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If the law is to be enforced, those enforcing it better have viable alternative transport available. There will already be considerable ill feeling in the community as people are forced to change their attitudes to children riding. If they are left in the position where their children can't get to school it be will be much higher.

In Oz, there is considerable traffic congestion around schools before and after hours as parents drop off and pick up. That won't be the same here, as many fewer non-working parents, and a lot fewer parents have cars.

1 hour ago, Oxx said:

 

Don't be a dick.  I was only reply to one point, so I only included your point I was reply to.  Your other point was just drivel and not worthy of a reply.

Really, then perhaps you can tell me why so many god-fearing christians are willing to join armed forces and kill at the the orders of their politicians. Gott mit uns!

28 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Wrong again. NACC can only investigate and can't prosecute as in Somchai's case. They filed the case with the AG and was dismissed twice. Second wrong, the slashing of the agency funds were due to their poor and under-performance in relation to their high 1.8B Baht budget. Like a poor return on investment. There are very little to show for the thousand of cases they accepted and only slightly over a hundred lead to conviction. This is because of its overpaid officers, high expenditures, bureaucracy and bogged down by bias judgement.   

And who appointed that AG? Do you really believe the BS you type, that reducing a budget will increase efficiency, rather than reduce the chances of prosecution?

Ease up on the red Kool-Aid! Too late, already addicted.

Still no claim of innocence, or would that get us back on topic.

Just now, Eric Loh said:

What is the relevance? 

5555. good one Eric. let's see, NACC wants to prosecute BIL and several other cases involving PM's family and political allies, and is making noises about her rice scam. PM slashes funding of independent oversight agency, the presence of which is fundamental to a working democracy. No corruption there, they were elected, right?

4 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

You know exactly what the relevance is.

No, I don't. It seems to be entirely in your bias. NACC is independent of RTP.

9 minutes ago, LannaGuy said:

well... we don't know and I have no idea if they did or the teller got it wrong but I think it's highly unlikely she stole it knowing CCTV was everywhere (and working presumably) 

You think it highly unlikely because of CCTV, which shows "just a few B500 notes" about as thick as a brick going into a drawer uncounted. Easy for you to say, not your money.

3 minutes ago, LannaGuy said:

you have assumed they handed over 80,000 not 40,000

I thought that would be a reasonable assumption with a bank with a history of errors in their favour.

Often it's just a matter of expediency. If you have 2 or 3 (or even 4 or 5) that need to get to school and it is too far to walk, what do you do when both parents are at work, or mum is looking after baby/toddlers? Even if there is a song thaew, with more than one the economics work out cheaper to buy an old bike.

I'm not agreeing with the behaviour, but I can understand it.

BTW As a lad I rode to high school, ~200m on the road and ~2km through national park, initially on a BSA Super Bantam, and later on a C15, as an alternative to a bus trip 3 times the distance. There 5 or 6 of us, and only one serious incident, a broken leg, but a 500 Matchless really wasn't the best bike on a muddy track. 

4 minutes ago, smutcakes said:

He is probably lucky that Prawit's brother was National Police Commander in Chief at the time.

What is the relevance?

2 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Always behind the curve. The first motion filed by the NACC and dismissed was in 2010. I am sure you are smart enough to compute the years and which government. 

And the 2nd time was when Eric? Would that be around the time the NACC had its funding slashed?

Still no claim of innocence, sticking with political persecution, same as whenever another guilty Thaksin stooge gets his desserts.

How can this be simple error? If it was, it would have shown up at the end of day till check. If the till checked OK, the obvious explanation is the teller nicked it, and her dodgy actions add to that suspicion..

3 minutes ago, Oxx said:

 

That really is a distortion of the truth.

 

The New Testament largely abrogated what is written in the Old Testament.  Consequently it's perfectly reasonable to discount the Old Testament.  Christians' lives are supposed to be guided by the New Testament, and particularly by the four gospels with Jesus' teaching and example.  I can't think of any verse in the gospels which is ignored by "the majority of Christians".

 

Even with the other books of the New Testament, I can only think of a few verses (dealing with the treatment of women, with "baptism of the dead", and the "unpardonable sin") which are routinely ignored.

But you can think of a few. They don't suit current attitudes, so let's just ignore them.

BTW do not cut my posts when replying because the content is uncomfortable for you.

Enforcing this law will require a cultural change. The practice of allowing children to ride motorcycles under-age is almost universally accepted in this country, and there has to be a major change in attitude before any change in behaviour will occur.

I know many Thais who simply don't have a licence, never had a licence, or bother to register their motorcycle.

7 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Looks like political persecution. The NACC filed the case and was dismissed twice and now re-surfaced again when the junta holds power. 

Don't you mean it was rejected while his sister-in-law was in office? By the people that changed the definition of perjury to protect the guilty? No corruption there, they were ELECTED.

Instead of claiming political persecution, why don't you say he was innocent, or is that too big a lie.

8 minutes ago, PoorSucker said:

If your blood type is A negative, please donate.
Western people has far more Blood A than Thais.

Blood donation not accepted age 60+

Love it. IMHO organised religion meets the definition of both fraud and child abuse.

7 hours ago, Chris Lawrence said:

They haven't got the ready cash to fund all the projects on the table. Yeah your right it may not come from the Chinese. The General had a meeting with Global Fund Managers the other day, so I would expect to come from the Equity Market. To get money here you will pay over the odds.

 

But that was what the OP was alluding too. Where is the money coming from.

 

The chances of being railroaded are high, even if not from the Chinese.

 

What do you think? 

I think you should learn the meaning of 'railroaded' before going off into fantasy. Nobody in the equity markets will force the govt to do anything.

7 hours ago, fasteddie said:

Well the majority of Christians reject the horrific violence in the bible so let's hope.

The majority of christians pick out the bits of the bible that suit them and declare it to be holy writ, and ignore the bits that don't. If you can't see the hypocrisy in that, I can't help you.

BTW who wrote the amendments to "Thou Shall Not Kill"? Do presidents get a hotline to god?

13 minutes ago, bangkokairportlink said:

 

Usual ridiculous replies from people who have reached end of life...

 

 

 

There is a reason most old people are anti-drug, the pro drug people tend not to get so old.

2 minutes ago, Enoon said:

 

Ahmadiyya Muslim Community | Islam Ahmadiyya - Al Islam

 

"The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the leading Islamic organization to categorically reject terrorism in any form. Over a century ago, Ahmad^(as) emphatically declared that an aggressive “jihad by the sword” has no place in Islam. In its place, he taught his followers to wage a bloodless, intellectual “jihad of the pen” to defend Islam. To this end, Ahmad^(as) penned over 90 books and tens of thousands of letters, delivered hundreds of lectures, and engaged in scores of public debates.

 

His rigorous and rational defenses of Islam unsettled conventional Muslim thinking. As part of its effort to revive Islam, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community continues to spread Ahmad’s^(as) teachings of moderation and restraint in the face of bitter opposition from parts of the Muslim world."

 

Many of TVFs contributors are of course equally opposed to the idea that such teachings might exist in the Islamic world.

 

 

 

I quite like the concept of muslims rejecting violence and terrorism despite its appearance in the koran. If they can reject that part of it as BS, they are well on the way to dumping the rest.

5 minutes ago, Chris Lawrence said:

You haven't got a clue what you are talking about, have you son.

 

Where is the money coming from. Isn't that what the OP is about?

 

But a troll doesn't explain themselves whilst your posts show you know very little about Thailand. I have never claimed you are one that knows everything.

OK I'll bite. Though it isn't the subject at all, where do you think the finance is coming from? Please explain all details including interest rates, repayment schedule and bona fides of the lenders.

Or is that something I only should know?

Just now, Oxx said:

 

Having read the Koran, I understand that (despite its being a very confusing work), there were two distinct phases in Mohammed's life.  In the first he was dedicated to tolerance and acceptance.  In that phase (in Mecca) he did not advocate violence of any kind.  So Islam is not inherently violent.  It very much depends upon which parts of the Koran one places an emphasis, and one's attitude to abrogation.  Pretty much like the Bible, really.

Aren't they all allegedly the irrefutable word of Allah? Would you like to into the mosque and express the view that the more violent texts are BS and should be ignored?

I suppose Annus horribilis is a bit much to expect, she has trouble enough with English. Now the fetishists will tell me its actually quite cute.

My wife and BIL used my truck to go to Sukhothai area for a funeral. There was a glut of mangoes, and they came back loaded with medium size just ripening @ B1/kg. Sold half to fruit shops, washed and sold the rest on the streets for B10/kg.

Hard to understand why there aren't more canneries around with different crops going cheap most of the year.

4 minutes ago, Grumpy Duck said:

555 I walked through a group of the African hookers once at Sukhumvit Soi 13. Some 120 kg girl got all indignant when she asked me if I wanted to have some fun and I said no. All I wanted was a taxi. 

Well she as about the same size.