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It's excellent news for society in general.

This is great for Thailand's soft power international branding. So is legal weed though. They should keep it legal!

They don't have to do anything.

Good satire.

Could do. Won't.

Already answered.

True dat

Maybe Chanukah bush is a thing in Pattaya?

I found myself craving rummy egg nog but I don't think eggnog is sold here. I even looked up a recipe but looked like too much bother.

the written word

Busted.

I'm imagining your poxy old throat and you have nothing to worry about.

Not that many. Face it there's nothing religious about Christmas in Thailand.

Stupid post It's about Jewish people For thousands of years Jewish people were persecuted in the diaspora. Pogroms, mass expulsions, then the Shoah The POLITICAL ideology of Zionism was thus developed based on the fact that life in the diaspora was not viable. So Zionism was materially realized in the founding of the state of Israel as the Jewish homeland Being religious is optional. Its the homeland of the Jewish people. You're confusing religion and people. Israel with an Arab majority would no longer be Israel. Arabs would change the name to Palestine and mass murder and expel the Jews. Israel will never passively allow that.

Look the pain of the Nakba was very real in the 1940s but the Arabs could have has their state back then but attacked the Jews instead. I put the blame for the refugee status of Palestinian Arabs after several generations on them! Their leadership and the greater Arab world had several opportunities over the decades to help their people live in peace and prosperity but instead they continue to fetishize rusty old jumbo keys to non existent houses.

Not sure what you mean. There are very few Thai Christians so it's a fact that Christmas here has nothing to do with Christianity for the vast majority of Thais.

Parties, gifts, eating, gay music, funny costumes -- the "reason" is irrelevant.

Not a fan but I just filter it out like I filter out everything unpleasant about living in Thailand. Not really a problem.

Agreed that there is no even close to good solution that is visible now. There wasn't really before October 7, but now it's much much worse. I don't usually agree with Mearsheimer (especially on Russia-Ukraine) but he recently said the same thing -- NO ANSWER.

Google -- human shields. Next ...

He meant "Palestinian" Arabs. I got that wrong at first so deleted my post. Anyway, he's an EXTREMIST anti-Zionist River to the Sea type. Israel will NEVER allow right of return for Arabs en masse. That means the end of Israel. Of course that's what the Jew haters and Israel demonizers want. Do you think they're fooling anyone if they deny that? There's another reason for never allowing that. The numbers that left during the "Nakba" by force or freely are debatable. I think the range is about 400-700K. Not to mention but I will a significant percentage of those Arabs were MIGRANTS from other Arab countries who moved to the Mandate for economic opportunity -- so in no way really "Palestinian" in the first place. Now "Palestinian" Arabs are several millions and would overwhelm Israeli Jews. Some genocide, huh? To add, of course some much more limited return and qualified compensation could possibly be part of a negotiated two state deal, but full Arab right of return -- impossible for Israel to do.

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Of course they do. Keep in mind that the Hamas fighters are well trained in non conventional tactics by Iran. Bombing is one thing but once on the ground Hamas has the advantage. It really is a real war. It's not one sided as the Israel demonizers try to sell. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-turns-gaza-streets-into-deadly-maze-israeli-troops-2023-12-15/ JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Dec 17 (Reuters) - The Israeli army's death toll in Gaza is already almost twice as high as during a ground offensive in 2014, a reflection of how far it has pushed into the enclave and of Hamas' effective use of guerrilla tactics and an expanded arsenal. Israeli military experts, an Israeli commander and a Hamas source described how the Palestinian group has used a big weapons stockpile, its knowledge of the terrain and a vast tunnel network to turn Gaza's streets into a deadly maze.

Huh? October 7 wasn't attack on civilians?