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19 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I'll just go by my own personal experience....

... kept my PP

... no drug test, even with the drug conviction (PA)

... kept my firearms, again, with a firearm conviction (FL)

... did have to notify PO about out of state travel, (PA conviction only) but given full freedom after 1st request.  No need for repeat permissions to travel.   International never came up.

I'm guessing this was DECADES ago. You do understand that procedures and punishments change over time, right?

3 minutes ago, advancebooking said:

Yes but Thailand is not the west is it. Daft comment 

The point being you can shop globally for medical treatment. Cost, areas of specialization, repeated positive outcomes, you do not have to limit yourself to the closest or most convenient option to get the outcome you are looking for.

20 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Is there a single person the US that does not have strong views one way or other about Trump?

Yeah, the 34% of US citizens who never vote and are not interested in politics in the least.

2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   It would still be a fight . 

What you mean is that it isn't a fair fight .

The conflict is indeed a war , but your point is that it isn't a fair war 

No. I mean it's IS NOT a fight. It is a beatdown. There is a big difference.

Also it is NOT a war by definition. Wars are between 2 state actors, or groups within a nation-state, not between a state actor and a suppressed minority.

This conflict isn't even a "war".

Would you consider a conflict between Andre the Giant and Young Sheldon to be a "fight"?

9 hours ago, stoner said:

here i thought the army of a nation was there to protect it...not to pillage it. 

You think golf takes presidence over the military? If you want convenient green space, they own it, you PAY FOR IT. Pillage my behind.

On 4/28/2024 at 10:40 PM, georgegeorgia said:

I was in a cafe today and spoke to a guy from the UK who had retired from the UK police 

 

He was saying it's about time they carried guns there , apparently they have to call the armed police to situations.

He had been attacked multiple times and injured and no gun to defend himself instead he had run away some bloke with a baseball bat or knife  coming at you 

He worked in some village 

 

I wonder how many country police in the UK have been murdered going out to situations and no gun .

 

 

Now take an example recently in Sydney Australia, the guy going through the Bondi beach shopping centre stabbing people,the first cop on  the scene was a woman supervisor going for her lunch break ,she had a gun ,she <deleted> him dead , 

 

Now if that had been in the UK , she  would of ran out outside and had to wait for armed police to turn up

How many more would of been stabbed waiting for them??

How long would armed police unit taken for the nutter ?

 

What if your in a country area .

 

I see a very weak police force in the UK and I feel sorry for them

Imagine going out to violent incidents with pepper spray 

Apparently even the detectives there don't even carry guns 

 

What a weak police union they have !!!

 

Nice. How to tell where y'all come from without saying it. "Weak police union" 😂😂😂 

You think more civilized countries should feel the fear of barely trained yahoos with military grade weapons and a culture and union which protect them from barely a hint of reprisals from any, obvious, infractions of the law on their part.

Well that sounds just dandy.

2 hours ago, traveller101 said:

Your points raised

Thailand no different to anywhere else, democracy doesn't exist anywhere.

Talking about insults - your statements constitutes a massive insult to the vast majority of the populations of Scandinavia, Switzerland, Austria, Australia etc. to name a few.

Apparently you like to "cherry pick". Why do I see so many countries which claim to be democracies appear in red or orange below?

2 hours ago, traveller101 said:

 

On 4/29/2024 at 3:39 PM, ikke1959 said:

Thai Democracy is not for the people only for the super rich and the ones in the Government.

How is that different from most other democracies?

12 minutes ago, john donson said:

even in GTA, you know not to mess with cops...

GTA 🤣🤣🤣 IRL, in civilized countries, there is no threat of death from "messing" with cops 

35 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Fail.

I guess it depends on your point of view, or lack thereof. I found the O.P. worthy of a chuckle.

2 minutes ago, rexpotter said:

I never thought such a simple comment about spending most of my time inside my house with the aircon going could spark so much rage.

So both overheated AND naive 😏