JensenZ

It isn't difficult for "normal men" to live here, and what this ass did won't change a thing. make it more difficult.

This incident happened in Thailand. Thai law and the Thai language are used in court. They won't be debating the meaning of English descriptive words. Groping in one country might well be called sexual assault in another. Thailand is quite conservative regarding intimate behaviour in public (unless you are in a bar district).

You seem to have missed a critical point in this "huge pantomime", as you call it. He admitted he had done this to other women many times. That's reason enough to take him out of circulation and lock him up for a while so that other men don't get the idea you can do this in Thailand. A judge will decide unless they solve it through a court-appointed mediator, in which case he will be giving the women a sizable paycheck. It's an insult to the girl, but an even bigger insult to Thai women and even Thailand as a whole.... that you can treat Thai women like this. I call for the death penalty.😁

Why is it preposterous? Every country has their own interpretation of what constitutes sexual assault.

Try doing that to a stranger in Poland. This guy is beyond stupid. Refusing to apologize and suggesting he did nothing illegal was even more stupid. It is sexual assault and he'll probably get some jail time.

Yes, a failed marriage and unsuccessful love stories are probably why many men take bar girls for girlfriends or marry them. Loneliness and heartbreak are powerful motivators. Good luck in repurposing a bargirl into a life partner. Maybe there's some hope that "everything is reversible". It's usually newbies who try that.

Not many at all. Sex work makes the girls lazy to do low-paid (by comparison) real jobs. Sex work changes girls in irreversible ways. If you want to find a good one, you must put in some effort. They won't just fall in your lap.

You don't need to learn Thai because most good girls who are smart, are dedicated to learning English. Times have changed as we now have translators in our pockets. To learn enough Thai to be able to communicate at a deeper level (which is required in a real relationship) would take years of dedicated study. I don't speak Thai and have no problems communicating with non-English speaking Thai ladies.

Why don't dating apps work for you? When a foreigner dates a Thai girl, that has little to do with Thai dating culture. You're not dating the way two Thai people will date. It's a different game entirely. It's dating at an accelerated pace. I've met some amazing ladies using dating apps. I adore Thai women. If you meet the right one, the level of dedication to her partner is unparalleled in my opinion. Let's use modern technology to our advantage and make life much easier by using dating apps. My latest example (from a dating app): I'm 65 and I met a 33-year-old slim and attractive lady with no children and a good job who owns her own apartment, a car and a motorcycle, in Pattaya. She was lonely after splitting with her Thai boyfriend over a year ago. First meeting: I picked her up after work, had a meal, and had some drinks, then, she went home. 2nd night she stayed at my place. A few nights later it was all in. They can be a little nervous if it's their first time with a foreigner. Once they trust you, you could have the experience of a lifetime. I had a lot of experience in the Philippines, but Thai girls are on a different level. If you play your cards right, you can meet amazing Thai women on dating apps. Just be sure to stay clear of any women who are or who have ever been involved in the sex industry. There is usually a compromise that they won't speak any or little English so you need to be skilled at using the translator. I prefer clean, good women who don't speak English. As long as they're smart, they will pick up Engish fairly quickly and they are happy to have someone to learn it from. It can take some effort to find what you're looking for. I had some bad (short) relationships too, but it's all a learning experience. I made bad choices. You probably need to fail a few times to learn the ropes. I went on many dates, probably something like 40 or so, but this can be quite enjoyable if you're not afraid to fail. If you're living in Pattaya, perhaps more than 90% are freelancers, massage or bar girls, so you have to be diligent in your selection. If you're in Bangkok, it's easier to find women who have "real" jobs.

"no queues or waiting"? What about 4 hours before departure? Is that not waiting? You get to the airport 4 hours early to avoid queues or waiting? That was quite funny. You're waiting for the check-in counters to open.

Your last sentence IS disinformation and part of a nasty political campaign by a bunch of sore losers. You need to get over it and accept he's the president now. The campaign is over. Find another hobby.

OMG, there is never a bad time for a lecture from a holier-than-thou expat. I'm an antinatalist, so I don't think anyone should have children, including Patong2021 who thinks he's the world's best father.

This is nonsense. He would not have been killed if it was a poodle no matter how bad the owners are. It's better to play it safe and ban these bad breeds.

And you made that conclusion how? I was down on the beach for 3 days in a row before New Year having fun, with the objection about people lighting fireworks above and over my head. I don't think you'd be laughing if a Chinese lantern came down on your head. I'm right on board about laws to prevent idiots from lighting fireworks. Were you one of them?

Yes, that is a good question. I haven't seen the written law, but if you sent up a skyrocket that landed on another house and caused a fire, it could be a problem. I guess that it's illegal for anyone to light fireworks privately anywhere, and for good reason.

As stated in the article, it's illegal to light fireworks in public places, including the beach. You didn't know? The only people able to get permits are pyrotechnic experts who know how to position and light them, which is usually out to sea on a barge for obvious reasons. Hundreds of people on the beach lit fireworks (illegally) on New Year's Eve. People lit fireworks over the heads (above) of hundreds of people on the beach. It's dangerous when drunken idiots light fireworks of unknown origin (made illegally). The lanterns being sold and lit were even more dangerous. I witnessed many incidents of people nearly burnt from burning lanterns that dropped down to the beach where crowds were sitting. If the police were interested in stopping this illegal and dangerous activity they could have rounded up and prosecuted hundreds of people. People will always do illegal sh*t if the laws aren't enforced, yet the authorities do nothing and complain about it when people get hurt. The buck stops with them.

I found this info from the WHO, which is probably as good as any stats on road deaths in Thailand: Thailand ranks ninth out of 175 WHO member countries for road traffic deaths. In 2021, WHO estimates indicated 18,218 road traffic deaths, an average of 50 per day. The most affected were those aged between 15 and 29; and motorcyclists who accounted for 83.8% of all traffic deaths. Assuming an average of 50 deaths a day over the whole year, the 8 dangerous days produced just under the daily average in Thailand. They should make a bigger effort on the other 357 "dangerous days". 1. Bangkok had the most fatalities. Who would have thought this from the biggest population centre in Thailand? 2. Most fatalities are from motorcycles. Another no-brainer in a population with so many.

Not to mention a fairly young Musk currently worth over US 400 billion, nearly double the next richest. Once billionaires get on the list of wealthiest, it is a new competition.

Enough already. Trump is president, deal with it. (I said that with a straight face).

Do you think people will smoke weed in a completely closed condo? That's not going to happen because people who smoke also want to have fresh air.

Call me Karen, but I hate the smell of cannabis. I don't care if people smoke themselves to death, as long as I don't have to smell it. Smoke your cannabis with doors closed. You have a right to smoke cannabis, but I also have a right to breathe fresh air. If your right takes away mine, it's not ok. I had a problem with too much cannabis smoke (and cigarette smoke) on the beach over the last 3 nights. A lot of people were smoking it.

Is it too difficult to translate it to English: "Deservedly" He didn't deserve anything. He was merely unlucky, as all dogs, including soi dogs and stray dogs, have unique personalities. They are individuals.

They insist on calling them "stray" dogs as though they just wandered off from someone's backyard and ended up there. The truth is that they were born and raised there and are fed by the local Thai people. If not, they would not exist. In my local park (Pattaya), a couple on a trike feeds about 100 dogs every morning and night. This is in a public park with signs not to feed the animals. Of course, the food is very cheap and not very nutritious (flavoured rice), so these animals are not healthy and riddled with disease. I feel sad for the dogs. They have a miserable existence and it's cruel to let them exist in the first place. The Thai people feeding these dogs every day think they are doing good by feeding these animals low-quality food, but they are guilty of animal abuse.

This is total nonsense. Most Trump voters have already experienced 4 years of Trump and voted again. If you want to see massive "buyer's remorse" as you call it, that's most Biden voters. The other side has no policies, other than "vote for me because I'm not Trump"... which hasn't worked this time as it did in 2020.

Still, most people would much rather live in 2024 than pre-1920. People didn't live long, and basic now treatable diseases and injuries were a certain death. Most of us living today would have died long ago.