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According to the OP's story, the price was posted, but they still charged him extra. He said that his son paid so as not to make a fuss, but it kind of sounds in this instance they were trying it on and perhaps pointing at the sign and saying they know what the price is would have got the guy to back down.

Couple of questions, apologise in advance if they're a little personal. 1, Aren't you bothered by having a wet anus (plus whatever else gets splashed, crack, cheeks, balls, etc..) 2, Do you go "fingers in" with the non-gun hand?

It's the principle. Even a haircut being 200 Baht instead of 100 Baht is one step away from simply taking 100 Baht from your pocket because you're foreign. And 100 Baht isn't a huge sum.

This one would have really <deleted> me off. It's annoying with the tourist attractions, but this is no different to them stealing money out of your pocket simply because you aren't Thai.

I imagine your Western handlers were furious at missing out on all the juicy military secrets you would have uncovered for them. Presumably squeezing by all the Thais taking photos to post on Facebook to put your hidden camera to good use.

The people of the nation pay for their children to be educated, as it is best for the future of that nation. However, there is no "agreement" and people are not penalised if they choose to live in another country. Sure, people who do not live in a developing country benefit from that fact. That does not mean that you should be penalised if you move to a developing country and begin working and/or paying taxes. Now you're being exploited by greedy individuals. There is no deal.

The water has to go somewhere. You're not aiming it down.

What happened to the missile after it popped the balloon?

Who said it would be a problem?

Paying into a private pension while living abroad.

How does this work when living abroad?

It had crossed my mind that as his virility falls he's either compensating or bitter.

You saw them on the bed?

Have you ever actually heard of this happening to a teacher waiting to get a non-B?

And so it begins...

I'm pretty sure it's simply a case of "Sorry guys, but you ripped off the wrong people. Now we have to show that we are doing something about it."

Because women are considered unreliable in Thailand?

More likely they say "Oh no. That's so bad. I'm not like that." Then go and be corrupt in whatever area they can be.

Or the prospective passenger shouted the Thai equivalent of "you lazy <deleted>" and the taxi driver saw red and got out and stabbed him.

Ironically, these are the real examples of what was seen in stories like 1984. I'm actually surprised by the number of people on this site buying it. But then, people have unironically quoted things like this: Which would suggest that they have no idea what any of it actually is and simply think "Well, Trump is against it and I hate Trump. So it must be a good thing."

Something to bear in mind. Obviously we don't want to go "out of the communist frying pan and into the nazi fire". But you really think that far-right groups will go ransacking libraries and burning books or something? I don't think they would know where to start.

Again, I'm not really sure what your point is. An ideology is harmful. It's essentially "anti-education". It gets removed from schools. Where's the problem?

I'm a little confused. This is overwhelmingly a good thing, consider the harm these ideologies (or, realistically, ideology) do. I would have thought you would not share this, as it seems to contradict what you have said previously.

You obviously don't know the ideology that this system is seeking to keep out of schools. If you want an analogy. This is the school system saying "We don't want to live in a society like 1984 (or Stalin or Mao, if you like), so we're making sure that harmful ideologies cannot be used to indoctrinate our children."

Apparently a trained member of staff already working at the school. Sounds like a good idea. As long as the kids are safe from radical ideology. Doesn't sound like it's that at all. That's the whole point of keeping a certain dangerous ideology out of schools. The aim is to prevent this type of thinking.