SammyT

Interesting. Didnt see the Brits stepping in to clean up after Scouser Lee in CNX...

I find it astounding the amount of guys I have met over here who have unprotected sex with bar girls and other hookers. Spoke to a guy at a pub one night who told me he never used condoms, and didn't see why he would need to. I've also heard from bar girls about how many guys are insistent on not wanting to wear condoms. It wouldn't take much to take Thailand back to the days of the 1980's HIV epidemic with those sorts of attitudes

The mysterious forces of cheap materials, incompetent labour and official corruption which allowed it to happen 

If they didnt bring these animals to put on shows for tourists, things like this would never happen. Common sense seems to be lacking here, what a surprise.

God I always laugh when Americans go out of their way to lecture me about how absurd both New Zealand's Prime Minister and gun laws are. 

They really do need to take a long hard look at themselves as a nation and who they put into power

This will be nightmare for some of the hotels which are proximate to sois 6, 7 and 8. As it is, some of those bars which are completely empty but for some disinterested looking bar girls still play obnoxiously loud and crappy music until 2am which is easily heard in nearby hotels thanks to zero soundproofing. Your regular tourist won't want to put up with that til 4am. 

Strange article this one. While the poor are definitely statistically over-represented in the road deaths - avoidable things such as not wearing helmets, driving at excessive speed and habitual drink driving does not help their cause. For every poor person who gets mowed down by a rich person in a BMW, I bet there are 100 times more who die in an avoidable manner as a result of their own actions (or inactions).

Absolutely concur that the rich are far less likely to face justice or be punished though. 

Fondly reminiscing about my uni days where we just used to get drunk and try to get laid, not beat the snot out of rival unis with improvised weapons and knives. 

Perhaps they could bring Chiang Mai into the fold and stop enforcing midnight closing. Extend it out til 2am to be in line with the rest of Thailand. 

38 minutes ago, BobBKK said:

Yea, yea... Tell shops like Rimping that having one day a week 'no bag day' is pathetic if 6 days are 'have as many as you want'.

EVERY day should be no bag day then we would remember to bring our hessian bags every time! 

Agreed. Wont give you a bag on Wednesday but will pretty much individually bag your other items every other day of the week, and double bag anything over 1kg. 

8 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

16 minutes ago, Shot said:

Never trust someone with tats on their face.

Or a beard.

Or who wears their cellphone in a holder on their belt. That's what pockets are designed for. If they don't trust pockets, I don't trust them. 

Yet they'll still probably give the Chinese their own queue. Go figure.

Imagine what the news would look like if they posted a story every time a westerner fell for a sob story and got ripped off by a Thai.

In my few years here I've seen that all minivan drivers seem to drive like <deleted>, bar none. 

Even in city streets in Chiang mai you see them doing double the posted limit and passing on yellow lines, running red lights etc. Meaningful enforcement rather than virtue signalling would be a much better solution 

Pretty much just here to see the ranting of angry expats. My TM30 reporting takes up a few hours each year. It's not ideal, but it is what it is. 

19 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Another PR disaster. As 1% of the population, the onus is on the muslims to make an effort to respect and integrate into their new host country, not the other way round. Forcing the 99% to change their cultures, customs and lives to suit the newcomers could lead to all sorts of trouble and resentment - as seen in some north European nations.

 

Agreed mate. I'm fairly relaxed in my views on immigration and integration, but they need to respect the identification and investigation process that the police need to do in the aftermath of a mass shooting and the fact that this would delay the return of their family members for burial. Particularly where there would have been some horrific injuries which would have made victim ID difficult 

"The long court process has become a source of stress and confusion" 

Yes, because in our country, people are afforded a number of rights to ensure a fair trial, no matter how much of a piece of shit they are. As opposed to many of their birth countries where they people would be publicly executed the following day in some barbaric manner. 

That said, the drawn out response is typical of the NZ labour government. Jacinda is clearly a warm and caring person and a great face for the tragedy, but when it comes to meaningful action shes hopeless and surrounded by idiots