Classic Ray

Since the trading is really legalised gambling, this is really a gambling tax, can’t argue with that. it’s become very popular in this era of low interest rates discouraging saving as investment, and opening up of trading to the public.

Having sex (with a partner) and gossiping are two activities which governments everywhere have not yet managed to tax and which you can do for free. Also moaning about others on this forum.

Many years ago I did a border run from CM to Myanmar by van, fairly painless, get dropped off, get stamped out, walk across a bridge, get stamped in and out, walk back, get stamped in, wander around the town until home journey. Not sure of current border status after Covid hit.

Ironic that this anti-drug activity should be taking place against the backdrop of liberalisation of cannabis consumption (maybe temporary). A nation of mixed and uncoordinated messages.

Reminds me of the “electrician” who came to install my oven into my house in Chiang Mai. He asked what the green and yellow wire was for. I had to draw him a diagram and supervise him while he worked to be certain of my survival.

Most countries do not allow roadside or mobile sales of alcohol, demanding “licensed premises” to allow them to be regulated. I don’t know how the VW cocktail bars get around it, but TIT.

The article said he was picked up by the murderers in a car, the dumbbell, chain and hammer were in there rather than someone’s pocket.

Crypto, like forex or stock trading, is just legalised gambling. Very popular in Thailand where most gambling eg casinos or sports betting is officially illegal. if gambling is your thing, crypto is as good as anything to spend your money on.

Once again confusion caused by treating apples as oranges. Saying marijuana should be restricted to medical use to protect children mixes two separate issues. Marijuana consumed by adults gives pleasure as well as being therapeutic. More than can be said for alcohol, although an uncle of mine was told to have one glass of brandy a day and smoke a cigar to help his heart. He thought one good, more better and drank a bottle a day with his ten cigars for the next twenty years. I digress. Controlling access by children is a separate issue and can be treated like alcohol by regulating purchase age, it won’t be perfect but will impose a measure of control, dependent, like with alcohol, on the level of enforcement, not on whether laws on prohibition are present.

Punishment of a police officer or doctor, persons in a position of responsibility and trust, should be more severe, not less. The police officer who ran down the doctor on a pedestrian crossing whilst unlicensed and riding a high powered motorcycle, and now this police officer and doctor, degrade the reputation of the Royal Thai Police. To counter this, it’s time to alter the attitude both of the police management and the public. This is firmly the responsibility of the Government. How about it?

There should also be a system for renewal of certificates with requalification of all the conditions including insistence on gun cabinets, coupled with a way to seize guns from those who break the conditions or become mentally unsuitable. The British have such a system which may have prevented the massacre in Northern Thailand, as he was more likely to be overpowered before he knifed the children.

I agree, the statistic of 566% is meaningless without actual trustworthy numbers, which I cannot find anywhere. It could be the difference between 1 & 7. Overdosing in a country where education about drugs, as well as everything else, is of such poor quality is inevitable until the street smarts and product quality control enables users to determine safe levels of consumption. I still think taking cannabis is safer than crossing the road here, even on a pedestrian crossing.

Just make sure you check the fire exit routes of any clubs you go into and take care crossing any road in Thailand, then you may have some chance of survival.

I have noticed my 3BB Fibre in Bangkok has slowed significantly over last couple of days, especially YouTube which is usually lightning fast.

Not in the U.K., unless it is company car, usually the policyholder and named drivers only are insured.