MockingJay

Correct, NickJ!

I would have believed the author if he'd just stated that in his pockets he found; a condom, a lighter (20% gas left), an expired TOPS Supermarket discount voucher, a rubber band, a 25 Satang Coin, two 7Eleven 1Baht stamps, a Tic-Tac (sticky and full of dirt) and an old, whitened-out ATM slip...

I myself lived on 3.500 THB a month in a small town, in the very deep south of Thailand over two decades ago, and must say that those were some of the best days of my life!

Have a stadium day in each province, once a week (preferably Saturday) where psychos like this "Kitti" (what a name for such a piece pf trash) have to fight against each other 'til death. The winners have another round next week and so on - no one gets out alive. Before each fight, the crimes of each culprit are explained over speakers in full detail, so these pigs know exactly why they are standing there, in full body armor, Roman-style with the crowd cheering, looking forward to their death...

What a win-win situation! The state would generate billions of THB in entrance fees, and even more given they allow people to place bets officially... The human waste waiting in their cells for their 3 minutes of "fame" would live in constant fear of dying. Wannabe future culprits know that most likely they will end up in the stadium, etc. etc. - it would generate a whole new dimension of income opportunities AND - tax payers would not have to pay for such human waste to be kept alive in expensive prison facilities... Think about it!

Guiness gives me instant headache! Not joking!!! I love all kinds of beer, especially from Belgium and Germany, I also love Irish pubs, Irish music, Kilkenny.... but give me a pint of Guiness and it feels like my head wants to explode, immediately, not the typical day after hangover thing - the glass is down, the headache comes... Anyone having the same problem? Perhaps it has any ingredients causing an allergic reaction or something, no idea...

Great!!! Another mainstream media brainwash post - thanks so much for that!!! 

Well, that's something we all shall forget about quickly - back to more important things... Where were we? Ah, yes - standardising Thai Food and getting those underlings to wear proper traditional dresses for Pete's sake. I want ORDER!!!!!!!!!

Why do it the easy way, if you can go hard (and illegal)... 

Thought Thailand is supposed to be one of the happiest countries in the world, especially after we have such a charismatic and positive character as our leader...? 

One down, 2.869.543 left... go, SWAT teams GO!!!! 

Crooks put crooks in a cell full of crooks in a crooked country... Yeehaa! 

Human rights... in Thailand...  

What a terrible, terrible crime... Man steals abandoned handbag! I am SHOCKED!!!! 

Well, if this is not the ultimate, Pulitzer Price winning BS article of the year 2016, then I don't know... 

12 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Tooth for a Tooth, burn his eyes out so he needs those dark glasses,cut his nipples

off,put him in a barrel and dump him in a swamp, If he ever gets put in the nick,you

just know he is going to be a sadistic bastard in there too.

regards worgeordie

Too humane, Worgeordie! Best for this pile of human waste would be to disconnect the nerves from neck down surgically, then take vision, hearing, and the ability to articulate himself away and then let him rot in the worst mental health facility Thailand has to offer...

Death penalty would be too humane for this cockroach! Hopefully some fellow inmates will provide the punishment he deserves.

1 hour ago, whatproblem said:

Probably get a stiffer sentence than he would of got for killing a foreigner 

Know what you mean, but THAT law only applies to Thais killing foreigners! Especially if they are well connected or give "I was angry" as reason to the understanding and helpful officers in charge...

2 hours ago, jybkk said:

 

Alright. A bit of logical fallacy 101:

 

• The plural of anecdotes is not data: whatever experiences you have, it's far from enough to build an opinion on a phenomenon that maters at society level. This is why we have science which does studies with thousands of data points, statistical analysis and correction for bias. And the immense majority of it agree that Cannabis is one of the least dangerous substance. Far below alcohol (in term of social impact) or nicotine (in terms of addiction)
• Correlation is not causation: You've seen many cannabis consumers who've been pretty irresponsible and lazy members of the society. Well, I believe you. I've seen many too. But how can you be sure that it's the drug that made them lazy, and not the their laziness that has pushed them towards that 'chill out' drug? I know lots of very productive members of society who are consumers (including people running serious businesses with hundreds of employees), would they miraculously be imprevious to these side effects?

I'm not a user of cannabis, however I've tried it in the past, and the effects are definitely milder than alcohol. It doesn't make you black out drunk like alcohol does, doesn't leave you with nausea or a throbbing headache on the next day, and neither does it bring you to some fantasy land with hallucinations. It's mostly a very efficient relaxant.

 

If it was such a danger to society, we'd have seen countries or states that have legalized it crumble down. As far as I know, Colorado and Netherlands are still doing fine. If not better.

 

Legalizing doesn't mean it should be a free for all drug fest. It should be controlled, probably the same way as alcohol is. Driving under the influence of cannabis or operating machinery should still be punishable by law. It shouldn't be sold to minors, and in my opinion, consumption should be limited to private homes or licensed establishments.

 

But further than that, the current level of demonization and prohibition is just counterproductive. It uses police and justice resources for nothing, contributes to the enrichment of drug dealers though black market (giving them resources to continue their surrounding criminal activities) and waste an opportunity for a better regulated and taxed market. The problem is that generations have been fed with these boogymen stories of reefer madness and zombified cannabis users while being told that alcohol is just fine.

 

Check this study published in the Lancet: http://www.ias.org.uk/uploads/pdf/News stories/dnutt-lancet-011110.pdf

The graph below which comes from this study shows that the impairment of mental functioning, the loss of tangibles and loss of relationships are all much lower for cannabis than for alcohol.

Nice chart, garnished with the so typical for Ganja users "But alcohol is far worse!" reasoning... Many Ganja users are on alcohol too, in addition! So it's a Double Whopper, so to say!

The topic was about Ganja being legalized or not. It's not a competition to find out which other drug (legal or not) is worse...

What I have listed is real life experience - and real life experience will beat any chart. Like the saying goes - never trust a statistic that you haven't fiddled up yourself!!!

I fear they will find his remains somewhere in a river or rubber plantation...   Seems to happen often here in LOS - expat depression coming from out of nowhere - they wander off and die... Happened to someone I knew in Phuket. Missing for months. They found his bones near a cliff on Phuket and identified him by his clothing first and later DNA...

All regular Marihuana user I know and/or ever have worked with were: 
1) Ineffective

2) Lots of talk, but no action

3) Unreliable

4) Slow (acting AND thinking)
5) Irresponsible

6) Always had an excuse for their own shortcomings, mostly others were to blame
7) Partial or complete disconnection from reality
8) Telling others what they "SHOULD" do, i.e. become vegetarian, vegan, etc. while themselves living an utterly unhealthy lifestyle (party all night sleep at work, drinking, Ganja, smoking, I don't need a helmet, etc.)
9) Complete overinflated self esteem (most were complete losers to be honest)
10) Changing jobs frequently, always someone else to be blamed for that
11) Unhappy and edgy whenever "sober"... (which basically means whenever they had to physically work)

Sure - legalize that stuff and make sure that the world tumbles even deeper into stupidity...

Europe is already down the drain, so stop whining!

If it were my boy, the "math teacher" would now be in the ICU - I'd make sure he will lose control over his bowel movements and bladder, legs and lower body for the rest of his miserable life.

Thailand should run this as national anthem for a year to expose what a pathetic circus this country really is:
 

Hhhhmmm, "Farang" climbs on unmarked sacred rock - public outrage...
Thais bully, scam, beat up, run over, kick unconscious on camera, shoot, stab, and blow up  "Farangs"... Nobody cares

What's wrong with this picture??? 

Wouldn't it have been great if the tip would have fallen off?  They then could have moved it to the waterfall and try to insert it into that stupid vagina thing... Repeat that every year and make it a festival, to "boost" tourism and "lure" tourists into the country. Not that I want to give those ultra busy TAT guys some ideas...

Wth those story telling photos, they gonna have the culrits in no time!!! 

 Whenever you think you've seen and heard it all...

8 hours ago, harada said:

All 15 suspects have had their walking frames confiscated and have been sent to bed without their Coco.

Good one!!! 

Sums it all up pretty well! You made my day!!!!