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  1. On 3/12/2021 at 8:04 AM, Kenny202 said:

    Like most things here probably no logical answer.

    Exactly; logical to Thais but not to farangs. The key to understanding Thailand is; try not to understand, makes life here a lot simpler.

  2. 15 hours ago, Taboo2 said:

    The questions is why did he not fight back.

    IMO based on history, if the fight escalates he wouldn't be fighting just one Thai, several more of the taxi drivers would jump in just because it's Thais against foreigners, they don't care about why they're fighting. I'm not proud of the fact, but I have first hand experience with this. In the western world we have this idea of one on one, not in Thailand.

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  3. The original article shows LOTS of evidence, no idea why the hotel is calling it "spreading false information". Defamation laws are created for a reason but this is not one of them when the facts are clear--IF the guy didn't create this evidence. But we know how Thailand is, wouldn't want anyone--or any business, to lose face, that's what's most important.

  4. In my experience car batteries tend to last around the 2 year mark in the tropics, if you're past that you're doing good. I hooked my latest one up to a smart charger when I was gone for an extended period and still only got around 2 years. I also went with the most expensive battery I could find and that didn't help either. Good luck.

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  5. 7 hours ago, Leaver said:

    Are you also suggesting that not 1 baht will trickle down to the people?

    No, I'm suggesting the MAJORITY of the money won't make it into the average Thai's bank account, it will go back to the chinese businessmen that built the casinos.

    How about we agree to disagree because our discussion is going nowhere--like a lot of these threads.....I'll let you have the last word.

  6. In a perfect world; casinos would be built, profits would go to the cities, provinces, country and then trickle down to the Thai citizens by improving their life.

    In the not so perfect world (reality); chinese build the casinos, profits--not all but most, go back to china, chinese businessmen, and the Thai politicians/elite that have allowed the chinese to build here. The Thai people would be last on the list--IF even on the list, of people receiving any benefit from legalized gambling. Shihanoukville Cambodia comes to mind, a Google search provides some insight into gambling brought in by the chinese there.

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  7. On 2/5/2021 at 2:55 AM, Leaver said:

    So????

    Just mentioned that fact so that people wouldn't think I was a 2 week tourist with little or no experience with Thai society, I have a few years experience with Thais in Thailand.

     

    On 2/5/2021 at 2:55 AM, Leaver said:

    Gambling is already here.  Has been for decades.

    I meant legalized gambling, guess you didn't understand the reference to that, which is what the article is about. I know underground gambling is alive and well in Thailand.

  8. On 1/23/2021 at 8:47 AM, Leaver said:

    Would you rather the proceeds of gambling go to criminals and corrupt police, or to the the Thai tax payer, in the form of better schools, medical, roads etc? 

    I've lived in Thailand for 25+ years, am married to a Thai and have lots of Thai friends both poor and some well off. In all those years I haven't seen much of those better schools, roads, etc come to the to the Thai taxpayer. The rich and political elite always end up better off when something such as gambling comes along. The trickle down effect doesn't happen in Thailand. 

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