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If the law says that it is due to an earthquake simply taking place and causing the building to fall, and not that the design caused it to fall where it should have been able to withstand an earthquake, then it seems pretty clear.

So negative... 😓

I think that you have to remember that whatever he says, he is doing so in order to present himself in a certain way, so that doesn't mean that he is necessarily being completely honest. He's essentially presenting a sort of brand image whenever he speaks.

Happy to help. 🫡

While it is true that illegals and legals are different, a lot of immigration/societal issues in Europe come from unrestricted legal immigration, along with economic migrants posing as asylum seekers and refugees. Citizens should be allowed to complain about this without being labelled as racist or far-right.

I made it perfectly clear that the boycott would not have any effect because the gym membership comes with the insurance (I said it was free). If he stops going, the gym doesn't lose money. The only person who loses out is him.

It's funny how these left-wing types (who claim to have the moral highground) often just end up trolling and harassing people. They seem to think that because anyone who thinks differently to them is the bad guy, they can behave however they want and still be the good guy.

How Is that relevant?

It's quite interesting how we live in a society where someone saying "There's too many immigrants, we need to stop them" is automatically seen as racist and crazy. I even think that when I write it, but this is obviously a completely sensible and legitimate opinion to have, if there genuinely are issues with immigration.

I think they understand all of this, they have just convinced themselves that if they say, "that's just a far-right talking point" they can make it all go away.

But if it was free, how were you supporting it prior to your boycott?

I remember seeing one of Mao. Of course there were loads of Che t-shirts and posters. He was seen as a revolutionary, sure, but he tortured and murdered plenty of people. And he was a communist, which speaks for itself. The fact that he was seen as a revolutionary figure, without anyone actually knowing what he did, kind of makes my point. Here's a couple of Mao jumpers: https://www.amazon.com/Zedong-Chairman-Chinese-Patriot-Pullover/dp/B09NTP32QX?customId=B078RXQC7K&customizationToken=MC_Assembly_1%23B078RXQC7K&th=1 https://www.ebay.com/itm/362384303397 Then there's the John Cena meme picture. You wouldn't see that with Hitler. I think they're simply viewed objectively and unemotionally as famous political icons, rather than torturers and mass murderers, which is how Asian people probably think of someone like Hitler or Putin. I can't believe people have the nerve to try to tell people what is right and wrong in another person's country. As though what that society thinks or feels is irrelevant and their feelings take priority.

As I said, Chairman Mao and Che Guevara are fairly popular in terms of tacky t-shirts and posters, the North Korean Kims too, but people don't mind those mass murderers because they didn't mass murder anyone they care about. It seems that your comment doesn't hold up to any kind of factual scrutiny. 🙄

Do these same people throw a fit when they see Che Guevara or Mao somewhere in the West? You can't go to another country in a different part of the world and expect locals to cater to your feelings when those figures don't have the same meaning there. individuals seem to often forget that it's other people that allow them the rights and freedoms that they enjoy. They come to think of something as being objectively right or wrong. They become entitled.

It actually reflects how entitled some people are, assuming that they have control over another country and culture as they do their own.

Even if this is true, it doesn't affect what I wrote.

These actions target people based on citizenship/immigration status. They are not related to race. For a policy to be racist, it needs to target people based on race. Do you have any?

You can't expect to join a network of progressive liberal countries while sending political prisoners off to be tortured and killed. I think Thais are used to never being held accountable.

Can you explain this a little and maybe give an example? I get the impression that Trump hasn't done anything negative towards American citizens, even if they are non-White.

All professors have doctorates but to say Professor Dr. I've not seen before, Doesn't matter. In the UK professors will typically have a doctorate and then eventually become a professor if they meet certain standards, and I think there needs to be some sort of vacancy. In other countries, though, sometimes people who teach in a university are automatically called professor. Kind of weird.

Bundooman. I can see it.

You think that in Thailand young teachers are going to be correcting the older teachers and telling them how to teach?!! It's you that has no knowledge of how Thailand works!

Why?

So it all seems to b e going down. Apart from English, which is probably because kids are watching things on the internet and playing online games. Sounds like a good idea to switch, but I'm not sure it will give the result the chap in the article wants. At least it might spur some positive change, though.

Presumably, someone thinks that people having to prove citizenship will impact the number of votes they will get. 🤷‍♂️