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Will she reveal who put her up to this? Or where she launders her yellow shirts?

A noble gesture; I've been abstaining for 14 years now after meeting Ajahn Jumnien in California in 1995 and the difference in my life is incredible.

It is difficult to argue that the Reds have defended the thugs who committed the 2006 coup, their pardoning, or their ridiculous excuse for a constitution they instated. But, if you must, try.

Pardons usually come pretty easy here in Thailand. Even the armed thugs that participated in the 2006 coup were pardoned. Of course, they just pardoned themselves.

Red = freedom fighter, defender of democracy

Yellow = cowardly defender of elite, armed coup and suppression of dissent

ok but why would i feel guilty?if i knew he did not drink alcohol i would not give it too him.what about personal responsibility of the person receiving this gift?am sorry i know i am looking at this from just a commonsense point of view and not a religious perspective which maybe a little off topic.

I agree. If I knew someone was an alcoholic or in some way irresponsible or impressionable then my giving that person alchohol would create nagative kamma for me, in the wrong hands alchohol can be very distructive.

If alcohol were somehow "sinful" or "evil" in some way then why did I have it in my possession in the first place?

The 5th precept is a training rule rather than a commandment, if in doubt keep away from it but a little wine over a shared meal with decent people is hardly anything to be concerned about, nor is giving it as a gift.

I have to say I tend to agree with you, but it's a dangerous rationalization to make. Once you go down that road, then the training rule against inappropriate sex isn't really a commandment and a "rub and a tug" at the local massage parlor isn't really sex, as verified by Bill Clinton.

^ Red Shirts?

Go Red Go!

they have seen what the monster Dollar juggernaut can do

Yet they crave the almighty $$$ above everything else. It always amazes me how easily daughters are sold into prostitution. The love of money disgusts me here. This is the country where everything is for sale.

Climb up and stagger out of the bar and run; you've spent too long in Soi Cowboy!

Opening up Thailand to farangs might help Thais, a minority of them anyway, but it would ruin Thailand for farangs. The whole point of living here as a farang is that there aren't many of us. Otherwise, it would be a hot and humid Helsinki or Manchester with fat white people, yuck, limping around all over the place. Oh, I shudder to think what would happen if the dam ever bursts. Not a pretty sight at all!

Arai, wah?

All politics is corrupt by definition. There is no moral high ground in the struggle for power and domination in the social structural relationship between human beings. Citizens are allowed varying degrees of influence, usually very little, in choosing the power positions within the gangs and mafias that will dominate them. See things as they really are, not as one would like them to be. That is the starting point. Swearing complete allegiance to one particular gang or mafia is not most skillful place to begin.

It is amusing! But if the sign said, "I love Arabs", or "I love Koreans", or any of the other groups who come to Thailand, many farang probably would have been complaining. Oh well, pity the Thai who tries to please everyone!

Heavy boozing for 10 to 15 years will on average shorten your lifespan by about 15 years. I wished I would have known that when I was younger.

Sorry about your personal health. I hope that your newfound sobriety will bring a renewal of spirit and great healing to your body. I have seen this in others. In my 15 year attendance at 12-step meetings, where folks have often drank very heavily for long periods of time, I have seen very few lives cut short. Most sober alcoholics, despite their years of liver torture, recover marvelously and lead happy long lives. You can too!

kiteboarding asia also has a school. google it.

Please correct the title of thread. Kaeng Krachan is in Phetchaburi provence.

I'm off to downtown Hua Hin right now. While I'm down there I'll ask the elderly Scandinavian couples who make up the bulk of the local community how many are dying for wild retreats to the wicked sister city across the bay!

I've driven a benzine model for 5 years and love it, but I just filled up at 2,150 baht! Ouch!

It's not the fact that he died that is so shocking to me; it's the fact that he lived so long that is amazing. With the amount of pharmaceuticals habitually attacking his system and his self-destructive pathological lifestyle it is truly amazing he lived as long as he did, most die far younger. It's a shame the world saw him as an entertainer and not as a human being desperately in need of intervention and assistance.

I'd go with 350 baht or a bit less.

Thriller sold only 100 million albums or approximately one out of every 70 people bought it. I'm sure glad I didn't. I think this cult worship and lack of concern for the child molestation issues and substance abuse and psychopathological behavior is disgusting.

The King of Pill Popping has popped his final pill. I used to have a t-shirt with Elvis's last prescription on it; maybe they'll be selling Michael's last prescription now.

There are those that desperately want us to remember OJ Simpson for his uncanny abilities to cut back against the defence and juke opposing linebackers. Some will remember Michael solely for his music and dance. Same, Same.

He was the OJ Simpson of the music world! Great and not so great... How will his story be spun?

Michael Jackson clearly was "a grown man with an unhealthy relationship with young boys", as reported by CNN. I think I'll shed a tear for Farrah Fawcett instead.

Hear hear.

Brigante7.

I remember where I was the day Elvis died. I also know where I was when John Lennon was shot to death. And now another pop icon of my youth is dead. Regardless of his problems, MJ made good music. Let those without sin cast the first stone.

There's no need to use this media event to downplay the significance of child molestation. The excuse of "oh, boy could he dance!", is very, very lame, indeed.

Nothing more annoying than foreign journalists

Yes, their ignronace, pre-cooked stories, and supreme air of confidence are indeed annoying.

Your edits of the original post reveal your maniacal biases... Sad, really. The junta and its aftermath really need no celebration.