Tatsujin

Yingluck thinks it might be concern over the 2006 coup that is keeping people away.

Well, we all know she's an idiot anyway so I wouldn't concern myself too much over what she thinks or says. It's all just repeated from her big brother anyway.

That's a pathetic remark. I'm wondering if you're still in junior school.

Oh, I'm sorry . . . should I go into a long rambling drivel about how badly I think she is doing her job instead? How I think that "her" policies are all aimed at bringing her thieving brother back in the fold? How I think that these proposed changes to the constitution benefit no one but herself and her family and all the associated cronies?

Any by the way, you're the pot calling the kettle black in this instance with your pathetic remark about my pathetic remark

Which was the point of my joke (meant to support your previous post).

Ah, I took your post at face value, not sarcasm lol

There was and never has been any political interference with the stupid soap opera.

Channel 3 self censored the series as they said it was too violent.

So they say . . . I kind of think that the contents of the show so far and the ending of the show showing an assassination of the PM was a little too close to the bone with some of those in power and pressure was brought to bear.

They should have made it an 'attempted assassination' instead.

They happen all the time apparently so no one would be shocked.

Yeah, a certain ex-PM seems to have had a lot of those over the years (allegedly).

What's the problem? Another staff member might be willing to sell you a Big Mac (perhaps even at the correct price) and you can easily walk to another register or perhaps another McDonald's...after a couple different registers and/or restaurants you will certainly get your Big Mac.

Ha ha, true, but why should someone have to do that? It's their job to provide a service or product, refusing to do so or charging more than the advertised rate is just "wrong" and illegal.

Yingluck thinks it might be concern over the 2006 coup that is keeping people away.

Well, we all know she's an idiot anyway so I wouldn't concern myself too much over what she thinks or says. It's all just repeated from her big brother anyway.

Wrong there mate, i don't think she's an idiot. In fact it would not surprise me to learn that she is far more higher educated than you are, judging by your immature remarks.

Well, being educated doesn't automatically make one competent or capable of running a country or managing a crisis. And being a "clone" and a mouthpiece for her self-exiled brother endears her to me even less. And don't start on her achievements in business either prior to coming to power, she got what she got because of her brother, not because she was a superb businesswoman.

And if you want to get into an argument on education though, no problem . . . happy to stack up my academic achievements and credentials against hers.

There was and never has been any political interference with the stupid soap opera.

Channel 3 self censored the series as they said it was too violent.

So they say . . . I kind of think that the contents of the show so far and the ending of the show showing an assassination of the PM was a little too close to the bone with some of those in power and pressure was brought to bear.

Gotta love this never-failing blazing yellow propaganda on this forum. Never fails to amuse me, especially coming from clueless foreigners. Abhisit, Prem and the military brass appreciate your help.

Anti-red or anti-idiot doesn't automatically make one a yellow supporter or clueless. In fact, I would hazard a guess that most foreigners here are more clued in to the real politics that happen here than the majority of the Thai's are.

Besides all that, it makes a nice counterpoint to the blazing red propaganda so many spout out here

Do you have any sort of explanations to backup your claim? I find it disrespectful to 'hazard' such things.

And I don't know where you've been, but what you call red propaganda is quite scarce these days. Or maybe I'm just trying to recognize trolls on TV threads reporting articles of the ersatz of a newspaper that is The Nation

I don't need to back up anything, I made a statement based on my experiences here, it is neither backed up by facts nor anything else. Simply my opinion. As for where I've been, I've been here quite a long time actually, and the red propaganda is certainly NOT scarce, neither is the yellow.

And how is what I wrote disrespectful by the way?

Here we go . . . warmed up communism and a dictatorship by the Shinawatra clan and their cronies is back in full swing . . .

Yingluck thinks it might be concern over the 2006 coup that is keeping people away.

Well, we all know she's an idiot anyway so I wouldn't concern myself too much over what she thinks or says. It's all just repeated from her big brother anyway.

So create a big problem by giving everyone more money in the forms of wages, and then cost everyone even more with tons of other policies to mitigate the stupid idea in the first place. Great. Well planned and thought out.

This is the PAD's way for gaining support later on . . . with the "we told you so" or "we warned you" argument.

I've seen Japanese tourists coming out of the mall before and agreed to pay a Tuk Tuk driver 500 baht to go where a taxi would've cost them less than 100. I just have to bite my lip sometimes - but I do shake my head everytime I see farang in a tuk tuk because you just know they are getting ripped off.

Not necessarily getting ripped off . . . when I first came to Thailand, I remember going to the Grand Palace area, hiring a Tuk-Tuk for the whole day and getting taken around their "rip off" route visiting the jewellers, tailors etc along with the usual tourist sites. It was an "experience" that I asked for and was thoroughly enjoyable, highlighted by having lunch with the driver, his wife and young baby at her noodle stall. Well worth the 500 baht I paid him for the whole day, and that included our lunch.

Indeed. Where are all the mythical forum yellows?

According to some, I'm one of them . . . allegedly . . .

Me too.

Yeah I remember, but in your case, they'd be right (kidding)

They should settle it the honourable way - a game of football between the parliaments. Winner takes all

Pistols at dawn would be my preferred choice . . . except they tried that already in 2010 . . . got to keep your head down and keep moving or the snipers get you . . .

Indeed. Where are all the mythical forum yellows?

According to some, I'm one of them . . . allegedly . . .

Look at the age of the driver, if under 40 (ish) ignore them and wait for an older driver.

In my experience it's the young drivers that are willing to run the meter while the old ones always refuse.

Exactly the opposite experience to my own lol

Wow, big thumbs up to Kampanart Tansithabudhkun . . . finally a Thai that is not afraid to stand up, criticise the establishment and do what he feels is "right".

That depends on whether he wasn't doing too well with his show's viewer figures, had a personal conflict with his boss, has a new job lined up or wants to advertise himself for a new role.

I thought his comments went a bit beyond just leaving his role on principle.

But then again, I'm no psychologist!

Who knows . . . I just took my "cynical" hat off for a few minutes and took it all at face value

Someone's obviously been told to change tactics, probably accompanied by some brown paper bags.