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9 minutes ago, Charlest1971 said:

The article doesn’t say anything about what these two women were wearing. It just says that they were sunning themselves. They may have been wearing shorts & a t-shirt, which seems like normal attire, when the weather is hot. 

A previous blurred out photo of them sunning themselves showed them covered in female areas, of concern to some.

No, they were not topless.

Four officials, a photo opportunity and three days in ASEAN now news.

A monk masturbating on public transport managed one, and no photo op or officials.

Ha! That's right, it was foreigners!

45 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

 

It is the nature and extent of the response that the world is opposed to, more than 10,000 children have been killed so far, there's no proportionality between what Hamas did and what Israel is currently doing, and to many it seems like Israel's intent is to completely obliterate Gaza from the face of the map. 

It's never going to be proportionate, it's not scores on the doors, nor is it tit-for-tat mentality.

They are now trying to dismantle a vast network that has been built from the vast network of tunnels to weapons stockpiles and bombs over the last 18 years.

Schools, residential areas and hospitals are known areas where Hamas keeps its weapons supplies to cause maximum civilian casualties, in the event of an Israeli response, so they can go to the UN playing the victim and trying to widen it into a wider conflict to involve other Arab nations in the region.

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

The government of Gaza actually deeply embedded into the population. Many fighters under 18 ("children"). Genocide is an accusation, not a fact. As far as bloodthirstiness it's hard to get more blood thirsty than October 7. Israel didn't ask for this war.

 

Agreed,

And also there is this:-

In June 2007, Hamas fighters took control of the Gaza Strip and removed all Fatah officials. President Abbas, on 14 June, declared a state of emergency, dismissed Haniyeh's national unity government and appointed an emergency government, and suspended articles of the Basic Law to circumvent the needed PNC approval.

You have now militants controlling the country through force, not the ballot box.

There have been no elections since 2006. You therefore have a terrorist unelected de facto government.

Amazing, Israel gets attacked without any warning and 1300 plus civilians murdered and 248 plus taken hostages as shields, and the world says little.

Israel responds to them and they are the bad guys.

9 hours ago, ThaiFelix said:

Exactly.  Thailand is saying you are our friends Isreal (but we dont trust you)

No, Thailand is looking after itself as usual.

Friends with everybody, but only when it suits them.

It was during the last release of Thai hostages that Muslim militants in the South of Thailand were taking credit for their close contacts with Hamas.

On 1/16/2024 at 9:15 PM, DrJack54 said:

You have a valid visa (METV) ... You should be able to enter at any airport....

CM is a more relaxed airport however not necessary.

 

That's exactly what I was thinking.

He has obtained the relevant visa and that is the whole point of METV visas

So it looks like these kids have been terrorising the neighbourhood for a while and were also involved in the rape of a 19-year-old girl only to have it swept under the carpet, due to two of them having policemen as fathers.

Then driving and having access to a pickup between the ages of 13 and 16 years old, to remove and dump the body.

They were regularly out causing trouble, drinking alcohol and using Kratom, (and probably other substances too) no doubt well aware they were protected due to their fathers' being police.

Their parents must be proud of what they are bringing up.

One thing these kids know, and they aren't as stupid as they give the impression, is that they will be treated with kid gloves.

I have said before, they need to take a leaf out of the USA system and when they wilfully commit such crimes, knowing the likely outcome will be death to the victim, charge them as adults in the courts.

Only then will the message sink through their sub normal heads.

The word will soon get around, especially if it can't be swept away.

Like all thugs, they are cowards when they are on their own.

Lovely kid, I hope that the owner was fair and rewarded her substantially for her honesty.

I recall bikini clad Thai women (looking like Coyote dancers) dancing at a cultural event attended by HM The King's mother.

It stopped and many red faces and people scurrying for cover when the King's mother said she felt it' inappropriate' for the said event.

Realistically, a few signs around and about cultural awareness would stop this behaviour in its tracks, it's through ignorance not intent to offend.

Storm in a very small teacup.

47 minutes ago, BusyB said:

 

So are the Yakuza.

Yeah,

A well-organised powerful mafia, but that doesn't sum up Japanese culture

4 hours ago, Emdog said:

Part of his joy may have to do with having all his phone numbers, photos, maybe emails, etc. back in his possession

It's called backing up your phone.

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  How do you know that he was living  in poverty ?

Yeah,

Smart enough to get a youngster to sell his backside, not his own!

Maybe an entrepreneur.

1 hour ago, ikke1959 said:

Result of poor education and poverty...

Maybe, or on the other hand, maybe an opportunist.

44 minutes ago, stoner said:

 

how many pimps do you think share the money equally ?  kind of defeats the whole power over you dynamics no ? 

He's 19, maybe still learning the ropes.

Surprisingly or not, though, obviously the pimp didn't bat an eyelid when he thought he was supplying Thai kids to Thai adults.

Hence, the ability of the cops to snare him.

4 hours ago, stoner said:

 

liar.

Why?

The most ridiculous thing about it all is you can walk from the 7-11 to the Mom-and-Pop store next door and buy booze all day. That includes Buddhist days and Royal birthdays.

Similarly, you can buy cigarettes in singles or three sticks at these stores, something else that was outlawed, and reappeared as fast as it was forbidden.

It's all completely daft.

Various excuses have been used for this 2pm–5pm alcohol ban on selling, the last government stated they were going to repeal the act/law as it no longer served any useful purpose, not that it ever did.

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

And no questions or suspicions raised the the outlets where these purchases were made?

They were using a mobile credit card reader. It was recovered from their room accommodation.

The Vietnamese woman had made 23 trips in recent times to Thailand. That, in itself, should have rung alarm bells.

I personally am not sure how the mobile credit card reader works, but it most certainly worked to their advantage.

I've only ever seen them in restaurants.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

 Slightly.

I was watching NHK TV World yesterday on Youtube.

It's running a series called " Interview Japan"... yesterday it was asking people what they like or dislike about Japan.

Overwhelmingly almost everyone said they liked Japan because outside it was clean and tidy, everyone is polite and willing to help foreigners, and there is a feeling of safety.

On the subject of lost possessions almost everyone said if you left your phone/wallet/bag somewhere like a train/shop/restaurant etc it would be found and taken to the nearest police booth. For sure you'd get it back.

Seems that's a stark contrast to Thailand, with only the odd honest cabbie returning property.

 

On my list to get to that country for a one-month visit.

The place just sounds amazing from what I have heard and seen on travel programmes.

1 hour ago, nobodysfriend said:

Why steal a phone  that is surely password or fingerprint protected ?

 

He would not have been able to use it anyway ... Did he not know this ?

 

Stupid .

You seem to expect a lot from a 4,000 baht phone.

By the joy of the Turk, you'd think it was an i phone 15