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If I was stuck in a Thai prison, I think I would welcome covid

I have a son with autism who always gets nervous around soi dogs and they react to that nervousness with extreme aggression.   We have been surrounded by the local pack of about 5 dogs several times.  It can be quite scary but they are usually only aggressive at night.  If I walk to the nearest 7-11 at night I bring along my police baton every time.  I will never take a step forward, always a step back, but if any one or all five get in the 21" range, they will know they ain't alpha on my soi.   Like a poster above, I cannot comprehend the attitudes of the local Thais who think it is amusing whenever I get surrounded. 

The article is a joke or misleading. I have spent a lot of time in temples meditating and have dozens of books on Buddhism. But I very rarely engage in conversation with a Thai about Buddhism (even with my students from an elite university) because most don't have a clue. Regularly going to a temple to pray for lottery numbers or good luck on an exam, does not make one religious. It makes them mindless

Can you speak fluent Thai?

If not, maybe why you rarely engage in conversation talk with them.

I speak about Buddhism/other religions and spirituality with Thais more than any other nationality.

Neeranam this isn't a language issue, it is an issue of actually understanding the religion one claims to follow. When you get a PhD tell you that as a child she was colicky and the Thai Buddhist way of getting over such symptoms is to take the kid to 9 temples in one day to pray, then I'd say this highly educated person, misinterpreted what Buddhism is supposed to be about. I can have conversations about Buddhism with Thais, just not with that many and really only with ones who actually meditate. Otherwise, the conversations you have Neeranam, will be full of superstition and falsehoods.

The article is a joke or misleading. I have spent a lot of time in temples meditating and have dozens of books on Buddhism. But I very rarely engage in conversation with a Thai about Buddhism (even with my students from an elite university) because most don't have a clue. Regularly going to a temple to pray for lottery numbers or good luck on an exam, does not make one religious. It makes them mindless