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Btw, calling it 'The' Ukraine is tantamount to calling it part of Russia. It's insulting to Ukrainians. The country is simply called Ukraine. Not criticising the OP, but I was just curious why some people say The Ukraine, so I looked it up.

No. Why would they prohibit women from competing? The topic is about biological men competing against girls/women.

That would be fine by me. As long as women aren't having their dreams crushed by biological men.

A woman is not going to be competitive in men's sports. A woman who 'transitions' is not going to ruin the dreams of men who have trained all their lives to be the best at their sport. There is no need to ban women who transition to men.

Sounds like you spend most of the day hiding behind your sofa. What a load of crap. Thailand is safer than the UK and many other '1st world' countries.

See the last comment on my post: "I don't think cannabis is necessarily the bad guy, but legalising it attracts the wrong crowd." I'm not saying dope smoking makes people get into fights. I'm saying young, trouble-making chavvy men are more likely to holiday in a country where drug taking is legal.

No, I was listening to a doctor talking about cannabis induced psychosis on the radio the other day, and she mentioned this case. It wasn't hard to find.

This is true. But a certain type of tourist is attracted to countries where drug taking is legal. There has been a huge influx of wronguns coming for holidays in Thailand since cannabis was effectively legalised. I've seen it in Samui and Patong. All male groups of 20-30 year olds taking over the place, and inevitably getting into fights. Samui and Patong used to be a mixed crowd (age and gender plus couples etc.). Now it's more more like Magaluf! I don't think cannabis is necessarily the bad guy, but legalising it attracts the wrong crowd.

Try telling that to the parents of Daniel Anjorin: Man guilty of murdering boy with sword in Hainault Monzo had gone into a cannabis-induced psychosis before the attack, and had killed and skinned his pet cat before heading to Hainault, north-east London, the court was told. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyrg6ynnx9o

Kneecap also urged people to kill their local (Tory) MP. Two Tier Keir seems happy to let that one go. Disgraceful considering what happened to David Amess and Jo Cox. Rap trio Kneecap will not be charged for allegedly calling on people to "kill your local MP", London's Metropolitan Police has said. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0630/1521006-kneecap-terrorism-charge/

Why aren't the lefty activists shouting death to Hamas? Hamas have ruled over Palestinians with fear and brutality, they treat women like slaves, kill gays, caried out the 7th Oct atrocities, still holding hostages etc etc. Hamas clinging desperately to power is prolonging the war. Wake up lefties!

Rubbish. The point is that if there's a Muslim candidate ALL Muslims will vote for that candidate. That is the MO for Muslims, they stick rigidly with their own when it comes to voting. So Khan has a HUGE head start for every mayoral election. Then you add in the lefties and the die hard Labour voters and he's nailed on to win very time. You don't get this with any other religious or racial group. Blacks will not ALL vote for the black candidate. Christians will not ALL back the Christian candidate. As for Khan doing a good job for London, I can only assume that was a tongue-in-cheek comment Mamdani is going to have the same head start as Khan.

I know what is ridiculous. Expecting Thai massage ladies to stop calling out 'massage' 🤦‍♂️

I've only been to Vietnam a couple of times, and only to HCMC. I didn't feel the same sense of freedom in Vn that you get in Thailand, especially around the nightlife where I was told (by locals) the bars could be raided any time by police wanting to crack down hard on fun. I was strongly advised not to get caught up in a raid! Maybe it's different these days, and the authorities are more relaxed over there? Or maybe I need to venture further than HCMC.

Why move to another country and wait 10 years hoping the natives will change their ways, and behave the way YOU want them to behave? Just remember, you chose Thailand, Thailand didn't choose you. P.S. I assume your username is meant to be irony? You don't sound like a happy camper 🙂

Do you believe Iran should be trusted to continue with their nuclear program? Given their track record of backing multiple terror groups around the ME, do you think the Iranian regime would hesitate to use nuclear weapons against Israel? I dread the thought of all out war, but I'd rather see it now with 'conventional' weapons than waiting for Iran to launch nukes at Israel. Now that really would be the end game! Iran has long maintained that its nuclear programme is for peaceful, civilian purposes only. This week, the watchdog's board of governors formally declared Iran in breach of its non-proliferation obligations for the first time in 20 years. An earlier IAEA report said Iran had enriched uranium to 60% purity, near weapons grade, to potentially make nine nuclear bombs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdj9vj8glg2o

If it's true that he suffered with Epilepsy, it's possible he could've had a fit during or after his cab ride to Pattaya and bashed his head. Excessive alcohol can trigger a fit. As to why he ended up near Pattaya, maybe his two friends wouldn't leave a boring BKK nightclub and this fella was desperate for the full on Pattaya experience. An hour's journey wouldn't deter a man on that mission full of booze. In my younger days I often disappeared on nights out because I didn't want to be where my mates wanted to stay, and I couldn't be bothered to discuss it.

Absolutely. He's more likely to survive in a Thai hospital than under the so called 'care' of the NHS in the UK.

Yep, these wind farms and all the fields full of solar panels are destroying biodiversity - they're not environmentally friendly at all. Same as this rush to build millions of new houses to accommodate the population swell from immigration. Concreting over more countryside. The same people calling for more houses, more wind farms and more solar farms also call themselves environmentalists 🤦‍♂️ You couldn't make it up

Are gay war heros excluded from Remembrance Sunday etc? Maybe you think gay war heros should be celebrated separately. Bit divisive that...

A country's leader can either appease the left (like the UK does) and accept the risk to it's citizens by allowing people in from from these trouble zones. Or they can introduce measures to reduce the risk to it's citizens, and face the wrath of the left. I would prefer my country's leader to do the latter. Unfortunately I'm from the UK.

I disagree. A country's leader can either appease the left (like the UK does) and accept the increased risk from some individuals from these countries. Or they can take drastic measures to reduce the risk for all of it's citizens, knowing they'll face the wrath of the left (throwing around the racist card etc.). I know which I prefer.

No, the Rwanda plan was delayed by human rights activists and lawyers, and then scrapped by Labour. It wasn't a perfect plan but it was already deterring illegal migrants even before being implemented. What is a better deterrent - the threat of being sent to Rwanda, or the 'threat' of being put up in a UK hotel? Have boat crossing increased since the Rwanda plan was scrapped?

Is that the law that will have failed asylum seekers transferred to a third country? These bogus asylum claimants get years of rejections and appeals before they are deemed to be failed asylum seekers. This law will not deter the boat people. To deter the boat people we need a law that would remove illegal migrants immediately. The Rwanda plan started to deter illegals entering Britain (remember how Ireland were cursing the UK because the illegals were going there instead?). Even though the Rwanda plan never got off the ground, the risk of being sent to a third country was a deterrent. Since Labour removed that deterrent we've seen record breaking numbers crossing the Channel.

I agree. The two men are probably arrogant tw@ts who have made a nuisance of themselves since arriving in Phuket, and have probably slapped women before. I assume that's what you mean...