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It was obviously enforced to an extent. That's why supermarkets and places like 711 still have to comply to the prohibition hours "enforced" by the Thaksin government. Enforced and how it's enforced are two different things. It's compulsory i.e. required by law that alcohol is not sold to minors. This happens all the time. It's compulsory to wear a helmet, seatbelts, don't speed, don't drink and drive but obviously this happens all the time. What doesn't happen is the possibility of going to a 711 at 10:30 in the morning or 4:30 in the afternoon and buy a beer. This happened and was "enforced" by the Thaksin govt in 2004. As I said in a previous post one day you could by a beer in 711 at 4:30 in the arvo and the next day you couldn't. I was here for that.

There's a very close to 100% if not 100% chance you too have been exposed to Covid. It's a virus that can be asymptomatic. You do not know you have the virus in your system. A very clever piece of evolution which we are witnessing in real time. Of course our immune system attacks the virus and kills it. Well most it. The bits that have evaded our immune system then reproduce and jump to other hosts and after some time a new variant has evolved and the process continues. If you think wearing a mask, washing your hands and being jabbed for the rest of your life means you will never be exposed to the aerosolized viral particles of SarsCov2 now in the Omicron era, then I'm not sure I'm the stupid one.

Thing is when you can't answer a question an support it rationally this is always your retort. If you've got nothing to say don't say anything.

Ah! So you think regulation is necessary. So do I. Regulation not recriminalisation by making it a class 5 narcotic again. As for this initial policy it was like all other policies in Thailand. Open mouth first think later.

I wasn't talking about Anutin's rhetoric. I was talking about the real world economic benefits of the commercialisation of dope for recreational purposes.

That's more the Privy Council than the Senate.

I think the Thai people know what democracy is and isn't and it's clear from the last election, what's happened after the election and subsequent polls that they know Thailand isn't a democracy and want reform. They want the corrupt dinosaurs out.

Were you here in 2004 when one day you could buy beer in 711 at 4:00pm and the next day you couldn't? Who was the PM then? Thaksin. My post wasn't a generalisation. I was stating a matter of fact. How it's been enforced was not part of my OP. "As I remember it was Thaksin that enforced it in 2004."

By far the biggest "economic application" is the continuance of decriminalisation albeit with regulation.

It wasn't an election it was a selection a selection that from the outset was obvious it was open to manipulation and corruption. This part they organised quite well as the selection process does indeed seem to have been manipulated by corruption.

Internet. That's where I've heard it. Yes, it is funny.

This is a widely used term.

That's a fair point but it's still BYD a Chinese company flooding the global market with heavily subsidized products.

Should never had happened in the 1st place. Only one way to elect the Senate and that's through a national election with no stupid stipulations about who can run. The Senate is for the people and should be voted for by the people.

And selling alcohol at airports on Buddhist holidays won't change this one bit (won't change tourism numbers either) as wouldn't dropping the sales prohibition that's in place for 14 hrs. a day.

Prayut stopped petrol stations, bus stations and train stations from selling alcohol. Alcohol also not allowed to be consumed on trains and buses.

And midnight to 11:00.

No. Probably means you're married so kiss your income goodbye and the 10k will be gone in the blink of an eye.

I would bet my house on the system crashing on the 1st day.

What about the tariffs being imposed by the US and Germany? The future of EVs is not all roses but is certainly seen through rose tinted glasses by the fanboys.

Doing this to increase tourism? Thing is as soon as you get out of the airport which is what basically everyone does on arrival you will not be able to buy alcohol on Buddhist holidays. How can anyone think this will boost tourism? More emptyheaded idiots at work.

How do you explain covid spreading like wildfire in China when the zero covid lockdown was lifted and from what I saw at the time mask wearing seemed like it was at 100%. The virus is very, very small i.e. aerosolized and will spread. Apart from this it's a virus that everyone will be exposed to. Jabs, masks doesn't matter. It's related to part of the common cold family of viruses and will be around for decades to come.

Maybe it's the way that covid deaths are reported/determined.

This was the Thaksin line. To protect the school kiddies.

Thankfully very, very, very few people die from covid everyday here in Thailand. Less than one everyday so far this year.