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The flip flop decisions always.... How can you ever rely on what is good and can be done in Thailand..It will be impossible to criminalze cannabis again..As it is impossible to let people wear a helmet, and the result.. Nothing will change and just a new law that will not be enforcement as so many, because the law enforcers are involved in many cases and they will protect their business
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3 hours ago, BritManToo said:
The only cost that matters is housing!
Nobody needs a pot of jam, but you do need a place to live.
just an example....Thailand was cheap, but not anymore.... even housing is getting more expensive and with housing only I will not live long, I have to eat and enjoy live a bit too...So with the expensive tax on imported goods, the coming income tax it will not be one of the best places to live in anymore... And if you want to know I pay here for a jar of jam double of what I would pay in Europe...and for Dolce Gusto coffeepads I pay here 100 THB than in EU... I have a house but I can't live from the wind
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3 hours ago, webfact said:relatively low cost of living,
It was once indeed, but with the current prices it is not so cheap anymore...Look at imported goods just as jam and other products... The prices are often as expensive as in Europe or even higher.. and the wines.... in the EU you pay lower prices for better wines in a restaurant than the quality here from the supermarket. the taxes are making it too expensive....
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3 hours ago, jts-khorat said:
You said, that there is no Buddhist rule that forbids alcohol. But you were flat out wrong. Additionally you are wrong that the Pañca-sila only counts for monks, it is the layman rule for everybody.
Having been caught out showing your painful ignorance, you are then changing the subject.
With how many Thai monks have you specifically discussed this issue and how many of those have specifically told you that "Thailand is not real Buddhists"?
I do not want to call you a liar, but your statements seem quite far out there.
One of my best friends is an abbot and a director of a temple school. Or maybe read what the Dalai Lama says about Thai Buddhism... I don't change subjects but I know very well what the rules are in Buddhism as I read a lot about it and when I was in school the director/ abbot and me talked a lot about it.. Maybe you should do the same.. start reading about real Buddhism.. In 10 years I know more than you think..
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3 hours ago, sambum said:
Not exactly a music lover are you?
I often go to Macro, Tesco Lotus, Big C etc., and the music is never too loud! In the USA they call it "Escalator Music" and in the UK we call it "Musak".
What I do object to is the "Melly Klismas" music starting in September/October!
in the UK but this is Thailand
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1 hour ago, sambum said:
"Other people make so much noise too with their TV's in shops, in the cars, and at home, restaurants, and just name it. and the RTP is doing nothing.
When do they ever in domestic disputes?
But I think they would have a difficult job curbing the type of noise that you complain about, i.e. "with their TV's in shops, in the cars, and at home, restaurants, and just name it."
JUst go out for a relaxed shopping at Big C Lotus or so....Background music like a club, and at the electronics they have their own party and on several places many speakers with talkin/screaming ladies// Even at the Makro they have everywhere a speaker which announces all products and prices of the vegetables, fish, meat bread.. Also with a background music of a club.. Probably you always go to a 7/11 shop
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47 minutes ago, jts-khorat said:
Maybe you need to read up a little bit more about Theravada, it is right there in the Pañca-sila (Five Precepts). It does not get more central to Theravada than this, truly, so you are absolutely mistaken:
Suramerayamajja pamadatthana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami.
I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs which lead to heedlessness.
It is a valid discussion however, if a government should restrict people from breaking the Five precepts out of their own volition.
Who in Thailand is a real Buddhist??? praying for lottery numbers, gossip, smoking, sound pollutions, coyote dancings....If you are monk this rule counts, but even the monks are not all following the rules in Thailand, how many smoke, gamble and buy lottery??? Or are you from another planet? Asks monks abd they all will say Thailand is not real Buddhists
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Follow the money,,,,, whose house, who organise it, etc..... and you will be surprised who is behind it in reality..... The higher ranked the more they think they can do as the law is not for them
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it seems a bit out of order.. Thailands age will go up indeed, but the reason is not only that people live longer but the average is surely influenced by the many young deaths in traffic accidents for example...These deaths will not be parents, besides that the very very low wages in Thailand don't make it easy to get children..Parents have to work, grandparents bring up the kids, but with the costs of schools for many reasons and rising living costs, although the government want to make us believe something else with their low inflation rate, makes it difficult to make ends meet.
Than all Governments and elite don't care about it as this problem could be foreseen already decades ago, but the greed of them and the mai pen rai, because it will not affect us, is causing this problem.
Solutions are possible, but there will be a big resistance for example no company is willing to raise the salaries, as they make us afraid that everything will be more expensive,,, They forget to tell us that if people can buy they will make more profit too..
Another solution is that everybody has to fill in a tax form so that the Government knows what people do for a living, how much money they have and earn, and probably have to pay tax, as almost nobody in this country pays tax. That money could be used for a kind of state pension.
Stimulate more births by giving parents some money every few months extra for 3 or 4 kids ...
And do something about the tragic traffic accidents with decent education, a working policeforce, and updated fines instead of 100 to 500 THB. If for not wearing a helmet a fine need to be paid of 1500 tHB the first time and the second time 2500 THB, you will see how quickly everybody will wear a helmet, and for overloaded trucks, let them stop and take what is too much from the truck...They will complain but \with the correct load they can move on with a fine of 10k....and for the things that is too much they have to find a solution...And drunk drivers??/ let them sleep in a celll till they are sober, fine them with 10k to 25k and with a very high alcohol level leave the car behind until the judge in court decided .... But I will hear we need the car/motorcycle for work/ no work no income..... but that is the result if you think that nothing will happen and you can do as you want.. The more the punishments hurts the quicker people will follow the rules
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Buriram is Anutin...... I think it says all
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Temples should be a place for rest and peace and meditation, but in Thailand that are places that causes sound pollution, with their parties, and screaming... That is the first place that should lower their volumes to a normal level... Other people make so much noise too with their TV's in shops, in the cars, and at home, restaurants, and just name it. and the RTP is doing nothing there should be max volumes to produce and the RTP should enforce the laws, but ther it goes wrong...
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Never ever change anything Thailand. Open your eyes and look at the real world , There are the people who drink alcohol too there are religious holidays too and there are accidents and alcohol abuse too........and there are rules too....But Thailand want to control everybody and everything, There are no Buddhists rules in the religion that forbid alcohol , that is only the rule of Thailand.. If the Government keeps on going not to change anything tourists will stay away even more... Surely with dinosaurs as this example.... Enter the 21st century please
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Kid needs to go to a rehabilitation centre with his parents, for they all need to be re educated
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I am not sure, but I thought that by outbound flight you always could buy alcohol.....Inbound I have no clue. but with a very old law they have to make it free every day all day ... and maybe ask for identification if a minor wants to buy...
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They will not find her... probably the same connections as the Red Bull Heir
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passengers are no tourists.....
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4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:
which will help boost the local economy.
but will bring a big burden to the country in the coming years as interests and pay back the loan must be done.... Other ideas would have done much better for the economy instead of one time pay out of 10k, which in fact is nothing in a year time
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How can he be even be candidate if there are charges??
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Modern Thailand with updated laws, maybe after 60 years they will be reviewed.... Now they are talking about it, than a committee or 10 must investigate the matter and than maybe there will be a change
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10 minutes ago, nobodysfriend said:
... and that is all .
What efforts exactly ? ( Apart from everybody congratulating everybody for what they would like to do ...? )
They will build a wall on the borders that keep the pollution away
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So he can make a move a pay a decent wage of 600 THB at least for the people who gave him this wealth by working long hours for a minimum wage...The rich are rich because they don't want to pay for their wealth, only to keep their family out of justice
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if he wants to do that ahe need a special force that is reliable and not corrupt, as the current people can't be trusted and often involved in the drugs trafficking too
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NO wonder when there is no law enforcement and nobody cares if kids go to school or not. Not parents, not teachers, not government officials nobody and we see many kids cycling around, or playing instead of being in school. But of course there many kids who have to help their parents to get an income or people with disabilities or grandparents.. The Government is to blame for this mismanagement.. See that the latest news is that disabled people get 10k a year... Disabled and sick people need much more as they need more washing, medication, transport to hospitals and doctors and so on. Parents have to work because the wages are too low so the kids have to help ...... Shame Thailand while there are people in your country that don't know what to do with all their money and not even want to pay tax of it to set up a decent program for help
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Shameless THai Government... while they earn millions, are corrupt and greedy the poor and in need are getting 10k a year????? That is not even an hour wages for the senators and ministers.... How long will the Thai people accept this
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Thailand Ranked Sixth Best Country Worldwide for Expats
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living in a dreamworld?? What do you eat for breakfast? only bread? Make your own jam... Have you seen the prices of strawberries?? Some people have no clue .. but you can eat your rice no problem for me