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35 minutes ago, Bruno123 said:

 

Then why not start a movement "White Farmers Lives Matter"?

 

Easier to sit on a forum shooting barbs at people who actually get up and do something?

Because the current climate is dictated by a very vocal minority who has bullied everyone into submission via fear of being called a racist/nazi/bigot and has steered our coddled Western society into celebrating victim mentality. As such the most subversive, radical, dangerous and unconventional thing that one can do right now is to stand up and say "I'm a straight white male and I'm proud of it", or to campaign for the welfare of other white people. On the other hand if you're a proud black transgender 12 year old who wants to bring down "white supremacy" you'll probably get a spot on Oprah.

 

https://theconversation.com/the-trouble-with-saying-its-okay-to-be-white-106929

 

27 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

You have to go quite a way down that list to find a predominantly white nation. Hispanics yes, whites no. Ironically China is the second largest group. Mexicans largest.

 

Now which 2 countries citizens does Trump hate more than any other? Hmmm.....

You just looked at the video thumbnail which is a snapshot of the final 2019 demographics instead of watching the video. In 1919 going from top to bottom - Germany, Italy, Russia, UK, Canada, Poland, Ireland, Sweden and Austria. These are all above Mexico. Then after Mexico - Hungary, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Greece, Yugoslavia, France, Finland, Netherlands and Switzerland.

 

These places not white enough for you? Some of them might not be so white now due to ridiculous immigration policies. 

 

24 minutes ago, Phil McCaverty said:

According to official UN figures more people are living below the poverty line in the USA than any other Western country.

 

That's a very good point. I wonder how much of that is due to

57 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

The US is also an ethnic melting pot

Hmmm. 

 

Before you or anyone brings up "muh systemic racism" - did you know that the poverty rate is higher for single parent white households than it is for both-parents-present black households? Then look at which of the two cultures put greater emphasis on stable marriage unions. ????

12 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

The US is also an ethnic melting pot.  Italians, Jews, Muslims

Italians - yes. Jews and Muslims? No. Until quite recently in history the US was a majority white nation built by white people for white people. 

 

 

 

11 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Thailand was already reeling from a massive decline in the quality of tourism, and poverty rates are climbing under this tremendously untalented administration, which totally lacks concern for the masses. 

 

Mike, as much as I despise the current government I take issue with the idea that the peoples' woes are largely the fault of the current administration. I advise people who believe this to have a go at something more on-the-ground by running a business and finding responsible employees. You'll quickly realize that the predicament of "the masses" has its origins much closer to home.

Well if that's true it certainly hasn't affected anyone's mentality up here in CM. Been trying to find a staff for our shop for over a month now. 2 out of 3 times the person never shows up. Sends in their papers, have a chat on the phone, make an interview appointment, then on the day - no show. Don't pick up phone. The few who do show up never even read the listing - no English, no necessary qualifications, didn't even look at the company website. Waste of time.

But if you talk to people - "Oh times are so rough! This government is sooo baaad!". Yeah yeah. Looking online rents are still as high as they were before. Adaptation ability or willingness to change = 0.

Our approach to dentistry really hasn't changed all that much in the last 100 years. I think the whole tooth infection stuff is seriously over-exaggerated to pad dentists' pockets. 3 of my wisdom teeth are impacted and half covered by gums and were prone to getting infections for the last 2 decades. Usually about twice a year or so, lasting for a week or two. I must have had close to 50 infections by now. Too stubborn to remove them.

Instead I completely removed fizzy drinks, desserts, wheat and fruit from my diet and now I haven't had an infection in years. Stick to meat, veggies, low carb diet, magnesium supplements and clear spirits for drinking. Sometimes oral probiotics if I feel like it. Teeth still impacted, stuff still gets stuck there sometimes. Never gives me any trouble. Regular xrays show perfect condition. My 6 month appointments take 5 minutes because there's never any stones or <deleted> to scrape off. Dentist still freaks out each time - "Oh my God you still have your wisdom teeth! You need to remove them ASAP!". Yeah yeah. 

 

Read "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" by Dr Weston Price. Before the introduction of "civilized" diets indigenous populations walked around with food residue stuck to their teeth for days. Flossing and brushing was unheard of. Their teeth/gums were in pristine condition.

These must be the wonderfully hard working volunteers that @Yinn was praising earlier.

14 minutes ago, timendres said:

Ditto. One year they insisted that the company name on the mailbox "looks like paper, you must make plastic". Thirty minutes of discussion still did not convince them, so I had to go back and take a close up photo that clearly showed the strip was "of a plastic nature". This after having filed for 5 consecutive years with photos of the exact same strip of "looks like paper". This on top of the 90+ pages of absurd documentation, and dozens of photos of staff and office.

 

It just gets harder every year. I'm already doing everything by the book, employing 4 Thais, paying everyone's social security, paying myself a mandated salary of 50,000 because I'm white, etc. Last year during my 3rd extension:

 

IO: "I see on your paper the taxation department has given you a number which indicates what category of industry you're involved in."

Me: "Yes"

IO: "The number is wrong. It says your business is in the category of cotton seed squeezing industrial machine production."
Me: "That's not even remotely close to what I'm doing."

IO: "Yes, you have to change it"

Me: "How? I didn't apply for that number, they automatically allocated it to me. It's not my fault it's wrong."

IO: "You write a letter, go to taxation department to tell them they made a mistake, wait for response and come back"

 

Next time at IO:

 

Me: "Ok, I've got your updated paper now"

IO: "Yes. Oh. Your staff. You need to have been paying all 4 staff for at least 3 months"

Me: "Yes, but Ploy's brother-in-law got drunk and stole her bike so she's had to go live with her sister in Lamphun. We got Gaew but she's been with us for 85 days, not 90 days yet."

IO: "You need to write a letter explaining your transgressions."

 

Next time at IO:

 

Me: "Ok, I've got the updated paper and the letter explaining Ploy's predicament".

IO: "Yes, but now I notice your photos. You have photo of everybody. But you need also each person at their desk doing their work. And also in front of your office, the sign has to be visible. Please be working at your computer in your photo"

 

Next time

 

Me: "Ok I've got the paper, letter and the photos"

IO: "Yes let me see. Oh, your TM30. It's from Chiang Mai. But you flew into the country 2 days before this report into Bangkok. Where is your Bangkok TM30?"

Me: "My father-in-law is a disabled 77 year old man and I'm not going to wheel him in the heat to the nearest police station so he can report that I'm staying at his place for 1 night. The app doesn't work and I haven't received my login."

IO: "You need to write a letter explaining your transgressions and possibly pay a fine"

 

Next time

 

Me: "Ok I've got the paper and the letter and the photos and the other letter explaining why I've been such a terrible human being"

IO: "Yes. Oh I forgot to tell you, we discovered a spelling mistake in our own forms which we require you to fill. We've amended the mistake. Unfortunately because of the change the form now is no longer #209789, it's #209790. Please fill out the new form and amend any mentions to it in your other documents. Sorry for your inconvenience"

 

Next time

 

Me: "Ok, I've got all the papers and forms and photos you could ever want, each page signed and each page photocopied and arranged in JUST the way you like and the dates changed to today"

IO: "Yes. Oh. Your printed photos of yourself. The size has changed. Your photo is 4.6 cm long. New size is 4.7 cm long. Go next door and print new size."

 

10 minutes later

 

Me: "Ok I've got everything"

IO: "Ok, pay your fee and you should hear from us in a month whether we let you stay and run your company with your money."

Me: "Can I travel during this time?"

IO: "No."

Me: "What happens if someone from my team quits again during this time and I no longer have 4 people?"

IO: "Make sure they don't quit"

 

???? Why am I here again?

Amazing. By comparison the scrutiny I am subjected to as a foreign business owner is not even in the same universe. How is it that after funding and organizing my company and then justifying to immigration why I need to be employed there (????) am I still having to go back and forth to immigration each year because "need more photos of you and staff standing together"? 4 Thai people need to have been on payroll for at least 3 months during time of visa extension. How am I supposed to do that when people quit regularly without any notice at the drop of a hat? 

 

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

they have not been paid properly for more than two months and can afford no more than fish sauce and rice for their meals.

 

They have also been cheated out of their social security benefits because the company has not been contributing for the past seven months.

 

Seven months? Christ mary joseph bubba wubba I'd have a knock on my door if I was late with my payments by 7 minutes.

3 hours ago, jak2002003 said:

I hope the poster is not arrested for computer crimes act and spreading false information, plus some defamation charge for good measure…. 

 

 

 

When I wrote about the abysmal state of preparation in Swampy's international arrivals in Feb and staff not giving a **** I was roasted to hell and back, with many posters suggesting I should have been jailed/deported for my criticism. And wear a hazmat suit/jar on my head. And stop living in fear.

 

I wonder where those people have disappeared to... Don't they want to come out from under their bridge to wag their finger at the entitled know-it-all complainer in the OP? 

 

Or is it because the complainer is a Thai? ????

Well, I'll be. It certainly looks like my previous suspicions that this was a fake PR story are being proven wrong here and if that's the case then for that I'm definitely happy. I will sleep well knowing there are some people out there who care for farangs' welfare. Thanks guys ????

Hopefully these broke-ass shirtless backpackers will remember kindness and return the favor should the roles ever be reversed.

19 minutes ago, WalkingOrders said:

So you felt a story about Thai helping tourists needed balance?

 

Not balance. Context and healthy skepticism. Is that something you're against?

 

Keep peddling the hateful-farang-filled-with-rage narrative.  

1 minute ago, FarFlungFalang said:

Who cares if there is or isn't.It's better if there isn't because that's not why we do it.

My point exactly.

3 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Come on you lot, get up of your backsides and do your bit, help poor folk.

Sure! But is there a news story in it for us?

5 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Thanks for the invitation, but I don't get involved with other people's bitterness.

No problem bro, I wish you a good day! Sorry to hear you lack confidence to express your opinions.