blistering blue barnacles

Hey, this is happing around the world! These guys are quietly buying their way into every growing or well established market. Everyone best keep an eye close on them.

Speechless!

God bless and care for your souls, little ones...

When will people finally learn that they simply cannot verbally abuse Thai people without expecting things to go extremely pear-shaped?

Thai people by nature and way of culture are genuinely very calm and courteous people, and it is generally considered that; ‘he who loses control first, ultimately loses face’, unless of course when alcohol is involved, in which case all bets are off and anything goes.

That used to be all well and good, until things started to change dramatically for the worse around 10 years ago along with the arrival of younger farang males and the eastern European community at large, and it’s gone firmly downhill from there.

Personally, I stopped frequenting Walking Street and other problematic areas over 10 years ago, when I saw the calibre of tourist steadily change from older guys looking for a little romance, too gangs of roided up meat-heads, looking for a war…

I mention this purely to emphasise a point. Point being, the Thai community as a whole are now completely sick of the abuse dished out, on a daily basis, by the low lives they now have to put up with. And now with the new kids on the block arriving by the million, they’re even less tolerant to ignorance.

Ultimately, Thais have no tolerance to being verbally abused, or having their culture abused or spat on etc, etc, and rightly so, and rest assured, they will respond with deadly force.

And consider this: The average Thai male is around 50-60kg, whereas today the average farang is well over 100kg, so it’s kinda unrealistic to ever imagine a Thai will go one on one or not use some sort of weapon.

Morel of the story: Conduct yourself in a reasonable and respectful manner, and you will not have a problem. Rip off at the mouth and get physical with people much smaller than yourselves, you will reap what you sow!

Note: I am in no way condoning violence or abuse by either party. Violence and abuse are tools resorted to and used by those of limited intelligence…

So, a tourists goes on a holiday to Phuket, gets drunk, abuses a Thai, and deserves to die for it. I don't think so. Thai's working in the tourism industry are not judge, jury and executioner.

The hospitality sector of the tourism industry is all about serving food and beverage. This will lead to intoxicated tourists. If the Thai's can not show patience, restraint and tolerance, when dealing with drunks, they shouldn't be working in the industry.

They have no problems taking the profits from alcohol sales. They should know that alcohol change people's behavior, and not always for the best, but people do not deserve to be killed for it, unless it's in self defense.

Then, we have the many scams here that lead to conflict.

Do you really expect people to calmly pay up when they know they are being scammed?

You obviously missed the point entirely; even though I took the time to emphasise that I was not condoning violence.

My post was merely a suggestion as to why sh*t happens and how to avoid it!

But, you seem to have all the answers, so I’ll just let you sort it all out and explain it to the Thais…

P.S. Getting drunk and being abusive is a matter of personal choice, is no consequence in a court of law and should not be used as an excuse for p*ss poor behaviour!

I did not miss your point. In fact, I found your post quite contradictory.

On one hand, you say you do not condone violence, while on the other hand, you say if a tourist gets drunk and abuses a Thai, then "all bets are off and anything goes" - your words, not mine.

Why "anything goes?"

Shouldn't it be the case the Thai staff should be professional when dealing with drunk tourists, and not use their drunken abuse as an excuse to severely assault them, and on some occasions, kill them?

We all know the Thai's have the numbers to arrest and restrain a tourists. They come from everywhere to kick and punch a farang, but why the need to stab the guy to death?

It's a murder, simple as that. If they feel they need equipment to protect themselves, perhaps they can be allowed to use OC spray.

I don't need to "explain it to the Thai's." The majority of tourists coming to Phuket are now cheap Chinese package holiday tourists. Phuket is now being shunned by the western tourist market. It will be "explained to the Thai's" in job losses, vacant commercial premises, and falling revenues.

I agree getting drunk is a personal choice - tourists are not forced to drink.

If Phuket is such a dangerous place to get drunk, tourists should be informed of this, but they are not. Phuket is promoted as a party destination.

If this French tourists got drunk in France, and exhibited the same behavior, in all probability, he would still be alive, but not so on Phuket.

Which "court of law" are you talking about? In many countries, being intoxicated is a mitigating circumstance surrounding a crime. It's not a defense, or an "excuse" but is taken into account for sentencing.

"Which "court of law" are you talking about? In many countries, being intoxicated is a mitigating circumstance surrounding a crime. It's not a defence, or an "excuse" but is taken into account for sentencing."

Complete and utter horse pucky!

"On one hand, you say you do not condone violence, while on the other hand, you say if a tourist gets drunk and abuses a Thai, then "all bets are off and anything goes" - your words, not mine."

You've just taken 2 different statements from 2 different paragraphs, and twisted them to quantify your ridiculous theories.

So this is your opinion: ‘I’m a tourist and I want to get drunk and abuse foreigners and they should just grin and bare it because I’m on holiday and putting money in their pockets.’

Get yourself a job in the tourist industry, you’re a man of steel!

When will people finally learn that they simply cannot verbally abuse Thai people without expecting things to go extremely pear-shaped?

Thai people by nature and way of culture are genuinely very calm and courteous people, and it is generally considered that; ‘he who loses control first, ultimately loses face’, unless of course when alcohol is involved, in which case all bets are off and anything goes.

That used to be all well and good, until things started to change dramatically for the worse around 10 years ago along with the arrival of younger farang males and the eastern European community at large, and it’s gone firmly downhill from there.

Personally, I stopped frequenting Walking Street and other problematic areas over 10 years ago, when I saw the calibre of tourist steadily change from older guys looking for a little romance, too gangs of roided up meat-heads, looking for a war…

I mention this purely to emphasise a point. Point being, the Thai community as a whole are now completely sick of the abuse dished out, on a daily basis, by the low lives they now have to put up with. And now with the new kids on the block arriving by the million, they’re even less tolerant to ignorance.

Ultimately, Thais have no tolerance to being verbally abused, or having their culture abused or spat on etc, etc, and rightly so, and rest assured, they will respond with deadly force.

And consider this: The average Thai male is around 50-60kg, whereas today the average farang is well over 100kg, so it’s kinda unrealistic to ever imagine a Thai will go one on one or not use some sort of weapon.

Morel of the story: Conduct yourself in a reasonable and respectful manner, and you will not have a problem. Rip off at the mouth and get physical with people much smaller than yourselves, you will reap what you sow!

Note: I am in no way condoning violence or abuse by either party. Violence and abuse are tools resorted to and used by those of limited intelligence…

So, a tourists goes on a holiday to Phuket, gets drunk, abuses a Thai, and deserves to die for it. I don't think so. Thai's working in the tourism industry are not judge, jury and executioner.

The hospitality sector of the tourism industry is all about serving food and beverage. This will lead to intoxicated tourists. If the Thai's can not show patience, restraint and tolerance, when dealing with drunks, they shouldn't be working in the industry.

They have no problems taking the profits from alcohol sales. They should know that alcohol change people's behavior, and not always for the best, but people do not deserve to be killed for it, unless it's in self defense.

Then, we have the many scams here that lead to conflict.

Do you really expect people to calmly pay up when they know they are being scammed?

You obviously missed the point entirely; even though I took the time to emphasise that I was not condoning violence.

My post was merely a suggestion as to why sh*t happens and how to avoid it!

But, you seem to have all the answers, so I’ll just let you sort it all out and explain it to the Thais…

P.S. Getting drunk and being abusive is a matter of personal choice, is no consequence in a court of law and should not be used as an excuse for p*ss poor behaviour!

Makes no sense whatever how a man can pimp out his wife to farang without feeling or regard, then become insanely jealous when a man of his own race enters the frame?

Many moons ago, in the early evenings, we used to enjoy sitting in the bar on the second floor of Nana, the bar on the left as you went in, forget the name now, long time ago, might have been nicknamed the Office. You could sit and look out over Soi 4 and watch the world go by, watch all the ladies arrive on the back of their boyfriends/husbands bikes. Never could get my mind around that. Finally settled on the fact that they must just see us as buffalo, hence no threat at all to their male ego!

Anyway, I soon learned that it wasn’t uncommon for them to return, pick up their lady, whisk her off home, relieve her of her hard earned, make a swift exit, then it was off with the boys in search of cards, whiskey and fresh meat!

When will people finally learn that they simply cannot verbally abuse Thai people without expecting things to go extremely pear-shaped?

Thai people by nature and way of culture are genuinely very calm and courteous people, and it is generally considered that; ‘he who loses control first, ultimately loses face’, unless of course when alcohol is involved, in which case all bets are off and anything goes.

That used to be all well and good, until things started to change dramatically for the worse around 10 years ago along with the arrival of younger farang males and the eastern European community at large, and it’s gone firmly downhill from there.

Personally, I stopped frequenting Walking Street and other problematic areas over 10 years ago, when I saw the calibre of tourist steadily change from older guys looking for a little romance, too gangs of roided up meat-heads, looking for a war…

I mention this purely to emphasise a point. Point being, the Thai community as a whole are now completely sick of the abuse dished out, on a daily basis, by the low lives they now have to put up with. And now with the new kids on the block arriving by the million, they’re even less tolerant to ignorance.

Ultimately, Thais have no tolerance to being verbally abused, or having their culture abused or spat on etc, etc, and rightly so, and rest assured, they will respond with deadly force.

And consider this: The average Thai male is around 50-60kg, whereas today the average farang is well over 100kg, so it’s kinda unrealistic to ever imagine a Thai will go one on one or not use some sort of weapon.

Morel of the story: Conduct yourself in a reasonable and respectful manner, and you will not have a problem. Rip off at the mouth and get physical with people much smaller than yourselves, you will reap what you sow!

Note: I am in no way condoning violence or abuse by either party. Violence and abuse are tools resorted to and used by those of limited intelligence…

blistering blue barnacles, on 24 Mar 2016 - 16:30, said:

jamesbrock, on 24 Mar 2016 - 16:18, said:

blistering blue barnacles, on 24 Mar 2016 - 15:58, said:

At least he's big enough to man up and profess regret.

All those laughing about defamation might be laughing out of the other side of their faces now after the revelation that Christian is the son of Pandora founders Per and Winnie Enevoldsen. The Enevoldsen family sold 60% of Pandora to the Danish private equity company Axcel in 2008 for DKr1.1 billion (US$233 million), and made another US$580 million from Pandora's IPO a few years later. Christian continues to play a role in the running of the company, which made US$550 million profit in 2014.

Yes indeedy, there'll be some worried little key board warriors supping on their Changs around the stone tables tonight!

Might make them think twice next time, sitting all snug and safe in the security of their little looms, spawning their bitterness and negativity!

Sum Nam Na, kinda springs to mind.

Google Defamation of Character in Thailand…

Google sycophant.

Sycophant: A person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval.

Swallow a dictionary did we?

Be great if you could back up your accusations with a quote or two.

But you can’t can you, that’s why you take cheap shots at people behind the safety of your keyboard.

I’ve actually never heard of these people, I just felt compelled to question various peoples need to pull them to bits and insult them, just for the sake of it? How sad is that?

But one thing’s for sure, you better hope and pray they don’t decide to come after you, farang defaming a powerful Thai female, don’t think much of your chances!

Don’t bother to respond, I’m bored with communicating at your level…

You're right, after reading your comments on this thread and the ones you made on the Englishman suicide article you linked to here, I'm leaning more toward bi-polar.

And which part of, ‘don’t bother to respond', didn't you understand? Rhetorical question.

And you’re right too, after reading your verbal abuse and that of others of a similar mind frame; it’s patently obvious that some people just need to suck the happiness out of others, as they simply have nothing going on for themselves!

Two people, obviously very much in love, share their pics with friends on Facebook, and they get ripped to shreds, and you and your little buddies consider this normal, acceptable behaviour? And again, rhetorical question!

And I might add, should you wish to come across as eloquent, a mammoth task no doubt, you may wish to phrase your insults correctly: Bi-polar? Sounds more like a sexually confused polar bear!

Tell you what, instead of leaning towards bipolar; why not lean off a tall building instead.

No doubt you’ll have further drivel to add, after all, it’s plain to see that you consider insulting people for your personal gratification as normal behaviour.

Well, it’s all yours, I no longer feel compelled to converse with someone as deeply unhappy as you. I actually pity you and suggest you seek help posthaste!

Hasta luego!

blistering blue barnacles, on 24 Mar 2016 - 16:30, said:

jamesbrock, on 24 Mar 2016 - 16:18, said:

blistering blue barnacles, on 24 Mar 2016 - 15:58, said:

55Jay, on 24 Mar 2016 - 12:33, said:

Farang blustering about defamation lawsuits on internet.

Well done, Sailor! Your learned assimilation into the "Real Thailand" is complete.

Now on to post-graduate course work, which includes advanced skill sets such as tactical avoidance of eye contact with farang kii nok at the Tesco.

I see your eating your words now regarding your earlier Koko comment. I hope the young couple in question are recording every nasty thing that's been said on this thread. You may just be install for a big nasty surprise yourself.

It truly amazes me just how many people engage mouth before brain regarding defamation in Thailand. It just so happens there's a thread today about someone cutting their own throat in public due to an ongoing defamation case. See: http://www.thaivisa....uesome-suicide/

Great talking with you…

At least he's big enough to man up and profess regret.

All those laughing about defamation might be laughing out of the other side of their faces now after the revelation that Christian is the son of Pandora founders Per and Winnie Enevoldsen. The Enevoldsen family sold 60% of Pandora to the Danish private equity company Axcel in 2008 for DKr1.1 billion (US$233 million), and made another US$580 million from Pandora's IPO a few years later. Christian continues to play a role in the running of the company, which made US$550 million profit in 2014.

Yes indeedy, there'll be some worried little key board warriors supping on their Changs around the stone tables tonight!

Might make them think twice next time, sitting all snug and safe in the security of their little looms, spawning their bitterness and negativity!

Sum Nam Na, kinda springs to mind.

Google Defamation of Character in Thailand…

Google sycophant.

Sycophant: A person who praises powerful people in order to get their approval.

Swallow a dictionary did we?

Be great if you could back up your accusations with a quote or two.

But you can’t can you, that’s why you take cheap shots at people behind the safety of your keyboard.

I’ve actually never heard of these people, I just felt compelled to question various peoples need to pull them to bits and insult them, just for the sake of it? How sad is that?

But one thing’s for sure, you better hope and pray they don’t decide to come after you, farang defaming a powerful Thai female, don’t think much of your chances!

Don’t bother to respond, I’m bored with communicating at your level…

Farang blustering about defamation lawsuits on internet.

Well done, Sailor! Your learned assimilation into the "Real Thailand" is complete.

Now on to post-graduate course work, which includes advanced skill sets such as tactical avoidance of eye contact with farang kii nok at the Tesco.

I see your eating your words now regarding your earlier Koko comment. I hope the young couple in question are recording every nasty thing that's been said on this thread. You may just be install for a big nasty surprise yourself.

It truly amazes me just how many people engage mouth before brain regarding defamation in Thailand. It just so happens there's a thread today about someone cutting their own throat in public due to an ongoing defamation case. See: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905291-pattaya-locals-watch-in-horror-as-englishman-attempts-gruesome-suicide/

Great talking with you…

At least he's big enough to man up and profess regret.

All those laughing about defamation might be laughing out of the other side of their faces now after the revelation that Christian is the son of Pandora founders Per and Winnie Enevoldsen. The Enevoldsen family sold 60% of Pandora to the Danish private equity company Axcel in 2008 for DKr1.1 billion (US$233 million), and made another US$580 million from Pandora's IPO a few years later. Christian continues to play a role in the running of the company, which made US$550 million profit in 2014.

Yes indeedy, there'll be some worried little key board warriors supping on their Changs around the stone tables tonight!

Might make them think twice next time, sitting all snug and safe in the security of their little looms, spawning their bitterness and negativity!

Sum Nam Na, kinda springs to mind.

Google Defamation of Character in Thailand…

Farang blustering about defamation lawsuits on internet.

Well done, Sailor! Your learned assimilation into the "Real Thailand" is complete.

Now on to post-graduate course work, which includes advanced skill sets such as tactical avoidance of eye contact with farang kii nok at the Tesco.

I see your eating your words now regarding your earlier Koko comment. I hope the young couple in question are recording every nasty thing that's been said on this thread. You may just be install for a big nasty surprise yourself.

It truly amazes me just how many people engage mouth before brain regarding defamation in Thailand. It just so happens there's a thread today about someone cutting their own throat in public due to an ongoing defamation case. See: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/905291-pattaya-locals-watch-in-horror-as-englishman-attempts-gruesome-suicide/

Great talking with you…

The negativity here is truly astounding! Ever heard of the benefit of the doubt?

Additionally, you may want to consider that the Thai legal system takes public defamation of character extremely seriously and regularly dishes out enormous fines, not to mention custodial sentences. If that was my lady you called a buffalo, amongst other things, Id drag your old cynical, hateful asses into court in an instance!

Like everywhere else on this planet, Thailand has its good points as well as its bad, and it would serve you well to remember that!

You obviously havent lived in Thailand very long...typically when one calls someone a buffalo, it a male they are referring to, to unless the "young lady" is in fact a ladyboy, then you may have a point but...no body has called her a buffalo

As to your threats of court...no you wouldnt, and of course if you did the person concerned will counter sue for you referring to them as an "old cynical, hateful <deleted>", as you have just publically defiled someone as well...woops...so maybe less of the silly bravado

Given your self proclaimed knowlege of the Thai legal system, could you please direct me to a previous defamation case where someone was charged, convicted and then jailed for calling someone a buffalo ?

Or as in this case calling buffalo buffalo. Please.... I want to be dragged to court so I can have some extra pocket change.

I’m not quite sure why you’re getting a flea up your 142kg arse with me, as it wasn’t your post I was referring to in the first place, see page 1 of this thread:

Bobotie, on 23 Mar 2016 - 10:54, said:

I see two buffalos in that picture...one appears to be the lessor spotted european buffalo...zoom out on the picture and one will observe the MacMansion and "truck"

I do hope this clarifies things for you and the best of luck with the reading and understanding lessons…

Sent the little woman, ‘she’s only 4’11” bless her cotton socks, can hardly see over the dash’, to wash the Lot Gabah not 3 days ago, there were three vehicles in the cue and she was next.

Mercedes pulls in, and yes, you guessed it, straight to the front of the cue!

Little woman returned fair foaming at the mouth, and with good right too, I might add.

Now she wants a Mercedes.

Happy days!

How is it that we're suddenly discussing pool and cues???

So solly, didn't wealize we were having a spelling contest!

Have a nice day now...

A woman, dressed up like a dog's dinner, driving a Mercedes two door flash coupe used to do the same trick at my daughter's school in the mornings. Everyone else on the school run would queue and follow the procession to drop their kids off. Madame was above all that and would try and take any short cut available to get to the front, expect to be let in and expect the teachers to rush to her car and unload her kids immediately.

She was very important, don'y you know

With 350% import tax on 3.5 litre+ engines, it serves to separate the 'Velly' important from the 'Not So' important!

"Oh Daddy, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz? My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends."

[Yeah, before anyone points it out, I know it’s Oh Lord, just using a little artistic licence is all.]

Sent the little woman, ‘she’s only 4’11” bless her cotton socks, can hardly see over the dash’, to wash the Lot Gabah not 3 days ago, there were three vehicles in the cue and she was next.

Mercedes pulls in, and yes, you guessed it, straight to the front of the cue!

Little woman returned fair foaming at the mouth, and with good right too, I might add.

Now she wants a Mercedes.

Happy days!

How is it that we're suddenly discussing pool and cues???

So solly, didn't wealize we were having a spelling contest!

Have a nice day now...

Sent the little woman, ‘she’s only 4’11” bless her cotton socks, can hardly see over the dash’, to wash the Lot Gabah not 3 days ago, there were three vehicles in the cue and she was next.

Mercedes pulls in, and yes, you guessed it, straight to the front of the cue!

Little woman returned fair foaming at the mouth, and with good right too, I might add.

Now she wants a Mercedes.

Happy days!

The negativity here is truly astounding! Ever heard of the benefit of the doubt?

Additionally, you may want to consider that the Thai legal system takes public defamation of character extremely seriously and regularly dishes out enormous fines, not to mention custodial sentences. If that was my lady you called a buffalo, amongst other things, Id drag your old cynical, hateful asses into court in an instance!

Like everywhere else on this planet, Thailand has its good points as well as its bad, and it would serve you well to remember that!

You obviously havent lived in Thailand very long...typically when one calls someone a buffalo, it a male they are referring to, to unless the "young lady" is in fact a ladyboy, then you may have a point but...no body has called her a buffalo

As to your threats of court...no you wouldnt, and of course if you did the person concerned will counter sue for you referring to them as an "old cynical, hateful <deleted>", as you have just publically defiled someone as well...woops...so maybe less of the silly bravado

Originally came here in the Royal Navy back in 81, full time since 97.

Already amended my error, it was the gentleman who was referred to as the buffalo. As a matter of point, Kwai is the worst insult a Thai can say to another Thai, and has no sexual prejudice, male or female, no matter. When you’ve been here a while, you’ll be more aware of these things.

As to my threats of litigation, yes, I most certainly would! Could always use a nice free chunk of change.

As for counter suing, my point was a generalisation, and not an individual affront. Therefore without grounds to counter sue.

Nice talking with you…

Poor man, it seems that there’s an epidemic of abstract unhappiness here, with no one or nowhere to turn.

Obviously loneliness is rife here, although it has been said many times that all you need do is pop into a bar and strike up a conversation. Yeah, that’s fine, on a superficial level, but where do you go and who do you trust with real feelings. Say the wrong thing, to the wrong person, in a bar or anywhere else for that matter, and you’ll find false sympathy in abundance, and usually just as a means to an end for the wrong person, of which there are many, to get his hands in your pockets. The reality is that there’s no shortage of farang on the bones of their arse, just dying for the opportunity to milk some innocent dry.

I don’t know about you guys, but all this suicide just breaks my heart. We are human beings, yet it seems that all some of us here can do is offer forth wise cracks or inhumane remarks, whereas what we should be doing is offering something a lot more wholesome as well as constructive.

I for one would gladly become involved in some sort of group where guys can go for help and find real friendship or advice from real people with genuine motives. Not sure how this could be achieved, but if anyone would like to discuss the possibilities please feel free to PM me.

It really is time that we make a stand and care for our own, as the reality is that no one else will…

Only 1.5 million get over it.

I was conned out of more than 3 million and what did i get???

Jail thats what i got.

Anyone claiming they never got burned within the first 5 years is a legend in their own head!

Most of us, myself included, naturally assume the ladies here are the same as the ladies where we originally hail from. Big mistake, they’re actually a whole lot better 'when' you know what you’re doing.

Moral of the story: Learn the lingo, the culture and the rules of engagement before making your move…

The negativity here is truly astounding! Ever heard of the benefit of the doubt?

Additionally, you may want to consider that the Thai legal system takes public defamation of character extremely seriously and regularly dishes out enormous fines, not to mention custodial sentences. If that was my lady you called a buffalo, amongst other things, I’d drag your old cynical, hateful asses into court in an instance!

Like everywhere else on this planet, Thailand has its good points as well as it’s bad, and it would serve you well to remember that!

Can you please advise who called the girl in the photos a buffalo as I have checked all the posts and cannot find it.

Sorry, my mistake, misunderstood the ambiguous post.

Correcting myself, it would seem that the various posts refer to him as the fat buffalo and she's the ugly, Isan girl on the make!

Kind’a splitting hairs is it not? And without doubt serious defamation of character.

But, on a more positive note, she probably did him a huge favour, long term anyway!

Saved from the inevitable chain smoking, alcoholism, depression, anxiety, stress and the possible heart attack, maybe he should throw another half mil in her direction in gratitude!

Moral of the story: Don’t buy a bar in Thailand unless you’re extremely gifted with more friends than a Facebook socialite!!!

The negativity here is truly astounding! Ever heard of the benefit of the doubt?

Additionally, you may want to consider that the Thai legal system takes public defamation of character extremely seriously and regularly dishes out enormous fines, not to mention custodial sentences. If that was my lady you called a buffalo, amongst other things, I’d drag your old cynical, hateful asses into court in an instance!

Like everywhere else on this planet, Thailand has its good points as well as it’s bad, and it would serve you well to remember that!

Why the <word> would anyone attack Belgium? Nothing happens there, literally nothing. In a scientific sense the place could be called inert. There is something to be said for freedom fighters but these people are not fighting for freedom, they are fighting for lack of freedom. If you are from a country that the UK or France bombed the <word> out of then you may feel miffed. Belgium.... <deleted> have they ever done?

Do you understand what the concept behind ISIS is ?

They regard anyone from any country that do not follow their beliefs to be their enemy.

They want to attack and kill any infidel in their eyes regardless of nationality and religion

and that includes muslims as well.

It is not Belgium that they care about it is purely destruction against anyone that isn't a

part of them.

The concept behind ISIS, 'as described by western media', you mean? As in the western media completely owned and controlled by corporate America, or, shall we say, the 1%!

So basically they have nothing better to do, other than of course, completely devote their lives to the systematic annihilation of 6.4 billion non believers!

Bit unrealistic me thinks!

...and another newbie assumes the ostrich position.

Sorry Chucky, I have no idea, 'being a newbie and all', what the ostrich position is, or that one must have in excess of 10,000 posts to be entitled to an opinion. That’s over 10,000 opinions! Wow!

This actually saddens me deeply, as unlike yourself, I actually have a life and therefore will never find the time or the inclination to even voice over 10,000 opinions!

Chok Dee!

Why the <word> would anyone attack Belgium? Nothing happens there, literally nothing. In a scientific sense the place could be called inert. There is something to be said for freedom fighters but these people are not fighting for freedom, they are fighting for lack of freedom. If you are from a country that the UK or France bombed the <word> out of then you may feel miffed. Belgium.... <deleted> have they ever done?

Do you understand what the concept behind ISIS is ?

They regard anyone from any country that do not follow their beliefs to be their enemy.

They want to attack and kill any infidel in their eyes regardless of nationality and religion

and that includes muslims as well.

It is not Belgium that they care about it is purely destruction against anyone that isn't a

part of them.

The concept behind ISIS, 'as described by western media', you mean? As in the western media completely owned and controlled by corporate America, or, shall we say, the 1%!

So basically they have nothing better to do, other than of course, completely devote their lives to the systematic annihilation of 6.4 billion non believers!

Bit unrealistic me thinks!

Question: What’s the point in having a discussion on terrorism, when most of us don’t really understand the reasons behind it anyway?

Democracy and civilisation should go hand in hand. But, and it’s an enormous BUT, with out of control overpopulation and not enough cookies in the jar, civilisation will inevitably become a dying concept!

Take any country, anywhere in the world, right now. What do you see? Society as a whole, totally out of control! As, whilst the 1% sit safely in their nonpartisan illusions of financial non-attachment, the 99% grow bitter, resentful and frustrated, perpetually taxed out of their very homes, whilst being constantly bombarded with images of a lifestyle eternally beyond their grasp.

So what’s this got to do with terrorism, I hear you say?

Everything actually!

Question: How will the 1% maintain control, in an ever increasing environment of global discontentment?

Answer: Fear, lies and subliminal misdirection!

Point in fact: Who was it once said? “Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.” And why did he say it in the first place?

Point in fact: Who trained and financed the Taliban during the attempted Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?

Question: Why do we have terrorists, and why do they choose the west to vent their rage?

Answer: Because we invaded their countries, murdering their women and children attempting to undermine their culture and social foundation.

So what does the immediate future hold?

The complete and systematic breakdown of the democratic process, Dictatorial governments run by and for the 1% and detached storm trooper like police forces recruited directly from the ever expanding war machine.

Or is it already here?

Moral of the story: Read and educate yourselves, before freedom and civil liberty become things of the past. This issue is not going away!

Finally, why is it so simple for these people to travel freely, when it’s almost impossible for one of us to get a fiancé visa for our Thai ladies?

My thoughts and prayers go out to all the innocents who lost their lives by this nonsensical act…

People have to realize that betrayal is the common cause of many violent reactions...women today are notorious for this and if you have never experienced (victim) of such a thing..one has no idea what a man is capable of...I can say that it becomes much more easy to put away a woman for such an act and have thought of doing away with a Thai woman more than once..sorry to say but people like this deserve to no longer be living. A warning to Thai woman..you better think twice about betraying a man who has let you into his trust and care.

Quite a one sided argument you have going on there!

One rarely hears of the violent reactions of Thai women towards Thai men, or even Farang men for that matter, regarding their many Kik's and Mea Noys. It would seem that they're just expected to sit at home and grin and bear it. Although the phrase, 'what's good for the goose', springs to my mind.

And I guess what you're implying by your warning, is that Thai women should just accept all the physical and mental abuse as well as the drinking and endless infidelities.

What an absolutely terrible tragedy, a tragedy, like so many others, that could in fact have been avoided.

I feel so, so sorry for the young lady and her unborn child.

Living in Thailand for quite some time now, it seems apparent to me that some sort of re-education program should be instigated into the education system to better equip individuals to deal with their emotional stress.

To simply say; don’t show emotion, keep smiling and don’t lose face, just doesn’t seem to make the grade any longer.

Analogy: Take a can of soda and shake it violently, then keep shaking it, day after day, month after month, year after year. Well we all know what happens when someone unsuspectingly pulls the ring; it simply blows up in their face!

Thailand being my home for almost 20 years now, I would say; please Prime minister Chan-o-cha, make all immediate efforts to better equip your citizens with the life skills they so desperately need to make it in today’s chaotic social environment. Dealing with emotional stress, as well as efficient money management, would be a very fine place to start…