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  1. My condolences to the family of the fallen man. Things like this are always a tragedy. However...

    Ships are safe in the harbor, but that's not what ships are for. There is an element of danger in most adventure activities. We can strive to minimize the risk but we can never eliminate it completely, no matter how much some might want to. This isn't a Nanny State. If you want that sort of mommy/daddy protection, having your hand held while you walk down a paved road, you can find it back home. The various zip-line companies have been in business for quite a few years, with a safety record that, for Thailand, is pretty damn good. Folks can say 'I just knew something like this was going to happen...: Well yeah! Wait 5-7 years and it probably will. Wait, and someone will probably get hit in the head with a golf ball or drop a free weight on their chest. Just give it enough time.... Skiers now wear helmets on the slops in most major ski areas, and all have ski patrol personnel monitoring, watching for potential problems, yet every year in several ski areas, someone skis out of control, slams into a tree and dies.

    Adventure sports are for people who live in the fast lane. Most of us don't play golf. We tend to live on the edge. And while we all say we want safety, what we really want is an element of danger. And sometimes we fall off that edge. “Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse!”

    There is no way that Zip Lining falls under the classification of an adventure sport and having an expectation of proper safety procedures and equipment is hardly an indication that you require mommy/daddy protection in a Nanny State. Your analogies are ridiculous.

    You 'may' wish to do a Google Search using as the search parameters 'adventure sports,' 'adventure sports zip line,' or zip line adventure sports.' There are several hundred websites on just the first few pages that disagree with you...

    Let me introduce you to just a few of them, close to home:

    (NOTE: These are all Chiang Mai listings, and all have either the word Adventure or Extreme right in their titles and ALL include zip-lining.)

    http://tqmmathailand.com/adventure-activities/

    http://www.getyourguide.com/chiang-mai-l271/extreme-sports-adrenaline-tc85/

    http://chiangmai.thaivisa.com/adventure-sports-activities-in-chiang-mai/#.VZc75OH1-Os

    http://www.actionsportasia.com/what-is-the-best-zipline-in-chiang-mai/

    http://www.travelhubchiangmai.com/adventure_activities.html

    We could go on and on, but I hope you get the idea by now. There is nothing ridiculous in the analogies. Only in your definitions.

    OH Google!!!

    Google Doctor and Doctor Who is in the responses. Can Doctor Who treat my injuries from my adventure zip line experience?

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  2. So basically they are saying they can't make a living without slave labor and fishing in illegal waters... coffee1.gif

    Possible true, as there are too many and most probably you can't find anything in Thai waters anymore.

    Once I spoke with a customs officer from a port in the deep south of Thailand and I asked him what is the main trade: importing fish from Indonesia (I think it was Indo but possible I remember wrong) and exporting vegetables.

    When Thailands south needs to import massive amounts of fish than something is running very wrong.

    The dear government approved 20 000 licenses (basicaly they gave a license to everyone) instead of the estimated sustainable number of 12 000. Another band aid over a gunshot wound.

    Can you remember which "dear" government it was that issued these licenses.

    Does it matter?

  3. What is with this "effeminate" reference to the teacher who went to Singapore? Most child molesters appear to be straight, have families, and abuse their own children. Gays are attracted to the same sex and are not pedophiles. Another comment akin to sexy dressing causes rape. What a primitive, uninformed, uninsightful, repressed group of people!!!.

    How can these folks be so blind to the devastating effects molestation has on children? I am in a group of recovering people and every drug abuser who is a woman in the group was sexually abused as a child. Coincidence? I think not. Get a grip guys!!!!!!

    While I tend to agree with much of what you say, I cannot agree with your statement "Gays are attracted to the same sex and are not pedophiles." Do you mean, unless they are priests? Are pedophiles attracted to the same sex child not homosexual? Gay,straight, or bisexual; pedophiles like children for sex.

    Not sure that pedophiles can be considered gay or straight. A man who assaults young girls is a pedophile, not a "straight" pedophile, but a pedophile alone. The same must be said for a man who assaults young boys. {Or female pedophiles}

    Gay or straight are sexual preferences linked to a persons whole being.

    Pedophiles are a whole different creature and I'm not sure they belong in either category.

    Purely a personal perspective and am in no way claiming this is linked to any sort of study or psychological definition of a pedophile.

    I just don't see them as part of the same spectrum as gay or straight people.

    Then, in your mind, there would be no sexual orientation difference bewtween an adult male who likes little boys and an adult male who likes little girls?

    A pedophile is someone who is sexually attracted to prepubescent children (either boys or girls or both). There are other names for people who are attracted sexually to children who have or are going through puberty.

    So no there is no difference if a pedophile is attracted to boys or girls - it's got to do with the stage of the child's development (prepubescent).

    A gay person is someone who is sexually attracted to someone of the same sex.

    I have worked with victims is this area (among others) for over 15 years.

  4. After 27 years of living here, I've found Jet Ski operators to be some of the worse people in Thailand, expecially those in Phuket.

    Nothing will ever be done about their scams, so it's best just to advise everyone not to rent them...

    you made a bit of a typo there...

    Nothing will ever be done about their scams, so it's best just to advise everyone not to rent them travel to Thailand...

    fixed!

  5. Do you think all parents have common sense in their statements when they lose a loved one? If so then we really do need to listen to these ones also

    The parents of a British holidaymaker who died in suspicious circumstances in Thailand are convinced he was murdered – and the killing covered up to protect tourism.
    Nick Pearson, 25, was on a family vacation to the island of Koh Tao when he was found dead on New Year’s Day. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/thailand-beach-death-parents-convinced-4410135

    OK!! So I take it that you think that she WAS murdered by the Mafia then!! Yes?

    Thats what the parents think, no point in disagreeing with the parents according to you. Guess you need to qualify that that now?

    Not "according to me" that's for you to decide!! I have stated my position - now you should state yours (if it differs) or stop criticising mine.

    Your position is based totally on unsubstantiated information.

  6. No!!, I don't - but her parents described it as this (not me). They clearly didn't need the results of an autopsy to determine this (even if their choice of words is not accurate) they have simply used common sense to come to this conclusion - something that an alarmingly high proportion of TV members seem to lack at times!! .

    And you know they "have simply used common sense to come to this conclusion" how?

    link?...

  7. Are you for real? Really...

    they worked it out and decided themselves

    Do you know what natural causes are?

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    Natural causes are something that is not deemed to be unnatural or suspicious in any way.

    These are not my words by the way, they came from her parents in a statement THEY made, so if you want to mock anybody then mock them!!!

    interweb...

    The sudden death of a previously healthy young individual is a rare but tragic event. Every year about one in 100,000 people aged between one and 35 dies suddenly of a natural cause.

    The vast majority of sudden death cases in the young are caused by diseases of the heart. In about 70% of cases, an autopsy reveals a structural abnormality of the heart which led to a fatal cardiac arrhythmia.

  8. Nobody informed the family that she died of natural causes - they worked it out and decided themselves as it is so obvious to them what her cause of death was!!

    BTW I never claimed anything, I just stated facts and her family's opinions.

    If someone drowns after a boat capsizes they still have to do an autopsy on the body.

    Are you for real? Really...

    they worked it out and decided themselves

    Do you know what natural causes are?

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  9. The British press have got it wrong again (as they did with Hannah and David's murder).

    The murdered woman's family have stated that she died of natural causes and not under suspicious circumstances!!

    If they (the UK gutter press) had written about there being a Mafia culture on Koh Toh then fair enough BUT linking this death to Mafia gangs is bang out of order and I don't blame the Mayor for being enraged about shoddy/outrageous reporting.

    Perhaps you can clear something up for me? The family stated she died from natural causes based on the fact the tweeted that she'd bought some antibiotics and was never heard from again, correct? So who told the family their daughter died from natural causes? In the article it says "Police have yet to determine the cause of death for Annesley". Perhaps you can clear this up for us please?

    She was also taking tramadol (strong pain killer), valium (strong anti-anxiety drug) and drinking alcohol as well as the anti-biotiics for her chronic chest infection. There was no signs of violence, theft, bruises on the body or anything being disturbed in the room!!

    Her parents do not see her death as being suspicious (they have stated so) so where does the Mafia come in on this?

    Now please tell how and why you agree with the UK press in implying that her death has something to do with them.

    Police have yet to determine the cause of death for Annesley

    Rest my case...

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  10. It's OK as the Indians really are the traditional owners...

    Mystic claims Angkorian temples built in India

    In the satsangs, or assemblies, he calls on his followers to “please understand” that the Cambodian temples are far older than the 900 or 1,000 years asserted by “cunning” Western historians, and that many of the temples were not built in the Kingdom at all.

    Phnom Penh Post

  11. ...

    Thailand’s Fine Arts Department said expert relic hunters helped choose the five particular objects which included a Khmer-style Buddha, Shiva, Brahma and multi-limbed figure.
    Thailand, which has recognized that many of the objects recovered were indeed fake, has said it would return 16 of genuine artifacts with another 20 under consideration.

    Sums it all up.

    Thailand trying to scam Cambodia and being caught red handed. facepalm.gif

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  12. What else.......may be

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/christina-annesley-dead-live-updates-5023640

    'Died of natural causes'

    We are hearing that tragic Christina is thought to have died of natural causes.

    The 23-year-old, who was well known in political circles, was on a four month trip around South East Asia when she passed away.

    The Foreign Office has confirmed the death of a British National in Thailand and is providing support to the family.

    RIP Christina, far too young to die.

    Natural Causes at 23?

    What is the list of Natural Causes for a young person...

    I have searched and searched on the web, but I can't find any evidence of a 23 year old ever died of natural causes anywhere in the world.

    from the interweb...

    "The sudden death of a previously healthy young individual is a rare but tragic event. Every year about one in 100,000 people aged between one and 35 dies suddenly of a natural cause.

    The vast majority of sudden death cases in the young are caused by diseases of the heart. In about 70% of cases, an autopsy reveals a structural abnormality of the heart which led to a fatal cardiac arrhythmia."

  13. I also heard the same as Pink Panther in that local journalists reported that the lady was discovered dead in none other than In touch resort, owned by the infamous Mon.. Obviously some sources TV forum approve of to confirm are thin on the ground. In time I think, although incredibly odd with the delay in the reporting considering the ongoing KT case with the Burmese lads

    Yes CSI were first with the news through their contacts on KT, 9 hours ago, and sure its them that have said she was found naked in the resort owned by Mon, "In Touch" Local officials are saying its a drug overdose according to them. Yea of course what else............

    What else.......may be

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/christina-annesley-dead-live-updates-5023640

    'Died of natural causes'

    We are hearing that tragic Christina is thought to have died of natural causes.

    The 23-year-old, who was well known in political circles, was on a four month trip around South East Asia when she passed away.

    The Foreign Office has confirmed the death of a British National in Thailand and is providing support to the family.

    RIP Christina, far too young to die.

    Natural Causes at 23?

    What is the list of Natural Causes for a young person...

  14. Soi Thaniya is a private service sector of Patpong catering to rich Japanese who wish to spend time (and money) in private clubs with Thai girls. If farangs or Indians or Africans are not allowed in, so be it.

    The taxi driver OTOH is in the public sector, offering his vehicle for hire. Big difference.

    Respectfully disagree.

    The clubs in Chonburi that only allow Japanese customers (no other foreigners nor Thai) are discriminating based on nationality.

    These are public businesses, not private enterprises. The same discrimination is being employed by the taxi driver.

    Both are wrong and both would result in multi-million dollar lawsuits in western countries.

    Feelgood Gyms in Australia only allow female members - 100% legit. You can have legal discrimination.

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