I would imagine it's not an uptick in crimes, but an uptick in profile. Which basically means if your nationality isn't in the news, you're probably fine.
It seems highly unlikely that this would actually be enforced. The Thai cops make bank setting up checkpoints and charging fines to foreigners either not wearing helmets or not with proper license. That money would go down the drain quickly were this system introduced and ACTUALLY enforced. It seems more likely that it'd be yet another stick on which to attach a carrot. Pay an extra bit of the fine and you won't be yellow-carded.
Money is king and I've got suspicions that all of this nationalist blustering is just that; blustering. The boots on the ground know where the money's at, and they're smart enough (read: corrupt enough) to know how to use this to squeeze a bit more blood from the stone.
It's way easier for us to dream about being the hero than it is to actually be the hero.
Murder is a very rare and violent action, enough to stun the vast majority of people into inaction. Fight, flight, or freeze. Unless you're trained, you likely won't even understand what's happening until it's over.
This comment section is absolutely disgusting, filled with a bunch of locker-room talk that only creeps think is acceptable.
It's proof of why she felt the need to throw down with the moron that poured a drink on her. I'm glad he lost his job; maybe he'll think twice before acting so entitled to someone's attention that he takes rejection about as well as a 3-year-old.
This isn't how things work. Deterrents after a crime don't prevent crime because no criminals think they're going to be caught.
Extended / harsher sentences serve to make the populace feel better but don't actually do anything to stave off these kinds of crimes.
Access to affordable education, healthcare, housing, and mental health resources are the surest ways to avoid this type of crime by eliminating the desire to commit the crime at its source.
Though one wonders how or even if that would affect people that just...want to do crimes like this.
So wait, just so I'm clear, the police force itself is not in debt, members of said police force are in individual debt.
And the proposed solution for that is to set up low-interest government loans (also known as 'free money from taxpayers') to assist these cops in paying back the loans that they probably should have never taken out in the first place.
Do I have that right?
Thailand in general has a massive debt bubble set to pop any minute. Why are the police asking for a special government-backed exception when they'd be the ones going to arrest people for failure to pay off their own loans? What in the upside-down world is going on?
Yeah I was definitely thinking something a bit more casual, so maybe sound mitigation is a better phrase than sound proofing. I'm not looking to build a recording studio here, just a relatively quiet bedroom LOL
Hey all. My wife and I life in Chiang Mai. She's a pretty light sleeper; we have 4 cats (who like to play at night) and I tend to work overnight as well. I want my wife to be able to get a good night's sleep, and I want to be able to sleep during the day without awakening during the normal bustle of the day.
We have 2 PVC doors: one to the bathroom, and one to the living room. I suspect we'd need to seal them as well as get a heavier door.
We also have 2 windows. I suspect the same there as well as double-glazing?
Does anyone have any suggestions as to preventing external sounds from getting into the bedroom, as well as where in CNX we might be able to acquire these things? Thanks in advance!