defamation charge?

thailand gets more like the USA every day

sad, tragic and unnecessary

Wow, took 47 posts to finally get to USA bashing. Must be some kind of record. I am from USA, and risk of getting shot for no reason much higher here.

I totally agree. THis is a much more dangerous place than the US. At leas in the U.S. a lot of crime like this is in the shitty parts of town and you can avoid those areas. Unfortunately in Thailand, all parts of town are shitty. Even mixed in the nice places in the sois of high-end Thong Lor, you have people living in huts with corrugated roofs. I've been here for 12 years and I've never seen a "nice area" without blight anywhere in this country. I live in a high-end mooban, but as soon as I step outside to the sois on the left and right we have trash.

What's your point - only the poor and impoverished are violent criminals who use gun crime to rob, assault and murder?

What would you do, create lovely expat zones for all those above a certain wealth with only servants allowed in from the lowly poor Asians?

Terrible they allow such riff-raf to live near your expensive exclusive Mooban.

Do some research, or get one of your lackeys to do it, and you'll see how much gun crime is carried out my wealthy, elite, well connected hiso types.

Or are you one of those reprehensible people that judges a person on wealth?

No! The Rich have Ferraris and Mercedez Benz cars to mow down poor motorists - including cops BTW... And get away with it.

This are not the right kind of figures that Mr. P would like to see. PREPARE TO CATCH toys being thrown out of the PRAM! In-coming....

Thailand is a tropical country and receives lots of rainfall. Rainwater should be harvested and stored in cisterns during the rainy months and used during the dry season for drinking and cooking. Washing and other domestic uses of water can use a less clean source of water such as surface water from ponds, creeks, rivers or lakes. Shallow wells can also be used for washing and flushing toilets.

Digging wells as suggested in the OP will cause serious problems in the future. Those who suggested it don't care because it will be the future administrators problems to deal with. Very short-sighted, this plan is....

And why does the klong stinks?

The Klongs stink because of a process called Eutrophication. see link below:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eutrophication

When you study animal behaviour and observe the effect of crowding on a population - you might see similarities. RIP to those who lost their lives. We must do something to reduce human population. NO, I am not suggesting that we exterminate each other.

Population of Tokyo over 35 million

Population of Bangkok say 8 million

Murder rate in Bangkok 4 in 100,000

Murder rate in Tokyo less than 1.

That equates to about 8 times less with a density 4 times more.

Better get a new theory . . . or think a bit more clearly

Maggusoil, please read Peteregion's reply. You might find it quite interesting. Oh, and Tokyo has a fantastic train system which Bangkok could only dream of. Japanese are also much more cultured and disciplined. And their CCTVs ACTIUALLY WORK!!!