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But it's not a small group - it's time and again according to hospital staff and obviously to the restaurant owners in both places who have banned them from entry. I don't want to hear a rebuttal from the Israelis as I wouldn't believe it. Their behaviour and sense of entitlement is all too well documented.

I suspect Pattaya had to be the only entrant in the competition.

Yes it needs to be well ventilated, like the planes were back in the days when smoking was allowed. I understand that the cabin air was cleared far more frequently then. I smoked for years and was a teacher, taking a drag on a cigarette or two at every minor and major break in the day. 'You stink!' students would cry when I entered the classroom, perhaps trailing the vaguest whiff of smoke in the air behind me. Now that I am a non smoker, cigarettes can be clearly smelled on clothes and breath. Somehow the smoke needs to be removed almost as soon as exhaled.

If that's the choice, I believe the drunk. I know from experience what Pattaya police are like.

Doesn't mean to say he didn't pay a bribe to get out of the Pattaya police cell (he wasn't in jail).

Pattaya police have always had a bad reputation and deservedly so. It's a tourist area tailor made for graft opportunities. I believe the guy.

Is he the poor farang motorcycle version of the Red Bull heir? 'Police left the suspect at large' despite the victim being in a serious condition. This is after twice attempting to flee the scene and driving over the victim's body. What do you have to do to warrant having charges laid against you?

Hopefully the reclassification has been shelved.

Do they? Comprehensive insurance was not available on the bikes we rented in Chiang Mai two years ago. Only the compulsory medical insurance that comes with registration.

The article must have been written by a loyal member of the Thai constabulary. A journalistic style that is almost laughable e.g. 'This incident underscores the stringent regulations surrounding drug possession in Thailand, where laws are enforced rigorously to curb the use and distribution of controlled substances.'

Because some sadistic animal poisoned them? Just as I imagine has been the fate of plenty of non-aggressive dogs too.

He's probably from America where they have a right to invade privacy.

Promote the place as a place to rage and party then be outraged there are a few casualties. Perhaps there is a common cause, in which case, perhaps there will be others, like the Laotian illicit liquor killing 6 tourists. Until the tests are complete, we are very much in the dark regarding the cause.

There is no suggestion that weed was involved. If these 'knob heads' are 'all over Pattaya and Phuket', I would suggest that alcohol and bars have far more to do with the knob headedness than weed. Or are you one of these anti-weed people who wants to support earlier Thai media assertions that weed is responsible for every strange or aggressive behaviour exhibited by Thais or tourists.

What plastic sleeve? I just got a new Australian passport. At $400 each. there is no plastic sleeve in which to place it.

The coups have not ushered in policies like the rice storage and pledge scheme or the licence to kill drug marshals with over 3000 resultant deaths of small time dealers and users. In fact, the decriminalisation of marijuana and all the happy shops that opened would not have occurred without a military coup. But you're right in one sense. People seem far more accepting of a coup than the return of the Shinawatra family to political leadership. Thaksin's appeal was never to the city folk but to farmers keen on financial handouts and the medical scheme (which proved to be a success).

You don't believe the ridiculous storing of rice and the consequent rotting of it was not an act of gross incompetence?

Doesn't say he was drunk nor is the other man identified as Thai.

They are at least far less exploitative of animals than the Chinese.

He is being charged with reckless driving causing death so there must be some element of dangerous driving associated with the accident. He probably just emulates Thai style driving which includes ignoring people on pedestrian crossing let alone those crossing elsewhere.

Sprinkler systems are meant to activate in response to a fire not in response to human intervention.

Seriously?! You should get a job in Thai media helping the government close down the weed trade.

Same story in Patong. Eyes light up and beer bottles become weapons when a farang is in the midst of a fracas.

The last execution in Thailand was 2018 and the one before that in 2009. The dealer who has not been identified or caught will not be executed.

As indeed was I. I left the protest at Democracy Monument just prior to the massacre of civilians. Hea Suk, ork pai!