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Many nasty abusive comments here This guy suffered a very unfortunate accident and suffered in that sewer. Good that he was rescued but he's not out of the woods as far as the threat to his health from exposure to all that filth. The comments here reminds me of this Trinkism: Human nature -- manure Bunch of flippin' hyenas.
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I have another guessy theory. Move Forward represents some pretty radical changes in Thai society. One of which it wouldn't be prudent to even mention. So what if their more traditionally conservative campaign position on cannabis was a bit of a ruse. To the reactionaries it might look like they are not all that much of a threat of progressive change look at their retro cannabis position. So a sacrificial lamb to win a much larger political goal. Just a thought.
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Military-backed senators refuse to back MFP form a government
Jingthing replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Still reads like satire to me. -
Thailand’s Election Results May Reverse Cannabis Policy
Jingthing replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
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It depends on how these clinics regulate or are forced to regulate it. For example you say you have back pain. Then what? Do they force you to buy only high profit oils and or only specific flower strains again with jacked up prices because it's a medical service? Obviously some legit medical use will still be legal but I'm cynical enough to suspect any new proposed legal controls will be mostly about milking ridiculous profits. In the current laissez-faire system free market competition is offering bargains for consumers. Also I wonder if the move forward party position to recriminalize is more about opposition to the politicians that made it legal rather than rational policy. Thailand really wants to go back to locking up people for weed possession? Really?
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Thailand’s Election Results May Reverse Cannabis Policy
Jingthing replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
Normally you would think an urban youth dominant party would be more libertarian when it comes to social issues like legal weed.- 49 replies
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There is some hope that the dramatic election results will mean positive change for Thailand in general, but this is about weed only. How are people reading the results in terms of action on weed laws? My initial reaction is that the new government will want to put weed back on the narcotics list (while keeping legal medical use in some sort of regulated way). Many have invested in growing, weed shops, bong factories, big personal supplies of weed, you name it. So if it's going to go this way (recriminilization) what will it be like? Will there be a grace period for the public to adjust? For those that know how government works here, how long will it likely take to recriminilize it? What level of priority will this really be? Months, years, hopefully never? I realize many expats will keep at it if it's made illegal again. But many won't. The lure of the monkey house does not beckon. You may want to comment on that as well.
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Austrian train plays Hitler speech over loudspeaker
Jingthing replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Likely many more than a few. -
Austrian train plays Hitler speech over loudspeaker
Jingthing replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Didn't miss it. It wasn't enough to credibly mitigate your admiration. It's like when Trump says Putin is a brilliant man. -
Trump’s a ‘laughing fool’ to world leaders, Bolton says
Jingthing replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
Definitely Bolton is no prize himself, but he knows his trump. -
Austrian train plays Hitler speech over loudspeaker
Jingthing replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Theoretically it could be anti Nazis trolling modern day fascists. -
Austrian train plays Hitler speech over loudspeaker
Jingthing replied to Social Media's topic in World News
You might. Normal people don't. -
Jomtien's gone rogue on Non-Imm O visa
Jingthing replied to Pattaya57's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
What it is is a visa and getting a visa for any country after you've entered the country, passed border immigration, is extraordinary by definition. Yes I am suggesting that the at the discretion of thr officer aspect is more significant with in country visas vs. in country extentions. -
Jomtien's gone rogue on Non-Imm O visa
Jingthing replied to Pattaya57's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Because granting a VISA when you're already in the country the VISA is for is an extraordinary accommodation. It's not as easy or automatic as most people seem to think. -
Jomtien's gone rogue on Non-Imm O visa
Jingthing replied to Pattaya57's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
My opinion which people can take it or leave it. There is nothing to complain about and nobody to complain to. Why? Conversion to an O visa IN THAILAND is by definition at the officer's discretion. It's pure folly to view this as something to be taken for granted or viewed as having the same predictability as extensions. But yeah I would try an agent. -
Military-backed senators refuse to back MFP form a government
Jingthing replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News Headlines
There are levels. Human endeavors are not realistically about purity or perfection.