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1 hour ago, phantomfiddler said:

You must be joking ! Abhisit is the only one of them that possesses any degree of integrity, and it would appear that the military already have their own party that is probably going to rule for many years to come :)

I do agree with you about Mr Abhisit.

3 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Sorry mate, the few in the 'international community' that give a toss already KNOW why she jumped ship. This includes the group that knows the difference between Thailand and Taiwan.

Well, why not convey to us the knowledge about the why she jumped ship leaving her underlings to get the punishment for her/brother?

16 hours ago, manarak said:

huh?

Adam and Eva are protagonists in a work of fiction that isn't more valid than Star Wars or The Lord of the Rings for explaining the universe...

 

Although lately, say the last 100 years or so, many of those stories seem to be confirmed by findings.  Contrary to star wars and lord of the rings, nothing has been found to shore up those stories.......yet.  In short, believe or don't believe what you want, and leave others free to believe what they want to believe.  And I am not religious.

And if someone, for whatever reason, don't believe in same sex marriages, it simply is his belief.  And he has as many rights to ventilate his beliefs as anybody else.

16 hours ago, pornprong said:

Thailand's greatest curse is the Thai military.

Please explain?

The world's greatest curse is politicians, elected or not.

The military is just used by politicians or their controllers.

The atomic bombs were created by private business together with the military, because the politicians ordered it.

The cold war was not a product of the military, but a product of the powerhungry dirty minds the politicians' all seem to have.

4 hours ago, inThailand said:

Fears alcohol tax may increase hard-liquor consumption

 

Isn't the main goal of sin taxes is to curb alcohol consumption?

I guess LOS is more concerned with the increased revenue stream. 

 

 

 

Of course revenue is raised not to curb drinking but to raise income for the state.

Like the price raises in the name of the environment.

On 8/4/2017 at 9:04 PM, mvdf said:

 

That may be true but there seems to be an equally sick fascination with even younger girls (and boys) among some male foreigners visiting the Kingdom. That's just as pernicious as those committed by local offenders.

 

 

Only some foreigners?

On 1/18/2017 at 6:56 PM, nisakiman said:

 

A rare outbreak of common sense on TV.

 

Yes, I agree entirely. The girl now no longer has a husband to look after her, and the child no longer has a father. Good work from the moral(istic) majority.

I had no idea sanity could be found over here.....I am surely baffled.

1 hour ago, keith101 said:

Why not show her face so people can know and warn others

That is a very good question.

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

and that in a nutshell  is what is so wrong  with  many, many, farangs in Thailand .  What an absolute <deleted> and if any of us see this prick around we should make sure he knows  how we feel about him and his kind.  Unless of course, you agree with him!!

You were never treated in the same way standing in line somewhere by Thai people and shouted down by Thai people if you, being a farang, commented on being jumped?

Although the man that is a dud, he is doing something many Thais do all the time.

But because he is a farang this goes viral to show farang are no good.

Thai people are always trying to jump ahead.........me first.

1 hour ago, SirBuwanaDogbossKing said:

What I don't understand is why the police get involved with these kind of issues, what has it got to do with the police?

Negligence?

1 hour ago, Krataiboy said:

Yeah, but . . .

 

If they are so worried about the cards being abused, why doesn't the government issue food stamps like those handout out to nearly 50 million hungry and impoverished inhabitants of the world's wealthiest democracy?

 

They could also tap into the nation's renowned community spirit by helping set up a network of "food banks" of the kind that have become about the only growth industry in the UK and other "developed" European nations.

 

To be brutally honest, if I were a dirt-poor Thai with no prospects of a decent life, I'd probably prefer the present cack-handed system to continue. Then at least I'd have the means to drown my sorrows.

Oh, how very, very true.

I mean the situation in so called first world countries like the USA and the countries in the EU.

40 minutes ago, maxcorrigan said:

Like Yingluk you mean?

You surely must agree she did quite a bit damaging the country.

I wonder what harm they really did?

Besides giving the lawyer something to do?

1 hour ago, ChrisY1 said:

Nothing but happy times news since YL did a runner.....exports up to record levels....domestic growth expanding....organic laws being enacted..the military is clean as a whistle...corruption down....Just gotta love everything here!

You can nag about the military as much as you like, but numbers show a rise in economic growth, contrary what most farang think.

The investment into the railway industry, roads, infra, bring jobs and makes growth possible around the country, including other means of income for the poor.

Contrary to what the former governments did.

The low income groups, like anywhere in the world, gain nothing from the economic growth, a trait inherent to the so-called market economy.

The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, sad but true.

Doesn't take away the fact that I do feel the military should not take over a government, but I do really wonder what had happened in Thailand if the military had done nothing.

In my view the country was gliding into a possible civil unrest of big proportions.

Creating a second rail system in a country will always result in diminishing the existing lines in favour of the new lines.

Which means a huge loss of you investment.

It would be much better to upgrade the existing system, rolling stock and routes.

Another option would be to connect the three airports including the existing airport link.

Seen the route, planned stops and distances, 160 km/h is quite enough.

A speed obtainable on the existing metre gauge rail lines.

17 hours ago, Media1 said:

If you can't bring children up in a respectable manner don't have them. These parents are shameful and it's pimping out your daughter. They all should be warned. But this is Thai culture and they say pros are illegal.  Yes sure

Who says the parents are doing that?

18 hours ago, ramrod711 said:

Before I make my judgement I would like to see the photos. I could then get a grasp on the subject and see whether they are making mountains out of molehills.

Be assured there is no need for you gawking at those pictures, indeed mountains are made of molehills, or maybe br****s.

Just now, LannaGuy said:

How right he is.  No precedents, No juries and vindictive against those of different colour. He was no angel, she was no angel but they were democratically elected by the people, for the people. 

They were democratically elected to form a government for ALL the people, not only those that voted for them.

But that is quite missing in all elected politicians.

52 minutes ago, greenchair said:

Well said. 

And absolute power breeds absolute corruption as we will see in the years to come. 

Exactly!

That was what Mr T was aiming for.

And let's not forget his 2500 murder spree.

1 hour ago, Beats56 said:

Maybe I can get the neighbors dogs to come over. They are cat killers. Seen it with my own eyes. They have killed off the majority of cats on our soi. 

And when the cats are gone they will start on children?

And after that on adults?

33 minutes ago, tirekicker said:

I'm an animal lover but agree that cats destroy the wildlife, and humans are destroying the planet !

And the soidogs?

4 hours ago, themerg said:

The only good cat is on a dog's dish.

 

May I turn it around, the only good dog is incorporated into catfood?