Bangkok Barry

Yes, funny way things work in Thailand. I was just remembering how over 50 officers raided a place where elderly foreigners were playing Bridge, but a child molester, nah, let him pop in to see us when he has the time. This is a very, very weird country.

I agree. Just look at what happened to Thaiger after he left. To say standards went down the toilet is a massive understatement. I used to watch the YouTube reports from Tim, but within a week of him leaving I'd given up watching such childish garbage.

It might be because the Israeli government has murdered over 27,000 while claiming they are trying to avoid civilian deaths. Because some people find that offensive and a massive over-reaction to an attack on them. Just a guess.

1 - the article doesn't say he was riding to a bungalow (and what bungalow anyway?). And 2 - we are not told how far it was from where the victim was staying to wherever he was trying to get to.

Just more brilliant Thaiger journalism by their editor-in-chief. It isn't only driving that is of a low standard here. It's getting to the stage now where I'm simply not going to read any more of the garbage that Thaiger spews at us. The fact that this is the most frequent source of news that AN gives us doesn't reflect well on this site, believing it is acceptable to publish jokes about injury. Why not add a laughing emoji as well while they're at it. I know that AN is not allowed to change what they re-publish, but if what Thaiger reproduces for us is so poor then why use it at all? Surely there must be a better source of news. A source that doesn't say someone is dead and in the next paragraph talks of them being alive (yesterday) or make pathetic not-funny jokes about serious injury, written with the mind of a child. And that is what their senior staff thinks is acceptable.

They lost their Safety First sign. Give them a break!

A professional journalist always checks their copy before submitting it. If there are errors then you're watched, and if it continues you're out of a job. That's the way the real world works. Here, you become editor-in-chief.

The implication can only be that AN has the same low standards, or is forbidden by some contract rule from stating that the following article contains factual errors for which AN is not responsible. Being connected with such a poor news organisation as Thaiger doesn't reflect well on AN.

My wife was studying at uni to teach English, and she showed me an A4 sheet with a list of questions. There were around 15 errors which I corrected. She showed it to the professor, who threw it in the bin. Another time, a friend of my wife asked me to write some promotional copy for a new business, I did, and she rejected it as poor English. I'm a professional writer of over 40 years. You can't help people who already know everything.

I was responding to flyingtiger's reference to alcoholics. it might help the tourism industry a little but if it is lifted, it'll sure make all the local alcoholic happy!!!

Alcoholics can find a drink any time they want to, so it would make no difference to them. Actually, as the current ban is never enforced in pubs and only by big-name stores it would make no difference to anyone else either.

Rung asked relevant agencies to provide a source of light to prevent repetitive accidents as previously a taxi plunged into a canal, claiming one life. There is one already. It's called headlights.

I'd love to ask whoever made the decision to publish such a totally pointless photo why he did so. I expect we'd get the deer in the headlights stare. There is no logic to it at all. None. But then, trying to find logic in Thailand is like trying to catch grains of sand with a fork.

We get reports of kids fighting and using knifes or guns or ping-pong bombs (whatever they are) at least once a week. So much anger and hate in this country now.

One of the first things I learned NOT to do in Thailand is step on a cover of any kind. Why didn't a Thai know that? Or was she looking at her phone instead of where she was walking?

Has anyone noticed that the most wealthy and successful countries in Asia are the least corrupt, and vis versa.

Why is there a photo full of people drinking at night when it should be of an empty bar in the afternoon? Answer: because there are no empty bars in the afternoon as the law isn't enforced (of course, as always).

Thanks. I wonder how many of the things you mention apply in this case.

Now, if only the police enforced the law that riding in the bed of a pickup is illegal. The RTP must be indirectly responsible for thousands of deaths and injuries on Thai roads each year as they completely ignore any laws that are there to protect lives. But hey, why work when you get paid anyway.

Was this airbnb in Thailand? I presume so, but the OP only says it was a Thai group. If so, airbnb is illegal in Thailand so the OP is on shaky ground anyway. But the lawyer could be counter-sued for knowingly renting an airbnb property, and then the fun can begin.

Interesting how Thailand attracts so much scum of society and so many foreign criminals, isn't it. I wonder if it's because the country is known for it's lack of law enforcement

I mean that in relation to the 'respect' that has to be shown to so-called betters because of their position in society, which is a relic from the Middle Ages in my native UK. Many of the unprivileged in Thailand are treated like serfs and not deserving of respect. Thai society is based pretty much entirely on an outdated class system, which of course satisfies those at the top and leads, ultimately, to the will of the people being ignored at election time. A few at the top rule, and that filters down throughout a society in which everyone has to know their place on the ladder and act accordingly. And at times that results in a burning resentment which then overflows into violence, often over nothing. And it gives those with the power of a uniform a perceived right to fight back against the system by bullying others. The 'do you know who I am' attitude is there throughout society. I call that primitive.

Maybe this fine upstanding policeman (if he could stand, which is debatable) could claim a family servant was driving and then flee overseas.

Many believe their uniform allows it. And not only in the police and military but in public service such as immigration or local offices. Why do you think so many people in Thailand wear uniforms. Members of my family are teachers and are often asked to dress up in white. It makes those who have uniforms feel important and better than others, and for some that means they can exploit their 'status' and bully or intimidate others. It's a very primitive society.

I had the same problem but when I opened a 'new account' with a spare email address it worked. I don't know if it's only the Thai site that doesn't work properly - now there's a surprise - but others too have written of the same problem.