JamieM

7 hours ago, Surelynot said:

There was guy on the TV yesterday.....corruption expert......he was asked where is the most corrupt place?........Nigeria?.......Cayman Islands? .......Panama?...... He laughed!....... No....... London is by far and away the most corrupt place on Earth....everywhere else pales into insignificance

Can a Thai murder a western national in central London and be out of prison in less than 3 years? No

Can a Thai murder a western national and be out in less than 3 years in Thailand? Yes

Which place is more corrupt? 

On 4/17/2021 at 11:49 AM, Mr Meeseeks said:

Those "bureaucratic visa requirements" are in place simply because a lot of Thais do not abide by the conditions of their visa, end up overstaying, working and cause other issues, which the majority of Westerners travelling to holiday in Thailand generally do not do. 

 

Thailand is a developing country therefore screening Thais visiting Western countries is essential to prove for adequate funds and insurance that they will abide by the terms of their visa and return home.

 

If we are talking about reciprocal agreements then I'm sure you'd have no problem with the following in Western countries:

Police cars equipped with facial recognition cameras patrolling the streets to monitor Thais.

90 day reporting for all Thais.

Narrow pathways for Thais to obtain residency - only Thai women married to Western men eligible or men and women through permanent residency route (3 years for PR then an additional 5 to achieve citizenship, same criteria applies as in Thailand).

Quota of 50 Thais per year able to achieve permanent residency, same for citizenship.

Similar conditions that violate human rights in overcrowded cells for those detained on immigration offences.

Press conferences highlighting any and all Thais caught for crimes and visa violations on local news media.

Fingerprints and facial recognition taken of Thais on entry and exit to Western countries.

 

 

Well said.. Many Thai people ignore western immigration. I know many Thai girls that go illegal when their visa runs out. They literally have private facebook groups discussing how to get around immigration law some of them will even get pregnant once they are facing deportation with the closest man/simp they can find to avoid having to leave.

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Three are foreigners including a British national

It's actually getting amusing now ????  notice the Korean national and the Chinese national don't make it into the first sentence and the Chinese one doesn't get the CASE #3 prefix ...

Cowards!

9 minutes ago, Jeffr2 said:

Chinese vaccines “don’t have very high protection rates”,  said the director of the China Centers for Disease Control, Gao <deleted>, at a conference on Saturday in the southwestern city of Chengdu.

They only need to vaccinate another 41.5 million people then to have a 50% chance of herd immunity 

( and that is being optimistic even if they were to get 41.5 million doses of sinovac in arms )

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but it could be from migrant workers or Thais sneaking across the border

Oh so close! almost ownership but not quite let's call it 50% it's better than nothing I suppose a bit like a sinovac vaccine ????

20 minutes ago, Excel said:

yep, Cambodian casino to vip knocking shop in one easy move

lol teerak is gonna be so upset when she finds out she is infected with a low-so virus coz her husband went to the border casino last month ????

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

Not sure about this. Yes it has been here all along but not this strain. Japanese Embassy?

Thailand was the first country outside of China to have Covid but we never heard about the origin then did we?

I think the op is quite right to point out that suddenly the origin of a particular strain is now so very important because now the finger pointing can begin .. as always

2200bht is a weeks wages for the working class Thai no wonder such low numbers.

They are having to make a decision to eat this week or have a test...

Never forget MCOT is working for China International broadcasting also never forget how much the Chinese cried racism when anyone called it the China or Wuhan virus.

Also Britain has just condemned the Chinese genocide... 

It's not hard to see what is going on when you put the pieces together.

Now we know why all the hiso guys are catching it ???? they told their wives have they caught it at the temple 

If this had have been a white foreigner he would have been portrayed as the devil himself.

Just now, anotheruser said:

 

Well it is rather telling what you can get accused oif bragging about around here. Mention you stayed at a nice resort and people will attack you because they can live for 3 months up in Udon on the same amount.

I knew a guy like that who used to get weird with me for eating at decent restaurants he would eat in rat infested s***holes in the jungle last time I saw him he was yellow and had lost all his weight he died of some kind of parasite in the end.

55 minutes ago, dick dasterdly said:

And also people that you would assume aren't rich - but are actually incredibly wealthy!

Agreed smart people don't flaunt wealth especially somewhere that life is so cheap. I once met a guy in Bangkok who insisted on telling everyone we met he was a millionaire upon first meeting them I haven't seen him for a while I sometimes wonder if he made his backpacking trip around Myanmar Laos and Cambodia.

9 minutes ago, anotheruser said:

 

There are a few around but you won't bump into them here or on the visa forums because they simply don't care, they don't have to. 

Agreed I have come to the conclusion that there are a lot of people who act like they have way more money than they actually do here. Third world millionaires I call them if they had the money the act like they have they would be on the back of a yacht in Monaco :D 

Just now, cheechee said:

Its for elite . Not for English Teachers!   Lots of responsible people make well over $3,000 a month.

I have yet to meet these elite you speak of that earn $3000 a month without working in Thailand? 

Just now, louse1953 said:

I rekon somebody in the govt reads all this and gets their brain farts from us.No wonder they come up with so many crap ideas.

When I saw this I thought finally they have something for the under 50's but no still stuck in limbo get the elite or marry a local. Doesn't make any sense at all!

12 minutes ago, tj916 said:

 

Please don't tell me one of your 'big bikes' is a Harley?

It is isn't it?

Ahh what a vision the elder easy rider with the wind flowing through his solitary hair somewhere in Pattaya :D

Just now, anotheruser said:

 

Breeders always think they are doing the world some sort of favor. 

Yes it's almost like they expect them to roll out the red carpet because they managed to knock a bar girl up.