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Are these the same sources that the Trump administration uses to "prove" that vaccines are just a Democrat con job?

I've also heard they ban tourists from entering the temple between 2 and 5 p.m., but I think they're working on a clarification for this. 😉

What a tragically brave and strong man you are. I don't believe all the "facts" you quoted above about wearing masks. Social psychology is just a group of people's opinions on how and why others act the way they do. My political leanings significantly influence my views on this. However, I identify as left-wing due to my interest in social issues, rather than economic issues, but I do agree with your list of things you believe in, and I do disrespect Musk almost as much as I disrespect Trump. Your ideas about what is important in a society differ from mine. People's faces are not as important to me as their actions.

Wearing masks is all about We. That's because wearing masks is done to protect OTHERS, not yourself. This is a basic fact that many people do not understand or at least accept. It is, I guess, rooted in fear - the fear that you might cause others to become ill. And, yes, left-wingers may seem to be more fearful than right-wingers. I wouldn't describe our attitude as "fearful," but "concerned about others" - We. Whereas right-wingers may seem to be less fearful, I wouldn't describe their attitude as "less fearful," but "only concerned about themselves" - Me. Again, I agree that conservatives want to retain the old order. The "old order" is a self-centered, selfish, capitalistic viewpoint - Me. The "new order," hopefully, will be a generous, "woke," socialistic viewpoint - We.

That's an easy answer. As I always say, the difference between right-wing and left-wing people is the single first letter of a two-letter word... - Right-wingers only think about Me. 😞 - Left-wingers always think about We. 🙂 In the case of wearing a mask in public... - Right-wingers don't like to do this because they believe it is a violation of their (Me) personal space. 😞 - Left-wingers do this because they know it helps protect the others (We) they interact with. 🙂 I hope this answer was as interesting as you expected. 😉

I'm a Farang, and I wear a mask when I'm in crowded areas, such as Big C, Lotuses, 7-11s, etc., as well as in places where I come into close contact with others, like banks or immigration offices.

Musk is a frickin' capitalist! 😡

In the survey above, I indicated I had no religion, and I don't. I practice zen (not Zen Buddhism), which is not a religion. I used to be a Christian, only until I was about 20, which was 60 years ago.

I wouldn't eat 1,6 or 7. The rest look okay to me.

I live way up in the mountains of Northeast Thailand. My closest post office, and the one I went to, is in a small village called Wangchomphu. I have no embassy near me, nor do I want to go to Bangkok or Chiang Mai to find one. Online fax worked for me.

Ladyboys fighting on the street in Pattaya? Who would have suspected that? 😉

Actually, "woke" is very similar to "grok," which is defined online as: "to understand intuitively or by empathy, to establish rapport with" and "to empathize or communicate sympathetically (with); also, to experience enjoyment.", Oxford English Dictionary - Wikipedia

I've used Lazada for online purchases and delivery here in Thailand for around 20 years, and I've NEVER has any problem with them. I've even returned a few items to them with no problem and a complete refund.

So, who's surprised at this? I've said for years now that the hostages were Hamas's only "bargaining chips," and as soon as they release and return them, Israel will decimate the whole of Gaza and expel all Palestinians from the West Bank. I think there is no stopping this now. What we need to do is accept that, and then decide how we will punish Israel for it in the future.

Despicable!!!! 😡

No thanks! I'd rather be "woke" than have to "grok" for information.

How is this any different than the USA (my home country) hunting down people in boats in the Caribbean or Atlantic Oceans, and killing them? 😡

So, I'd call that politically, an independent. I'm actually an Independent too, I'm not really a Democrat. My views are much farther left than the Democrat Party would accept. I usually vote for the Democrat candidate, but I'd vote for anyone from any party who has social and economic views closer to mine.

If you are "woke," you want to change that for the better.

Nonsense. I think the holocaust was wrong. Am I to not repeat this? Just brush over millions of dead because some soft lefties can't handle the truth? No, using your remarks above as a model, I would respond with the following: I'm sure everyone on this forum is aware of the horrific recent history of the Jewish people. They were victims of the German Nazis who: - hated them because they thought they were an inferior race - based this hatred on their delusion of Caucasian superiority; - cruelly discriminated against the Jews because of that; - seized their property and left them homeless; - forced them to live in small, confined areas (concentration camps); - indiscriminately killed their innocent men, women, and children; - eventually expanded their violence to bordering countries, and then expanded that even further. Now, the right-wing Israelis are waging wars in Gaza because they: - hate the Palestinians and believe they are inferior because they are Arab Muslims; - believe all of the area that used to be called Palestine belongs to them because it was promised to them by their historical religious texts and a delusion of a god; - cruelly discriminate against the Palestinians because of that; - seize their property, leaving them homeless; - force them to live in small, confined areas (Gaza and the shrinking parts of the West Bank); - indiscriminately kill their innocent men, women, and children; - are expanding their violence to bordering countries, starting with Lebanon. If the Nazis were wrong in the way they treated the Jews, why would right-wingers now think that the way the Israelis are treating the Palestinians is okay?

But this forum is about something that happened in Phuket, Thailand, not Sydney, Australia.

I hope they re-planted the trees that were used to make paper and print your book ? Not many people have ordered print copies of my book, so maybe just regrowing a limb or two would be sufficient. 😞 Most of the orders are for e-books, and I don't charge anyone for them. And I know all the technology used to create and distribute the e-books is damaging to the environment. Virtually everything I do harms the environment. Humans, including me, are like a cancer on the planet. In my book, I identify three main causes of our destruction of the Earth's biosphere, and technology is the primary one.

Like all right-wingers, you only respond to criticism by blaming it on someone else having done it before. Usually, it's Biden. I call it the "He hit me first!" syndrome. If you think the actions of others were wrong, you should not repeat them. Of course, that's a "woke" truism, so not one you'll accept as appropriate.🥺

Arrest them, try them, and if found guilty, sentence them to a year in jail, and then deport them! 😡

Absolutely! This is one of the main subjects of my recent book about how we (humans) continue to destroy Earth's biosphere. 🥺