Sir Dude

From my observations, it all basically goes wrong for Thai students at high school because it's little more than 6 years of mindwashing nonsense learning fluff or nothing at all... along with nonsense activities. By the time they get to university, it's mainly too late... they sink or swim in class sizes of 50 etc. as that's not "teaching", it's a lecture.

You often hear people talking about/promoting how important critical thinking is and how it should be taught etc... but I see very little evidence of it being taught or even of people knowing what it actually is (observation, analysis, logic, systematically following processes of thought, judging relevence of ideas or augments, spotting errors or inconsistencies in comments/arguments, reflecting on your and others' assumptions and beliefs or biases, reasoning, balancing pros and cons/good and bad plus forming defendable opinion with supporting evidence etc.) so as to get to the best conclusion at a given time.

However, having a properly educated population that can think critically and freely, simply isn't in the interest of the 1%. Thailand needs a compliant and subservient workforce/populous to the elite. You can see it in the politics and establishment regarding how scared the puppet masters are of change and entities like the Move Forward Party... the dinosaurs even jumped into bed with Taksin and allowed him back with little sanction, just so that they can hang on to power for a little longer and forestall the progressives and change. Although, they are kidding themselves as change is inevitable and it's coming... the internet and social media has seen to that, and these kids that have been leaving university for the last 10-15 years or so won't stand for the same nonsense forever, as they will be entering positions of power shortly.

When I read "DPM" I thought straight away of "damage per minute"... then realised I wasn't playing an online game.

Thailand is already a vassal-state of the CCP... it's just that the regular Thais don't know it, and by the time they wake-up, it will be way too late.

Doesn't pass the smell test... a very rural wiff coming from Toady on this one.

I don't drink Thai beer anymore because it's just so bad... even worse, I've begun to consider the regular Budweiser from the Philippines as the best bang-for-the-buck at around 65 baht for a 500ml can, as it has become fairly ubiquitous everywhere now. Some of the larger malls have good booze sections, but they aren't cheap.

The Thai police should start using phrases like "death through misadventure" as it would sound a lot better than these swift off-the-cuff explanations about what might have happened like "Yeah, he might have been too hot and boozed up, so could have just gone to cool off in the water... and promptly drowned." Off to the next situation to give a armchair explanation to and minimize the paperwork and investigation.

Just sounds so amateurish with the speculation. 

The thing with a safe is about who knows you have one, from point of sale/acquisition to anyone who even enters your home or you/the wife/kids blabbing about it to anyone. There is some merit in having a certain amount of cash instantly available for certain eventualities, but it is a massive temptation to anyone... especially these days.

It's almost as if people can sniff safes out. It could be anything that can betray that a safe is in your house from the sales assistant at the shop you buy it from who then looks at your or your wife's stored data, or noting your vehicle licence plate so they can check the address somehow later through corrupt contacts, to the neighbour snitching as you unload it, to a maid/gardener/furniture delivery person/air-con service guy, to anything. The trick is to get the safe from where you get it from without anyone knowing anything about you or where it is going (which is harder than you might think). Might be better just to keep some money somehwere cunning inside the house without drawing attention to yourself... but 2 million cash is a bit excessive, unless you are up to no good and putting it in the bank would raise flags.

However, all things aside, this case looks like the perps knew everything and it was properly prepped & planned. Can't trust anyone.

I truly hope that this muppet Anutin is consigned to political history at the up-coming election, as he has had a very toxic effect on Thai society.

Anyone would be better than these cretins and crooks that have power now and for the last wasted 8 years... even a MF and PT coalition would be okay for now. Hopefully the Thais stand up say make it clear that it's time for something new.

This is not surprising considering the unfairness of Thai society, especially towards the young, and a general lack of opportunity for most who have little to look forward to. Once the dinosaurs are extinct, there will be much change in a short amount of time here... maybe another 10-15 years, as I can't see these university kids that are graduating now standing for it once they move up the ladder.

There are some caveats to rejoining that may be a too harder sell to the UK public, so if the UK does get closer to Brussels again, then it will be on the sly... at least for the foreseeable future anyhow.

Examples of questions that would need answering, and you also have to remember the basket-case countries lined-up to join the EU in the next 5-10 years and how that will influence things too, are as follows:

If we rejoined the EU, how much would Britain pay into its budget per year?

If free movement into the UK from the EU were to be restored, what would annual net migration be?

What proportion of the global economy, and of British trade, will the EU represent in 20 years?

What would be the effect on future trade of abandoning our new, closer ties with the growing Pacific region?

What would be the economic cost of joining the eurozone?

Will the UK rejoin the Common Fisheries Policy as the UK will gain full control over their waters in 2026?

As we now have a Free Trade Agreement with the EU, what precisely would be the advantage of rejoining the Single Market and Customs Union?

Would Brussels lawmakers have priority over Parliament, and would the European Court of Justice be superior to British courts?

Would Rejoiners agree to the EU being in overall charge of our foreign and security policy?

Would Rejoiners commit to a referendum to approve the terms negotiated for a new relationship with the EU?

The above are examples of sensible questions that would need convincing answers... which there might be, but certainly not as simple as some think. Personally, the UK would have to give up the Pound and accept the Euro (which is hardly a tub-thumping success), accept uncontrolled immigration again (think also about the countries lined up to join the EU soon), pay ludicrous amounts into the financing black hole that is Brussels, no rebates, no foreign policy of our own, etc., etc.

The conditions of the EU allowing the UK to rejoin would simply be so bad that they would be political suicide and not acceptable... as they would be punishment terms, so as to set an example. Whichever UK party is in government might try it on the quiet, but that's a whole different thing.

Great photo, not even a token white guy in the lineup. I guess loneliness is a powerful feeling, but you would have thought that this scam has been so beaten to death that these women would click. Suppose not... but a crime for really low individuals to commit..

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A Thai woman is understood to be among the dead and has been reported to the Thai Foreign Ministry.

A poor choice of wording... reported for dying, huh.

Ridiculous idea, got trouble stamped all over it. What about all the responsible and diligent people who honour their commitments? What's in it for them? What you will get is all the "live today and screw tomorrow brigade" pile straight down the nearest lender and attempt to scam as much as possible out of them, then go right back to defaulting on repayments... Duh!