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I don't see any fingers pointing at him in the pics.... Seems that they might not have the right guy!

If you ever been to Thailand you'll know hitting potholes, debris, cats, dogs, police offices etc doesnt necessarily make a driver stop. in the article his act was praised as commendable and, yes, his reaction was responsible and commendable As I said, I agree with you as to the roads and obstacles. My original comment had nothing to do with road conditions or about stopping or not because of hitting something unknown. I'll repeat it here - "It is a "commendable act" to behave in a normal responsible way of showing respect to human life? Wow.... that says a LOT about the culture😟 Sadly, I'm not surprised to read that." So... apparently he didn't know that he hit a person, then upon realizing he hit a person, he stuck around instead of fleeing the scene. I still fail to see any relevance to road conditions. The point is that he stayed on the scene after knowing that he hit someone and this being lauded as praiseworthy. Of course it is a responsible and correct thing to do. I have no idea why, as I said originally, behaving in a responsible way of showing respect to human life should be considered worthy of praise i.e., commendable, as you said. Perhaps we have different understandings of the word "commendable"? I understand it to be something describing an action that goes above and beyond mere responsibility. Perhaps something courageous or high risk to oneself for the benefit of another. In this case, it is regular responsibility and what should be a normal show of respect for human life. Negatively, it could be looked at as self-protection because if one fled the scene, it would be criminal. Either way, positive or negative, it doesn't fit the understanding I have of "commendable".

Is there somebody who thinks that is the case??🙄 The context of this feed is - Thailand. Although, I never said or implied anything of the sort anyway....

He might want to rethink more than just his drinking habits. He might want to review his relationship with his wife, who just left him there, lying in the path of vehicles! She may need a rethink on her drinking habits too? The whole thing is unreal! Kudos for the driver? For showing signs of being a normal human, concerned for another human being's life? I guess I don't see anything exemplary about that.... It is good, of course. It is always good to do the right thing. Just not sure why doing the right thing evokes praise or congratulatory responses....

Yes, you're right. There could always be more to the story that one may not think of. With the little information supplied, it is still difficult to imagine a reason for not protecting an unconscious human being. I don't think there's anything commendable about sticking around though. That should be the norm and completely shocking and inhumane to not do so. But, of course, I know that this is unfortunately, bizarrely, considered to be some sort of unattainable ideal to expect that.

Speaking of luck... I wonder if anyone would buy a lotto ticket with that driver's plate number?😅 I got that backwards! The lucky one was the Swede! Maybe his birthday would have the good numbers?🤪

Yes, I agree with you as to the roads and obstacles, but not sure what that has to do with my comment...? Do you mean that he wasn't intending to be responsible by sticking around after realizing he had hit someone?

Speaking of luck... I wonder if anyone would buy a lotto ticket with that driver's plate number?😅

It doesn't look like he just decided to lay down in the street... but yeah, not a good idea His own wife, as well as security guards, seem to have decided to just let him stay in that dangerous place!!?? That is a shocking level of negligent behavior! So they couldn't help him up! So, drag him to a safe place or do something to protect the idiot! Park some motorcycles around him, traffic cones, chairs, whatever! And/or call the police or ambulance. You can't just leave a human being in a dangerous place like that! OMG.....

It is a "commendable act" to behave in a normal responsible way of showing respect to human life? Wow.... that says a LOT about the culture😟 Sadly, I'm not surprised to read that.

Amazingly, according to what the owner said, the car apparently accrued an extra 15,000 miles on it after the Thai police had it impounded. Hmmmmm Corruption has no bounds and the way it is exercised it truly mind-boggling.

Supposedly, something like 10 Thais were arrested. But whether or not anything happened after those arrests.... I have no idea, but of course it wouldn't be surprising if they were all let go as soon as the media crawled back into their holes.

That would take work to get a more accurate pic, like maybe 2 extra minutes of backbreaking keyboard strokes.... But just searching and taking the first random pic of the guy in the story with a Lambo was apparently all that was cared about. Typical....

They had a tracker in the car, but they didn't even keep the tracker checked and didn't know the car had left the country until it was already in Thailand! lol You'd think there'd be some sort of software tracking it and would let you know if the car left the country! Port/Customs authorities could have easily put a stop to it before it got off the plane (if you were lucky enough to get ones who weren't corrupted to let it through anyway....).

In light of that argument, white people in America should then be able to use, normally considered an epithet, "<deleted>" (edit: N*gg**), since it too has historic use lacking malice.

That's a fair critique. It did mention that he is ready for sentencing soon, so we know it is an old (new and old all relative here) case, since even entering a plea can take many many months in serious cases like this. And then getting to trial can take a number of more months. Then these sorts of trials themselves can be drug on for more months before getting to the point the article mentioned that this one is at. And since the article mentioned that it was in reference to things this imbecile did in 2021, it's safe to assume that this case is quite old. All that said, although I think the assumption should be that it's an old case, I definitely do agree with you that it takes much more critical reading, connecting of dots that aren't provided, and beyond what a news article should expect of a reader, to reach that assumption. Since by the forum rules, we aren't allowed to criticize the reporting or writing of articles here.... I'll just say that the "journalist" or "translator", whatever the case may be, was probably really trying hard and doing their best! I like your "google-fu"! lol I'll have to remember that one. Never heard that before.😂

Sorry it that was outside of your attention span and ability to comprehend beyond elementary school levels. Oh... wait... that would assume you graduated elementary school.... If you can't deal with reading more than a sentence or two, then move on and keep your toxic behavior in your head instead of spewing on social media. These kind of posts are exactly what are the bane of social media and devolution of social discourse.

If you were paying attention, you'd remember that the genesis of this thread was, "How do you take pornography out of schools?". Taking something out comes with a valid assumption that it was put into place to begin with. In recent times, this issue has made national headlines uncountable times with MANY viral videos of parents complaining to school boards all over the country regarding pornography being introduced, promoted, and taught to children by the school administrations and teachers. I have never once heard anyone refer to pornography being introduced and "circulated" in schools by children being some sort of problem beyond the typical childish behavior that has existed since the beginning of time and that it's some sort of "issue". NEVER. Therefore, the logical conclusion to make is that the inference is regarding the schools' introduction and promotion of pornography. I didn't distort any issue whatsoever. You seem to have difficulty grasping context in relation to content. If you wanted to switch context midstream and create a more specific context other than what already is existing in the conversation and public consciousness, then you need to do so, clearly and specifically, not with general statements. Your ideas of logic are elusive to me as is how you pretend to "engage brain before opening mouth", but you might do better to practice what you preach.

Interesting. Thanks for enlightening me. I had never heard before that the schools circulated pornography to the school children before, as they do now and even assign homework with pornographic books to children. I guess I hadn't kept up with the reality of the situation in thinking that school districts in the past didn't impose pornographic materials into the curricula making it, in some cases, required reading of the students, as some school districts have been revealed to have been doing lately. But, even if school officials or teachers widely circulated pornographic postcard sized pics to students in the 40's and 50's, I think you'll find that there is a MASSIVE difference between that and the pornography that the teachers and school districts have assigned to schools these days, with very explicitly graphic stories, with pictures. In particular, they prefer to promote homosexual pornography and to even explicitly encourage the students to explore for themselves what they are learning in the assigned homework. The kind of stuff you mention from the 40's and 50's is like kindergarten level compared to post grad university level pornography. Although, I admit that I had not heard of schools widely circulating pornography to their students in the 40's and 50's, I have EXTREME doubts that it bore any resemblance to the kind of pornography being assigned to students in these recent times. Sorry to say that I also doubt your version of events, unless you are meaning to say that kids got their hands on these pictures and passed them among themselves, that it wasn't from the schools. Of course, that sort of thing has likely been going on for millennia. But that isn't the issue and nobody is arguing or doubting that. That's why I took it that you were comparing apples to apples and meant that pornography was being distributed by the schools back then too and not making a vain attempt to compare apples to oranges.

It's not old news. The old news that you are referring to is the news that he was arrested. The news that is given here is that "Welton has pleaded guilty to charges of threatening a federal official in connection with their duties. His sentencing is set for July, where he could face a substantial prison term for his actions."According to the headline, that "substantial prison term" could be 10 years. I'd bet that if he didn't plead guilty that it would potentially and threatened to be MUCH longer. As opposed to calling it "old news", thus making it seem irrelevant, I'd call it a great followup story. Far too often it is only reported that someone was arrested, but it is never reported that they actually were punished or got off for maybe good or maybe stupid reasons.

Anyone remember that China won the bid over Japan for helping Thailand build their high speed rail? 🤔 I'm still is utter disbelief over that insane decision.

I haven't heard much of anything about Chiangmai. I'd expect a lot more damage in Chiangmai that Bangkok... it is less than half the distance from the epicenter. I don't expect the corruption in the construction industry are much different between the two. Anyone here know if Chiangmai is much different in damages? I'm out of town at the moment....

Amazing that dog is still alive... regardless of whether or not it is the owner who is at fault for not training and controlling his dog. I know that dog would not be around anymore after having found a tasty morsel of meat that didn't agree with him, if he were in my neighborhood.

Grok is a MUCH better friend. Makes Google look like an obstructionist.