Jonathan Swift

6 hours ago, Taboo2 said:

Just wondering why all these tough Swedes are not home taking care of business in their Swedish cities that are overrun with Migrant Gangs?  Seriously, go back home and fight for your country.

I think because all these tough Swedes are not racist bigots, nor are they vigilantes or murderers.

16 hours ago, ezzra said:

Well, they can't blame the transvestites this time...

Transvestites and transsexuals are two different things. Read a bit more, you'll catch on sooner or later. 

Feel bad for these guys because most taxi drivers are good honest people, and in this case they were betrayed by their own. When you are a nice guy you tend to trust others a little too much sometimes. I have had many very pleasant rides with the good guys, often a fun challenge in trying to crack jokes and just converse with minimal language overlap. I've had drivers many times go out of their way to find me after I left things in their cabs. 

10 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Just part of the culture that Thais are so proud of. Corrupt from top to bottom. I'm not sure I would trust even my local noodle seller. If there's a scam to be worked then a Thai will work it.

The Thais should be proud that their culture is tolerant enough to put up with racist bigots such as yourself without deporting them. I've been here 10 years and the only troubles I've seen or had personally are with farang, mostly badly behaved Brits. It baffles one as to why you even live here, if you do. Did you come here because there weren't enough things to complain about in your home country? You should move (or go back to) to the US, they love people like you. 

14 hours ago, retarius said:

Can't Thailand sue the producers of this movie for defamation? No, thought not.

Theoretically they probably could, as well as bring criminal defamation charges. But the blowback from that might make things exponentially worse, and maybe they know that. Are the creators residing in Thailand such that they could be brought to court? Also, the movie was informed by investigators from established Thai news organizations like the Thaiger, would they want to go after them as well? But it wouldn't surprise me if someone announced some kind of legal action, even if it was just sabre rattling

Yawn. Wake me when there's some real news. Like if it hits 38 B/1$ like last year. But what goes up comes down and vice versa. So what's inevitable is inevitable.

Did they die? Then they weren’t electrocuted. Electro-execute. Electrocute. To kill by electric shock. Were they electrically shocked? Yes. Not electrocuted. Does the writer have a firm grasp of English? Nope.

9 hours ago, gerritkaew said:

so after she get assaulted she start menstuating a few days later ?

strange , but who am I..

maiby she got scared by what happened ..

It's likely that the writer of the story or the mother either misspoke or were perhaps misinterpreting bleeding that was due to injury. These writers are not known for getting facts straight, let alone getting anything scientific or medical right. then there's translation. 

9 hours ago, Adumbration said:

Sigh....some guy with a fake account on Reddit posts some fictional click bait story and gets a pathetic 300 replies and now we are expected to chime in on this thread.

 

How utterly depressing the content on this forum has become.

Fake or not, it serves as food for thought for anyone BEFORE they find themselves in a similar dilemma. And as you must know, MANY have had lives ruined by conniving wives, and their families, lawyers, banks, and realtors. As to this forum, it's tabloid and has no aspirations beyond clickbait - it sells ads. Most of us know where to go for quality news content. 

Doesn't much matter what we think, since this took place on Reddit and he's likely long gone by now. But remind me, what century are we living in? Sounds to me like it's her loss, that he even considered it before deciding shows him to have some character, and deciding no shows him to be sensible. If it were me I wouldn't do it - first, I have no need of an official sanction to validate an otherwise sincere relationship, so I'm not dying to get married. This is simply a roundabout way of buying a wife. Or not buying one. Just my OPINION: Thai people are just as obligated to recognize that I am not of their culture as I am to be aware of theirs. Feel sorry for the girl caught in the middle, but something tells me these in laws would be hell to deal with long term. Now, how long do they think they will have to wait before another sucker comes along and they get to try the same schtick? 

46 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

Please help me. I don't understand how bats are coming here into? And why bats got a channel? Where?? I'm very confused. Enlighten me! ????

BIFF!!!!   BAM!!!!!!  POWWWW!!!!  OOFFF!!!!

9 hours ago, Dont confuse me said:

So your in debt the only way out is to kill yourself and  all your immediate family?

I can understand why one might contemplate suicide but I don't get taking the misses and kid with you?

Am I missing a cultural thing here?

You're missing a human psychology thing here. A person who is distraught and suicidal is not thinking rationally. The irrational mind is capable of anything. Your mistake is comparing this to ordinary people in ordinary circumstances. 

9 hours ago, Hakuna Matata said:

It's time for American bashing.

Well deserved. I'm American, and they mostly deserve it. That's why I moved to Thailand.

16 hours ago, retarius said:

I am well aware of what paedophila is. It is a psychiatric term that came in to popular usage. It is defined differently by psychiatrists and in the law and popular usage.

 

Psychiatry defines it as a mental illness where there is sole sexual interest in pre-pubertal children. It is not a crime, unless the fantasies are acted upon.

 

Common popular usage in the MSM and elsewhere, defines it as sex with minors below the age of majority. Age of majority varies from country to country. In the UK it is 16, in the US it is 18 and in Thailand I believe it is 20.

 

The guy is American, it is a crime in the US for a US citizen to have sex with a minor. The crime is statutory rape and carries a seven years sentence. They are aka sex pests and have to report to the police where they are living or sign the sex offenders register. The crime is often popularly referred to as pedophilia and the convicts are referred to as pedos or pedophiles, and this includes anyone having sex with minors irrespective of whether the minor was pre-pubertal.

 

 

Oh, you seem to know what you're talking about then. Fish out of water here. 

4 hours ago, London Lowf said:

Let the Thai-bashing begin, but before you do maybe the guy deserved it?

 

Maybe he was giving the Thai guys trouble?

 

Maybe he stole from the store and abused the staff?

 

Maybe he was assaulting female customers as they went in or out of the store?

 

I'm a Brit and I can assure you that many cannot hold their booze and become downright obnoxious after a few. When they get to a free and easy place like Thailand they completely lose it.

 

A very intelligent and well-educated guy I worked with many years ago explained that you can reason with the vast majority of people that are mis-behaving, but there are a few that only understand one thing, and that is a smack in the mouth!

 

 

A smack in the mouth doesn’t teach them anything. People like that don’t learn, it’s why they act that way in the first place, and why they have less and less teeth the older they get. How many misbehaving drunks remember why they got in trouble the night before?

13 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

IMHO they should have gone harder on him, teach the mouthy <deleted> a lesson he will never forget.

They never learn because they don’t remember. And they don’t care. If they were capable of learning they wouldn’t behave that way in the first place

4 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Here we go again. There have been fights on the beach between groups of young people. The police actually do their job by patrolling and checking for weapons etc - and sure enough, along come a bunch of idiot AN contributors slagging them off for doing their job, just as they would if the police did nothing. Pathetic.

This is their sport. If they didn't have this, life would be unliveable. Best not to take them seriously. Drunks at your local pub. 

5 hours ago, bradiston said:

I had a mate banged up for 2 and a half years in Klong Prem. They lay head to toe on the floor in the cells. Everything was down to a bribe. Extra floor space, everything. I used to visit whenever in Bangkok. He got out on an annual royal pardon, but not a special one. You just have to wait your turn, be good, help others, maybe teach English, give massages etc etc. Can't see Tony feeling so inclined.

You know what “banged” means in American slang, right? Your mate must have had a heII of a time for those 2 1/2 years!

6 hours ago, still kicking said:

My choice? I am not God. OK?

If you choose not to be. Your choice. 5555

6 hours ago, Hawaiian said:

Your choice.  Besides, I am talking about individuals who are ill or not feeling well and would be better off by conserving their energy.

Are you a doctor? Because unless a person is deathly ill or fragile and elderly minor variations in outside temperature aren’t going to affect health one way or the other. The human body is not a battery, it is an engine which runs on fuel (glucose from carbohydrates).  Energy comes from glucose/glycogen reserves, burned in the mitochondria of cells.  . As long as you are healthy and not starving your body will maintain internal temperature and metabolism automatically, If you are hot you sweat, if you are cold you shiver, If you’re tired you sleep, no one needs to “conserve” energy due to simply “not feeling well” and outside temperature not being ideal. We have doctors who can diagnose and advise us if need be. As a matter of fact, “common sense” as well medical fact says that if you’re cold you should expend energy (not conserve it) because that creates heat. If you’re hot you slow down because expending less energy creates less heat. If you would like to learn more about metabolism in sickness and health I encourage you to enroll in medical school.