jonclark

43 minutes ago, Chazar said:

no  it  isnt especially  on  paraquat  where they  state "probably  carcinogenic"

"probably carcinogenic" ....so can we extrapolate from this statement than that any activity or substance that may 'probably injure / maim / kill' you is therefore safe? 

If a doctor or health professional told me i would 'probably get cancer' or 'probably die' if i continued to persist in my behavior ...I would, unsurprisingly attempt  to stop that behavior.

Death Stamps - That's pushing the truth a bit too far. 

What next beer being labelled, the liquid of death and cigarettes as the javelins of pain and despite. 

And in a related issue.. All foreign patients will be required to wear a suit and tie before being admitted to hospital and for the duration of their stay. Even during surgery. 

3 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

One that puts it's own people first, one that cares about border security and one that wants a sustainable (that word again) population growth?

I prefer countries that just put people first. We are after all, all exactly the same.

31 minutes ago, Beggar said:

This guy must have a mental disorder. Such people are a shame for other foreigners. I am upset too if someone doesn't stop at a pedestrian crossing. But his behavior is extreme. 

I see no shame in his behaviour. Surely the shame should be on those who behaviour results in the law being broken? 

It would be nice if the government could reflect on the work of King Rama 9. Historically the Northern hills of Thailand where part of the Golden Triangle. King Rama 9 was part of the eradication of drugs production from this area. Not because he told people to stop producing, but because he offered them alternative crops to produce and to make money from which we see in the royal projects that have successfully taken root in the North of Thailand (Coffee, Strawberries, Courgettes etc), are all grown and sell well locally and globally. 

The government needs to reflect on how the past king changed people habits and agriculture not by forbidding something, but by offering alternatives. At present no one is helping these rice farmers with alternatives, which includes knowledge. If people are hungry they will continue to do what they know to get money as there is no other option. In this instance grow rice or sugar. 

So offer these people some alternatives; cash crops that require less water, so poverty does not force them back into the cycle of growing rice, when the climate cannot support it, thus exacerbating the cycle of poverty. 

24 minutes ago, keith101 said:

So just the every day items that people buy anyway around Christmas and new year , with prices increasing sometimes on a weekly basis there needs to be a more sustainable program to keep prices down especially for food .

Keith weekly price increases...don't you know Thailand only has an annual inflation rate of 1.2%. Must be the prices for foreigners only. 

Good Grief - A young girl has gone abroad and actually made something of herself and yet many of the people on here can only be bitter, moan and make snide comments that the rules in the country which they have chosen to live prohibit them from the same success / opportunities.

Can i respectfully point out that left she high school (not uni) and went into truck driving in Thailand, and for a 16 - 18 year old girl to drive a truck in Thailand takes some gumption, but she was determined and kept at it and is now reaping the rewards.I am sure she faced many challenges and obstacles. Likewise if people here who moan about the laws of the land showed the same degree of determination in making a success of their time here, despite the obvious hurdles and hoops to jump through they would all probably be happier and more content in the place they have chosen to live. 

1 hour ago, Yinn said:

 

Ok, but not be angry me please.

 

1) education. 

Must educate the kid. Old people difficult to change. Same old people not understand/belief climate change.

 

I agree a lot of thailand dirty. Annoying me also. 

Usually is terrible in low class/wage/education area.

 

i think a lot a farang marry/girlfriend the sex worker. So live in sex area like pattaya with low education people. 

Then they live with them in the low area village with the sex worker family from. This sex worker usually come from poverty area. So is dirty place.

 

The Photo I show #48, in farang country, I sure it low class/education/wage area. Same.

The poster above say “he never met thai who not dirty”. He marry a sex worker. Show her home. He not see different. 

 

Bangkok is dirty because to big. But small place is up to the community.

 

my area educate a lot. It really helping. Really.

 

 

you “seriously” ask me. I tell you “seriously” IMO.

 

Sorry to member who marry/girlfriend the sex worker. I just answer true IMO. 

Not be angry me please. 

Same I not angry you guy say about me “never met thai not dirty” 

 

Some member say there area/village is clean. Nobody argue them. Only argue Yinn. I belief them. Is true. Up to the place.

 

Education and community work together is my answer.

i want that. Sure.

l not really care about human. But I love nature and animal. Human make the rubbish, the animal can not fix. Up to us. 

Oh Dear...when you talk of education, maybe you should educate yourself because clearly you lack clarity and understanding in your thoughts. Most foreign men do not marry sex workers and not all sex workers are of low education - Line / FB is full of University students offering themselves to....Thai men - and they are not looking for extra tuition, rather extra money to pay for their tuition and yep one day they will marry, so statistically speaking they will most likely marry a Thai man. Now that narrative probably doesn't fit your narrow vision of what a sex worker is. You prefer the stereotypical vision which does not require much thought to understand, and that is the problem you face here Yimm. You use your offensive stereotypes of foreign people, to push back against the equally incorrect stereotypes that many TVF members have of Thai people. 

Most sex work is carried out in Thailand by Thai people, for Thai people. Most Thai people marry Thai people. I believe this is factual. Would you disagree? 

What many members do not understand is that rubbish collection is a relatively new concept. Most rural villages dispose of their own rubbish any way they can and when they move to cities that tradition is taken with them. 

#48 is Italy (City of Naples)- when the garbage collectors when on strike for about 3 months. Again nothing to do with level of education. 

Rather than talking around the problem - people should be offering solutions. But in any moo-baan getting the owners to agree to a sustainable solution is a very difficult task..as invariably everyone wants to be right. 

From those pics its pretty easy to see why Thailand is one of the worst plastic polluters in the world. 

The problem is not the lack of tourists... Because remember the Indians are coming. The problem is Halloween is a western tradition... Indians do not celebrate it. Perhaps Pattaya should start celebrating devali... The Indian festival of light and colour. Thailand know your saviors are Indian and do some research. 

So according the netizens if you are making a nuisance of yourself - being punched is an appropriate response? Is that the basic gist. If he was making a nusience of himself, stop the bus, if he refuses to get off, call the police and they can remove him.