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I'm sure some are. Besides, this isn't an example of someone on the right making statements regarding eradicating people.

It's about protecting people and allowing them to live normal lives.

More importantly, how can they address it without making people feel bad?

Truly the country of no consequences.

You think he paid for a load of beer but decided to steal a bottle of water?!! And it was OK for the bouncer to handcuff him and assault him?!!

They feel small and being unpleasant to others makes them feel slightly less small.

Why? He is the victim of a crime!

Except he won because they settled with a cash payment and multiple people were sacked. People broke the law and behaved badly. His actions led to consequences for those who wronged him. Now maybe others will think twice before doing the same. But sure, a fool just wasting everybody's time... ????

Surely a victim of a crime would be safe at a police station of all places! ????

Aren't ozzies counted as kind of honorary non-native English speakers? Like some South Africans are counted as NES in some places.

Well, it's third hand information from a random Internet person, so take it with a pinch of salt. I've also heard that in China the locals sometimes refer to women who are in a relationship with a foreign man as being something like "foreigner toilets". (Again, this is second hand info.)

Of course. In Thailand, most women are quite keen to be seen as a sweet little girl. Whether that is good or bad isn't really an issue, as they are free to choose. It's probably a noisy minority who have been influenced by Western ideas through social media to believe they should be constantly outraged and make claims of oppression. It's basically some unhappy people following a trend.

Thai men/society appear to have women trained to an insane level. When I think about how much Western men are trained to pursue women, put them on a pedestal, shower them in gifts and experiences, give them full commitment, and to keep this up for the duration of the relationship. Then you have many Thai women apparently chasing men, buying them gifts, and trying to win them over, while they drink and cheat and treat them like garbage. There must be some serious indoctrination going on with Thai girls. No wonder some Thai people say that having a daughter is like having a toilet in your front garden. But it never occurs to them to try to address the actual cause.

Can you explain a little please? When I use Google translate on mouse and rat, they both translate to "หนู"

If time travel was invented, I think it would be highly regulated. It might be the case that it would be invented then instantly banned. Even travelling back in time to do something "good", could completely change things to be much worse, and in a way that means there is no way to change it back.

OK, sure. You can say that, as a girl, you don't want to be called something that suggests you are sweet and small (because some random feminist on tiktok told you that being a woman is bad and you have to want to be a man), just as long as you know the next time you try to use being a girl to get something, don't expect to actually get what you want.

I believe the comment I was replying to was referencing "Western feminists'" attitudes to prostitution generally, and really in terms of it occurring where they are. So I think they don't want men in Western countries to have the kind of access to prostitution that Thai men have. Western women seem to like to limit who men can have sex with. Hence things like prostitution, age-gap relationships, etc., are labelled as predatory and exploitative. (Whilst they don't appear to have so much of a problem with any situation that has a woman exploiting a man.)

Have you actually heard of this happening? I think the feelings of obligation are quite strong and, unfortunately, the way things are set up, they really might have no choice if they want to take care of their parents.

Most men's only source of sex is often in a committed relationship that turns into marriage. If they cheat then the women can take most of their money and ruin their lives.

I suppose it depends on the girl's personal circumstances. 1, she could have higher outgoings than that 12k a month and that might be the reason she is doing it. 2, she likely has a family that whose financial demands scale with the income that she makes - the more she earns, the more family members demand money and the higher the demand. I think you have to bear in mind that a lot of Thai women don't really have much freedom and are raised from birth specifically to be slaves to their family, be that physical or financial, while the men are raised to believe that they are free do whatever they want, including using women as slaves.

They don't like men having multiple options for acquiring sex because they know that if it wasn't illegal or taboo, and it was affordable, many men would choose it over dating and marrying women (or at least have it as a back-up plan if their demands are too extreme). They don't want the competition.

Relying on students to view YouTube videos or other websites in their own time to improve their listening skills is pie in the sky. Most students simple won't do it. It's just not in their nature to take their learning that seriously nor to make that much extra effort for most students. Having a native speaker in the classroom (and around the school) is one of the best ways for students to practice and improve their practical use of English. There's really no substitute for exposure to authentic English from a native speaker. As far as accents go, you can simply filter out those that are unintelligible or who cannot put on a clearer accent in the school.

If someone cannot teach at 55, there's a problem with that individual. No reason that people cannot teach up until 65, maybe longer. If the reason is that they have to be super energetic and dance around just to keep the attention of the students, or that the students don't like being around older people, then that's really a problem with the students. The idea that high school students cannot simply sit and listen to someone talk is simply transferring the problem of limited attention spans and poor discipline. As long as they have all their marbles and can stay focussed for the duration of the lesson, there's no reason that older people cannot teach. It's been that way forever in most Western countries and they do just fine.

They might want to think about increasing the retirement age for teachers. ????‍♂️

Two sides of the same coin. One is carrot the other is stick.