Hellfire

26 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

 

Same here.

 

A neighbour came round last week to desperately try and sell us 5 rai immediately. She was being followed by a dodgy looking loan shark on a motorbike who waited outside and then followed her home again.

 

The amount of debt to loan sharks in Thailand is insane. 

Did you take advantage of the opportunity?

Are those with marriage visa considered “foreign tourists”? 

7 hours ago, jayceenik said:

Yes, Russia, as the successor to the Soviet Union, has repaid the Lend-Lease debt, with the final payment made in 2006. After years of negotiation and several agreements, the USSR and later Russia agreed to pay a final amount of $674 million, a fraction of the original debt, which Russia ultimately paid off. 

• Initial debt and negotiations: The United States initially billed the Soviet Union for about $2.6 billion in 1947 for goods that were not civilian-related. After lengthy negotiations, the Soviet Union agreed to pay a significantly lower amount.
• The 1972 and 1990 agreements: A 1972 agreement set the total at $722 million, but payments were halted. In 1990, a new agreement was made for the Russian Federation to pay $674 million by 2030.
• Final payment: The Russian Federation, after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, assumed the debt and paid the $674 million in full in August 2006. 

The USSR agreed to repay only part of its WWII Lend-Lease debt — about $722 million out of $11.3 billion (1940s value, roughly $120 billion in 2006 dollars, when the final payment was made).

In the end, the Soviet Union and Russia paid less than 1% of the total value of what they had received. Repaid???
 

And you are definitely a bot.

On 11/9/2025 at 8:03 PM, Somjot said:

 

Why are you intentionally misinterpreting me?

 

I have no problem with Jews or a Jewish homeland and I fully understand why it was created not in Canada or Africa but in the place, with which Jews have a religious and spiritual connection.

 

But Israel denies others the same rights it demands for itself.

 

Because others have developed a spiritual connection to that land too, aka Christians and Muslims, the first are regularly spat on and the latter treated as second class humans by law and sometimes killed.

 

And much more important others have lived there for centuries and many generations and Israel thinks it has the right to kick them out while some redhaired man from Omaha with funny braids has the right to return and to kill Palestinians.

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This Israeli had no right to do that.

 

Where is your criticism for that?

 

It is you who denies Palestinians the right to exist by supporting a country which has done everything to avoid a Palestinian state, has stolen their land and if like recently Western countries recognize Palestine Israeli politicians smirk and say 

 

"Recognize what? There is nothing to recognize there anymore."

 

So once again:

 

Israel as a modern democracy with equal rights for everybody and after giving back the stolen land: YES

 

Israel as an apartheid state with different laws for it`s citizens a military law for the stolen areas: NO

 

Do you think Palestine has a right to exist?

You seem to forget that Israel has made genuine efforts in the past to create a two-state solution — for example, during the leadership of Yitzhak Rabin. It’s important to remember that at that time, most Israelis truly believed in the possibility of a peaceful and lasting coexistence with the Palestinians.

So what happened to those very same Israelis? Did they suddenly turn into murderers of women and children — into bloodthirsty racists and religious fanatics? Or is it perhaps that the Israeli people came to realize they have no real partner for peace in this region — that instead of a partner, they face those who seek the total expulsion of Jews living on this land?

It’s so easy, sitting somewhere in Chiang Mai, to speak lightly about how simple peace would be, and to accuse the warring sides of primitiveness or narrow-mindedness. Yet the real problem here lies in the inability — or unwillingness — of distant observers to grasp the harsh reality of this region. And this is definitely not about some distant history; appealing to the past is, in fact, just another crude misconception.

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Kremlin propaganda says the exact same things.

So here he is, repeating Russian propaganda to everyone. You don’t really think he’s making up all this nonsense himself, do you?

15 minutes ago, Schoggibueb said:

It should be noted that the supposedly evil Americans supplied the supposedly good Russians with endless amounts of weapons, raw materials, steel, food, chemicals, explosives, and fuel during World War II, and were also quite generous financially. The Red Army received almost half a million jeeps and trucks, more than 100,000 machine guns, approximately 13,000 locomotives and freight cars, dozens of ships and boats, tens of thousands of aircraft, tanks, and anti-aircraft guns, as well as several million pairs of combat boots.

It is also worth noting that the aid provided to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease program ultimately turned out to be free of charge (as a good will gesture of the Americans). Nevertheless, in Putin’s Russia, it has become customary to downplay the significance of this assistance and to remain silent about its crucial role in the victory over Nazism.

At the core of Soviet - and especially modern Russian propaganda - lies the myth of the West’s, and especially America’s, unquenchable desire to destroy Russia and seize its vast resources. No factual argument can sway those Russians who have absorbed this myth with their mother’s milk.

43 minutes ago, Sir Dude said:

I think western help for Ukraine is about holding Russia in a stalemate that neirther side can really win, and essentually draining Russia to such an extent that it will not be a real threat again for decades... if not longer. The West/Nato don't have to put boots on the ground etc., just give Ukraine their spare kit and see how it performs against one of the two only real enemies they have... thus keeping Russia distracted in a forever war.

Russia will bankrupt itself, even if it ultimately gets to keep the territory it has already won, and has also got inself into a position of where it can't afford to lose the war... or win and just continue with a war economy, as it is too drained and sanctioned.

I think the aim of the West is to drain Russia so that it is no longer a credible threat, as we are going to have to deal with Chinese in a few years or so... and don't need other distractions.

 

Putin is, indeed, destroying Russia.

40 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

You mean those who are stoned out of their mind? No normal person, if they was looking fir this, would use a QR code from someone they did not know.

This is precisely why drug dealers use QR codes — to avoid direct contact with customers and reduce the risk of accidentally dealing with an undercover police officer.

37 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

What person in their right mind would scan an unknown QR code? I forgot we are talking about Pattaya, apologies.

Whoever wants to buy drugs

On 11/8/2025 at 12:25 PM, petertucker48 said:

"the majority of officers are committed to serving the public "

IE The majority of Officers" not ALL!!

Only 49% are serving crime

 To sum up a long discussion: there is nothing wrong with learning Thai — in some cases, it can even be useful. That said, considering the legal realities of foreigners’ status in Thailand, learning Thai can in no way be regarded as obligatory, since cultural integration that exists entirely apart from legal integration is a manifestation of a certain kind of idiocy.

One could also compare the desire of the rightless farangs to learn the Thai language to a manifestation of Stockholm syndrome.

Outside literal hostage situations, “Stockholm syndrome” is often used metaphorically, for example:

-People staying in abusive relationships

-Citizens defending corrupt governments

-Employees loyal to exploitative workplaces

-Members of a subordinate class displaying an eager interest in the language and culture of the dominant group.

Just now, Woke to Sounds said:

Why is a teenage girl getting a nose job?

Are you new to Thailand? It is a part of cultural tradition (plastic surgery in general).

10 hours ago, still kicking said:

The term "farang" in Thai primarily refers to white-skinned foreigners, particularly those of European descent. It is derived from the word for French, reflecting historical connections to France. Additionally, "farang" can also refer to the guava fruit in Thai. While the term is commonly used, its connotation can vary, and some may find it offensive depending on the context. Overall, "farang" is a culturally significant term that reflects both historical and contemporary views on foreigners in Thailand

Nobody really knows the origin of the word - there are several theories, often contradicting one another. Additionally, some words tend to change their meanings significantly over time. From my own experience, farang is often (though not always) used today as a substitute for the word “stranger,” and more often than not carries mildly derogatory connotations.

4 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

So none.

I thought so.

More paranoid imagining.

คุณผูดภาษาไทยไม่ได้ชัวร์

Relax. I’ll pray this doesn’t happen to you. May the gods of Thai immigration be on your side!

7 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

How many people do you know of that that has happened to?

But that’s absolutely possible. Or do you really think the immigration officers would make an exception just because one knows Thai? More likely, they’ll be laughing at him as he babbles broken Thai about his regrets in the Suvarnabhumi detention center.

8 hours ago, Somjot said:

 

I agree. But does the killing of less than 1200 justify the killing of 70.000?

 

That is what we should ask ourselves.

 

 

Again agreed, but what choice does one have when his land is stolen and his people raped an killed?

 

 

And agreed again, yet unfortunately dumb people have the same right to live as lesser dumb people.

 

If it was ok and not a crime to kill "people who can`t think two steps ahead" someone might depopulate the Farang community in Pattaya one day.

 

 

 

Are you talking about Palis or Israelis now? That "victim" thing confused me.

All your arguments are perfectly valid — but not when your survival, and the survival of your children, are at stake. At that point, all the number games, the supposed rights of your killers to live, and the old tales about land stolen a century ago — none of that matters anymore. This is something even the most foolish amongst us must understand before it’s too late.

Those policemen acted according to Koran. 

58 minutes ago, JimCM said:

As the terrorist state continues to block food coming in, they banned people catching fish to survive. What is wrong with these monsters?
 

The result has been devastating: Gaza has lost 94 percent of its catch, cutting off one of its last remaining sources of food.

Fishing, once a vital source of both income and nourishment, has been brought to its knees.

 

In January, Israel declared Gaza’s waters a “no-go zone”, banning fishing, swimming, and any access to the sea.

 

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gaza-fishermen-sea-last-lifeline-081213413.html

It was clearly a terrible idea to attack the “monsters” two years ago and provoke them. Every war against Israel has turned out to be a bad idea in the end. What good can ever come to people who can’t think even two steps ahead?

Attack, provoke a response, then cry victim — rinse and repeat for 75 years.