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19 minutes ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

If there was evidence of noise etc, as you mention, did the owner ask politely for him to stop whatever the issue was?

We don't really have all the information, but In Thailand even if you leave a negative review which is true and you have evidence, you can still get in trouble, which is crazy!

No idea these stories are always vague but to be honest if it wasn't in writing that he had the right to use the access that seemingly belongs to the restaurant then they can revoke it at any time. As mentioned I don't believe it should be criminal but false reviews also harm businesses and there should be deterrence for this but in the form of civil not criminal action if provable.

30 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

Just saw a video on dumaguete. It feels over hyped. Old geezers there blogging for income. Video looked like nothing to do, just a beach walkway area that was pretty much the only nice place to stroll. A guy I talked to in Jomtein, just back from the phillippines, also gave it a thumbs down.

I've been and don't see anything special about it but it has turned into a YT place to be and now it's growing their own eco system of YTers copycatting and going there to do the same thing, similar to Bali and Chiang Mai 6-7 years ago becoming a place to do "can you live on $1000 a month" videos

9 minutes ago, bbbb1952 said:

Been to duamagette have a friend how live there for about fifteen years built a house he love it there Philippines has good and bad points crime poverty very Catholic like south America not like Asia it easy to get things done as everyone speaks English but it's long way behind Thailand 

Reading through this thread I'm surprised how many westerners see it as a negative to be a Catholic nation, and I'm not religious but I see that as a positive when I've been

I never understand why you would deal drugs in a country you would never want to spend a day inside a cell in... Crazy, 6000 baht in cash only too, he wasn't doing that well either! 

3 minutes ago, Peterphuket said:

Well, take a look in the Ukraine, there you can see how they behave.

Edit: As animals.

I've seen how the US and UK acted in Iraq and I don't equate an army with its people... It's very low IQ thinking.

Written by ChatGPT

What a terrible article

oh wow, so a French woman, Lebanese guy and an Australian are going to go through a he said/she said with the Thai police over kidnapping a kid from a prominent Thai woman... this is gonna get interesting, who has the most cash wins I guess

14 hours ago, kwilco said:

You started the argument - I just made some observations - you seem to have a very low level of deduction. What are you implying?

Lots of people drink og KT, but they don't suddenly disappear and turn up dead.

However people are more likely to get into trouble with other people after drinking and KT is famous for suspicious deaths and poor police inbvestigations.

Bro you quoted me first so gtfo

14 minutes ago, kwilco said:

So it is supposition and a facile assessment based on nothing.

Yes it is a supposition and no it's based on something as we know the person was drinking.... Anyway you seem to just want to argue with anyone so have a good day.

19 hours ago, kwilco said:

THat is not evidence it is pure supposition.

 

BTW - what was the cause of death?

Where did I say it was evidence? I provided a scenario to people who instantly think this is a murder, it is not suspicious to leave your friends when drunk/high or lose your phone (which no evidence has been provided for that claim from the previous person). 

Well, that answers the PP question, I'm not shocked by being able to renew it honestly, it was pre-biometric passports and as long as he looked close to the original guy (race and eye colour) then he would have likely gotten in no problems then on the first renewal switch to his photo and from there on plain sailing unless the original guy reported it stolen. He may never have traveled again, had the passport before the kid put it in the drawer, and couldn't afford travel until maybe the past few years, went to apply for a new one and suddenly it came to light.

10 hours ago, connda said:

What is it with foreigners thinking it's OK to have public sex in Thailand.  I'm sure it would probably be prison time in their home country. 

You've never had outdoor sex?

Seriously, even if caught unless it's in a schoolyard, slap on the wrist and you go in most western countries.

over $30?

Seriously if you are drunk, there's a good chance you don't remember what you ordered,  4 or 5 imported beers and a glass of wine for the wife would likely trigger that (don't drink so could be wrong) obviously if he was on just chang, leo etc. and wasn't there for his entire session then he likely got done but write it off and sleep it off in your own bed rather than a concrete floor in a cell

Pimp taking 40% and not even located in the country so not even offering the "protection" they traditionally provided for their cut

11 minutes ago, Bobthegimp said:

 

Where else can a (presumably) white man get away with this kind of behaviour? 

 

Wife and child beating is a cultural norm for many new arrivals in Western countries and nothing is done about it.

 

Men wipe out their entire families over a loss of face or murder their daughters in "honour" killings.   Plenty of women who date outside their culture can be seen sporting a pair of Irish sunglasses, no doubt believing that they did something to deserve it.  Maybe they did.  Maybe they got sick of being married to an accountant and prefer broken, unpredictable men with a quick temper and heavy hands. 

 

 

I think you are concentrating on race a little too much here, for e.g. Black>Hispanic>White are how the DV stats in America go, of course only about 15% of DV is reported especially Female on Males so the true stats might be completely different but this shows race is not a determining factor.

I think it's about men who want to control women who think they can use their economic status to get their full way over here (and other 2nd to 3rd world nations) it's this mentality of ownership/dictator of the woman that leads to when the partner does something slightly dissatisfying to the controller that the physical abuse begins (metal abuse is likely to have been happening since very early on)

15 hours ago, Neeranam said:

Visa Agent in Pattaya can get you a new British passport in your absence.

Yes agents can do the paperwork and pick it up for you but they can't grant the passport, there is no way they would have those connections

3 hours ago, The Fugitive said:

He may have held other passport(s).

Very true didn't think of that