sidneybear

Agreed, compared to Qantas Thai is luxury.

Good news.

Well said. All the people I know of every sexual orientation aren't proud, and neither are they ashamed. They're just perfectly normal, decent, hard-working people who you can go to the pub and have a laugh with.

That's what people forget. The entire world refused to acknowledge Taiwan's sovereignty, but at the same time rush to defend it by supplying arms. Could this be about protecting markets for weapons?

Ask any Afghan who fought the Taliban how trustworthy America is. The fact is that all countries put their own interests first.

I doubt that Thailand cares. The F-35 is horrendously expensive, and China and Russia also make decent warplanes these days. America's days of hegemony are over.

Thanks. That was the word I was looking for.

Labels, irrelevant statistics and ad hominem attacks are pretty much as far as your debating skills go.

I don't think so. All of the Thais I meet in the western world are there for the same reasons we travel - the exprience of living abroad, travel, work, curiosity, etc. That said, none of them harp on about injustice or try to change the way others behave, and all of them maintain fond links to their home country.

Well, that's changing, but in the opposite way from what you think. Cultural appropriation is becoming a big issue to the wokists in the west. Thankfully, Thailand doesn't give a fig about it.

Thailand has its own methods of restoring the ststus quo, which may seem confronting to westerners used to voting every few years for two identical but differently named versions of political content. For all its faults, Thailand is nevertheless a place where we chose to go and live in, leaving behind the "progressive" "democracies" we hailed from. The end result of Thailand's seemingly chaotic politics is a nice place to live, with charming traditions, religion and a culture.

We've covered all this before, and you're being rude again, as you always do when you run out of things to say. I'm glad that corrupt people who buy votes, con the young, and don't have Thailand's best interests at heart won't succeed in turning Thailand into a ghastly clone of America, and that Thailand is in fact managed by wise people who value the status quo. Thailand has a lot going for it and doesn't need western styled "progress". Nobody will "take all" as the headline suggests, because Thailand has always been in safe and capable hands, who aren't afraid to chuck out those whose only intention is to make a buck.

But Thais who move to the west don't harp on about injustice all the time, nor do they tell us we're all wrong and should change our ways to be more like Thailand. That's because Thais are peaceful, accepting, and respectful of different cultures and local customs. Conversely, so many westerners move to Thailand, suffer from culture shock, then try to change the place and boorishly interfere with the Thai way of doing things. Actually, there is nowhere that's perfect. Look around - Thais are generally cheerful and put up with us quite well, even though they never try to change our degenerate societies. You're fond of quoting statistics that have no relevance to the points being discussed, and you seem to misunderstand nuances surrounding cultural differences. I also thought you'd toned down your past impolite behaviour and wanted a discussion without becoming rude, and you know from the past that I only talk to polite people here.

Most cultures are derived from what went before. In Britain, for example, the culture includes Saxon, Norman, Roman and various other influences. You could say the same for every other culture in the world, because humans moved around a lot, even in ancient times. Borrowing is not the right word.

So skip mine too then, if you don't have the capability to say anything sensible in reply.

Why do people leave places like America to live in places like Thailand, then try to turn Thailand into places like America? Surely, if the west was such a great place, we would all want to live there and our only interst in Thaland would be for a holiday in nice weather? All that inequality stuff about the masses struggling under the yoke of the elite applies equally in the west too - the press is censored throughout the world these days, so you won't see too many headlines about pensioners feezing because they can't pay their energy bills because of net zero jacking up energy costs, etc, etc. At least Thailand has a cohesive society, where families help each other out, strong traditions, self-reliance, and a religion to support people through times of hardship. All the western world has is Prozac. Thailand's election result was influenced by propogation of western non-culture, vote buying, and external influencing of the young and inexperienced. It will be overturned, and the sooner that happens the better.

I'm not sure why you keep bringing Thailand up China, North Korea and Iran, but Thailand is a conservative, religious, peaceful, cohesive and patriotic country, with strong traditions, family ties and respect for its wiser elders. The West has disregarded all of its culture and traditions in favour of soulless lefty wokism, and is vastly diminished because of it.

You're incapable of serious debate, so sniping is the best you can do.

Aside from that childish remark, do you have anything sensible to add to the debate?

Right, but not after dinner.

The headline and the article don't seem to align.

Yes, we'd better brace ourselves for being ordered around by Big Brother, and his willing army of Stasi-styled wannabes.

The absolute best way to cook bacon. Use the hottest setting 200C on mine.

Air fryers are great, especially if you like crispy bacon.

You too?