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7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

 

Erm....  Is he suggesting that home owners inform the largest organised criminal enterprise in Thailand that there will be no one home ???... 

 

Again....  

 

 

I see your point. Of course, if it is made clear to the "largest organised criminal enterprise" that they are the only persons informed that the property is empty . . . .  but what am I saying . . .

13 hours ago, Victornoir said:

Thailand is right to affirm its neutrality and seek ways around it. This country took no part in the measures and intimidation that led to this war and should not take sides or suffer the consequences.

 

I think the same for Europe but I am in the extreme minority and anyway it is too late now.

I have no idea which country you were born or raised in or identify with. But imagine that country was invaded for no reason other than your country wanted to enter into international agreements. Sure, you could say that NATO membership might be threatening. But why has Russia not made attachment to Russia so great to the neighbouring states that they would not be interested in EU or NATO? Russia has 11 time zones and many "client states" where there is no democracy, not much development and they have to play ball with Russia as regards how they sell their main exports, who they enter into trade agreements etc etc

I can only imagine the uproar if the UK expected either of the following:

- Republic of Ireland must join NATO

- Republic of Ireland must leave EU and join in a mini Single Market with the UK.

Imagine the further uproar if the UK decided to invade the Republic of Ireland on the basis that they were one entity for about seven hundred years or so? 

13 hours ago, Thunglom said:

let's face it quite apart from not being able to pay, they is hardly a country in the world that would welcome Russians at present.

Any Russian who expects otherwise would be utterly foolhardy.

Actually you would be surprised. Any country that voted to abstain would in theory accept Russians. I used the term "in theory" because in practice China is not accepting anyone, neither is Laos etc

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

it was all just a big misunderstanding officer 

I was just waiting for that brazen hussy, Bigmiss Un Derstandin to make an appearance. She is behind just about all such mischief!

If it is such an obvious and grevious malfeasance to have transferred the secretary general back in 2011, is it not by now also a malfeasance to have only discovered that by now?

7 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Especially when dealing with unarmed student rabble trying to disrupt the democratically elected progressive government.????

 

Those aging falang missing the precise date at which they were supposed to show up at immigration need suppression and this is the vehicle for it.

4 hours ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Kids are tough here. They will survive what you describe. Nothing compared to rice paddy workbook dawn to dusk..

Unions helped destroy the British Film Industry which saw a renaissance once their power was diminished.

The last time I looked the British Film Industry was doing rather well. The post production speciality based in a certain part of London ran into some problems with Brexit (who didn't) and covid had an effect. But it seems that the UK is making a huge amount for the 'made for TV' and the streaming services, where the real growth is, apparently. By the way, I am not British although I lived there for ten years. So no axe to grind.

6 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

 

 

 

Given that it seems like a million yaba pills is couch-change these days - there have been busts of 10 mm and 6.6 mm pills in the last few weeks -  this one seems strange?

 

The really big busts in Laos were for amounts that far exceeded the amount that would have kept the population high for many months. Those consignments were meant for abroad. This bust in Thailand seems to be for lower down in the supply chain, near or at the consumer.

15 minutes ago, Snig27 said:

You clearly haven't had an American craft brew in the past 20 years. They are some of the planet's finest. There's far more to US beers than Bud. 

Actually I have. I was referring to those massive breweries whose names we all know so well and whose beers are rather bad.

When I lived in a certain state in the USA, only a certain level of alcohol was allowed in beer. Anything stronger you had to go to the Alcohol Beverage Control store - such "ABC stores" were state owned, hellishly high prices. Be caught driving from one state where the prices were lower with a couple of bottles to the state where I lived and you could be done on a smuggling charge. Now I believe that many states (but not all) have allowed small craft brewers to exist. If you ask an American from one of those states what an IPA or a stout is, they can tell you all about it. Very different from not too long ago.

8 hours ago, 2009 said:

Why is she being praised all over social media for trying to act gangsta?

 

So lets all go around to wherever you are hanging out tonight and pour drink all over you, if you think it is so acceptable????

Even if he has had Covid, does not matter. I know folks who have had it twice.

There are rights. For instance, I have the right to walk around naked. But only in private. If I insist on walking around in public areas naked, I will be arrested.

I have the right to refuse the vaccine. But in doing so, I will have to restrict myself in certain ways. For instance, I would have to stay away from people who are old or have underlying conditions (this would preclude me working with them, for instance). It would also preclude my being able to cross certain borders as long as the pandemic exists.

Some countries may operate a medical opt-out. And that is up to them. Just as in certain countries it is ok to smoke marijuana, in others that would get you a jail sentence.

As regards a certain tennis player, I think that he should be treated like everyone else. Being a tennis player is not a medical condition. If he does not have a medical condition that allows him to opt-out, then he should be excluded like everyone else. I mean, I personally would not take up Australian citizenship because they even excluded their own citizens during certain periods of the pandemic but that is their business, their rules. And if you want to become an Aussie citizen or play professional tennis there, you should be treated just like any other person.

5 hours ago, mancub said:

Shame....a harmless piece of enterprise, which it seems, many have previously benefitted from. 

A proper or "official looking" sign would have helped though !

I agree with you completely.

Now, if you could tell me where you live (rent or own is fine) and I will go over there and put up a sign and pull the same caper as the Thai individual in this story and charge people to stay in your place. You wouldn't mind that, now. Just a harmless piece of enterprise, you understand. I will even generate an "official looking" sign just to make it ok

7 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Sickening that anyone touch an under aged child, that said if one had enough evidence to convict, one could ask the shoe size of the alleged and then open the cell door, telling them that they are free, later advising the court that the alleged disappeared, problem sorted. 

 

I would think that word would spread quickly amongst their own and if that was also reported, i.e. after arrested paedophiles kept disappearing, the others might just get it, that or have their shoes sizes taken when arrested and have justice served.

 

Which do you think is worse? The pedophile who has sex with children or the parent who sells their own child to a pedophile?

Much as I am against pedophiles, they are mentally ill at least. The parents are a different matter. Selling your own child to be raped? That just has to be the worst. If such parents were not forthcoming, offering their children, then there would be fewer children being raped by pedphiles.

6 hours ago, JoePai said:

You mean they have not done so up to now !!

Various countries have set up a Criminal Assets Bureau (first one in the Republic of Ireland in 1996) under various names. Usually separate from the police but appointed by the Ministry of Justice or equivalent, the bureau has powers to go after any assets in the jurisdiction where the alleged owner cannot account for how they were able to acquire those assets. Gets rid of drug dealers having assets in the name of their mothers. wives, children etc. This is not last word on drug dealing - in fact, such bureaus go after all sorts of criminals, especially organized crime who are not involved in drug dealing directly. But it is a start. At least the criminals have to move to another country to safeguard houses and other assets and that will, to an extent, makes it difficult for them to be involved in corruption too.

Just now, BangkokReady said:

They don't face restrictions on their rights, they have no rights because what they are doing is illegal.

There are many activities that were once considered illegal but once the rights were established/agreed the laws were found to be nonsense. Laws against divorse, contraception, privacy, abortion, fair trial - need I go on.

6 hours ago, Longwood50 said:

Yes it is somewhat akin to the drug dealer who is criminalized for being an unlicensed pharmacist.  

In your analogy, at least someone is allowed to sell (and manufacture) the drugs legally. According to the current scenario in the porn industry, no one is allowed to effectively manufacture or sell.

I am so glad to see the end of Paypal. When I wanted to set up an account in one EU country, they told me it was possible. Then when I went to set it up and transferred the cash, they told me that it was not possible. After over a month of calling, emailing etc, they eventually sent my money back.

But having told me that it was "impossible" to set up an account in that country, they then showered me with emails, telling me that this was going on with my account, then that. I left a few pence in the account. Years later, they are now telling me that they are shutting the account.

Given how badly they treated me, I hope that my account has cost them a bundle. For years I use Wise (used to be called Transferwise) to send money almost anywhere in any currency at excellent exchange rates. No need for Paypal.

17 hours ago, Will B Good said:

Well in theory the more infectious the virus the less virulent it is likely to be....presumably based on the idea it is not killing its hosts so readily allowing it to spread more easily.

Unfortunately, this is often not the case. The so-called "Black Death" had a high mortality AND was very infectious. Generally speaking, Covid-19 has a very low mortality (although mortality is much higher in the high risk groups, of course) but the morbidity (long term effects - including what some people call "long covid") are not yet completely quantified, especially with respect to variants. 

The key feature is the infectious stage which in covid-19 appears to be sufficiently long to allow it to be very infectious no matter what the outcomes. 

Cosplay is "the practice of dressing up as a character from a film, book, or video game"

It is something that is practiced all over the world. How is the Thai police going to be able to control all of that? And why?

How many times do we have to hear about this woman, Ms Un Derstandin. She is clearly up to her neck in wrong-doing of all kinds. Why don't they just arrest her and put her in jail now!

Will any of these draft laws cover the kidnapping of activists in other jurisdictions? Or the activities of the "men in black?"