jonclark

Sorry but you would never find such an extreme punishment if it were Thai on Thai. All punishments should be equal for all people, irrespective of nationality or ethnicity, otherwise your are condoning discrimination and racism. You may disagree with that but that says more about you than I.

That is a matter of opinion ...not fact. I do not think that a bit of swearing and a kick should result in a person's life being torn apart. I feel the punishment should fit the crime.

I don't wish to sound naive here but which of the recent 'crimes' committed by foreigners that have been in the news over the last couple of weeks targetted tourists? I thought the feigned indignation and outrage in the media was because the foreigners had 'targetted' Thais.

"Burgeoning Thailand" eh.... I thought Thailand was in an economic crisis, isn't that the reasoning behind the digital wallet and the PMs frequent request to the BoT to reduce interest rates. Or is the Thaiger once guilty of over stating the facts??

Kinda like saying I prefer dog sh*t over cat sh*t if we are honest. Trump is a lunatic bent on revenge and Biden can't remember what he had to eat for breakfast this morning. And these are the best the USA has to offer as leaders!! MAGA my arse. All Americans deserve a better set of choices than either Trump or Biden. I'd rather have Hussain or Gadaffi than either of these two tbh. At least they had character.

The PM of Thailand is wining and dining with a criminal. What a wonderful example he sets for the rest of the population.

One would think questioning the governments handling of this case is perfectly acceptable given that the government overseas the department of corrections and after 120 days of hospital treatment the director General of the department of corrections notified the Justice minsister of Taksins continued hospitalization. I assume the justice minister can defend himself in parliament? Not about taksin, it's about the government handling of the case.

Much as I am not a fan of Taskin I do think he did do something meaningful for his home. The implementation of the 30 baht health scheme was an incredible achievement. Before this health care was out of reach for many poor families and people had fewer options, especially poor folk with chronic or long term health conditions. Now for the price of less than a dollar you can be treated. So he did do something very positive for Thailand in this instance, when compared to what was in place beforehand.

And this sounds like a good weekend for me and my mates.

That sounds more like a good night out.

He's the only one wearing a mask ...possibly to hide his humungous grin as he laughs at us all for being so nieve and thinking he is sick. Praise the Lord, he has risen from death's door and walks again. A modern day miracle. Definitely, going to his shire when he dies to get some lottery numbers.

The third hashtag is #Prachuap Khiri Khan...am I now to assume there is now a wave of anti-Pracchuap Khiri Khan sentiment sweeping through Thailand now?

The only people I see hating farang are other farang. Forums are full of farangs creating horrible anti farang echo chambers to vilify others in. Most Thais really couldn't careless. This thread a great example of some of the (now removed) trolling and bickering between farangs. This death was one of the many (30+ average) road deaths that happen every day in Thailand. It was most likley an accident, unless of course you think he intentionally killed the person.

Climate change is not measured by how green the plant is. Poor deflection attempt.

And what about the other millions of species on the planet...you gonna let them use your aircon as well? Fact is we have screwed the planet. Aircon won't save us.

Stop using your air con and fans for the next 3 months and you'll probably be able to answer that question for yourself.

I think we know it is not new. It's just the rate of change that is new..usually climate changes slowly over hundreds of thousands or even millions of years not in a couple of decades. Also humans have never experienced a large scale climate change event before. Last major climate shift (excluding the younger dryas event) humans were still apes.

So no national shame or disgrace about military coups, corruption, shocking road traffic accidents numbers etc etc....no we are shocked by people looking at other people having sex.. lol.

Oh no....does that mean I am Thai too...as I pay tax in Thailand also...

"Multi-sector sustainable hubs"....Sounds a bit like Srettha is marketing Thailand as; 'Jack of all trades, master of none'.

Because had they given details of his condition, it would have been apparent to everyone, that these conditions could have been treated well and properly within the hospital at the prison but.....

And the people of Thailand are the proverbial stuffed turkey while Taksin and the Shins are the pigs in blankets right?

Don't you follow the news??? He was too sick for prison and his prison lacked suitable medical care facilities to care for him (facilities that are fine for every other convicted criminal) but taksin is well enough for parole and straight off home at the earliest opportunity. People of Thailand you've been conned. Enjoy it, while he enjoys his champagne at home.

So rather than whinging and blaming the Chinese for being highly competitive...what exactly is being done to make Thailand's producers more competitive by the government - protectionism? That doesn't make Thai producers more competitive, if anything it achieves the opposite. So what is the government doing to improve Thailand's competitiveness?? I have bought plenty of Thai stuff here that fell apart....including my house!!

Indeed...however the thought of possibly losing their place at the trough could have a very sobering effect for some parliamentarians...added to which is the specter of MFP potentially gaining an even bigger slice of the popular vote. A very shrewd move by the PM to get the backing he needs tbh. Do any of us think for one minute that MPs put the best interests of the country above their own self-interest ...come on honestly?