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Swords are hard to find in Thailand, though machetes are easy. We have 2 or 3 around the place. Can you please quote a figure or a percentage backed up by a link of how many Thai men actually do pick on farangs. There are so many posts all saying one thing or another but nobody has given a figure that is or can be verified, The original post was that 6 guys on 3 motorbikes attacked the Belgian. A later post says that the police arrested 4 youths but nothing about the other 2 guys. So were there only 4 guys or 6.

Perhaps the IFF Identification Friend or Foe transponder) had been destroyed and possibly the radio damaged as well. If the IFF was not working it would have shown up on a radar screen as not friendly and if the main radio was out of action as well, the aircrew would not have been able to respond to any calls to identify itself. Just a thought.

I DON'T have a problem, though you might have. All I read is that MOST Thai men attack farangs which is quite untrue. Nobody has come up with a figure or a % of how many Thai men attack farangs. So if YOU can come up with that number and post it with the link as to where it came from, then I might believe you. Until that point you are wasting your time and mine. There are about 34 million Thai male ranging from babies to seniors, so how many of those 34 million people actually DO attack farangs? According to some posters the attackers may not even be Thai people. This is a problem with jumping the gun with not enough information to go on.

And how many of those angry Thai men being violent are they, compared to the male population of Thailand? is it 1%, 10%, more, less. If you can come up with some actual figures and links, I may believe you, but until then you don't seem to have any sensible answer. As for actually being on this planet, I have been working and living in Thailand since 1993. How about you?

I haven't been to Pattaya for more than 10 years, and I doubt that I will ever go again.

So six Thai teenagers out of some 34 million Thai men were involved and it made the Thai press. If it were an elderly Thai it would still have made the Thai press but we may not even hear about it. What about if it were an alien from Mars. Would that make the news. The problem with whataboutery is that it is merely speculation and not facts.

And out of the 34 million or so Thai males, why do YOU claim without any back up, that ALL Thai males are doing it. Prove me wrong.

AFAIK that is correct. However you have to report in person to the IO you normally lose. I have been doing it that way for a long time.

Not only did I read the first post but I read all the other subsequent posts.

Not quite so simple. The IO at Kamphaeng Phet does not accept any agents. For simple, try looking into a mirror.

He does not need to study it. All the information that he is required to know, is passed down from his adored leader. If the master says it it is a good idea, then he must believe it and pass it on.

And the topic is Not a specific office or a specific IO.

Wrong again. I have always been always met with politeness and efficiency, both there and at Nakhon Sawan where I used to report before Kamphaeng Phet was opened up. I didn't use a walking stick then and I used to drive myself the 135 km each way. Perhaps it is simply my attitude which may well be different to yours, or perhaps all the IO offices are not the same.

IMHO, it is only as good as the monkey at each end.

Why would this be an issue? I live 70km from the Kamphaeng Phet IO and I have always met with politeness and efficiency there. I had a problem this year when I got my passport replaced but that was my fault and not theirs. They even called my wife several days before but I believed that I was right and that they were wrong. I was fined 500 thb for overstaying 1 day and the IO sorted me out with a 60 day visa to visit my wife and family on the spot. At the end of that period they re-instated my marriage extension without a problem. At 80, I now use a walking stick and have a breathing problem sometimes. The staff always offer to help me in and out of the office from/to the car if I need help. My wife, who is NOT a wifey, usually does that, in addition to being my driver.

That is very polite of you. I would have used a different term than "hot air".

BTW the Panama Canal does NOT belong to the USA., but to PANAMA. Until the body bags of US troops get flown back to the USA. That should make the vain old man happy.

The answer is, no they don't. The majority of Thai mwn don't do that. A very small minority of Thai's do, and that is usually blown way out of proportion by the press and the social media.

Not a lot of cooking today. This morning we had a present from the PEA. From 08:30 to 13:00 we had a total power outage. The only good thing is that it gave me a chance to replace the solid sentiment water filters and I expect that they would not taste nice, cooked or not.

Try again. UK BBC news website and type Tulip Siddiq into the search bar and you could come up with this link. https://www.bbc.com/search?q=Tulip Siddiq&edgeauth=eyJhbGciOiAiSFMyNTYiLCAidHlwIjogIkpXVCJ9.eyJrZXkiOiAiZmFzdGx5LXVyaS10b2tlbi0xIiwiZXhwIjogMTczNTAzNzYwOSwibmJmIjogMTczNTAzNzI0OSwicmVxdWVzdHVyaSI6ICIlMkZzZWFyY2glM0ZxJTNEVHVsaXAlMjUyMFNpZGRpcSJ9.PEtaV1im8FbRauMF3L8JXGhdKYH7fJorRjkEzbApqAQ Or even paste https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3zqen209go It was on Sunday in BBC Asia. It is amazing what you can find if you try just a little harder.

IMHO, he is acting like a prat.

Actually he isn't even a politician. He is an ex democrat MP who was a an MP of a party which supported a military coup government run by Prayuth.

Does that really matter in a country, where the number of Thai people directly affected by the Same Sex Marriage is less than about 1% AI Overview Learn more The estimated population of Thailand in 2024 is 69,920,998, with 34,065,311 males and 35,855,687 females.

My apologies. I did not read deep enough into it. My bad. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ECHR&sca_esv=b72004035a3299c8&sxsrf=ADLYWIJYz-f_f1kM9_XyLw31qPi2MVS5Ug%3A1734944228057&source=hp&ei=5CVpZ8Umtdraug_msYSYCw&iflsig=AL9hbdgAAAAAZ2kz9BrZTy9JEsTwyQTd5sJyvHQCqL6E&ved=0ahUKEwjFqKnzwr2KAxU1rVYBHeYYAbMQ4dUDCBc&uact=5&oq=ECHR&gs_lp=Egdnd3Mtd2l6IgRFQ0hSMgcQABiABBgTMgcQABiABBgTMgcQABiABBgTMgcQABiABBgTMgcQABiABBgTMgcQABiABBgTMgcQABiABBgTMgcQABiABBgTMgcQABiABBgTMgcQABiABBgTSMFFUABY4xJwAHgAkAEAmAFvoAGHA6oBAzIuMrgBA8gBAPgBAZgCBKACswOYAwCSBwMxLjOgB58S&sclient=gws-wiz AI Overview Learn more ECHR stands for the European Convention on Human Rights, an international agreement that protects human rights and political freedoms in Europe: History The ECHR was drafted in 1950 by the Council of Europe in response to the Holocaust and World War II. It entered into force in 1953. Purpose The ECHR's purpose is to protect people from the state, prevent atrocities from being repeated, and guarantee fundamental rights. Member states The ECHR has 46 member states, including the United Kingdom. It is not even a court, but a convention. There is more information in the link. https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/what-is-the-echr-and-why-does-it-matter/#:~:text=The ECHR is the European,to the ECtHR in Strasbourg. There is more information in this link as well. A snip from this link. What is the European Court of Human Rights? The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) enforces the ECHR – in other words, it makes sure that the rights given by the Convention are protected in practice. Until the Human Rights Act was passed in 1998, the only way that people in the UK could enforce their rights was to take a case against the Government to the ECtHR in Strasbourg.

Why was he even allowed to appeal to the ECHR. especially as his crimes were committed in the UK, and even more especially as the UK is not even a member of the EU any more?