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1 hour ago, tubby johnson said:

Nice tits too.

 

His cellmates in prison will really admire those tits and force him to wear a tight bikini in exchange for protection.

You watch too many American prison movies.

1 hour ago, Andrew65 said:

Well, Lewis Hamilton also has tatts! A $100 million man, I doubt he's dodging small bills, or if that has anything to do with whether or not he has tatts!

 

There're plenty of people in the world that are bereft of ink who are also "low-class", or bad people.

Well said.

I have seen plenty of whizz-kids and computer geniuses sitting in business class on airplanes paid for by international companies for their incredible talents. Many of those guys were inked and also with the seemingly obligatory piercings these days.

2 hours ago, nausea said:

I think his smile in a distressing situation is probably a cultural thing, it doesn't necessarily mean he's happy. On the other hand, he's already survived 14 years in prison, so another stretch isn't going to bother him too much, methinks. I get the feeling that in Thailand rapists, pedophiles, etc. are accepted by the general prison population, and don't suffer the same level of animosity they'd get in, say, a US jail. Does long term protective custody even exist here? Being high profile he'll probably get the death sentence but the question is - will it be enforced?

You are right in everything you say in your post. In Thai prisons the fellow inmates care little for your crimes. They just hope you have money to partake in the purchase of drugs and gambling.

The shame about the Thai system is that people involved in drugs, many who are press-ganged, innocent, convicted on poor evidence to keep police conviction rates up, receive next to zero in amnesties whereas rapists and murderers receive generous reductions.

It shows just how out of date Thailand's prison system is. The original aim was to show the world Thailand was tough on drugs. By and large, the vast majority in the jails are the ' mules ' and the ' poor ' who cannot pay their way out.

I make no excuse for drug dealing and the major players. However, the major players don't go to jail.

12 hours ago, Nakmuay887 said:

There's a checkpoint every few miles around where I live because of all the illegal Burmese etc. I don't even know how someone could overstay unless they never left their house. Seems to me an awful way to live life 

Up in the sticks of Kalasin, there are a number of Indians ( approximately 15-20) driving around on motorbikes selling shirts, shorts and various other wares. I am also reliably informed they are debt collecting on small loans supplied to local villagers.

They are employed by a Thai ' of influence ' not a white faced foreigner in sight guys, they are working in plain sight and being ignored by the local police.

So nobody needs to tell me that they are seriously cracking down on immigration offenses.

These guys even hang around together to drink and eat in the local Mom and Pop stores and cheap restaurants.

The point being, they are not moving around unnoticed, except for the police displaying the usual ' No blindness like those who don't want to see! ' 

4 hours ago, Sheryl said:

They did not relent out of  "compassion" and this did not meet the policy contract's definition of pre-existing. See prior threads.

Agreed Sheryl,

And compassion and insurance companies never should be used in the same sentence.

Best of luck to the Canadian man.

Judging by the photo he seems to have got his appetite back!

7 hours ago, sanemax said:

Humour dear boy , ridicule, if you like 

Well, it was late last night when I went to bed after posting and I am still getting over jet lag after my recent voting trip to the UK. lol......It takes longer and longer to recover as I am ageing.

Joe,

I thought it was 20K?

1 minute ago, sanemax said:

Tories only got 48 % of the vote, which means they lost .

Remain won again as they got 52 % of the vote, as they also did win the referendum with 67 % of the voters not voting to Leave .

Its just not fair, I'm telling ya

Either you are just trying to wind me up or using twisted facts and logic to support a daft argument.

7 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:

The Brexit Party, UKIP and Conservatives were all categorically Leave parties, albeit in different forms. A majority for any of those 3 parties would result in us leaving the EU. 

 

The Labour Party was on the fence with Brexit. Their manifesto promise was to renegotiate a deal with the EU, then hold a 2nd referendum. So a Labour victory could still have resulted in us leaving the EU. Therefore Labour's 32.1% does not represent 32.1% for Remain. At a push it might be 20-22% of the Labour total representing Remain. 

 

The categorically remain parties; Lib Dems, Greens and SNP (although not all SNP voters are remainers) got just 18.1% of the vote. 

 

With respect, I think you're clutching at straws. 

 

Thank you,

And your above post puts a far more balanced representation of the election result.

And no matter what anybody says, the result was a Tory landslide victory. They openly stated their policies and further stated we were leaving with a deal preferably, but without one if necessary and the people backed that decision.

5 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

But I am looking at the total votes cast, which is the total picture, which is what the first past the post system ignores. Nothing in the slightest disingenuous in my post.

Because it was, and still is, a first past the post voting system in the UK, not one of proportional representation.

Labour and the left had no problem with this system when they were in power, nor did the Liberals when they were sharing power.

You are now trying to put up an argument regards the voting system, and one thing for sure, it isn't going to change the UK result.

5 hours ago, Fairynuff said:

Any list you like. I sincerely hope you get everything you voted for, you deserve it. I do however have sympathy for those who DON'T deserve what YOU voted for.

You mean the vast majority of people in voting areas who voted the same as I did?

I am sure they won't mind!

The ones who didn't get their way will just have to wait until there is a better democratic way of winning instead of screaming, stamping their feet, holding violent demonstrations, and attacking every person beliefs that do not coincide with theirs.

2 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

Pure nonsense. The Brexit Party got 2% of the vote. UKIP got 22,000 votes. The Conservatives got 43.6%. add that up and it's 45.6% - Labour got 32.1%, LibDems 11.5%, SNP 3.9% and greens 2.7%. That's over 50% - without including Northern Ireland, which is mostly pro remain.

 

Your claim simply does not add up, If Dianne Abbot made the same error that you did there would be thousands of meme's about it by now.

 

Why do you choose to misrepresent things?

Yeah,

Well in the UK we run a first past the post system. And it aint changing soon. You are refusing to look at the total picture.

It is Tories all the way and Bexit is happening.

AS THEY SAY, There are lies, damn lies and then as you are trying to use, statitistics!

3 hours ago, darksidedog said:

You have to say that the authorities have brought this upon themselves. In their desperation to save face and stop anything the slightest bit smutty from going on in town, they destroyed exactly what so many people visited for. People wanting a fun week or two away came here because that was what was on offer, and they didn't give a damn for temples and nature beauty spots, a point obviously missed by the folks that have killed the place.

I am sure the average bar or hotel owner would far prefer it to go back to how it was, rather than go broke in a "family friendly" but empty resort.

2 hours ago, smedly said:

although I highly respect most of your posts and find them to be a good read - you are way off with this one.

 

Having lived here a very long time I see no evidence of changes of the type you are suggesting.

 

 

What has happened however are three fold

 

- Thailand has become very expensive mostly down to the strength of the baht, people I know that came here on a regular basis are no longer coming.

 

- the authorities decided to treat western tourists with contempt, they are making it harder and harder for tourists from the west to travel and stay here, so why are they doing this - to my 3rd point

 

- they have foolishly overestimated the value that tourists from places like India and China bring here, there may be big numbers arriving but what are they doing when they get here - certainly not spending money because they generally don't have much, I see Indians wondering about in groups just looking, they may spend some time in hanging in massage joints looking for cheap relief but that is about the height of it

 

 

Thai authorities think that big numbers translate to big revenue - well it doesn't, they have alienated the big spenders who are now going elsewhere - to places were they fell welcomed and treated properly

I think it is a mixture of both of the above!

4 hours ago, Nkpjed said:

I’m all for the death penalty

Unless it's applied to you?

How can people be so pro death penalty in nations that are well documented for corruption and having no rule of law, or countries operated by despots and autocrats?

BIZARRE!

There is one mafia in Thailand and they all carry guns, drive pick ups with flashing lights giving an ' air of respectability '  and wear brown uniforms and any calls of Mafia by them, is to deflect from their own nefarious acts and deeds.

You are trusting law enforcement in a country notorious for setting up people and being totally corrupt, they are not answerable to anybody, they buy their rank and positions, they have little or no knowledge of the law and use extreme violence to beat confessions out of the innocent?

You sound a great guy!

3 hours ago, HHTel said:

It will be a mini-series rather than a film.

 

It's been widely reported on Thai media.

It is indeed a weird world.

One minute they were threatening to prosecute the team coach for extreme negligence, then when worldwide attention brings Thailand into focus, and that powers that be, see cash cow and unlikely prestige, they can ' as if by magic ' give boys that were not even Thai nationals, citizenship overnight. Thus, enabling them to fly all over the world and be treated like mini superstars, because it suits the narrative of the Thai government.

Meanwhile you have boys and girls studying hard for years, who were unfortunate and unlucky enough to be born in refugee camps, or half Thai ( the same as some of these boys) on the borders of Thailand, waiting between 8 and 10 years for recognition and citizenship.

43 minutes ago, Levi Patterson said:

My wife and I saw the movie and enjoyed it. I’ve recommended the film to friends in the U.S. Unless a film is a documentary, the director generally has creative license. The director has a couple hours to make a film regarding events that lasted more than a week. Perhaps the governor should come up with his own film that would meet his satisfaction.

If the Governor did that, there would only be the Governor in it.

Just now, HHTel said:

Well at least the boys got around 94,000 dollars each from Netflix on an alternative project.

How so?

Looking from the outside, the governor is annoyed because he has not been portrayed as highly as he thought he should have been and nor has he been the main focus at the centre of the movie.

We all know how sensitive these government people are; when it becomes an issue of how they want to be perceived, how they think they should be perceived, and how they actually are perceived.

I haven't seen the movie but I did watch the documentary. The skill, determination and bravery of all those involved was awesome.

I do feel though that the whole saga now has been ' milked enough ' especially by the Thai government and bureaucrats. It's now all about face and egos.

No doubt this will be a major ' tourist attraction ' for the next ten years or so and be charging foreigners ten times the admission fee over and above the Thais.

2 minutes ago, Max69xl said:

I'm happier when not have to work. ????

+1

22 hours ago, CharlieH said:

May be those that have a family or other relationships in Thailand. Its not always about the money.

Sure,

And many people are not just about ' cash ' they like work/home life balance.

I know many that don't care about money, but as such that they have enough to live off, but are happy to work for much less to be in an environment that they feel contented.

The world has literally thousands and thousands who quit the ' rat race ' of big salaries and high powered jobs to just be happy.

The OP seems to have a narrow view on life.