Purdey

If they renamed entertainment areas red light districts perhaps it would put some provinces off the idea.

No unprotected sex is a mantra pretty well-known to most people. She maybe doesn't understand that she probably didn't pass it on if they wore a condom. Oral sex carries little to no risk for getting or transmitting HIV, much lower than with anal or vaginal sex.

Think carefully before going against a doctor's advice. Yes, you can pay Thai doctor's to do what you want, but it doesn't mean it's the best choice. As someone else said, surgery is a last resort. If your UK doctor has not recommended it, either continue with the prescribed medicine or talk it over with the/a doctor and see if he can recommend something non-invasive. My prostate ballooned so I visited two hospitals (1st and 2nd opinion). My biggest fear was prostate cancer, but that checked out fine. Both doctors prescribed medicine and it has seemed to work as the "stream" is stronger. Thai doctors will often do whatever costs you the most, so please don't demand something a good doctor has not recommended.

It is a surprise that with 10 years of military rule and many more years of Thaksin rule that not one of the ding dings thought of having a clean air act.

To be fair, the government promised every Thai would get their free beer money THB 10,000 so everyone wants their free money now.

I wonder if, by luck, the Shinawatra family will avoid this tax somehow?

Look at it the other way round, 86% totally fine but thanks for asking.

I wonder what tourists will tell their friends when they go back to their home countries. Is the sort of PR Pheu Thai was looking for?

I see he has two people near him in the photo to ensure he says what they instructed him to say. Sigh.

Good, detailed, journalism.

My issue, is everyone sentenced to death is found guilty beyond reasonable doubt. Guilty as hell you say. So when they are found innocent decades later, and have already been executed or spent 40 years on death row, how do you deal with it? You might remember the Monty Python film Holy Grail where Lancelot kills a wedding party thinking they are the bad guys and later has to walk through the murdered guests and loads of blood saying "Sorry, terribly sorry" when he finds out he was wrong. I simply want to avoid that happening.

Or there is an opportunity that they are found innocent when DNA proves they didn't do it. Too late once they are dead.

Killing someone that is later found innocent is a tremendous burden to carry. Do not forget, all those on death row who were found guilty of murder beyond reasonable doubt - and then exonerated - must have felt something too.

Aside from the fact you associate human life with money, which is horrible in itself, you didn't understand that every person wrongly executed was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt (obviously), then later found innocent. You also don't understand that the legal system is expensive what with speaks and the cost of lawyers (you know that money thing). It is often more expensive to execute someone than imprison then for life. See the attached information which can be found easily. Granted, everything is more expensive in some countries than others but you can't look at people as economic goods. As an aside, in Thailand, for instance, arresting Burmese for crimes committed by Thais is not unusual.

There is a footnote in the Foreign Business Act that clearly states crime is reserved for Thais.

Many here saying these murderers should be murdered by the state to prevent them going back on the streets and killing again. What does life in prison without parole mean? Think about it. Take all the time you need.

I am not sure what you cannot do in Thailand that you could do in a western country. Gyms, hobbies, cycling at weekends, parties, photography - how can anyone get bored? I think one reason for boredom may be not having friends who talk about the subjects you like. Thais know little about what goes on in Europe or America. And they don't care. I have found many friends who speak good English as well as a couple of westerners. I would hazard a guess that anyone who is bored in Thailand misses the mundane life they had in their home country and should never have left.

My main problem with the death penalty (besides the fact it is sanctioned murder by the state) is that innocent people do get executed. Most of the information on the web is available in regard to the USA. Since 1973, at least 195 people who had been wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. have been exonerated. Whew, just in time, eh? Except some spent decades on death row. The Death Penalty Information Center (U.S.) has published a partial listing of wrongful executions that, as of the end of 2020, identified 20 death-row prisoners who were "executed but possibly innocent". Imagine it was your son. Would you say, "Oh well, never mind, you have to break some eggs to make an omelet."? The death penalty in the UK was ended due to a travesty of justice. Derek Bentley was a learning disabled young man who was executed in 1953. He was convicted of the murder of a police officer during an attempted robbery, despite the fact that it was his accomplice who fired the gun and that Bentley was already under arrest at the time of the shooting. Christopher Craig, the 16-year-old who actually fired the shot, could not be executed as he was under 18. Craig served only ten years in prison before he was released. Again, if it were your son, would you say, "Well, he shouldn't have been on the job."? And before someone says we would only execute the ones who are really evil, as if they have a flashing light on their head, a court has to abide by what evidence, often circumstantial if the criminal is not caught in the act or left DNA.

A good move. Next, other drugs in small quantities.

I seem to remember the Lord Buddha instructing monks not to indulge in magic. Defrock the guy.

There used to be a famous transgender last nicknamed Ma who was the first fashion model in Thailand to not wear a bra on the catwalk. Later she became a well-known makeup artist. There is life after beauty.

Those small tiles are the worst. Ankles twisting in opposite directions at every step. I don't know what is the solution as every now and then a different vendor supplies new tiles and they are wobbly within weeks.

Unfortunately, I don't get a pension but the missus still loves me.

The statute of limitations in Thailand for murder requiring the death penalty is 20 years (why have a limitation on murder?), but they can hold the boy in a psychiatric treatment until he is over 15 then charge him as a criminal.

If only the government focused on educating what children there are, AI and technology may take up some of the slack. It is still a land of cheap labour.