Mr Meeseeks

Read, learn and understand the terms properly: A regular army may be: A conscript army, including professionals, volunteers and also conscripts (presence of enforced conscription, including recruits for the standing army and also a compulsory reserve). A professional army, with no conscripts (absence of compulsory service, and presence of a voluntary reserve). I repeat: Thailand has a conscript army, not a professional one. Bold is mine for emphasis.

Been there, seen it and done it myself as well.

The Police HQ is where they take bribes to process your criminal record check quicker. TiT.

As a foreigner, you are not legally allowed to own a firearm though?

Thailand was defeated in WWII, along with Germany and Japan. Churchill wanted them properly punished for atrocities on Thai soil, but American colonial aspirations let them off lightly.

Nonsense. Robberies and home burglaries are very common here. Why do you think there are bars on all the windows?

Maybe that is the intention, to thin out the foreign retiree herd? In any case, this will be the usual Thai debacle, a mess, and total confusion.

If they can't get folk on motorbikes to wear helmets, they've got no chance with this one.

Wouldn't surprise me to see them go after this guy's family in Thailand as they have before when the subject exceeds the reach of their authority. See the journalists in exile, both Thai and foreign, for prominent examples.

Quick, somebody tell Ferrari Joe.

It's the only way to get them to do anything. Ramp up the pressure on social media. The driver may be army thus connected and Police unwilling to pursue a case against him.

Thailand has a conscript army, not a professional one.

Being refused service in a restaurant in Iceland = serious issue, action taken through the Thai courts. Conviction for smuggling heroin into Australia = not recognised under Thai law. This nonsense continually shows how backward and laughable this place really is.

On what metric?

Yet the US is too scared to recognise Taiwan as independent. Go figure.

They are all 'up to something'. They cannot lie straight in bed this lot.

Yet they appointed a convicted drug smuggler to a ministerial position.

In Thailand, being old and 'senior' is the merit. Pee and Nong etc. Nothing in this culture gets done based on actual ability or competence.

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It has never worked before, no reason to think it will now. Just more spoiled children fighting other spoiled children. Nothing will change.

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He had chlamydia once, but he still doesn't wear a condom.

What 'efforts' are those then?

I doubt Singapore Airlines are too happy about having their logo plastered all over these homemade Thai buses.

The government are responsible for this current debacle. Their incompetence and mismanagement of this issue, if it causes business and people to lose money, is directly attributable to their actions, thus they should be held accountable.