thaibeachlovers

Perhaps because the people in charge know that it can't be stopped by force without getting destroyed themselves. Not many wars end by force. Most have negotiated ends.

and yet he is still walking free and apparently doing well. Not many really bad men get the punishment they deserve. Stalin and Mao both died of natural causes, Idi Amin likewise. I need no proof to know that the world we live in is not a good place.

Are you just trying to be controversial? If they eliminate them then they are going to get eliminated themselves. Again, are you trying to be controversial? No one wants WW3 with nuclear weapons.

2075????????????????? Are they taking the mickey?

I agree with you, but politics has become so toxic that any younger person with common sense will likely never seek the POTUS chair. That only leaves younger people like harris, and who would want her to be POTUS?

You are bringing Trump into a thread that has nothing to do with him. Are you obsessed by him?

If all the good men decide to leave for whatever reason that leaves only the bad people to do whatever they like.

Only in civil court which does not carry a criminal record and no jail time, and has a far lower standard of proof required. Also, I'm sure they are under appeal, are they not?

LOL. Will you change your viewpoint when ( hopefully ) Biden is awaiting trial? Of course my claims are merely unproven allegations and my opinion, with nothing to back it up, just like the majority of posts on an opinion forum, including yours. If you want different, you should look for a different forum.

double post

It must be nice to be rich, but to expect everyone to be able to spend money as lavishly as you do is ridiculous.

Everything is about money. One can not live on sunshine and moon beams. However, it is not true that a farang having married into a Thai family is obligated to give any of them money. That is BS promoted by greedy Thais and foolish farangs. That that is not true is proven by the fact that many farangs do NOT give money to their married into families, and do not suffer for not doing so.

That dates back to when western women were the property of men- the wife became her husband's property, their daughter his property till he "gave her away" to another man.

I don't think my country's traditions and moral standing are superior. I do think that they don't have to be observed, and for most people they are not, other than lip service. What woman actually means it when she promises to obey her husband in western marriages these days? Live together till death do us part- LOL. Likewise, when in Thailand I chose which traditions to uphold and which to only give lip service to, and which to ignore. Therefore I only gave sinsod I got back, the wai I gave her mother was the last one I ever gave in LOS, and I refused to uphold the tradition of farangs handing over lotasacash to Thai families just because I married one of them. That my marriage ended was nothing to do with failing to uphold traditions, and all to do with her becoming an unpleasant person to live with.

Are you being obtuse on purpose? The post I quoted was referring to weddings in the USA. If you keep on being insulting it'll be off to the ignore list with you.

That's correct. It comes out of yearly taxation, and is not the best way to do it. Many years ago an enlightened PM started a fund specifically for pensions, but the next PM, who was anything but enlightened, cancelled the scheme.

As I made a blanket statement saying "farangs are untrustworthy" that is the clue for those that can see it, given if I believed it I'd be including myself as "untrustworthy". Ergo, it's unlikely to be taken seriously other than by those looking to be offended.

Sounds like the American guy won't marry her if it's a sticking point. Obviously has doubts if he's asking on a forum about it. I'm very happy I didn't buy my wife. The family not so much.

LOL, LOL, LOL. It's nowhere REQUIRED to have a typical Thai wedding, I didn't. We went to the amphur signed the paper, got a copy each and went back home. Didn't even have a village ceremony when we went to live there. Try again.

I thought the bride's parents paid for the wedding.

I'm in two minds about this. On the one hand I despise the "fashion" industry that relies on women throwing away perfectly good clothing, which ends up in landfill, and on the other hand the industry employs many thousands of poor people that would likely find it hard to make a living otherwise. I'd prefer it if the fashion industry vanished, and people could make a living doing something more worthwhile.

What will you do if any part of what Fox says is true?

Somehow it never does. Rather like a Trump conviction, yes?

Didn't stop him getting quite wealthy though.........................................

What part of the OP is about Joe Biden or Trump? You just can't stop bringing Trump into every thread, apparently.