Spock

Doesn't say much for your daughter's school director, your boss or the morality of people who put social ties ahead of honesty.

Surely it's a criminal offence. They should not only be out of work but in prison.

But the woman should have lost her job. Why did you back down?!

It's a lot for anyone to have sitting in the bank - $A9,000,000 (Australian)!

It is always rape if an adult takes advantage of a minor, even if 'consensual'.

Actually, there are probably far less around now that SEA countries have significantly tightened up on the availability of underage girls and boys to adults, particularly foreigners. 20+ years ago was a different story. Kids in western countries are also far more aware of unwanted advances and more likely to be believed than in earlier times. Men will still have perverted thoughts but far less opportunity to put them into practice.

I couldn't get rid of your post and had to post inside your box!

Why should airlines care or be responsible for passengers having travel insurance? In what way are they impacted by a passenger without insurance?

It could mean that he is an extremely funny fellow, the centre of every social group because of his infectious sense of humour, his spontaneous delivery of great one liners and witty retorts. Perhaps his rapier wit has made him the Oscar Wilde of the RTP. But I suspect your explanation is closer to the truth.

Unfortunately the RTP will probably not be required to answer those questions.

Surely refusal to take the test should mean the maximum penalty is applied!

Given that 50% of Chinese passengers in Italy had covid and the number of major countries that have since required Chinese to test 2 days prior to boarding a plane, Thailand can expect hoards of tourists to step off the planes and start infecting the local population. Probably the one thing in favour for the Thais is that the spread will be limited by the Chinese tour groups not mingling much with the local population.

You should apply for work in the dog meat trade in China or Vietnam. You'd be a natural.

Falang culture would not have allowed the dogs to procreate and farang dogs don't live in the streets. They have owners who care about them. Soi dogs don't enjoy that luxury.

The soi dogs didn't ask to be born or spend their sad lives fending for themselves. To me, the people who created their life situation are the vermin, not the dogs.

What if it' s people from a country north of Thailand who are topping the charts for most wanted?

Far more likely that the taxi driver was trying to rip the guy off. There is no way he would not have realised that the Norwegian was not in the back.

So often there is simply no choice but to use motorcycle taxis and take a bit of a risk.

A bit of realism please. No one is going to pay $600 or anything like it to be a pillion passenger on a short holiday to Thailand.

Won't be going anywhere for a couple of months.

Why don't you read the article? She had insurance via the cc and a motor bike licence is surely not required if you are a passenger. She also had a helmet. Perhaps the problem was that her boyfriend had no licence.

She had insurance.

To be fair, I frequently use motorbike taxis in Bangkok without a helmet, largely because there is no other choice of transport. I am surprised that travel insurance did not cover someone who is a passenger and wearing a helmet. Can't see how the girl can really be blamed in this instance.

I wasn't answering your question. I care for dogs in semi retirement to augment my income, and was in a dog park today with a couple of small dogs where there was a really sweet natured pit bull/staffy cross whose owners have trained her to do 'party tricks' but also been very concerned to adequately socialise the animal. I am always a little concerned with dogs in my care around pit bulls and staffies, but this dog gave no indication of aggression towards people or animals. When I was teaching some years back in a socio-economically depressed area, many of my students had pit bulls at home which were used in pig hunting. Sometimes when I see a pit bull with a heavily muscled owner I figure the owner wants a dog that mirrors his own personality. In Australia, the majority of pit bull owners are responsible people. To be honest, I am not sure why the breed is so popular. Hopefully it's not because people want a pet want a pet that complements their personality or to be used as a guard dog. I just don't think they are appropriate in country's that allow dangerous animals to live once they have killed or maimed, even if the owner is a nice bloke willing to pay for victims' funerals.