thaibeachlovers

Going by the American military industrial complex, Europe may come to regret that. Even Eisenhower warned against it.

Make that WW2, The first time was an atrocity against humanity that slaughtered the pride of British youth for no good reason ( I refer to the war itself as being for no good reason ). Millions sacrificed for the Great Game played by old men.

Shouldn't that be "all eyes"? Far as I'm concerned, Thais are not daft enough to get caught up with something that's no concern of theirs. They are leaving it up to farangs to post about it on here.

LOL, LOL. Germany didn't have a constitution and a SCOTUS to prevent Hitler doing that. It's a false equivalence.

Sounds good to me. That's democracy in action. If people don't like it they can get a more amenable government elected next time.

and debating is all they can do. IMO the UN is a sham that does nothing to bring about world peace, which I thought it was supposed to be about. They can pontificate and wring their hands, but IMO a waste of space, and should go the way of the League of Nations.

That sounds like something Jesus would say if he were here now. People have fallen out of belief in God and into the false religions of greed and ever increasing "productivity" ( which IMO is a nonsense ), and follow fads. It's a pity they are so consumed by stupid things like "social media", and "celebrity" that they forget we all have to live on planet Earth and need to look after it, not destroy it.

Interesting post but what has it to do with believing in God?

The only way he doesn't understand faith is if you haven't actually understood anything he has written over the years this thread has been running. I don't agree with everything he writes, but I certainly accept he knows about faith. We are not supposed to use the laugh emoji to convey that we think a post is bonkers, so I'm quoting you to use in the post.

There really isn't any point trying to explain anything related to spirituality to people that apparently think science has all the answers. The use of the words "quantum physics" as though that is something that is a point scorer says it all. The truest words I ever heard from a scientist, was from a scientist involved with a new space probe investigating the origins of the universe that said they didn't know about 95% of what is out there.

Once again, you are talking about religion. The title of the thread doesn't mention religion.

Richard Dawkins obviously knows less than he claims to. For a start that claim is nonsense, as in a country like the UK there are several "local" religions. It would only apply in fundamentalist Islamic countries IMO.

Speaking as one that is suffering because the housing market is out of control with regard to increasing prices to buy/ rent, and in a country where people are living in cars or motels ( at taxpayer expense ), a collapse in the property market would be a very good thing, IMO. If so called investors ( IMO gougers ) lose out, I would not lose any sleep over that.

That 50 baht meal was about 25 baht 40 years ago. Seems the Thais have done quite well for themselves in comparison to western countries.

A win for the good guys at last. From the linked article Puffin said the release of The Roald Dahl Classic Collection, featuring original versions of his children's books, was in order to "keep the texts in print". Trying to weasle their way out of admitting they were wrong! Good result, and it shows that we ain't all gone woke yet.

Indeed, the most essential occupations are often the least acknowledged. If sanitation workers went out on strike, even the rich would soon smell the result. We all have our part to play in the game of society.

That would depend on whether one thinks a foetus is an unborn human, or merely a collection of cells of no more significance than a lump of unwanted meat that can be thrown out..

Cancel culture writ large. I always enjoyed Dilbert strips. The author actually knows a lot about the human condition.

I am stunned and shocked that the Russian representative would interject during a minute's silence aimed at "Russian aggression" NOT.

I see still need the charade of a degree ( whatever it's for ) to teach in LOS. Long time ago I was going to do a TEFL or TESOL ( forget which it was exactly ) so I could stay in LOS, but the need for a degree stymied that. Back then I don't remember it as having to be an education degree, so is this a return to what it used to be? I'm sure there are a lot of guys out there that would make great teachers, but don't have a degree. I never went to uni, because I had to earn a living, but I'm sure that compared to some of the teachers ( with degrees ) that I had in school, I'd do just fine as a teacher.

I'm not sure what you mean by "a good outcome". I suppose you mean Russia gives up, retreats back to whence it came, pays for the reconstruction of Ukraine, and we all go back to living like we used to. Realistically, do you actually think that will happen, or are you just wishin' and hopin'? If nothing else, the bills for all the "support" ( taxpayer money ) from the west has to be paid for and that's going to impact us for a very long time. I doubt that Ukraine will get back to "normal" for a very long, long time. IMO there are no real winners from a war, and everyone loses, though mainly those that lost someone they loved.

You understandably don't believe RT, but do you believe everything put out by western government controlled media? Seems to me that any media controlled by a government involved with one side or another is going to be biased, which is why I don't bother with any of them when it comes to things like this conflict. I try to be objective, rather than regurgitate propaganda from any source.

How are you or anyone else going to make Russia pay?

Oh boo hoo. Who said life was fair?

My last paid job I worked a 12 hour day with one extra day to make up the 40 hours. I loved it as only 3 days a week for 3 weeks and 1 week with 4 days a month. Obviously the hospital had shift work to cover open 7 days a week.