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  1. sidneybear
    Would wealthy Thais really be affected? Wealthy people the world over know how to stay wealthy and have influential networks. Foreigners are the target here. Tax collection is definitely showing "progress" in Thailand. Is anyone missing that conservative old defender of the status quo Prayuth yet?
  2. sidneybear
    That coup leader was benign, conservative, and expats weren't on his radar, unlike this lot who see foreigners as a chance to make some cash. So many people here thinking change is by definition a good thing, when it quite often isn't. Young leadership isn't by definition a good thing either, nor is having attended university in Surrey and speaking English, given that the modern UK is a ghastly dump.
  3. sidneybear
    No chance of that. Thaksin's lot has a long history of milking foreigners for cash through higher visa fees and the like.
  4. sidneybear
    Thaksin's back, via proxy again. Bring on the next coup.
  5. sidneybear
    Britain is a doomed society. A woke hellscape.
  6. sidneybear
    That's exactly what happens. Check in for your flight to exit Thailand, show both passports. Exit Thai immigration, show Thai passport. Enter farangland immigration, show farangland passport.. . Check in to exit farangland, show both passports. Exit farangland immigration, show farangland passport. Enter Thailand, show Thailand passport. Works every time.
  7. sidneybear
    How about being able to own your house and your business, and never having to think about visas again?
  8. sidneybear
    A whole lot of word salad. A tiny minority of monks might break their vows and misbehave, and they are defrocked when caught. For you to hold them all in contempt is sheer nonsense, and totally insulting to Thai culture. Next you'll be complainig that Thais don't like you. Be careful criticising teh national religion, in case it (hopefully) gets you chucked out of the country., back to the soulless dump you came from. Good riddance to people like you.
  9. sidneybear
    No, it doesn't, unless you're using a tiny minority to slur an entire group of worthy religious men who uphold decency. It's a bit like saying that all people are thieves and murderers just because a tiny fraction of one percent are. A fallacious and ridiculous positiion ever there was one.
  10. sidneybear
    "All the other Thais across Thailand" (just because you saw people buying booze in a local shop) is a ridiculous thing to say, and even implies that you are Thai yourself. Why come and live in a culture defined by its religion, if you despise it so much and openly disrespect it? What drove you here in the first place? Charming culture, or prostitutes?
  11. sidneybear
    "Most" is a tricky word. I suppose it depends who you hang out with 🙂
  12. sidneybear
    Weed is about to get banned permanently. As for sugar, I didn't realise that Buddhism forbids it.
  13. sidneybear
    Most Thais abstain from alcohol on religious days as a sign of respect, which is a virtue that you clearly lack.
  14. sidneybear
    Bedroom behaviour really is off topic, when real reasons like erosion of competitiveness, lack of R&D, factory closures, etc, etc, are far more pertinent.
  15. sidneybear
    Economies do expand and contract in cycles. Other than defaulting en masses, which would wreck the financial system, there's no other option than to buy time. The 1997 crash was worse, but Thailand got over that.
  16. sidneybear
    That's true. Most of the whole world is up to it's armpits in debt. People who blame this or that Thai government have too narrow a focus.
  17. sidneybear
    Gay marriage? In what way will things people do in their bedrooms help the economy? Progressive politics isn't helping other countries in the world, so why would Thailand benefit?
  18. sidneybear
    100,000, all at the same time? That's going to cause even more damage to businesses.
  19. sidneybear
    I don't think the religious folk say anything. Refraining from alcohol is just a sign of respect, in a country where religion is still an important part of life.
  20. sidneybear
    What a ghastly creature.
  21. sidneybear
    It's common knowledge that Thai prisons are tough, but that didn't stop him from doing things that caused him to end up in one.
  22. sidneybear
    Anything that's imported in small quantities is going to be expensive because of higher shipping and distribution costs. It's not rocket science.
  23. sidneybear
    Interesting... I got my citizenship in 2007, so you'd think they'd have updated it by now. I wonder how on earth I'd get it fixed? Any other naturalised here also having the same problem?
  24. sidneybear
    When I check my ID on that NHSO website, I get the following - it lists my rights as: ข้อมูลสิทธิ สิทธิที่เข้ารับบริการ : บุคคลต่างด้าว It lists me as a permanent resident (dang dao), rather than a citizen. Do other naturalised Thai get this?
  25. sidneybear
    You care about it or you wouldn't have bothered replying. So not zero then. And why do you pump yourself up to speak for all people anyway. You don't.

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