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6 hours ago, alation said:

Rest in peace young lady my prayer is that you knew or reached out to Jesus inside your last breath my condolences to your family 

What does Jesus have to do with whether she reaches Nirvana or is reincarnated again?

Surely you should be hoping that she made enough merit for her next life to be a good one?

2 hours ago, kickstart said:

Yes this is Thailand ,and a lot of things are  still taboo  sex, menstruation

Sex and menstruation are in no way taboo in Thailand. They are more comfortable talking about them than most Western people.

13 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

How cruel life can be when a child wants to end it at sixteen  RIP.  

The idea of reincarnation must make suicide an easy option for Thais I think. Hence the frequency of Thai women killing themselves during an argument.

I wish Thais valued life a little more, their own included.

14 hours ago, webfact said:

more interested in the pot on the screen than the fate of the passengers in his vehicle.

Of course. He has no control over their fate.

3 hours ago, bluesofa said:

not to worry about it, he was fine.

Well he was fine. There is no future, no consequences. When it is their time, it is their time.

7 minutes ago, seancbk said:

 

So US voters now get grief for reading an intelligent UK newspaper ?

 

Just a joke based on the reddit comment in question. Amongst other insults, 'Trump voting Daily Mail readers' was thrown in, so I am reversing that.

I am anticipating that the user will remember the contents of the post he is referencing and get the joke. Perhaps he will take it as an insult. These are the times that make life interesting.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Both victims were taken to hospital with facial and head wounds and are now pressing police to arrest those responsible.

The police should be chomping at the bit to find the guys that did this. Pretty messed up.

6 hours ago, Covertjay said:

Wow, that's so racist. Looks like the reddit posters prediction of the types of responses and the types of posters to be found here is ringing true. 

 

Let's stick to the issue at hand. Two competing narratives on a story involving an Australian citizen in Pattaya.  

Spoken like a true Guardian reading Hillary voter!

3 hours ago, seancbk said:

 Why no link?

Just go to r/Thailand. It's at the top.

3 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Damn!  That's the same girl?

I guess he has money?

1 hour ago, kcpattaya said:

TWO hours of negotiating with a crackhead?!
Obviously the metropolitan police has nothing else to do? 

Better to force the door and if the woman dies so be it?  Anything is better than wasting two hours?

7 hours ago, Formaleins said:

They say video game violence now does not affect children, however, given the limited mental capacity of the locals, and the bitch slap violence of almost every Thai soap opera, it makes you wonder.

They have always said that video game violence does not affect children.  The idea that it does is just some scaremongering by people that want to ban everything.  It's along the lines of "the gunman had an Eminem CD in his car, Eminem made him do it!"

Why do you mention video games and then TV programs?  They are not related.  If TV programs make people violent, that has nothing to do with video games.

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The livestreaming prompted a team of Bung Kum police and rescue workers to be rushed to the condominium,

Quite impressive to see the Police actually responding to a crime as it happens.  (Although it's probably because it was being watched by the public so they would lose face if they did nothing.)

10 hours ago, webfact said:

but they found the room locked from inside.  They did not break open the door to get in for fear that the victim might get killed.

And showing consideration for future events and consequences to their actions.  This is a promising new direction.  Let's hope it catches on.

1 minute ago, BEngBKK said:

alcohol treatment or castration...

"Well old man, we can offer you two things. Treatment for your alcohol addiction so you can live a normal life, or the removal of your testicles. Do you have a preference?"

What's with all the psycho yanks on here that say if someone touches you in any way you can batter them? Is that actually in the legislation over there?

"Well the guy put his hand on my chest so I broke his arm."

"OK. That sounds totally reasonable and proportionate.  No jail for you!"

No wonder you all carry guns and the cops shoot you for looking at them the wrong way. You're mental.

3 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

I agree with you but i have asked a simple question of numerous Thai's down many years...''What do you think is most important...Love or Money '?    Without exception they have all said ...MONEY !

Perhaps being married and having a kid with someone who treated her like garbage changed her mind. Could it be that in Thai society it's a lesson that people only learn through bad experiences?

She doesn't look stoked but it's shitty raising a child alone and that's probably her main concern.

4 hours ago, Ossy said:

Wow! . . . a cop with a reputation for busting crime? Big Joke . . . right?

Given the context you can see how the name is appropriate.

"You want to help people and protect the vulnerable? You don't want to just collect bribes and line your own pockets? You must be mad, a big joke!"

Hopefully one day what he is doing is seen as the right thing to do, rather than something crazy.

2 hours ago, Jools said:

Whaever the crime, they can always trace it back to "foreigners". Very Trump-like.

Yes. Nobody ever blamed foreign people for anything before Trump. /s

3 hours ago, Father Fintan Stack said:

Bit of a misleading headline then.

"We like to report the news, but we like to stay in business more."

3 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

If they rounded up all the Thai fathers & uncles who were having sex with their daughters & nieces, that would eliminate at least 25% of the male population.  Had one in our moo bahn that had been having sex with is 16 year old daughter since she was 12.  People found out, called the cops and now his ass is in prison.  The last anyone heard of the daughter, she had run off to Pattaya. 

What a sad story. I suppose some therapy leading to a normal life is out of the question?

(No wonder they end up stabbing someone or killing themselves. The one person who is meant to give everything to protect them destroys them for their own selfish pleasure. I guess he can make some merit and be ok in the next life.)

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Not exactly un-supported... she gets the gold shop !!

True. I was thinking more about being without a loving partner, but the money is probably more important to a Thai.