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One thing a lot are missing is that if you subtract the working girls, those you aren't attracted to, too young or old, those not attracted to you, and those who are only looking for a foreigner because they want a better life, meaning more money, the majority of Thai girls are looking for Thai men. Yes, they still don't understand that 90% aren't going to stick around after they have sex, especially if a baby is born, no matter how pretty they are. They can relate better to someone who speaks their language and culture. The ones that will speak to you, stay with you, and not bleed you dry, are the ones educated by their parents of what makes a good man, can speak at least fair English, (because communication is imperative if you want a good relationship), and are working. This translates into, they are looking for a man that will love them ,care for them, protect them, be faithful to them, stay after a baby is born, and provide for them and the family. This can mean a Thai man, but with their reputation and the fact that being Buddhist (most), they look at women as inferior. Westerners usually don't, although a good percentage still do. Women here are still attracted to a man's looks, but this being generally a poor nation, they always have that money in mind.

That's what I'm talking about. New broadcast here daily doesn't come close to the news broadcasted in just one city back home. Much of what we see here concerns traffic accidents, snakes, gold store thefts and 5 chasing one down the road armed with sticks or machetes. They look at what happens in the US concerning guns and not realize it's happening here also, a lot. Not the mass shootings, although they do happen here, but the people shot over minor things, not involving gangs, which is most gun crime in the US, along with suicides. Crimes involving knives and machetes far surpass anything like this in the US.

Better to use that power to make sure the spay/neuter programs are well paid for, as this is the best way to keep the animals under control. By the way, dog attacks happen in every country, as I'm sure you know, and many are "well behaved, fed, owned dogs". I've been bitten twice in my life by aggressive dogs. Once in New Jersey while looking at a motorcycle to buy, a small lap dog that tore my pants , and the other by a dog here, owned, loose, after I returned from a wedding with my girlfriend and I tried to pet him.

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Absolutely, you don't lose your affection for dogs just because they are abused and left to roam by a population that only likes them when they are cute puppies, then lets them fend for themselves. This isn't all locals for sure, but as we can see from the amount of stray dogs, a good majority of them. Life, including animals here, isn't as precious as in western countries. I've been feeding a few dogs since I moved here 6 years ago, and most of them have been poisoned by some village lowlife that doesn't like them around for some reason. The only good thing that's happening is the spay/neuter program that's been going around but it needs to be in all provinces, all the time, to be effective.

There aren't more because the locals eat anything thy can catch. There is no conservation for anything besides in provincial parks, and I'm sure they get their share of poachers besides the rich who think they can shoot leopards and get away with it. Most lakes that aren't too deep are netted out, so the smaller fish the bigger fish, the predatory ones, need to eat to get bigger are pretty much gone., leaving the bigger fish without a food supply. Back home you get a certain amount of fish you can catch a day, with rod and reel, and if you keep more you are fined. This is why there are deer, small game, game birds and fish everywhere.

At least five of the actors that played the Marlboro man died from smoking related illnesses

The same with American TV, where they were always shown drinking in many shows. It was considered normal to have cocktails before eating but you didn't see the end results. Many of these actors themselves had major trouble after a lifetime of drinking. It wasn't just the poor that were getting drunk but the rich also, going home, abusing their partners, having accidents driving, hurting their family at home with aggression and losing jobs. I still remember the Marlboro Man, from cigarette commercials where advertising was allowed, much the same way about beer commercials during sports games.

I believe he was comparing alcohol to weed, and there is no comparison. Weed hasn't caused the deaths,addictions, rehabs and loss of homes and families like alcohol has. I have seen countless people on the ground, passed out drunk and in accidents because of alcohol and not one because of weed. It does slow you down but that happens because they smoke too much at one time and usually fall asleep. I smoked weed and never fell down. I did after drinking lose balance a few times.

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Part of that problem is children seeing their parents drink to excess. Another is absent parenting. Also, children look to their peers for guidance, not understanding it should be their parents (if available) instead of other clueless children. They experiment, not knowing that many of them will become addicted to things like alcohol and or drugs, because their brains, not yet developed, take in these drugs and addiction can start in many. People like to drink to escape life, at least for awhile. It lowers their inhibitions, makes them more sociable, but also creates problems, the least of which is driving after drinking, which of course kills thousands every year. The education starts at home, and if it's not there, it occurs on the streets.

I really don't think it matters much who shoots you, it still ends the same way. You don't know much about Mexican cuisine if you think it's just about beans. That's a staple, like rice is for Thais, but only part of the whole meal. I have a lot of Mexican friends, and they are good people, and I've shared many a meal with them. You really don't need a firearm no matter where you live, besides a few African nations and a few in the Middle East. People break into homes in every country, including here, especially because it's a poor country, which means a lot of theft. You are a lot more likely to be shot here because of the reasons many carry handguns, than you are in the US, unless you join a gang. We can see you're prejudiced against Latinos, and that's your deal. For what reasons I can't see. And we all thought you were going to move to Japan and marry a genius Japanese woman, so I'm guessing you couldn't find one that would have you so are staying here, where you're a lot more likely to find a woman, albeit for money.

I don't understand how you hate guns as you had certain guns that only a hunter would have. I always wanted a Weatherby and will get one eventually.I owned guns for hunting, and only target shot to sight them in. I sold hundreds of guns working for Academy Outdoors, met thousands of gun owners, and lived in the US for 62 years, and never saw any gun violence. I feel a thousand fold safer living there than here, where many illegally own guns and shoot people just because they're a little pissed off. People don't do this in the US only rarely. Gangs and suicides are most of gun violence. If you want the safest place to live in the US, choose New England states, in the country areas, but prepare for being cold a lot. Anyone in their right mind locks their doors at night. Theft is rampant here in Thailand, and people care little to nothing about their neighbors. I might get a handgun to carry in Texas when I move back there, because <deleted> does happen, although there was never a time when I needed one living there 32 years.And buying body armor is the epitome of paranoia.

Most gun crime in the US involves gangs and suicides. Mass shootings make it look the way you posted, but it's still a tiny percentage of gun crimes.

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I rarely if ever see them use rear view mirrors, so that would explain a lot.

For many it happens that way, but not always. I came from a good home but all my friends smoked weed and did other drugs, so I tried it to fit in. I was, am, into working out and do not have an addictive personality so it was just a thing I did occasionally, preferring health over getting high all the time. Some of my friends got addicted to crack when it came around, and one was really into it. Having absent or non caring parents has a child looking more to his or her peers for what to do in life, just as it does for kids having sex too young or not protected. A child having at least one parent they can talk to helps a child know who to trust, and who will deal them straight.

And causes damage to the central nervous system. Look up pictures of meth users. This isn't like doing a couple of lines of coke and dancing the night away, although that also leads to addiction in many. People , some, get addicted easy because of their personality. Some people should never touch any drugs, and that's not to say others should.

You're talking about alcohol abuse. You can drink a glass of wine or beer every day and it won't cause much if any damage. Taking methamphetamine once can get you hooked, and all amounts cause damage. Millions of people drink and don't have troubles like you mentioned. Yaba or any other speed like drug makes a person irritable, defensive, impulsive and anger makes them do things they wouldn't normally do, even with one use.

It's methamphetamine and caffeine combined. Highly addictive and damages the nervous system.

You're actually comparing weed to yaba? Weed doesn't cause anywhere near the system damage that yaba, meth, heroin or crack does. Legalizing weed will only do what weed does. Calm people, make them feel happy, make money for the government, help with some diseases, including pain. Legalizing yaba will make millions more zombies that are into a drug they might not kick.

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Over reacted for sure but when someone encroaches on someone walking across a street that close, a lot take it seriously. I see it happen all the time here where pedestrians don't seem to have the right of way as they do in the US. I've had to quicken my pace to avoid getting hit many times., and most times in a store parking lot where kids walk. That's a punishable offense back home, and I'm sure this guy felt threatened, although he didn't have to do anything besides raise his arm and say watch it.

When I'm at my girlfriends we watch the news a lot, and she describes what is happening when I don't understand. Some crimes , being visual, you understand what's happening. Most people here will never know 99% of what goes on daily because the news stations don't get but a tiny percentage of the crimes that are happening, just as everywhere else.