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Yes, IMO, to not be guilty of some kind of homicide charge, he has to have done what he did in self-defense. He doesn't have to "sit on his thumbs," but he does not have the right to take the "bad guy"'s life just because he was threatening people. Again, this is just my opinion, and I am not a legal expert. It's my personal point of view on this.

Lock them up!

I agree that the solution is to capture and then relocate these dogs off the island. I would not agree to just killing them,

If he did this in true self-defense, then he should be found not guilty. If, however as it seems, he did this just to subdue someone making threats, then he should be found guility.

I live up on a mountain with no neighbors less than a couple hundred meters near me on either side, and those are Thais living in bamboo huts. All of my stray dogs were picked up on the road leading up the mountain from a small village at the base. I suspect Thais living off the mountain bring their unwanted dogs up here and dump them out. Some of them are with a litter of puppies or even puppies left on their own. And, yes, I do put on the brakes and try to pick up any stray dog I see. That only works some of the time. Most are afraid and run away, off into the jungle. I do carry some dry dog food in my truck, so leave them food. Sometimes, after I've done this with the same dog (who usually stays in the same place, probably waiting for his owner to come back for him) a couple of times, they will trust me enough to let me load them in my truck and take them back to my property. There, I unload them and introduce them to my other dogs, who sniff them up and down, but after that, usually leave them alone and eventually even make friends with them. So, that's how I have come to have so many dogs.

Yes! And that's part of the wonderful aspects of living in the jungle-covered mountains!

what about your neighbors? japping all day and night That's part of why I adopted all of the dogs. My neighbors are now so intimidated that they have ceased yapping all night. Actually, I live up in the mountains in northeastern Thailand on about ten rai of land and don't have any neighbors who live close enough to me to be bothered by my dogs. Also, all the people up here have dogs, and many of them have several dogs, so my having so many is not a problem for any of them.

I've adopted well over 20 dogs over the past 20 years. I have 12 right now. I don't regret adopting any of them.

I applaud Thailand for doing this...

I don't like tattoos on either men or women. If given a choice, I wouldn't associate with anyone with a tattoo, but sometimes I have to.

I'm a far-left liberal and think this pardon of Hunter Biden by President Biden is despicable.

Neither Trump nor Biden's son should "get off." I could understand Trump's trials and sentencing being put off until after he leaves office four years from now, but I believe then they should be reinstated and proceed. I'm a far-left liberal, and I believe President Biden should not have pardoned his son.

I didn't lose, but my country did. I still have my values, but now my country will be run by a president who has none. I will "suck it up" and continue to express my views on all subjects I care about for the next four years and beyond.

The most popular vote in the USA was 49.9% for Trump and 48.3% for Harris. That's not what I'd call "out of hand." It's not even a majority. Trump did win the Electoral College vote by a good margin, and that is very disappointing to me. I'm disgusted that so many of my fellow citizens were either conned by Trump or actually have the same values as he does. Anyway, I will continue to be part of the "woke nonsense" and hope somehow my country can survive the next four years.

I understand and appreciate your point. However, threads concerning the USA are bombarded by posts from non-USA people, such as yourself. This post is also about being "woke," so my comments were directed at that aspect of the post. I'll leave it to your Brits to post further on this, and will, from now on, sit this one out...unless I get comments on my post.

I'm a far-left liberal and believe this pardon by Biden was deplorable! I understand that Hunter was his son, but Joe Biden is now President of the USA and must first consider the effects his decisions have on the entire country, not just him, his friends, his supporters, or even his family. This act makes me ashamed to be a Democrat, and I shudder to think what things like this will happen when Trump assumes the presidency.

Lock him up!

I'm a "woke" citizen of the USA, and I can assure you that "wokeness" will never die in the USA. Once you're "woke," you'll never be able to allow yourself to "sleep" (ignore the plight of others) again.

President Biden should not have pardoned Hunter Biden, and Trump should not support the pardon. Hunter's cases went through the courts, and multiple juries found him guilty. As a far-left liberal, I think these pardons are deplorable and will just give Trump an excuse to issue a lot of pardons to guilty people when he becomes president.

Yes, I don't think he did a bad job. Remember, the first thing his presidency had to do was to start cleaning up the mess left by Trump. He didn't "let in...illegals." His administration enforced the laws that were on the books and respected the rights of anyone who came into the USA who seeks asylum. Whether they are granted asylum and allowed to stay or not is up to the courts, as it should be. Biden didn't make a fool out of himself. He did reveal how his age was affecting his ability to speak extemporaneously. Trump reveals how is a lying, pompous, anarchist.

Yes, JD Vance is no LBJ, but he is also no DJT. Although I don't like him either, I'd take him over Trump any day.

Her "track record" was helping her president, Biden, enact his policies. I think she did that very well. She provided the voters, such as myself, with a lot of information on what her policies would be and how her presidency would be conducted. I saw most of this on CN, so maybe you don't watch it. I said I didn't think she would have done a bad job. I do think Trump will do a horrible job, one which will affect my country for many, many years.

No, if Harris had won, I would have said, as I had been saying all along, that although she would not have been my first choice as the Democrat nominee for president, I don't think she would have done a bad job, certainly nothing like we're going to see over the next four years during the Trump presidency. And, to be truthful, I would have voted for anyone else if they were running against Trump.

I suppose some left-wingers are hypocrites, but certainly not as many as there are in the right-wing camp, especially when it concerns Trump and his supporters.

This is the kettle calling the pot black for calling the kettle black. This is a typical Trump supporter and Trump response. He complains about things being done against him, and what does he say he will do when he takes office? He says he'll do those same things (real or imagined) to others. If you think calling people names or Trump thinks the Justice Department was used against him, then you shouldn't call people names, and Trump shouldn't use the Justice Department to prosecute his opponents. But we all know what will continue to happen, don't we?