ChicagoExpat

It's part of a body of evidence that it likely happened. Again, this is a weird thing for you to keep arguing.

You skipped over the part where I said it the video was consistent with some sort of violent contact. What did you think of the video -- you think it DOESN'T show what I said? In addition, he apologized, which is good evidence it happened. And there are witnesses. You need a better hobby that arguing the sky isn't blue and water isn't wet.

The video (a Thai friend showed it to me) was really, really ugly. The guy filmed himself approaching the women say "Get the f out! Get the f out!" and while the kick isn't clearly visible because of where he was holding his phone while recording, at one point of the women cries out in a way consistent with some sort of violent contact.

If you've got details and you're American, share them with the Embassy. I heard they just got the money back for a guy who had been really severely extorted from the Tourist Police (vice the little payments made here and there that everyone pays)

Please make it your life's work to share your wisdom with the world. Such brilliance, such insight... shouldn't be confined to aseannow comments and the call girls down at your local dive. You're the hero we didn't know we needed.

SO CRAZY -- having standards for displaying one's national symbol! What "stupidity"! >>eyeroll<<

Spidermike, this is likely the first time we've agreed on anything, but you are 1000% right! 😀

The Russian who ran down and killed an American and a Luxembourger in Phuket in November was just sentenced to… nothing. She got a 75k baht fine. That’s it. No actual penalty for killing two people.

I see a lot of Thais who wear elephant pants too. They're comfy, breathe well, and hide stains. Not just for backpackers!

Usually it's the Central Authority of any country that does it, not embassies. If you Google "Hague Convention on Apostilles UK" it brings up a ton of companies that will do it for you. Here is official UK info: https://www.gov.uk/get-document-legalised

Let me tell you about all the ways America has made the world better. Oh, LOL. Edit -- sorry sheldon that was directed at the same guy you wrote to.

Sorry to pile on... sorry this isn't want you want to hear... BUT -- dating while still married/one already failing marriage/in major debt/fell out with her sister Run the other way, amigo. And yes, she is a sex worker.

I have no idea what you're saying -- I was agreeing with you. I'm OK with real life.

If the visa you eventually receive via an agent is not from your local immigration office, then yes, you are using a crooked agent.

Exactly right. Relying on paper is a bad idea, and prepping to be able to explain her ties to Thailand, that she understands the law and requirement to complete a short stay only, etc is a much better plan.

Editing my reply to you, which gave it back in kind. I think we're both tired of this and there's enough bile in the world, so have a good day.

So your complaint is that they don't get it right 100%. Prior to Ginboy's comment you seemed unaware that (gasp!) some Thais might overstay their visas -- even when claiming a connection to a U.S. citizen. Your belief, apparently, is that anyone who claims a connection to a U.S. citizen should get a visa. "Yeah"

Participation trophy for Brickleberry! And a cookie too as we send him off for his nap.

Political/legal have the exact same meaning in this context. There's nothing "ludicrous" about describing what is ACTUALLY happening, versus the sweaty, hysterical claims of those who are badly informed and are probably not arguing in good faith to begin with. Again -- if Israel has been "occupying" Gaza for all these years (without a single Israeli in Gaza!!!) then so has Egypt. I love the Egypt side of this, as 1) most pro-Hamas agitators read only leftwing websites so have no idea that Gaza shares two borders and 2) these same people NEVER respond (as you haven't) to explain the curious fact that it's not just those crafty Jews who don't want Gazans on their land, it's Egypt. It's also Jordan. And Kuwait. And Lebanon. All of the places where Palestinians have made themselves unwelcome due to their unrelenting love of violence. The entire Arab world is willing to use the Palestinians as a stick to beat Israel, but literally NOT ONE COUNTRY wants Palestinians within their borders. It ALWAYS ends badly. Have you really never asked yourself why that is?

That's probably a good idea, you're getting your butt kicked. This doesn't seem to be your subject. Israel controlling its border with Hamas/Gaza, is not occupying Gaza, neither is its sea blockade to prevent Hamas from being supplied with ever-deadlier weapons by Iran. Egypt controlling its border with Hamas/Gaza, is not occupying Gaza. "Occupied Territories" is a political term. If I'm not actually in your house or on your property, I'm not occupying either one.

Gaza is LITERALLY NOT an occupied territory. Israelis lived in a tiny community in Gaza and were forcibly removed by Israel. You know who else controls access to Gaza? Egypt. You're apparently unaware that Gaza borders two sovereign states. Try rephrasing all of your spew to include Egypt as well. YOU'RE telling us to "educate ourselves"? That's pretty ironic coming from someone who posts what you post.

Yeah, that's their job. How do you think this happens?

When someone actively defends Hamas, what is inaccurate about calling them "jihad lover"? Where is it NOT permissible to critical of Israel? What a straw man you've set up. I have plenty to criticize Israel for. Its very existence though, is not part of that package. Its right to defend itself in conditions SPECIFCALLY CREATED BY HAMAS to create thousands of casualties, so that chuckleheads the world over will call for a "ceasefire" and stoke up the latent Jew hatred already so present in many circles, is not part of that package. The intention to delay the next October 7 by a few months or years by dismantling the hundreds of miles of tunnels (happily paid for by the UN) and killing as many terrorists as possible, is not part of that package.

I am indeed. It's only everlasting, however, because anti-semites make it so.