NorthernRyland

If they actually spent the 300 baht tax on incidents like this I would be in favor of it. Imagine being a fresh tourist in Thailand trying to cross the road and not knowing Thailand is filled with lawless drivers and the getting hit. Even worse Rama II comes down on you due to lax safety standards.

Thai's are up to their eyeballs in debts. Most of us arrived in this period where household debt has risen 40%, giving the appearance that Thailand was developing naturally. Not the case however and they appear to have reached the end of this cycle and will be treading water for a while.

Tell Peter not to forget his gas mask. Sniffing ladyboy butts is probably better for your health than what we have going on right now.

I don't disagree but seeing a woman (yes I know) get slapped back with 10x the force and falling over is quite satisfying.

They do this shuffle every year. Loosen the rules during high season then tighten them in the low season when it doesn't matter anyways. Next year come November they'll be spread wide open for Ivan, Chin and Ravi.

Nong Fa Sai. What a precious name for such a delicate angle. Tourist should have slapped it her back as hard as he could. That would be very amusing indeed.

What? I've been banned 3-4 times but I've lost count. How did you get away with it?? Hard to believe.

but don't you want to find out who contacted their local tax office and got some random information from a nobody who knows nothing?

For once we can say "pesky foreigners" and it's not a joke.

There's so much weed in the US and you can buy it openly in shops in how many states now? It's everywhere in Colorado where I'm from. I can't fathom why you'd risk Thai jail to import the stuff.

I grew up in an all white town. Guess much racial tension we had? ZERO.

It's beyond comprehension that any country would accept Somalians as immigrants. One of the most tragic countries in the world and they've clearly learned nothing. It's always very disturbing when I travel back to Colorado USA and I'm greeted with Somalians/Ethiopians manning the wheel chairs and trollies in the airport. Must some NGO sponsored program to find cheap labor.

Exactly. Diversity is poison. Destroys trust and cohesion. Just look at "Diversity is our greatest strength" states of America. Constant racial tensions with no resolution ever found just bitter infighting.

Here's a list of nick names Trump himself uses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_Donald_Trump This is pretty normal stuff out there in the real world. Bizarre the mods would put there foot down on this. Yeah people are tired of it for sure. The amount of programs out there intended to give money to the 3rd world is mental. You could spend weeks studying all of it. Then if that wasn't bad enough they have programs for "vulnerable" immigrants, never mind the poor already in the country that need just as much help.

Replacing a population is an act of war as far as I'm concerned and totally illegitimate even if sanctioned by some government. The English of the future will need to forcibly remove these people thanks the currently treasonous people in power. It will be ugly but it has to happen.

I think they deleted my post because I used a mocking name towards Donald Trump. I'm sorry, didn't think that was against the policy here. Let's double down on the point though. Is anyone here falling for this propaganda still? You voted for Trump and now that poor African woman and her child are starving in some trash filled slum. Shame on you!

Well there's far more violent criminals in America and anyone could have a gun on them so policing is a whole different beast than in Thailand.

in Thailand there's nearly a 100% tax on domestic tobacco (not sure about imported but it's high too) so the tobacco lobby is losing sales and the government is loosing tax revenue.

It's the kind of Buddhist where you gamble, drink, smoke weed and pay for sex. Not sure what kind of Buddhism you were thinking of.

Chiang Mai has so many old row shops on now busy roads that have only street parking and make them difficult to access. I stopped going into the actual city a long time ago unless for some special reason. Not surprised these things close and don't come back. Oh but look they have gay pride flags now! yay finally some progress.

does Chiang Mai really need any more ugly things and tourists? I think there's enough already.

This would be such a disaster. They're still trying to sell this "rose of north" and "northern cultural capital" crap about Chiang Mai which has already lost most of that but if they added a casino it would be game over.

Well you can go out in public with a bleached anus and no designer vagina. That's just common sense.

They said he had to sell in order to cover the legal fees so make of that what you will.

I've seen 24mb projects in Chiang Mai too. I wouldn't even want one if I could afford it. I don't know what the buyers are thinking but they must be loaded and looking to drop some money as quick as possible.