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6 hours ago, Ventenio said:

 

If I see a homeless person, I yell at them, "Go work, make money, I'm not paying for your health!!!!!"   

 

Everyone on this planet should have lots of money, good health, and never need assistance.  I have no pity on the poor, or downtrodden.  Learned that in church.

 

Or maybe I have a heart and feel bad for those who can't pay.....

 

that is not the falang way.....the falang way is to criticize at all costs.  live in the biggest glass house and throw boulders 

How many homeless you know that can go in holiday in Thailand?

People can pay 2000$ for flight+hotel+food for 2 week holyday, but cannot pay 70/100$ for insurance? I not feel bad for them, i feel more bad for the homeless in my country

36 minutes ago, Thomas J said:

That is the best explanation I have heard.  However here in my village there are about 30 homes and upwards of 10 of them are owned by "companies"  The people who have the company are living in the homes and have for years.  One man has two homes.  He rents one out and lives in the other.  The others strictly live in the home.  One man has a Thai girlfriend so I suppose that could be the other shareholder"  The other two, one is Lebanese and he has a Russian Wife.  The other is a single man, who is is Moroccan but a French citizen.  The latter two for sure don't sound like the description of companies legally allowed to own land since they don't engage in the rental of the home.  Another home is an absentee owner has not lived here for years.  He and his wife are both Chinese.  

I Think you have already your answer

Good luck ????

I don't know if you have a GF or a wife, so, sorry if I'm mistaken

What I remember from an ex GF 10 years ago, when she ask me to build house in village and I told her I didn't want because I cannot own the land, she told me that can make an agreement for "usufruct" in my name and can be last for lifetime.

I found this on the web: https://www.thaiembassy.com/property/usufruct-in-thailand

Maybe can try this way instead of risky company

Only for info, my story end before we buy the land (lucky man)

2 hours ago, Puccini said:

Italians in an Italian restaurant in Italy do not eat bread before, with or after their lunch and dinner.

Are you sure?

Every time I go in a restaurant or "trattoria" here in Milan (Italy), one of the first thing that the waitress put on the table with the menu is a basket of bread; one of my friend also like to eat it with pasta

Maybe you were sarcastic?

3 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

I can.... Italy - Journalist can be jailed for defamation for up to 6 years. 

The Caribbean jail those found guilt of defamation. 

 

The Key issue with Thailands defamation laws is not the penalties, but the flawed nature of the law itself i.e. the intention to defame a third party whether comments can be proven or not. 

 

 

A lot of countries the defamation law is crime law with jail involved

In Europe, the only one that have in civil law are:

Bosnia

Ireland

UK

Norway

Romania

Serbia

All the other have criminal law

US is normally a civil law, but depends of each State

for example:

In South Korea, both true and false statements can be considered defamation. Any statement made with the intention to harm another person's reputation can be considered illegal, and those charged may face fines and/or imprisonment of up to seven years

I read a lot about this story and i made my opinion.

The only thing that I missing is if he comes back in USA he will go in jail for what he does in 2017?

If yes, my opinion of this man go to level 0

9 hours ago, Boomer6969 said:

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I believe that our countries ' foreign affair web sites should post warnings about the disproportionate risks of having a holiday in Thailand, people must be aware that a minor brain fart me destroy their lives.

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Well, i think your foreign affair country need some pages about it, because the list of the countries where defamation is a criminal law is quite big.

I checked some and found that this page of wiki seems to be correct :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation

He was lucky not be in south korea:

In South Korea, both true and false statements can be considered defamation. Any statement made with the intention to harm another person's reputation can be considered illegal, and those charged may face fines and/or imprisonment of up to seven years

I'm not a fan of this type of law, but also not a fan of fake review that can harm a business (not this case anyway, because i think the resort will be work good when borders will be open)