teddy_bare

Oh no, are you "the man", man? I found some shrooms this morning and it's becoming so crystal clear to me, brother. This whole coup thing had nothing to do with Thaksin at all, that was a rouse, dude. You see the Generals, and the People Against Democracy and Chuwit - they were all at Woodstock, they saw the light, it changed their souls forever, my man. These are freedom fighters, for sure. Their aim is to liberate rock and roll from the corporate culture. It's all about the alcohol ad ban, that phone company- Singapore thing means nothing to them. As soon as they get rid of the rotten ad agencies and liquor corporations they are going after the record companies and having a bloody War on CR_P music! Clear as day!

Right on bro.

Didn't know they had shrooms down in Prachuab Kiri Khan. Fly up to KK with some for me . Who is 'the man'?

Great mlets down on Koh Pan Ngan

Alcohol is a crap drug and should be banned completely. The country would be a much better place if heroin and cannibis were legalized and promoted.

Alcohol is the cause of MANY of this country's problems;

days off work

road accidents/deaths

physical abuse

sexual abuse

murder

etc etc.

Why not ban it and get everyone smoking the weed. I am involved in the largest alcohol treatment centre in SE Asia and am amazed at what destruction this drug does. Open your eyes people - why do you think that Thai people are thought of as smiley? Easy, they're all legal junkies. MANY many men here in Khon Kaen are either addicted to alcohol or been given benzodiazepines to stop drinking. There's one clinic that is infamous - all these legal junkies, due to alcohol queue up every day and have these weird spaced out grins. Even see monks there Now that is very sad. I've seen the tourist walk past doing the same one back and will probably tell everyone in their home country that Thai men are soooooo friendly.

Now, I've been through that alcohol addiction followed by tranquilizer addiction and it becomes worse than shooting crack/heroin(if it were legal and pure)

Why are you people on this thread(well only read one page) against banning alcohol?

Easy you are users, some of you being addicted but not realising it.

Take a careful look at yourself - could you go to a concert, eat afterwards and not consume and ethanol?

Pure hypocrisy, like the alcoholic judge sitting in his chambers with his hidden bottle of brandy, taking a top up for some courage before going out and fining some young guy for smoking non habit forming ganja.

I remember seeing Carabao playing a concert protesting against the crash helmet law back in 93, although don't know why. The sooner we all help to rid this country of that terrible, evil drug alcohol

and promote safer ones like heroin and cannibis, the better for us all - exept the alcohol addicts.

What was this thread about again, the mention of shroomin confused me.

Why can't Singha soda and Chang soda and M150 sponsor it? Looks like the big boys are not happy, ie those owning the breweries and are making the rest of us suffer. I wonder what these creaters of misery's karma is like? Boon Rawd, Adolph Hitler, Taksin, Andrew Biggs - not sure whose would be the worst.

i guess you fell off your motorbike without your helmet on

This is so dumb - as it is in any other country that implements such things - advertising does not in my view make people drink, smoke or do anything else - advertising is about persuading people to choose one brand instead of another! If food advertising was banned would it stop people from eating!!!

Alcohol, cigarette and drug abuse and even the selliing of sex are all symptoms of real problems like poverty, poor education, lack of work, boredom and frustration with life in general - until these issues are tackled alcohol and other abuses will be rife even if people end up distilling it themeselves in the backyards. No one has ever succeeded in dealing with this kind of problem with bans.

It is of course face saving and a government trying to show it is doing something - the only real answer ot this is to ensure the wealth of the country is distributed more fairly to give hope to young people - but that of course means taking from the rich.........and who are the politicians?

To be fair this isnt just a Thai problem - I cant think of one democratic government which has been brave enough to tackle the real issues

You hit the nail on the head, mate

I have lived and worked LEGALLY in Thailand for almost 20 years.

I have a company that pays it's taxes.

I pay my taxes, and get a refund every year.

The process is a pain to be sure, but it is a process and the law.

I have now opted for a multiple entry Non "B" visa because of the problem with the work permit expiring with the visa and during the process the 1 year visa can take 4-5 months to be issued which during this time you have to renew the work permit 4-5 times, I would rather go out on a short holiday every 3 months, when I come back get the work permit renewed. Also don't need to report address to Immigration every 3 months.

I have no problem with Non"B" visa's being issued AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A VALID WORK PERMIT

You must bring the work permit when you apply and have a copy of Every page signed and stamped.

Other documents are provided by my bookkeeper as required by the regulations.

Never a problem, never a question, and yes just got a new Non "B" last month.

I believe that the tourist visa rules are designed to prevent people from living and working in Thailand with out paying taxes. Or running a business or working for a business legal or not that does not pay the required Taxes or Social Insurance on it workers.

The moral is know and follow the rules and the process although strange sometimes and changes at times works.

If i fix a wheel to myself am i immune from paying tax? You know just like all the Thai food businesses. If the govt is that concerned with collecting taxes, they need to clean their closet out first.

Neither of us eat 'farang' food - sadly I think the Thais may become cholestrol ridden unhealthy food eaters like so many in the West - hope not!

I recently had my cholestrol checked and it was just on the upper limit of average. When i said to the doctor "but i eat a lot of Thai food". He said " that's why my cholestrol level was high"! He said Thai food is cooked with too much oil and his own cholestrol level was TWICE mine. i had my thai g/f tested and her's was one and a half times more than mine.

So think again

I like you W*nkers of the World Unite, but maybe we should just pull together!