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Actually, I found the same thing in Pattaya. I ordered a bolt at a certain location and long story short the local taxi mafia was not pleased and gave him a stern talking to. He had to pay them 200 baht, which i promptly paid him and apologized (the mistake was really mine). But yes, taxi mafia, watch out baby!

Those are CoVid nipple masks, you fool! Get with the times.

To me, more of a problem is not the fact that the Thai police are not 100% reliable (no police are), but rather what the consequences of making an honest, malicious, or systemic mistake will be when the death penalty is factored in. If the death penalty were not involved, it would be a no-brainer to try him here, but ... well, this is for sure complicated, so it's lucky for the world you and I are not the final arbiters here in the comment section. :-)

Swedes, Norwegians, whatever, we Americans can't be bothered with such trivia. LOL

Do you really think that the police especially in Thailand never make any false accusations and the legal process here never produces unfair convictions? If not, then would you concur that there are times when an innocent person runs from the police?

Fair enough, I've come to be against the death penalty because inevitably, innocent people will be executed, and there is no appeal after the gallows. Kind of hypocritical of a society to accept that cost in my view, while pearl-clutching over the crime of murder.

Tell that to Juilan Assange. There are many reasons to run from "justice", like when you are being falsely accused. And in my personal view, nobody on this forum knows what really happened. Truth is unlikely to come out. How can the Norwegians investigate a murder in Thailand? And who trusts the Thai government to investigate? I would just say an eye for an eye, extradite the guy and try him here where he allegedly committed the crime.

Agreed, and this I think applies to every country in the world, especially my home, the US.

Inappropriate driving! LOL I'm gonna remember that one.

Really, what a sad statement, that if you don't conscript citizens they will fall into poverty. How about doing something about the poverty in your society that involves non-military, non-police solutions? Is that so hard to imagine?

By any chance, was the constitution drafted by the army? That would be convenient then, wouldn't it.

Nice words. Unfortunately, let's all remember these are politicians speaking, so 90% of this is lies. Just keep that in mind.

Well, at least you are trying to be kind. I was answering a direct question with my comment.

Do you have any specifics about what I'm wrong with, or are you just going to continue your personal attacks without any substance behind them? I think any thoughtful person can see you don't have much of an argument and are just trying to say "what? you're crazy!" over and over.

No, when Donald Trump announced Project Warp Speed I was skeptical about his motivations, and it turns out I should have listened to my instincts. My sympathies are always with the working class, and the lockdowns never sat right with me. If only I had followed the money... I was quite convinced at first that masks and vaccines were the right approach. I was incredulous that people were questioning any of it. But now in hindsight we have more information available if you are brave enough to look. I invite you to continue to explore your own thinking on the subject, happy to answer any questions from my global audience. ???? Enjoy the sweet Thailand summer warmth.

how can they? Too busy saving the world with cutting edge medical technology that is "guaranteed safe and effective or your YouTube account will be deleted." That's a promise!

Ka ching! Every time a syringe plunger is depressed, Pfizer and Moderna's stock price go up a little. But of course you can trust their corporate scientists and our world's governmental oversight processes to keep us safe.

Radical idea: give them a home and provide medical care for them?

Somehow this doesn't add up to me. What crime against tourists are prevented by limiting prostitution to Walking Street? I guess ladyboy crimes are always a thing, but that doesn't seem warranted. I feel like this is just another short-lived revenue stream idea.

Oxymoron of the week for me! Is it just me or is this just not possible?

Hold your horses there, they just got in power. You don't know anything by what a politician says, even if you like what they are saying, they lie a lot. So let's just see how it plays out before talking about demonstrations of commitments to rights etc. Personally, I believe one should not trust any politician ever. ESPECIALLY the ones you like. 99% chance they are telling you what you want to hear and will betray you 5 weeks after being in office if not earlier. Do they SOUND better? Hell yes. But so did Bernie Sanders, and now look at him.

Yes, I think this is a universal situation around the globe. I feel like workers right now need to unite against their capitalist oppressors who just want to use their labor and then throw them in a pit when they get old. This time in Thailand, it's going to be hard to go against the will of the people, but you can see they really really want to, because they have no respect as you say... it's the way of the world, baby. I think the real solution is just to eat more pizza. It makes you happy and when you're done with it you just poop it out.

I read it differently. Remember that markets buy on rumors and sell on the news. So the improvement in price from Apr 24 to present might be the market reacting to the predicted outcome of a progressive blowout. When it happened, you can see the market got ready for a disappointment and then corrected back when the results came in. That's the way I see it.

Actually, it's better than that. It's also in the platform of the new winning party apparently. Per Reuters (https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/old-rivalries-new-battle-thailand-goes-polls-2023-05-13/) <quote> Thitinan Pongsudhirak, a political scientist at Chulalongkorn University, said Move Forward's surge demonstrated a major shift in Thai politics. "Pheu Thai fought the wrong war. Pheu Thai fought the populism war that it already won," he said. "Move Forward takes the game to the next level with institutional reform. That's the new battleground in Thai politics." </end quote> I like the sound of that!

Let's see indeed. After watching the global Mass Formation Psychosis around CoVid measures, I'm not sure that people are less willing to accept a coup if it means their anxieties get to be pinned on a boogeyman. All the military needs is to find a Bad Guy that's sufficiently scary.