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This is what I was referring to, as it's all lumped into the same kind of behaviors.............https://www.destinyrescue.org/blog/what-is-grooming-3-ways-traffickers-ensnare-children/.

I'm putting all of them into the same basket. Traffickers, groomers, rapists. I know the girl was a runaway and was groomed but they all have the same mindset. Using others for their own pleasure. As far as trafficking, people are trafficked into all countries from everywhere.

It would sure be nice if all of these traffickers and rapists would be caught and put away, but there are thousands involved, including many officials in all countries, and that's how they get away with it for so long. I would hope to see this thing stopped but with sex being the sell point and money to be made, these people will continue, as their clients are almost as bad as they are, and many clients are rich and famous, as history has proven.

Religion itself has nothing to do with grooming girls for trafficking . These are very disturbed sick animals that look at girls and boys as cash cows. They don't care where they come from, who they are, or what can happen, as that money keeps coming in. They look worldwide for girl and boy runaways, the younger the better, promising them anything until they are addicted and used over and over, and then afraid to turn in their traffickers for fear of reprisal against themselves or family. It's a huge market here in Thailand, along with all other countries, and officials let them escape prosecution in many cases. That some Muslims do this is inevitable, as it happens in every corner of the globe, with all nationalities and creeds involved. It isn't Muslims here that are in control of trafficking, nor in japan and the US. It's all of them involved for that main reason. Profit from human flash.

Because most English teachers here teach students. The amount of adults wanting to learn English here is far lower than children. There are only a few adults that come to my friend's school, the large majority are students that aren't being taught English well in their schools.

Having a Thai wife or friend to sign for them. Payments can be low, especially if it's a used car.

Slow drivers in the US? Have you ever been there? Driving skills are far better there than here. The problem lies in arrogance and texting while driving. You take that away you take away a majority of accidents anywhere.

I'm only here until I can re-establish back home with my daughter. Yes, there are bad drivers in the US, but not like here. Laws are enforced in the US, with stiff penalties for people breaking them, and the police are a lot less likely to be bribed. People mostly die in the US from drunk driving and texting, just like here. Thailand has lead the world in daily road deaths per capita , or in the top 3, for a very long time, and the thing about that, is that it might never change, as rules here mean very little compared to the US. When you have millions more on the roads, there of course will be more accidents and road rage, texting and accidents. Nanny state laws might be that way to you, but it does save a lot of lives. Fact remains, people here are a lot worse drivers, with more incompetence and reckless behavior, and seeing most are on scooters, that's why so many die daily. Not wearing a helmet isn't a calculated risk. It's not thinking of the consequences and plainly acting carelessly, especially where passengers, including infants, is concerned. You'll never see anyone in the US on a motorbike with 3-4 passengers, with infants, driving without helmets. More than one passenger, you won't drive 5 miles without getting pulled over and receiving a ticket, and more if there are laws regarding wearing helmets, which are mandatory for children. Only three states have no laws regarding helmets, the rest having age specific laws. Up to you if you don't wear a helmet, but when your time comes, you'd have wish you did, and that could come today.

Easy to say until one of them drives through a red light and runs into you and you wake up (hopefully you do wake up), with broken bones, a head injury and can't remember who you are, all because they were in a rush to cross the road to buy some Somtam. 60 dying every single day, leaving children behind or in temple burns, isn't and has never been a joke. Western influence has given these people the majority of what they have and use daily, but they neglected the influence law enforcement and proper education should have on their driving ability.

Which is why I don't use them unless necessary, and one major reason I will move back home with my daughter, as I will not allow her to ever drive a scooter.

Everyone has a choice. If you can afford a scooter and cell phones, like I just mentioned, you can afford a decent helmet. Not wearing one is on you. Letting down your guard, especially close to home, is how many die every day.

In fact, it's something I told my girlfriend many times. Don't trust anyone. I let down my guard, saw 2 scooters on the side of the road, and yes, one crossed in front of me and I had nowhere to go, so I should have listened to my own advice of don't trust anyone, anytime, or anywhere.

I'm betting many of the daily head injuries that end up in death here might be different if a helmet was worn. Stats in the US have proven this many times. Locals here know the laws and it isn't a matter of IQ but common sense, arrogance and a lack of concern for life itself. Anyone who has a TV and word of mouth knows people die here daily in scooter accidents. I'm thinking foreigners that live here, that wore helmets in their countries, still wear them here. Some states in the US don't require helmets legally, and people die because of it. It's a law here, so there is no excuse to not wear one. They can afford scooters and cell phones, they can buy a decent helmet for driver and passengers. If they don't have their children or passengers wearing helmets, that shows they care nothing about the safety of them. Some wear helmets here so they don't get a ticket, but their passengers don't, even though it's a law also. Not wearing a helmet in a village just going to the local market might seem safe, but if a car or another scooter cuts you off and you and or your passengers, including those infants we seed daily on scooters, hits the ground at 20 KPH, you'll be hurt, and if you don't have a helmet on and hit your head, you can be a statistic or brain damaged just from that relatively slow impact.

Most accidents happen close to home. People let down their guard thinking it's only a short trip. My girlfriend was bumped off her scooter by an 18 wheeler 100 meters from her house. 3 died 2 years ago on the highway next to her house in the same village, all residents of the village, all on turnarounds on scooters and another walking across the highway. I ran into a scooter with sidecar a few kilos from my house last month. He crossed in front of me without looking a few meters from me. Luckily I and my daughter weren't hurt but the scooter was damaged, 8000 baht repairs. His fault 100% but since I'm a foreigner. First and hopefully last motorbike accident I've had in 51 years.

I'm looking now, and only see three locals driving in the opposite direction, and one foreigner with the license plate MalcyLuvsLdybys following suit..............

No, but I've been driving almost daily in a lot of places, all having foreigners, and I've never seen them doing anything besides speeding, just like they do back home. You'll rarely see any foreigners going the wrong way besides tourists that haven't adjusted to the other side driving. I do see locals doing it daily, and they should know better, and some do but ignore the possible consequences. There are more near misses here than anywhere I've ever driven, and I've put in more than twice the number of miles than the average drivers.

No, they do it all the time, and concentration is very far from what they're doing, as the accidents attest. Driving into the back of parked vehicles happens daily here, a lot more than we'll ever hear about. I see drivers on phones every day, on scooters, let alone in vehicles. This does happen everywhere yes, but seeing there are more motorbikes here than most other countries, the deaths will continue.

And hundreds of thousands of locals who shouldn't be driving in the first place, let alone on fast moving scooters with children aboard. I've never seen a foreigner riding in the opposite direction but I see locals doing it daily.

The only safe method of driving here is staying completely away from everyone, as no one can be trusted. That's impossible so all you have left is defensive driving and trying to stay as far away from everyone as possible, don't trust anyone sitting on the sides of roads or near turnarounds, use your mirrors constantly, stay at or under the speed limit on rural roads and in cities, know there will be dogs and people running into the streets without looking, that a large majority either don't care or are incompetent, and drive only when you need to.

This will never end as there is little to no driver education here. A non caring attitude and lack of concern for life itself has many taking really stupid chances driving, especially on unprotected scooters and a majority not wearing head protection. Parents driving scooters haphazardly with no helmets is passed down to children doing the same.

They might sing simple tunes, but crooners have their place because many sing happy or love songs people can relate to.

To add, many people worldwide will never know most of the best music that's out there, as pop gathers a lot of people because of the shows, and many teens look up to trashy pop starts because they see them making millions selling pap with little heart and only flash and light shows and dancing. There are many excellent progressive rock bands with excellent musicians that will never make it to the "Rock Hall of Fame", and even some older bands still aren't in it while some crapola is.

Fact is, most Thais will never know the majority of good music or movies. even seeing western movies are very popular here. Older movies aren't shown, and only the musicians, who get a lot of their tablature from western music, know older western music, besides those who have foreign husbands or long term boyfriends, who listen to music in their autos. My girlfriend here likes a lot of the music I have, which is more Cd's than most can imagine, with people and bands like Mark Knopfler, Neal Casal, Enya, Dire Straits, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Simon and Garfunkel, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, The Troggs, April Wine, John Cougar, Pat McGee, and many others, most of which most Thais will never hear.

No, they know Daniel Craig as Bond from the last few movies.

A large majority of people, especially the younger crowd, know who James Bond is, both by the two movies filmed here , Tomorrow Never Dies and The Man With the Golden Gun, and the latter ones now that have been in movie theaters here, with Daniel Craig. Thais love western action movies, as movies here pale by comparison to western ones, and they're on Mono 29 daily. In fact I'm watching Moonraker with my daughter now, and she knows who James Bond is as I have all of the movies, and we're watching them in order, as she loves action films herself.