Brer Fox

33 minutes ago, eliotness said:

Just a few  months ago the government stated that the unrest in the South was reducing. Since that statement things seem to have actually got worse.  RIP soldiers,, your leaders have lost the plot.

I think recently the PM was patting himself on the back about his efforts to make peace. Seems to have made it work in reverse.

52 minutes ago, catinthehat said:

If you watch closely the fat guy with the light colored t-shirt at the table with the perp hands over his shoulder bag while discussing something. He even gives a slight glance to the left in the general direction of the victim. then fatty walks nearly out of view. Only to return to protect the perp from  retribution.

The fat guys is the instigator in my view. A deep wai, an apology, and a few THB will sort it all out. Or maybe they can re-encat it in the police station as round 2.

 

Performed by a true Thai: Either a cheap shot from the blindside. Or a pack attack. Or the last resort, when overwhelmed, weapons drawn and used.

One must wonder how the country would could survive if it was under threat and had to rely on typical cowards like this to defend itself. They would run a mile in the face of a real enemy.

Room No 87?. Isn't that an unlucky number?

The coppers look like they are reading the Lotto results and just discovered they have won something.

32 minutes ago, fruitman said:

No good for tourism sir!

Not so sure about that. TAT can be relied upon to turn into something stupid to try to attract tourists. Thailand the hub of rabies!

Another classic military style charade where they pretend to listen to public opinion and then do whatever they want anyway.

So much for the clampdowns and umpteen committee meetings and promises of corrective action on the problem of slash and burn fires. Typical Thai bureaucracy - all talk, slap up lunch and no follow-up action!

The publisher should put this story in their pending file for same time for the next ten years and just change the date and re-publish.

4 minutes ago, scorecard said:

 

Add Vietnam, tourist arrivals going through the roof.

Absolutely, TAT should go and witness for themselves the queues at the "Visa on Arrival" counter in Hanoi or HCMC.

10 minutes ago, Ramen087 said:

Another Detriment for travel to The Land of Smiles. Soon stories like these will become more and more in the forethought of people looking for an island holiday. With Cambodia and Myanmar getting their act together attractive alternatives will be presenting themselves with increasing frequency. Will the Thai authorities wait until numbers drop like a rock before attempting real change?

The short yes/no answer to your last question is......... Yes they will wait and NO they won't change.

Clean, green energy is fine if Thailand does not want industry or employment. Industry, factories and the like do not work on night/day power or the fickleness of wind power. Somewhere in the system there needs to be a base load to keep the country running.

An opinion on this link below for those who might be interested. I make no comment except the above.

http://pickeringpost.com/story/green-enemies-of-the-environment/6953

26 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

On the other hand TAT is promoting Thailand as the ASEAN Hub of Tourism and Entertainment.

So much for unity.

ASEAN free trade unity and co-operation is exampled Thai style by slapping a tax on Cambodian fresh fish imports. Greed before anything else is their motto.

What comes next will be a tax on tourists coming from other ASEAN countries into Thailand? 

1 minute ago, SunsetT said:

.....Which will be a shame. I always preferred Nokair to Airasia. No one has mentioned Lionair which, with their rock bottom inclusive prices must have taken most of their business on the major routes?

And to add to their woes Vietjet have now entered the domestic routes in Thailand. 

For academic interest and comparison here is a story of prisoners in a Vietnamese prison preparing food for Tet.

http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/what-tet-holiday-looks-like-in-a-vietnamese-prison-59063.html

I make no comment as I have not (yet) been inside either to compare.

3 hours ago, Eligius said:

I am amazed that current Thailand has got any points at all in this 'Democracy' ranking. Democracy here is less than a ghost and likely to continue that way for many years to come.

For those interested here is part of the Wiki explanation of how the rankings are arrived at. Can't help but wonder with a smile what Thailand's scores would be for Catagory 4

As described in the report,^[2] the democracy index is a weighted average based on the answers of 60 questions, each one with either two or three permitted alternative answers. Most answers are "experts' assessments"; the report does not indicate what kinds of experts, nor their number, nor whether the experts are employees of the Economist Intelligence Unit or independent scholars, nor the nationalities of the experts. Some answers are provided by public-opinion surveys from the respective countries. In the case of countries for which survey results are missing, survey results for similar countries and expert assessments are used in order to fill in gaps.

The questions are distributed in the five categories: electoral process and pluralism, civil liberties, functioning of government, political participation, and political culture. Each answer is translated to a mark, either 0 or 1, or for the three-answer alternative questions, 0.5. With the exceptions mentioned below, the sums are added within each category, multiplied by ten, and divided by the total number of questions within the category. There are a few modifying dependencies, which are explained much more precisely than the main rule procedures. In a few cases, an answer yielding zero for one question voids another question; e.g., if the elections for the national legislature and head of government are not considered free (question 1), then the next question, "Are elections... fair?" is not considered, but automatically marked zero. Likewise, there are a few questions considered so important that a low score on them yields a penalty on the total score sum for their respective categories, namely:

1. "Whether national elections are free and fair";
2. "The security of voters";
3. "The influence of foreign powers on government";
4. "The capability of the civil servants to implement policies".

1 hour ago, craigt3365 said:

Here's but one.  You can retract your BS claim now.

 

 

Thanks for that. Interesting story about quite normal abuse of authority but I didn't see any humiliation of any officers. Seems more like the officers are laughing in the face authority. Anti-corruption in Thailand is tokenism at it's best.

11 hours ago, Lamkyong said:

thats two new words i have learnt today   click bait and fire sale    wow what a fast moving world

And here is another new word for you. Look it up yourself if you have that ability. It describes Thailand 4.0.

Coddiwomple

Thailand is trying hard to gain number one position in the world road death toll.

It is important Thai's be number one in every thing they do.

2 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Several military officers have gone through this.  It's in the news also.

Would you care to share with us the names of those "officers" who have endured this humiliation?  Please let us know who they are.

Can we also have those news links please otherwise your statement can be safely declared as BS.

5 hours ago, simon43 said:

 

 

 

I suggest you check your history.  This land was NOT part of Thailand.  It was transferred to Thai jurisdiction without the agreement of the local (almost 100%) Muslim population.

 

 

This border was agreed between the British and Siam. History has it that border division deals where the British have been involved can easily develop into some sort of civil war. e.g. the division of Cyprus, Northern Ireland segregation, India/Pakistan, Malaysia/Thailand, Israel/Palestine, there are possibly more. There must be a message there somewhere but I am not sure what it is.

Worst airline between Vietnam to Thailand and domestic in Vietnam and Thailand  - Vietjet Airlines. Famous for never being on time and have even been know to fly to the wrong destination. Be warned!

Interesting read  (story and comments) on what can go wrong with Vietjet.

http://avherald.com/h?article=47623856

6 hours ago, yellowboat said:

Innovation will not flourish while xenophobia and draconian laws are in place.  Thailand lags far behind China.  Until that changes, it will go nowhere.  In this case, the government needs to get out of the way.  Its help is hindering progress. 

The risk in Thailand is that the success of a particular innovation will quite likely be stolen by those with "connections" to authority.

The doctrine on innovation in Thailand seems to be:

Wait for someone to invest and work on innovating something and see whether it works or fails. if it fails, their bad luck. If it succeeds then take it from them by fair means or foul.

20 minutes ago, AGareth2 said:

surprised that this is being reported

I am sure if it was a military officer rather than a RTP man there would not be any mention in the press.

4 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Positivity is great. But it's actions that change things. Positivity without action is  not positivity. It's delusion. 

This initiative by military General PM Prayuth follows the same tedious pattern. Bark out the orders to subordinates and retreat to the Officer's Mess to celebrate a glorious victory. All the time knowing his troops will baulk at going into battle.

Can't help but wonder how some of the other more recent brilliant ideas of attracting tourists is going.

1. Durian flavoured Kit Kat's

2. Visiting rusting naval depots.

3. Tracking down Pokemon Go.

A publicity beat up because of the upcoming House and Condo Show. Wishing it to be a frenzy is overly optimistic. I suspect more like tears when the curtain come down.

1 hour ago, colinneil said:

What exactly is an in-active post??

If he has been removed, do a proper job sack him.

He is not bothered by this he will still get his pay for doing sweet f-a.

Only thing he will miss is his cut from all the scams.

I think it means he has been given envelope collecting duties. But you are right, he will be lower down on the distribution list.