Mr Meeseeks

All that is required is willpower, effort and a bit of common sense. Thai Police have none of these qualities.

True. On my commute to work I see them discarding plastic bags and empty plastic bottles from their moving vehicles daily.

Rather that than be extorted by a park attendant which is all these Tessaban guys are.

Watch how quickly they would extradite a farang criminal from Cambodia back to Thailand. Yingluck and Thaksin swanning around at Hun Sen's birthday party. No double standards here. ????

Dictators gonna dictate.

Thais seem incapable of keeping their word, and that goes for farangs living here too.

You need good Police for that mate.

This scam has been going since the mid 90's and these witless goons are still at it. Money Number One.

With or without helmet? ????

There's one born every minute.

This kind of racial profiling would be illegal in the West. Thankfully we are not in the West. ???? ????

Same as in Burma. PTTEP taken over all the major gas fields as all the other companies exited due to human rights concerns after the coup.

Wrong. Farangs are white Westerners. The word comes from the Sanskrit for the Franks, who were the first white people this region had seen. Hence, similar words in Khmer, Bahasa etc. The word does not apply to blacks living in the West, e.g. African-Americans, however the Thais may use the phrase 'farang dum' to differentiate. Arabs are known by another derogatory name which I will not post here. Definitely not refered to or known as 'farang'.

They need to get these maniacs off the road. Those that hit-and-run should see lengthy jail sentences without exception.

Newsflash: They all are.

From quality tourists to organised criminals brandishing guns and threatening tour groups and gangs of bike racers. One must be careful what one wishes for.

I think if you look close enough, you will find that the vast majority have got rich through corruption, exploitation, cheating, stealing or inheritance. Many from a combination of all of the above. Thai business is even worse than Thai politics, and operates in a similar manner of greed, deception and almost total self-interest.

Nobody should be surprised that they: Did not keep their word. Broke election promises. Stabbed their close allies in the back. Went against the will of the people. Put their own needs first before the needs of the country. Arranged all this in advance by colluding at the last Leicester City game of the season. Displayed total contempt for the electorate. Like I stated on another thread, it's in their nature.

Integrity, ethics, morals and bravery don't work round these parts, unfortunately.

Been steadily on the decline since the early 00's.

Where are all the Thais gonna go?

Snakes gonna slither. It's in their nature.

When I worked oil and gas here, even the local Thai safety men offshore did not have any quals to perform incident investigation. Strange thing though, it was mandatory for any foreigner taking a similar position to have Kelvin Top Set or equivalent? Guess the Thais couldn't get themselves qualified? ????‍♂️

The bikey murderer was living in Thailand on a retirement visa. Logic suggests that others will be doing the same. Those on the same visa class will now face the possibility of the criteria to obtain these visas and extensions being tightened. It would only be a matter of time before that happened anyway, as more and more foreigners use this visa class to stay here. My guess is that financial obligations will increase, and agents providing the banking services will be targetted. Let's wait and see.

No MFP and senators.