Purdey

This may appear to be off topic but why are there no female generals in charge of female and child sexual abuse? Isn't it a no brainer? Please, no jokes about police brains.

This is preposterous! (Say this with dripping sarcasm) A member of the EU with its own sovereignty? The EU commission unable to impose its will? Egads. I thought EU members had no sovereignty!

Not really concerned with the cost as the racial discrimination behind it. The French pay the same as the Thais.

Killing a rapist is understandable if the forensics find sperm on her. An open and shut case. Key is as mentioned, how long did she plan the killing. In the UK, using more force than needed can lead to prison. The blood money to the rapist's family is positively third world.

Motorists will start to feel the pinch when they go to renew their road tax or license and the guy at the counter says, "you owe us 20,000 baht in speeding fines and cannot renew your license/tax until you pay." Fines for driving without a license will rise to garner more money. Yes, tea money will rise from 100 baht to 1,000 baht because the alternative is very much more. It will hurt the poor pickup drivers first. Farmers will complain and there will be protests. Then the government will quietly reverse its position because it needs the votes.

Sending captured troops back to Russia to tell their friends and family what is really happening may help to counter propaganda.

In the words of Monty Python, "Well, I never voted for him."

Thanks. I will see who is doing it and how successful it is. And how to buy beehives is quantity!

Last week I visited a poor school in Buriram that cannot grow vegetables for lunch as elephants keep coming and eating the vegetables, and stomping on fish in the pond nearby. There seems to be no confirmed method of keeping them away. Electric fences don’t work after they figure out their tusks don’t conduct electricity. Fences or trees don’t obstruct them. Maybe they can be driven away once but with deforestation, their habitats are being destroyed and they return for food.

In modern times, Thailand has been neutral except where it has been dragged into something. The nonaligned movement was one aspect of its declared neutrality. It does irritate warmongers but it is their kingdom not ours.

Is it possible to use COD, then open the package before handing over the cash? Any issues with wrong model, or breakage can be resolved by not accepting the package. Or not?

This is not an isolated incident in Thailand. The RTP reported 2,535 cases in 2017 with 53% of victims assaulted by family members or friends. When we look at other countries this seems rather excessive, for example 135,666 assaults in the US in the same year. I couldn't believe that in conservative Britain there were 70,330 assaults in 2021. So, while Thailand has a problem, Britain has a pandemic of assaults. This is no laughing matter. Women do need to lock doors but more than that, men need to keep it in their pants.

I don’t draw a line because it is not my body and people have to right to do what they want with their bodies. Tattoos are a tradition in Thailand and no man went into battle without neck to knee tattoos. If women think it looks good then it’s up to them, not me. Would I go out with a colorfully tattooed woman? Yes.

I once stayed in Mustang Blu, near Hualumpong, and as an amateur photographer found it rather unique. Wish there was a list of these places in Bangkok