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No one deserves being beaten up by twice their number, losing three teeth in the process.

Fortunately, there is a lot to criticize.

Umm, I remember him for the 'shoot a dealer and small time user' campaign in which thousands were summarily shop. I don't need to moralise about anything else he is purported to have done. He is on the same low moral level already as Dutertes from the Philippines.

Just because the rich do deals the world over doesn't mean that ordinary folk have to accept it.

Why 10 times the cost? It's already quite expensive. Medicinal ganja in Melbourne Australia is about $10 (115 baht) a gram. Why would anyone expect to a hospital in Thailand to charge 10 times the current prices.

I use Facebook regularly and use Facebook messenger to keep in touch with friends overseas. I have lots of criticisms of Facebook, largely confined to the lack of censorship or Reel's videos relating to animal cruelty - report an act of cruelty and FB inevitably says it falls within their guidelines and will not remove it. However, if there are scams occurring via Facebook, I am totally oblivious to them or how people get scammed via Facebook pages. Thailand would be placing itself in the same camp as China in banning Facebook and would be one of the very few countries in the world to ban it. Thais love Facebook and banning its use would be enough to bring down a government if done close enough to an election.

To demonstrate that the law is equally applied to all, the Red Bull heir would be languishing now in a Thai jail. Thais are not particularly concerned and never have been at what appearances may suggest about the justice system.

Is that you, Yingluck? Don't worry! He'll be home soon!

Also good to know they have access to wifi to keep in touch with family and friends. And laptops and phones.

Thai prisons could not care less if you are very sick - I know through having to fly from Australia to help a Thai friend receive medical treatment for what was TB. That said, it's a bit farcical that Thaksin becomes ill enough to be removed to hospital less than 24 hours after being detained.

The military dinosaurs are bedfellows now of the Pheu Thai party.

Please don't quote Bob Dylan and praise Thaksin in the same post. They are incomparable as people and public figures. Thaksin and Dutertes have a lot in common, and any close friend of Hun Sen is no friend of mine.

Getting them to take down any of the many gratuitous animal cruelty videos is an exercise in futility. Nothing you report seems to infringe their guidelines or is considered unacceptable. Not that I want to see Facebook banned but I would like to see the owners display some moral fibre. Get sick of seeing Chinese people dragging dogs destined for the dinner table behind their bikes and cars or videos of large animals and snakes throttling domestic animals to death etc.

As someone who is perfectly happy with legalised marijuana, I don't want to see Thaksin back in Thai politics.

It is already banned from public places, including hotels. I seem to remember smoking in public can carry a 3 month prison sentence.

I think you are being generous to the tik-tok man describing his Thai ability to be upper immediate or advanced. Also think you are underestimating the gas attendant's English. What really happened is that both spoke a foreign language to each other. I don't think the gap in ability was that great.

I must admit that I have seen Thai police show remarkable restraint with belligerent foreigners and go out of their way to help them.

Totally agree, particularly after being kicked off a flight. Should have been arrested.

Lots of ordinary Thais who don't use cannabis will buy it. Anyone who does use or has used cannabis will know it is total nonsense. Maybe cannabis was thrown in on top of drunkenness or hard drug use, but it alone sure as hell isn't the cause of this kind of destructive behaviour. Makes me ashamed to be an Australian as well as hate the guy for adding fuel to the fire of the anti cannabis campaigners.

Vomit-worthy stuff. Thai politics is a joke best ignored by anyone who wants to live in this country. The rich and famous escape punishment and scrutiny every time, aided by the very bodies and systems that should be investigating and punishing them. The Red Bull killer is still free to wander the world, as is Prawit to own $22m in watches and become the next PM. Meanwhile, the only guy who presents as a leader of substance is excluded over B42,000 of useless shares. This country has a long way to go before it has any chance to be a true and fair democracy. In fact, I think achieving this target is impossible.

You're not a Trump supporter by any chance!????

Yet Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai were spotless when I was there last month. Whatever is being done there to keep those cities clean needs to be applied elsewhere in Thailand.

I have never thought of badminton as a child's game.

The article clearly states that the father slap occurred AFTER his son was beaten, but just about everyone here has stated that was the act that incited the beating shown in the video. I also struggle to understand how anyone can defend the group beating and kicking by a security team who should be employed to defuse rather than inflame situations. Sure dad and his son may have acted obnoxiously to be kicked out, but that does not excuse the out of control and cowardly actions of the bouncers. Anyone who considers this kind of violence acceptable in the context needs to re-examine their own moral values. Thai bar and security staff thrive on using violence on foreigners when they are given an opening through circumstances. These guys should be charged by police for abusing the role for which they are paid.

Any friend of Hun Sen is no friend of mine.