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3 minutes ago, joebrown said:

OK, so the soulless people are now boring people. Your change of tack doesn't alter my opinion of you.

No, I don't live my life in fear, and neither should anyone living lawfully in LOS. However, you might be wise to remember that the consequences of you interactions here may not result in the same response you might expect in your country of birth.

Thanks for the advice. I know the result of actions both here  and many other places in the world.

Your opinion about me, is totally irrelevant. You do better concentrate on the topic instead of me.

3 minutes ago, timendres said:

Putting aside an obvious valid excuse for overstay, such as being injured and in the hospital,

Not a valid excuse. If you are in hospital and can not take yourself home, then you contact Immigration and they will give you an extension for that reason. If you are very injured like in coma, then you will probalby have friends or relatives that can arrange the extension and valid stay for you.
 

3 minutes ago, timendres said:

let's just assume this guy's excuse was "I don't want to leave, and I cannot get a proper visa".

It´s not his choice to make. He then engage in a criminal act by breaking the Immigration law. Everybody can get a proper visa. Thailand has rules, that clearly state that there is onbly possible to get long stay visas for marriage, having children in Thailand, retirement over 50 or Thai Elite that you have to pay for. Other people are on Tourist visas, which no longer can be used for staying permanently, because they are not created for that reason. 

That means that a person that not fit in for getting long stay visa only can use the tourist visa, and have to obey the rules regarding those. In all other cases Thailand is not the right place to chose. Very easy to understand.
 

3 minutes ago, timendres said:

It is not likely that he committed crimes, injured Thais, took away employment from needy Thai, or otherwise created a negative impact on society.

He broke the Immigration law, which is a criminal offense in Thailand. And this is about Thailand, right?
 

3 minutes ago, timendres said:

He simply broke an immigration law on overstay, and he will pay the penalty for his choice. Not sure why this is "disgusting" to some people. Personally, I reserve my "disgust" for the really bad characters, such as those who prey on children or the weak.

Yes, here you write that he broke the law, som you are somehow contradicting yourself from before. Sure, that happens. Never mind. Oh, I have a much better words for the harder offenses. Like retards, evil, sub human or monster for some examples. All overstayers are disgusting to me, because they brake the law and makes us all stand in a bad light.

14 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Zero power, and big trouble for him in his own country, Poland.

Another one that states he have zero power. Please, then feel free to tell me why Brexit takes so long time, and the UK do not get everything that they want?

Would be easy for you, right?

23 minutes ago, Scot123 said:

What a nasty twisted person you are. Revelling in someone's ill fortune. Yes he overstayed, he has been caught and he will suffer and be treated worse than a dog for who knows how long before being deported and your cheering. Phew... 

When am I cheering? As usual I post my opinion, and I do not like overstayers. That he will be treated like a dog, and maybe not know when he can come home is not my fault. That he made all by himself. He probably like self-inflicted mental pain. There is no need to overstay, and there is no valid excuse for it.

11 minutes ago, Saint Nick said:

Yes, I had things to contribute

Why did you not do that then, instead of concentrating on me as a person?

11 minutes ago, Saint Nick said:

and believe me: you are not funny to concentrate on!

Far from it!

Still, why to you do it then?

1 hour ago, joebrown said:

I usually get drawn into a TV thread by the Headline and then after digesting a couple of pages of posts, I move onto another topic. However, in this instance I was shocked by your post #6, so I kept reading until I was tempted to enter the fray.

I find your 1st paragraph above to be perhaps the most enlightening as to your character. Does your dogmatism run so deep that you can find no better word than 'garbage' to describe overstayers? I agree that in Thai law they are criminals, but without deeper knowledge of their circumstances/behaviour, I wouldn't denigrate them any further, as you do. The final line of the paragraph

mentions 'soulless people' where you were born. Does it never occur to you that you are displaying the very same traits you seemed so keen to leave behind in your country of birth?

No I was keen to leave behind boring people, and just create a better life for myself in another country. Visited over 30 countries before I decided to stay in Thailand.
 

1 hour ago, joebrown said:

I've lived here long enough to understand when to or not to abide by the letter of the law. It's worth bearing in mind that our lives can be eliminated very quickly for about 20,000bht by any Thai wife's contacts if she feels so inclined, should someone have just incarcerated her 'meal ticket' on a dogmatic principle! For this reason and because I'm not soulless I would 'turn a blind eye' to overstaying unless there were other deeper, more serious criminal activities to consider.

So, then we shall live here watching out do not do anything that gets a person to put a contract on our sorry butts? Means that a person turn the blind eye because they are just feeling the scare deep in their guts. 

40 minutes ago, Angry Dragon said:

What is the pedestrian crossing law in Thailand?  Vehicles must stop when a pedestrian is crossing, or something else?

If you use common sense, which is not used in Thailand .Yeah, then they should stop if they have time. However, if they had time or not, depends on if they can be corrected by camera evidence or not. After that, I am pretty sure that there is nothing written in the traffic law about this. Of course, I can be wrong.

14 minutes ago, marqus12 said:

Merkel can trust him and entrust him with various positions because she knows

that without her support Donald T. would have been in prison long ago.

 

She knows that Tusk will not bite her and will bark at everyone she indicates.

He has absolute zero power .

Do you ask yourself what you actually write before you post it?

What you are saying is that he has no power against Merkel, but with her backing and her orders he barks then his power is great in front of others.

After that you finish with, He has absolutely zero power. 

hmmmmmm.......?????

4 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

I will attack the person, somebody in his position should be more professional.

He said there was a special place in hell for Brexiteers and that the UK will become second rate. 

How dare he!

He's a jumped up piece of <deleted>

Ok, I agree. Stating that it would be a special place in hell for Brexiteers is taking it far over the line. For that he should be ashamed.

About second rate, we will have to wait and see. One thing is totally clear. It´s going to be tough for UK even after Brexit.

What would be better though, would be if you picked him down in pieces regarding better knowledge about his statements instead of name calling. That would at least show some professionalism from one side.

2 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

You can't polish a turd

Or a dog, right?

5 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

I wonder who he upset.............????

Everything from refusing money to one of his long time girlfriends to popping ugly with the childrens granny. Chose your poison. 

6 minutes ago, atyclb said:

 

so guess compared to an intellectual like you i am just a fool

No, not at all what I meant. Everyone makes a fool out of themself sometimes in life. That does not make them unintellectual or a fool. It might just be a misunderstanding.

Regarding, my comment about that it was just dumb. Yeah, it´s the same. My opinion is not shared by everyone, and sometimes people do or suggest dumb things to.

18 minutes ago, Saint Nick said:

I guess, you are new to Thailand...or a Thai...?!

Oh, let me present myself. Around 23 years here. How long have you stayed?

Living on the right visa based on marriage or children as I wish. What about you?

Presentation over. Did you have anything to contribute with regarding the thread as an on topic discussion, or was it only funny to concentrate on me as a person?

12 minutes ago, marqus12 said:

What a lot of power? He is a German shepherd who must bark as Merkel tells him.

He has no power.

Stop you nonsense now. You and Sticky Wicket are exactly same. Just attack the person, and never come with anything concrete to oppose whats is stated in the thread.

If you do not understand that the head of EU has power, yeah, what is there to say. I am sorry!

If he takes order from somebody. Sure he does. There is always more powerful people bihind the elected official persons. That does not make his statement less powerful. If anything, it makes it more powerful, because as you say, it comes from a person with even more power.

Finally. He is polish by birth, and a polish politician, and therefore he can not be a german shepheard. If he is a dog or not, that is debatable, though. 

5 minutes ago, Jane Dough said:

Do you really think the provincial electrical authority would be coughing up 1 million baht for hospital treatment and more in compensation if they didn't think they were guilty?

 

Rooster

No, I don´t. On the other hand it will be hard to prove if they are or not. Therefore they see it as a situation they can not get out of.

2 minutes ago, bino said:

Not applicable to Thai people.

Or they are supposed to know as citizens of the country. Also, have you checked and are you sure there is not signs in Thai somewhere for that too?

10 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

Maybe you should have more knowledge

 

Donald Tusk is poised to swap one European presidency for another.

After five years as European Council president, the former Polish prime minister is now the unchallenged candidate to lead the European People’s Party, the center-right political family that has dominated the EU for more than 40 years.

Sure, I know that. Still not the same work. We all know that there are no fair elections anywhere. They are all rigged by the strong people behind them.

He is a puppet now, and he will remain a puppet later. However, he is a puppet with a lot of power.

1 minute ago, Sticky Wicket said:

How can you post something concrete about something that hasn't happened?

He's a dreadful man and has done nothing but cause problems during the negotiations. 

He's just making wild assumptions with no basis and he ought to keep his nose out

I would say that this man, disregarding if we like him or not. I personally don´t. He have more knowledge about the situation and what change that causes what reaction and what effect that might have than both you and me.

You are right. You can not post something concrete about something that hasn´t happened. What you can do is predict and use your knowldge and education to analyse a most probable scenario. Not even that might be right, as I posted in an earlier post in this topic. Anyway, that is probably what Mr Tusk has been doing, and the news people shine the light a little bit different to make it sound more definitive.

If he is a dreadful man or not, is probably again a personal definition, that does not fit in this equation and thread. Here you have UK on one side and EU on another. As it is now PM Johnson is representing UK and Tusk representing EU. I assume you are a Brit or from the UK, and then you see him as terrible because he is on the other side of the fence, trying to get as much as he can in the deal. That´s exaclty what PM Johnson are doing on his side of the fence.

In all negotiations all over the world, the parties included are trying to cause problems to eachother to reach a deal. That´s the laws and conduct of business.

14 minutes ago, nauseus said:

My opinion is that the EU is run by cretins. That's why it is failing.

Sure, I agree. Many of them are not the sharpest knifes in their respective boxes. However, they are storng and can not be underestimated as a combined block of force at international level. For exemple. Nobody denies the power of the United States, even as it´s run by a realestate clown mogul that hasn´t a clue about what he is doing.

3 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

He's <deleted> stirring because he's scared to death of losing his bobby's job 

He already know the time is up for a new election regarding his work, which has been in the news more than one time. Again you post something irrelevant about the person, instead of coming with something concrete that can oppose his statement. Is that because lack of knowledge about the European Union, Brexit and the European as well as the World economy?

36 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Tusk is already saying it.

 

As for the GBP,  IMHO it is fluctuating because of the uncertainty regarding Leave/Remain. Once that gets cleared up one way or the other the GBP should stabilise.

You are probably right about the GBP. How much will change is hard to predict, though. Just let´s say it then. Get the thumbs out of your butts in the UK. Ask yourself what is most bad. Losing some points in a deal to break from the EU, or see the value of your precious GBP sink by the minute?

33 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'm sorry that you never lived in a world where it was safe to allow children to go out all day without worrying about them.

The world now sucks. 

No, I can leave my 7 year old daughter playing alone outside, but I would not even think about letting her run out all day without reporting back in between as well as coming in eating and beeing cared for.

17 minutes ago, Sticky Wicket said:

That polish <deleted> should be thankful of everything the UK has done for his country. What a complete <deleted>

So, are you saying that he should not represent the European Union, and instead bow to the UK as a citizen of Poland? Anyway, I guess you are feeling he is speaking the truth, and that´s why you once again have to work on personal attacks, instead of make a discussion that shows a different possible reality..