wealthychef

I hope this guy enjoys his brief life in Thai prison.  

4 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

Fool should have left immediately, wanted to be arrested. 

Maybe he couldn't figure out how to get the money out of Thailand?  

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Court ruled that iTV is no longer a media business; therefore, Pita’s holding of shares in iTV did not violate the Constitution and the electoral law.

Funny how hard that was to figure out at the time.  I seem to remember this argument being made loud and clear in real time.  Not sure why it took this long for them to rule that a fact is a fact.  Or maybe I am sure... 

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

The best improvement will be to cancel this communist era

I'm not sure that word means what you think it does.  

2 hours ago, eyeman said:

What I don't understand many of the elite and the dinosaurs have their own offspring in the affected cities, do they think because their little spoilt brats only shop at IconSiam and Emporium and prance about between instagram coffee shops all day before getting into their driver's Toyota Alphard that they won't be affected? Air purifiers are only going to do so much..

Their kids only have to live long enough to give them grandsons and help them in retirement.  Who cares if they live past 50?  

15 hours ago, kennypowers said:

It's a ghastly place that should be closed down, and where possible the animals retired in large, natural reserves of their native countries. 

Are we talking about zoos here or Nana Plaza?  

22 hours ago, Hawaiian said:

Still not an excuse to treat animals inhumanely like many zoos do.

"moving the goalpost..."  the point was not to mistreat them, the question is more generally, whether raising animals in captivity is moral, yes or no.  If you think not, then we should release all dogs, cats, hamsters, birds, etc into the wild.  If you are ok with captured birds in peoples' homes, then you should be ok with tigers, assuming they are treated well.  I think either are valid viewpoints, but usually people do not think this through very well or argue this point.  

18 hours ago, ChipButty said:

We never do, we have to make up our own story, 

Or we could just admit that we don't know and go on with our lives...  nah.  This is more fun!  :-). Happy new years everyone

Is this an increase over last year and the year before?  I read these stories each year and it never changes.  TIT!?? 

6 hours ago, webfact said:

 

 

The pair dubbed the trend ‘son hunting’ and warned that it poses a threat to Thailand.

 

Son hunting, huh, sounds like a perfect compliment to gold digging.  All is fair in love and war.  Maybe date the guy for a while before you let him knock you up?  

8 hours ago, webfact said:

Police released a video of a drunk British man refusing to be arrested and attempting to assault Thai police after he crashed his pickup into another vehicle in Sattahip district, Chon Buri province.

The police were seen laughing at his action and used a clipboard to push Martin away. All the officers tried to speak to Martin in a friendly manner, but he seemed to ignore them.

I'm glad the policeman had a clipboard handy or this could have turned serious!  I hope he gets a stay in jail for drunk driving.  

Brown envelopes for everyone!  Happy New Years!  

On 12/14/2023 at 2:24 PM, Gottfrid said:

Why do they always need to talk about tragic accidents??? About 90-95% of the times it´s alcohol or other drugs related or just an effect of poor driving skills.

Because it gets brilliant people like you and me to show up and read the article and click on them.  Next question... 

The question as to "Why Chinese tourists snub Thailand" was not addressed or mentioned in the article.  

It's convenient to keep your population ignorant.  I don't expect any action on this.  What's the benefit of educating people?  They will just make trouble.  

6 hours ago, webfact said:

hapanee Kiatpaiboon, faces a challenging role as she guides the country’s tourism industry in the aftermath of the pandemic era

Might have made it easier if you hadn't destroyed it with unscientific policies such as lockdowns and quarantines!  

3 hours ago, Uttaradit farang said:

I’m sure if it was a Thai guy punched in the face and sustained a broken nose the police would have checked CCTV and had someone in custody now !

I think that justice for Thais depends on how much money they have, just like in most countries.  So if it were a wealthy Thai, yes, they'll check cameras.  If a poor Thai, not so much maybe.  

As for what happened, if someone punched this guy out of the blue in Pattaya, I assume there were drugs, especially alcohol, or prostitution involved, since those are the main activities for young men in Pattaya, and if not that, then it's just because many Thais are overt racists.  But that's all pure guesswork coming out of my rear end, like most of the comments here haha.  The truth is we don't know what happened and never will until we see camera footage, and even then often context is lacking.    

9 hours ago, harleyclarkey said:

The bulk on this guy, he must spend his day pumping iron.

Yeah, I'm going to say steroids.  HAs has been known to get involved with drugs occasionally I hear.  

I'm sorry but this does not sound like a narrow escape to me.  They stopped the bus out and everyone got out without any injuries.  I assume they left through the front door.