BangkokReady

People who share different experiences of life to you. By being negative, refusing to accept the possibility of them experiencing life differently to you, by needing to pretend other people are a particular way in order to not have to listen to what they say, is evidence of a negative attitude. You have no idea whether I am miserable or not. The fact that you feel the need to label me as miserable, that you need to pretend that I am miserable, in order to engage with what I am saying, shows that you do not live a life of harmony. A better way, is to accept the fact that you might be wrong.

You. You're claiming that Songkran is good based on your personal experience of it and ignoring the fact that other people have completely different experiences to you. It has nothing to do with being miserable. It's about ignoring the truth because you don't like it. What does this even mean? I'm saying that not everyone gets a light spray of water during Songkran, some get a bucket of water over them. This has nothing to do with you not being me.

Still have the religious festival. Still have organised water fights. Stop the people in random places throwing water at people just going about their day who don't want to be soaked. Plenty of Thai people don't like the last part, they're just a lot more quiet about it than foreigners are.

You clearly don't, as is demonstrated by your attitude. You pretend to live in harmony with Thais, then you lie and insult others when faced with anything negative about them. Or stay indoors then moan about it online, as many Thais do!

As in my other reply, you don't know how everyone experiences Songkran. You can insult and shame people for not wanting to be soaked with water as they go about their day. You can lie and pretend that the things people complain about don't happen. But we know the truth. Your experience is not the experience had by everyone. The fact that you cannot accept that and instead have to insult people says a lot about you and your attitude to Thailand, Thai people and other foreigners.

What you don't understand is not everyone can stay indoors for three days straight, nor should they have to. If your choice is to either stay indoors or leave the country, that isn't realistic, therefore you don't have a choice whether you "attend" or not.

But you must realise that you aren't the only person in the world, right? Other people exists and have different experiences. Just because you happened to only experience a light spray of water, doesn't mean that is everyone's experience. What I mean is, someone saying "I don't like Songkran" because when they went out they got a bucket of water thrown over them and they then had to go home and change, is very different from you saying "I actually don't mind it, you should try it, you might have fun" after being lightly sprayed by water. Try to realise that your experience of the world (or Songkran) is not necessarily the same as other people's.

Don't go where? Outside? I disagree. People should be able to choose whether they get plashed with water or not. I realise that this is the perspective you view things from, but you have to be aware that the people you communicate with may see things in a slightly more nuance way.

No one would be at fault in this scenario. That's your opinion and you're free to express it. I think people should have the right to choose not to be soaked if they wish, but personally I would simply prepare myself for the eventuality of being hit by water.

Anybody's eyes. You can think it's stupid or you can think it's the best thing ever. Up to you. Sure, some people like it. Some people don't. I advise staying indoors through Songkran, to avoid selfish people that don't care about whether you want to take part or not. If you're a tourist and your holiday happens to be during Songkran, I'm not sure that is practical. How do you "willingly attend" something that happens everywhere anyway?

Clearly not. Please read the comments you reply to before replying.

It's not the same at all. The tomato festival (which actually takes place in Spain) involves one fight that lasts for an hour in the town square. It isn't days long and people only get pelted with tomatoes if they willingly attend. Agreed, but what does this have to do with describing the tradition as stupid?

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A nice idea, but I can't imagine many Thai people stopping to think about how a foreigner might feel about being pelted with water before doing so. It would be interesting to see a Thailand where it happened though. "Maybe we should think about how foreign people feel about things that to us seem fun but to them might feel like assault." It might make the place a bit boring and less cheerful. An annoying thing to happen, but not a proportionate response from the Turk. Perhaps both Thais and foreigners alike need to be reminded of what will happen in the festival and how different people will feel differently about it.

It's tough for Thai people to go from a high level of subsidisation protecting them from price/cost rises for decades to normal annual increases, but some things have to come to an end.

Constantly for 40 years, or once 40 years ago?

Is the guy the meteorological version of the virus expert?

No. If he misunderstood then it isn't false, it's simply incorrect. He has to be knowingly lying for it to be a false claim.

The point is, without evidence to refute it, the newspaper cannot know that it is a false claim. I'm sure left-wingers equally need to have this pointed out to them. All the more reason not to make the claim. I think they would need to prove she didn't if they wanted to say that it was a false claim. A false claim is different to a false belief. It implies deliberate deception, which is difficult to prove. Hopefully they will just look at the evidence and will have been screened for Trump Derangement Syndrome during selection.

Absolutely.

You'd need to have proof that she didn't enjoy being sexually assaulted. It doesn't sound like they have that.

Can you quote the relevant please? I can't see the article.

No. The newspaper said it was a false claim. I'm wondering if they have proof that it is false. It sounds difficult to know whether she enjoyed being sexually assaulted or not.

Interesting. Perhaps he meant it as in she enjoys people sexually assaulting her. A weird thing to say, but not quite an admission of guilt. I wonder how they know that it was a false claim? They have proof that it is not true?

So did Trump admit to the assault but claim that she enjoyed it (as this sentence suggests) or was he saying it was consensual and she enjoyed it? The former seems unlikely, and, if it isn't true, I'm surprised they would write it.