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"I'd like to claim that British people are bad because I'm mad that this survey makes Thai people look bad." - whataboutism. British people learning Thai is in no way comparable to Thais learning English. Thais learn English from kindergarten and it is a necessary global language. Brits encounter Thai mostly as adults (some of advanced years) and rarely need it for career success.
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So keep the locals as they are because we think it's quaint? I guess it's good to put a positive spin on things, but this should not be something to celebrate. Particularly as the government claims to be addressing it and Thai students actually learn English from kindergarten, through high school and generally university. Thailand shouldn't be close to Haiti and the DPR Congo.
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I'm not one of these "you're a guest in the country" types, but at least be nice to your neighbours if you're on years of overstay! Maybe he's gone a bit senile.
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Where can I find those marijuana leaf hawaiian shirts?
BangkokReady replied to shdmn's topic in Thailand Cannabis Forum
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Covid-Infected Security Guard Dies At Factory Booth
BangkokReady replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
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Covid-Infected Security Guard Dies At Factory Booth
BangkokReady replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
On the contrary. It's extremely important, when using statistics to discuss "how deadly" covid is, that you have the full picture of the circumstances of the victims. Particularly if those stats then inform policy. "Look how many people are dying from covid" is a lot different from "look how many otherwise healthy people are dying from covid". The healthier the people are that are dying, the more dangerous the virus is. It is obviously sad that anyone dies, and older people and people with co-morbidities are not "disposable", but when using stats we need to be honest. -
Since I'm pretty sure that you can get semi-auto hunting rifles, I would imagine that only magazine capacity would make a different. Obviously a 5-shot mag is going to cause a much slower rate of fire than a 30-shot mag. If you can get a 30-shot semi-auto hunting rifle, it's probably not going to be that different. Perhaps people would opt for an "assault style" rifle due to manoeuvrability, but would simply opt for a hunting rifle were the former to be banned somehow.
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Most hunting weapons are more powerful than handguns. This is meaningless. Myth Assault weapons are actually a thing that you can ban. Fact There is no such thing as an assault weapon and most features can be found on weapons that would never be categorised as an "assault weapon". It's just political hot air. If you want to limit certain specific things, like calibre, rifle length, magazine capacity, etc., you will better be able to put an argument together. But people like to say "assault weapon" because it triggers an emotional response.
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brexit.its over let it go
BangkokReady replied to ivor bigun's topic in UK & Europe Topics and Events
It isn't. We can change our minds. Doesn't matter. Or continue to say we should re-join because of the disastrous economic consequences? OK, sure! "Stop pointing out how wrong we were to leave and asking for the damage to be reversed." How about no???