JustAnotherHun

3 hours ago, BuddyPish said:

From what I've seen, that is the preserve of white people here and no matter how much we like to pretend it doesn't happen, it is and always should be a source of deep shame for the community. 

Why should it be a source of big shame for me, if a criminal or pervert has the same color as I have? To me it does not matter what color a criminal or pervert has.

Color of skin seems a big matter to you. Isn't it a very little bit racist?

19 minutes ago, BuddyPish said:

From what I've seen lately, all the "trouble" being caused here by foreigners seems to emanate from white people

So true. Don't forget all those white people from Nigeria "working" as love scammers, drug dealers and thieves. It's definetely a matter of color of skin. 

2 minutes ago, Jeff the Chef said:

I'd like to see Israel go back inside their original borders, comply with all U.N. resolutions, then look after their own people and leave the Arabs alone.

Would would that mean exactly?

Waiting for the next 7/10 massacre?

What I would like them to do? Well, whipe out the terrorists and their supporters. 

3 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

 Palestinians are exposed to terrorism every day. You don't know whether you will be beaten or killed while walking on the street...

So it was the Israelis who slaughtered men, women and children on October 7? Holy cow!

5 minutes ago, WDSmart said:

It's better to be a fool than a ravager. 

Hamas terrorists are both

3 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

A 6-week ceasefire means fire resumes after 6 weeks.

Wrong. A 6-week ceasefire means the guarantee there will be no attacks for 6 weeks. It says nothing about the time after.

If the terrorists would set free their hostages and would surrender, there would be no need to start the war again.

But as we know, they prefere to spit on their own people and hide behind them.

Sleepy Joe vs. Broke Don - what a choice 🙂

5 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Yes, he is correct. Endorsement for motorbikes is not valid, it has to be a specific motorbike license. So for me I have A, B and E,. B being cars, B with a motorbike endorsement is not valid without 'A'.

Ahh, thank you. Before I made my Thai DL I always drove bikes with my Germen DL an IDL. Never had a problem, but  DL for motorbvike was explicit mentioned on my foreign DL and IDL.

7 minutes ago, farang51 said:

It is two different things. The IDP itself is valid for 12 months. However, the country you are visiting may demand a local licence if you stay more than a certain time. I believe it is 3 months in most countries, including in Thailand.

Correct. You can drive with your foreign DL together with an international driving permit for three months in Thailand. If you stay more long you need a Thai DL.

IDP just valid for 12 months is wrong. Mine is valid for 3 years.

With a Thai DL together with a Thai IDL you can drive 6 months in (all?) EU countries.

I wonder if it's correct that foreign DLs are not valid for driving a motorbike in Thailand even if you have a IDL

7 minutes ago, LivinginKata said:

All International permits only allow car here in Thailand, even if endorsed for mbike. 

Really? Are you sure about that?

24 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Lets see, around 31,000 people killed, 70% of those are women and children says Hamas. so a figure of around 21,700 women and children leaving a figure of 9,300 males

Where do these numbers come from? The Hamas terrorists? Ahh, I see....

There might be less civilian victims if the terrorists would not use them as human shields.

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Thailand [..] to fight corruption

LoL

If it's a powerful big bike I would add a quickshifter, if possible.

I have QS on my GS1250 since years and now on my Versys SE too and I don't want to miss it.

Does it really mattter if the price for an extraction is 200 or 2000 THB?

I would think more important is to get a professional good and as painless as possible treatment.

My experience with dental treatment in Thailand (pattaya) is much better than in Germany with it's waiting lists and poor service even for private insured patients.

12 minutes ago, WDSmart said:

 

"...children, women and elderly people"

How about young men? Are they okay to hold as hostages?

No

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As long as the "terrorsts" hide behind their own people (civilians), the IDF is happy to justify killing those people.

Why do you think the IDF is happy about? Did you watch cheering IDF-soldiers like the Hamas terrorists did in the streets of Gaza after raping and slaughtering Israeli civilians? Did you watch those videos?

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Yes, the term used to mitigate the responsibility of killing non-combatants is "collateral damage." So you think "collateral damage" is okay, right? 

No. That might be one the differences between me and Hamas terrorists

As long as the HAMAS terrorists hold children, women and elderly people - all civilians! - as hostages, the IDF should go ahead to whipe them out.

As long as those terrorists hide behind their own people, in hospitals and schools, there sadly will be a high death toll under civilians.

What was the term when th US forces bombed cities in Iraq and wedding parties in Afghanistan to kill Al Quaeda terrorists an islamists? Ah, right: "Collateral demage".

23 minutes ago, WDSmart said:

All your arguments about immigrating elsewhere could also apply to the Israelis. 

I did not talk about immigration, Thaibeachlover did.

I just said, Egypt could open it's border for civilian refugees and I ask myself, why they are not willing to help their arab brothers.

15 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Rubbish. The Romans called it Syria Palaestina, and the British referred to the area as Palestine.

There never was a country called Palestine. It was a REGION, nothing else. Populated with Arabs and Jews. A paltestinian citizenship never existed in histoy.

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Yes, they are Arabs and they live in Palestine.

...as the Jews did an do.

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Trying to deflect does not change the fact that Gaza was not included in the 1948 UN designated area for israel. Israel has no legal right to it.

Israel has imho no intention to occupy Gaza permanently. They went in to fight Hamas-killers. It's their good right to act in self defence and whipe out those disgusting terrorists.

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I don't see what's happening in Gaza as literally genocide, and I don't believe that Israel has genocidal intentions towards Arabs as Hamas, etc. has genocidal intentions towards Jews. HOWEVER, there is no doubt that there is a humanitarian disaster happening there. You can share the blame between Hamas who started this current war and uses their own people as human shields and Israel who is trying to crush Hamas and can't avoid the tragic consequences to civilians, but it's still real and horrible whatever you call it. So definitely much more needs to be done to address the suffering in Gaza but it's still not reasonable to demand that Israel surrender to Hamas.

Fully agree.

The question is how Israel can defend itself against Hamas terrorists using civilians as human shields and hiding in hospitals.