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On 7/17/2023 at 5:38 AM, DjSilver said:

Everytime there is a qualified new politicin Thailand, the dictatorship will force him/her away.

 

The global leaders need to start and block Thailand from the international trade as long as they do like this.

I think that the "global leaders" are elected through similar shenanigans and do not have aspirations of giving power to the people.  I would personally have more faith in the local military to do the right thing for Thailand than the UN or whichever "leaders" you are talking about.  

2 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

......and why can't they just be like us - an upmost developed, superior and civilised manner. ????

I believe a solid Euro-civilising mission is in order. ????

 

That'll straighten out these Oriental barbarians tout de suite. ????

I think I hear a NATO membership dangling!  ????????

17 hours ago, mark131v said:

Interesting times ahead, blatantly obvious that the senators are only in place for 2 things the first of which is self enrichment and the second to uphold the status quo and stop any semblance of democracy slipping into Thai politics, they are an abomination and should be treated as such...

That's the very definition of senator.  Self enrichment aside, the Senate was invented in Rome to give the appearance of democracy and still avoid having to listen to the public.  They are doing their job just fine.  

On 7/13/2023 at 11:37 PM, Trippy said:

As a foreigner I know I don't have a say in, or should make judgements concerning Thai politics. There's nothing I could do about it whatever the outcome. Don't worry, be happy. 

Fully agree, it is not my place as a guest in this country to say how it should be run, unless someone asks my opinion.  Nonetheless it is worth discussing the impacts or probably outcomes. 

4 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

There were rumblings of discontent yesterday in the Wife's shop,(no, not over Her prices...????). There is usually a bit of moaning over a beer in the evening, but this time She said they were well p***ed off. Mind you, around here it is a wide canyon from talking to action. 

Yes, my Thai friend of many years who always has great things to say about her country now says negative things and thinks this is absolutely tyrannical.  She is an educated professional, so this is going way beyond just youthful protests now.  This is making a lot of average Thai people upset I think.  Will they act or just complain like a bunch of Americans?  

14 hours ago, Dont confuse me said:

Unfortunately a lot do what they want, relying on the urban myth that because of the alleged corruption of the police you can buy your way out of anything.

 

I guess maybe they forget that others are also free to do things like .... MURDER mwah ha ha

19 hours ago, webfact said:

On learning he faces five years in jail for distribution of obscene content, Denion said…

“If I get five years, I’m just going to kill myself. I will not be able to survive in a Thai jail.”

What is he talking about?  He clearly has a marketable skill he can sell in jail... nothing to worry about. 5 years will be over in a wink.  

15 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

So if he comes out of it we will finally have someone to explain HOW they fell off a balcony in LOS?????....

That would be awesome!  I also have never heard a single clear description of someone falling off a balcony;  the stories are always "we heard a crash and there he was on the ground."  I can see how it would happen, but always wonder, like we all do -- is this a rash of suicides as claimed or is there a band of mobsters throwing people off balconies?  

18 hours ago, CecilM said:

The smaller doors I have only (painfully) encountered at bathrooms. Not yet elsewhere. Since this “low railing” is a regularly coming thread I have been thinking about it for a while. No, I can’t remember any such things from CM or CR. Of course I am in now way discrediting others’ experiences, I am just sharing mine. 

Probably over time the lower railings are being replaced?  I don't know.  This is something I noticed literally the first week I was in Thailand, which I spend in Pattaya by the way.  I think this tends to be on older buildings.  I've seen it in a fancy condo on Soi 8, specifically, and in a hotel near Walking Street Pattaya, those are the only clear memories I have but since it's scary I remember them.  ????

31 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I would not say I've never seen a low railing here, but I certainly have not seen many. Can you provide an example of a hotel or whatnot where you've seen these low railings? 

Nope, but they exist.  Railings that come up to about butt-high.  They are dangerous.  

32 minutes ago, CecilM said:

Yeah, consider me baffled. I’ve never seen a butt-hight railing.

(Leading me to another thought: is this a cheaply-built thing in Pattaya? Might explain my lack of knowledge as I never go there.)

It was in Pattaya.  Maybe it's more like an everywhere but Bangkok thing?  I think Chiang Mai also has this.  Sometimes things built for Thais have lower rails and smaller doorways.  

On 7/6/2023 at 7:15 AM, CecilM said:

Really? Two decades here and I’ve yet to see a balcony or railing at a mall/ hotel/resort where I thought “Oh, that looks a bit low”.

I've only been here about 5 years and I've seen plenty of dangerous railings.  They come right up to your butt, so that you just will flop over the railing if pushed. 

48 minutes ago, John Drake said:

It does begin to look as if Pita has been thoroughly outmaneuvered. 

It's not hard when those doing the maneuvers do so at the point of a gun and write and interpret the rules to boot.  This reminds me of the US's Democratic Party primaries:  there, you can vote all you want, but the Party chooses the candidate in the end using loopholes in the rules which they are continually tightening to avoid any competition. 

4 hours ago, realfunster said:

I'm not really sure why politics is not widely subject to old age restrictions or mandatory retirement like many other aspects of private or public sector life.

It's because the politicians make the rules maybe? 

3 hours ago, h90 said:

Some things MF said was very anti monarchy....that makes many people upset in Thailand.

Some economic ideas are between nonsense and damaging socialism.....That all doesn't make friends with the conservative senate

I can't say exactly why, but it seems to me at this point that the monarchists are a bit low on support lately.  Literally I'm unable to legally state why. 

16 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Sure, the motorbike rider is wrong. However, do you see any slowing down from the pick-up. The only thing I see is a panic maneuver. If slowing down, there is another lane with another motorbike rider. However, slowing down and turning into that lane means that rider has time to get away.

The pickup probably expected him to continue into the center divider and get out of the way.  This assumption cost him a crucial second he needed.  This is why I'm very defensive when I drive here. If I were the motorbike, I would have waited longer.  If I were the pickup, I would have been slowing down as soon as I saw the motorbike at the side of the road.  I assume everyone is out to get me.  Since neither person here gave any margin for error, the errors were not correctable. 

22 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

The motorbike is using a common strategy for crossing the road in Thailand where they inch out into traffic and let the oncoming traffic avoid them. This is also the same technique dogs use (sneaky and no one will notice!) and is the concept behind the classic arcade game Frogger.

Exactly!  I also use the Frogger Maneuvre frequently here.  The key words here are "inch out."  The motorcycle was too aggressive here.  I always take shelter behind another vehicle when possible, and if not, then I make damned sure that cars see me and are responding as I expect before going in front of them. 

On 7/3/2023 at 8:25 AM, webfact said:

a phenomenal increase of 539% over the same period in the previous year.

Gosh, out of the blue, I mean, whatever could have happened to depress tourism last year?  It's a miracle! 

As usual, the oligarchs will always move against popular will and attempt to crush any democratic impulse.  Democracy is not profitable.  Much better to have slaves. 

11 hours ago, Polaky said:

They are already here, thousands of them , you got to remember the population factor, and they love each other, no other nationality cuts the mustard with them, they do not blend in with other cultures,  they feel they are superior. 

You just described half the people on this forum.  LOL

My understanding is that it's China's policies that are preventing its citizens from traveling, not Thailands.  Am I wrong?