Kilgore Trout

_{Most Thai people are unfortunately racist. They look down on people from Laos, Miramar and Cambodia and look down on people with dark skin. Were I black, I think Thailand is not a country where I would like to live or work.}

I wouldn't call Thais racist but they are guilty of stereotyping. Many of them have probably never seen a dark skinned person with money or an education.

Thais in my experience are not racist not surprisingly since half of their own people have dark brown skin.

Who they routinely discriminate against based solely on the color of their skin.......wait.......isn't that pretty much the definition of racism?

Gotta blame someone

Don't want these kids getting addicted to tea and coffee; they might just ravage a starbucks or something

I got coriander in my coffee this morning .

That's standard in Arab countries. It's called "hell" and tastes not to bad. Your wife knows this culture?

Fatfather

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I believe that is cardamon you are referring to

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They clearly don't know anything about history calling themselves "the gang of four."

Do they even know where that name comes from? Mao, purges, murder, uprooting of families, destruction of the educated classes

Whats next; Thaui rouge?

I work with a guy called Mohammad Mohammad. We call him Mohammad squared.

One squared is still one

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I'm going on and on about this, because it seems we have come to a point where we believe mediocrity is excellence... we begin to believe our own bullshit.... we begin to believe we can excel and be paid more by sitting and protesting and blaming others. What happened to working hard for a decent wage?!

No wonder Thailand is a peaceful, third world country.... there are wonderful things about it, but hard working, progressive, honest are NOT three adjectives I associate with the country.... maybe this is what we should strive to be, instead of finger pointing, nose picking whiners.... Let's go forward!!! [Chalerm, can you read this, lols]

I know plenty of hard working Thai people, and yu'p for sure there are plenty that don't,

I wonder just what you would think a fair wage for the day on a Thai construction sight for YOURSELF? I'll wager you would not do it for 300 Baht huh???

A Thai can live on 300 baht per day much easier than an American working for minimum wage in the US can.

You/we (westerners) represent less than 0.3% of the population, you get to live here, eat inexpensive food, pay almost no tax, enjoy a warm climate and have frequent sex with beautiful women, what do you want next, voting privileges! Quit whinging.

Oh yes, that's right, we're all 'honoured guests' aren't we.

Correct.

Then I'm sure you would agree that these foreigner students protesting in the USA have no right either.

http://rt.com/usa/students-protest-exchange-hersheys/

If you are prepared to risk deportation go ahead. Never had sympathy for protesters of any kind who disrupt peoples lives and business.

You come from a land of milk and honey, where all is given and there is no reason to protest. I dont have Sympathy for people who have no Sympathy.

That is nonsense. Poor Thais have it better than people living in poverty in the US. At least they don't risk being shot while walking to school.

Just read an article today in my home paper about a 15 year old boy who was shot 3 times in the head and torso with a shotgun after answering "what?" when two gangbangers pulled up and shouted a gang slogan at him.

In the US, wasting money is stupid. In Thailand it is Big Face.

I spent 20k rebuilding and old Jeep - my F-I-L wqs quick to tell everyone I spent 150k.

Here, the more you waste the bigger and more stupid you are.

right you are! because only stupid people make big money and spend big money. the intelligent ones (IQ most probably 150+) buy old jeeps and rebuild them.

Yes, I would agree with that. Anybody who spends hundrrds of thousands of dollars on a car absolutely is stupid

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"The labour minister said he would wear moustache, sun glasses and a hat to prevent protesters from recognizing him when he would venture in disguise into the protest site together with a special police team tasked with arresting Mr Suthep."

That sounds like a lot abuse of ear medicine.

"That sounds like a lot abuse of ear medicine."

Or a sense of humour, the recognition of which seems to have passed you by. I'll wager my version is probably nearer the truth.

Well, this proves how naive and gullible some posters are

I know, I love it when Thais come out with utter nonsense like this and some silly westerner says "oh, you must have misunderstood, or oh; they must be joking" or the most common one "it must be the language barrier"

Uhhhhh........noooooo........they are being serious

Can you please prove to us that he is not a Thai citizen?

No country can ever 'deport' it's own citizen. If he was a citizen, they would have used the word 'exile'. In any case it was widely reported in the media, and a simple google search will provide you all the details you need. He is 70yrs old, claims to have come here as a young child but never taken citizenship in the 50+ years he has been here.

I'm not sure if he holds a passport or not; but to many Thais it would make no difference. To most Thais that I have come across, and Indian or Westerner holding a valid Thai passport is still not Thai.

One Thai told me once about the Indian community here; "I don't care if they have lived here 100,000,000 years and have a passport, not they, nor their children are Thai, have ever been Thai or will ever be Thai."

In most Thai minds, a foreigner is someone who is not ethnically Thai, regardless of the fact that they "may" have a Thai passport and hold citizenship.

A good portion of people you may designate at "Thai" are actually not ethnic Thai. Lao, Khmer, Malay, Hill Tribe, Chinese etc.

You are correct, especially with regard to hill tribe and Malay, however try telling someone from Surin or Nong Khai they are not Thai and I'm sure you will get an earfull.

If per the article he is truly a Thai citizen, as it appears he states then they cannot deport him, and if they do it is a violation of international human rights......PTP democracy in action again it seems

If his birth certificate states he was born out side of Thailand and he has never bothered to be granted Thai citizenship, Surprise he is a Farang, and has no right to become involved in a violent political conflict and defy the laws of your host country!

That my friend is the law of the Thai nation, for all of us Farangs and if we do not want to be kicked out of the country we best abide by the law, which he failed to do! I hope he closes the door on the way out!

Cheers

He is not a farang, he is from India

The so called correct term would be kaek

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Can you please prove to us that he is not a Thai citizen?

No country can ever 'deport' it's own citizen. If he was a citizen, they would have used the word 'exile'. In any case it was widely reported in the media, and a simple google search will provide you all the details you need. He is 70yrs old, claims to have come here as a young child but never taken citizenship in the 50+ years he has been here.

I'm not sure if he holds a passport or not; but to many Thais it would make no difference. To most Thais that I have come across, and Indian or Westerner holding a valid Thai passport is still not Thai.

One Thai told me once about the Indian community here; "I don't care if they have lived here 100,000,000 years and have a passport, not they, nor their children are Thai, have ever been Thai or will ever be Thai."

In most Thai minds, a foreigner is someone who is not ethnically Thai, regardless of the fact that they "may" have a Thai passport and hold citizenship.

What are their views about the Chinese settlers who are also foreigners?

In the past there have been incidents of purges and massacres of Chinese Thais, but it seems nowadays that the ones who hold citizenship are considered Thai.

But thats just my take, ask some Thais if you really want to know. However, there is a term for them; not considered very nice. "jek."

So special laws for Indians ?

He was warned like all foregners .

Thai leaders/voters were not arrested ,yet as the Police and government stated it may exacerbate the tensions.

If this guy was so well respected/connected it could not happen ,I hope his supporters have deep pockets.Good riddance to law breakers they only make lifeharder for us who play by the rules,the foreign drug dealers pimps boiler room scammers,if you can't do the time don't do the crime,I am minded the authorities are sufficently corrupt that he'll pay off and shut up if he knows what's good for him ,Lord Buddha was Nepalese and Indians are pretty near the bottom in Thai thinking as anyone familiar with local "nicknames" jek,kek and falang will know..

Can you please prove to us that he is not a Thai citizen?

No country can ever 'deport' it's own citizen. If he was a citizen, they would have used the word 'exile'. In any case it was widely reported in the media, and a simple google search will provide you all the details you need. He is 70yrs old, claims to have come here as a young child but never taken citizenship in the 50+ years he has been here.

I'm not sure if he holds a passport or not; but to many Thais it would make no difference. To most Thais that I have come across, and Indian or Westerner holding a valid Thai passport is still not Thai.

One Thai told me once about the Indian community here; "I don't care if they have lived here 100,000,000 years and have a passport, not they, nor their children are Thai, have ever been Thai or will ever be Thai."

In most Thai minds, a foreigner is someone who is not ethnically Thai, regardless of the fact that they "may" have a Thai passport and hold citizenship.

So special laws for Indians ?

He was warned like all foregners .

Thai leaders/voters were not arrested ,yet as the Police and government stated it may exacerbate the tensions.

If this guy was so well respected/connected it could not happen ,I hope his supporters have deep pockets.Good riddance to law breakers they only make lifeharder for us who play by the rules,the foreign drug dealers pimps boiler room scammers,if you can't do the time don't do the crime,I am minded the authorities are sufficently corrupt that he'll pay off and shut up if he knows what's good for him ,Lord Buddha was Nepalese and Indians are pretty near the bottom in Thai thinking as anyone familiar with local "nicknames" jek,kek and falang will know..

Can you please prove to us that he is not a Thai citizen?

A farang resisting arrest, when blatantly caught.

The police will enjoy teaching him some manners, manners for people who aren't rich enough to knock them down and drag them to death in a ferrari of course.

Remember the black guy Simon in Phuket a few years getting cheeky with the immigration official, then instead of going home and back to work he spent the next 2 months in a Thai cell until he found his manners. :rofl:

He is clearly not a "farang" nor would any Thai consider him as such.

I love the language the US likes to use in reference to other countries-' deeply concerned', 'deeply disappointed'.

Patronising nonsense, stop worrying US and learn to enjoy life.

If the US stops worrying can we keep the billions of dollars we give Thailand every year?

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Why would you buy a Benz when you can reach the same place with a Nissan Micra?

Why would you buy a few big houses when all you need is a one bedroom flat?

Why would you fly first class when you can make plenty of great new friends in the cattle class?

Why would you drive a Lamborghini when you know you will be following slow trucks most of the time?

Why would you want to build an extra large swimming pool while you can chill as well when taking a quick shower?

Why would you buy a million baht Breguet watch when a cheap mobile phone already gives you the time?

Why would you need that expensive yacht while you could be spending a great day on a speed boat tour with plenty a nice Chinese families?

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But... If you can enjoy these things, why would you keep all your money sleeping on a bank account?

Life is short. Enjoy what you can

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Some people believe (myself included) that if you are lucky enough to have so much, then you have a responsibility to do something good with it, not just wallow in your own decadence.

Take only what you need, give something back.

Wouldn't you also drive a fancy car, if money doesn't seem to be a problem? We've got a guy with a Ferrari here in Sisaket.

Dies he drive around a lot. No, it's an extension of his penis, like everywhere on this planet.-

I honestly wouldn't. If I really needed a car and could afford it, a decent nice one...ok. But there is absolutely no need for a super car or rolls etc.

That is whats wrong with the world, people should use what they need and not be wasteful. All things in moderation, as a wise man once said.

Because they are deluded into thinking that they somehow fit in to the culture here and are accepted. They feel that your presence embarrasses them in front of other Thais.

For some reason, they think that you are intruding on their "Thai experience."

Don't take it personally, they are idiots. Find your own crowd of friends and don't worry about losers like that.

Perhaps they need to vent. Many people accept things the way they are, while putting up with lots of BS.

Do Thais who live abroad complain????

When living in the US I was very close to the Thai community. Many, many of them complained and complained about how bad it is in the US, the food is expensive and no good, transportation is expensive etc., can't get permanent residency etc. People expect them to actually work hard etc.

Some of the ones complaining were RECEIVING WELFARE BENEFITS from my government and NOT working, yet still complaining. They would say things like "the president is stupid," "America will not last etc."

One guy who was working ILLEGALLY, hurt himself on the job and had the nerve to ask me, with a big group of Thais, how he could sue to get workmens comp. The whole group of them were complaining how bad our government is and he should get paid his full salary and be paid medical expenses etc.

My answer to all of them: "if you don't like it, get the F.... out of here. This is my country, YOU are a foreigner and have NO right to complain."

Actually I thought that, didn't say it as I am a polite person.

But I'm sure YOU, the OP can understand that sentiment right? After all, that is the line you take when Westerners complain about Thailand.