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The real question here is:

Did the dad knowingly hire an underage girl or did he hire a girl who turned out to be under age?

Big difference.

Yes

Big difference

No difference under Australian law. I have personally charged an offender for sex pen of a minor. The girl originally told the guy she was 17 but it was later revealed that she was 15. He was found guilty and received a suspended sentence and placed on the sex offenders register.

So honest mistakes have no bearing on Australian law? Then Australia doesn't need judges, jurors or lawyers; all they need is a robot programed with all the rules to hand out the sentences.

And no, I am not saying that the above example was an honest mistake but I do wonder why the reporter didn't address the issue?

Which final battle? This "final" battle, the last "final" battle or the next "final" battle. I'm old - I get confused so easily.

I believe it was a Boeing 707 out of Saigon.

To this self entitled little girl and her brother's cronies and dogs, she'll only get 'fair' treatment if she's acquitted.

Just like Fox News, you are "Fair and Balanced" - NOT!

Kill the dogs or don't let them run free - duh!

The US hasn't had a very good record of siding with any side, in the World...It supported dictators like Marcos (Phillipines) and ruthless ones in South America in the past, along with the murderous (several) leaders in South Vietnam, during the Vietnam war. Who cares what the US thinks. It's an Empire that is on the verge of collapsing.

The Economist: "Thailand's Political Crisis"

As reported in a recent edition of The Economist:

"One way of looking at the revolution of 1932 is to see that it failed to destroy the privileges of an entrenched elite. That history might seem to offer comfort to the current campaign, which seeks to reassert the elite’s interests against a government of elected upstarts, led by Thaksin Shinawatra and his family; counter-revolutions have a track record of success in Thailand. This time however the protesters—the counter-revolutionaries, as it were—must be wary of a further backlash by the Shinawatra's own supporters, “the red shirts”. Over the weekend tens of thousands of red shirts gathered in the capital, Bangkok. They had come to make it known that they do not intend to let Mr Suthep and his backers get away with another coup, judicial or otherwise."

Mark these words, if there is a whole lot of blood will be running through the streets.

Thank you Swami for those deeply insightful words of wisdom gleaned from your crystal ball.

no problems. Read them in context, all though it maybe to perplexing to do so.

Good on you Cricketnut! I'm glad to see someone on this forum has a sense of humour.

The Economist: "Thailand's Political Crisis"

As reported in a recent edition of The Economist:

"One way of looking at the revolution of 1932 is to see that it failed to destroy the privileges of an entrenched elite. That history might seem to offer comfort to the current campaign, which seeks to reassert the elite’s interests against a government of elected upstarts, led by Thaksin Shinawatra and his family; counter-revolutions have a track record of success in Thailand. This time however the protesters—the counter-revolutionaries, as it were—must be wary of a further backlash by the Shinawatra's own supporters, “the red shirts”. Over the weekend tens of thousands of red shirts gathered in the capital, Bangkok. They had come to make it known that they do not intend to let Mr Suthep and his backers get away with another coup, judicial or otherwise."

Mark these words, if there is a whole lot of blood will be running through the streets.

Thank you Swami for those deeply insightful words of wisdom gleaned from your crystal ball.

And the USA and all the ambassadors around the world are expected to do what?

K Surapong, this is Thailand. This is internal to Thailand and will affect nobody else in the world so why should the world care?

Deal with it yourself assuming you have the power to do so and also assuming anybody listens to you.

The free world cares when it loses one of it's own to dictatorship.

But when the world see's that a dictator is pretending to be a democracy, which has now been proven in Thailand that PTP are not democratic Government

The free world cares that they have a dictator in sheep clothing

Proven? Proven by whom?

And the USA and all the ambassadors around the world are expected to do what?

K Surapong, this is Thailand. This is internal to Thailand and will affect nobody else in the world so why should the world care?

Deal with it yourself assuming you have the power to do so and also assuming anybody listens to you.

The free world cares when it loses one of it's own to dictatorship.

If you haven't seen the movie "Pay It Forward" (2000) - try to find a copy. Ms. Gibson is a perfect example of the message of the story - how to change the world with one act of kindness at a time.

Good on you Delyse!

Please, please, please tell me - when will the final "final exercise" take place? All of these "final exercises" are wearing rather thin.

"This move by the military was not aimed at pressuring any side in particular, but intended to find a way out for the country, according to the source, who is a senior officer in the armed forces."

As my British friends would say "BULLOCKS"! (IMHO )

I am sure there are some exceptions, but in general I think no AC do a specially good job at filtering out small particles, but even old ACs will filter out some, both small and larger particles.

I suspect the best is to research what thirdparty AC filters (filters you will use to replace the stock filters that come with the AC unit, not the disposable 3M material) are available for what locally sold ACs. Then buy one of the ACs for which you can get a good thirdparty filter for. Unlike the stock AC filters, these thirdparty filters are designed to do a good job at filtering out stuff, and hopefully there are some reviews of them available.

Why do stock AC filters not do a better job? I suspect it is simply that virtually nobody who buys an AC cares or even gives it a single thought. Certainly I did not until very recently.

I am under the impression that 3M makes an add-on air con filter that will filter out small particles. My local Lotus didn't stock them yesterday so I am still looking.

Can you imagine the band's loss of face if they would have lost the competition?

A large layout map by floor as you enter would be nice so you can find the item you came for without wandering around aimlessly for hours.

Common sense would dictate that before one accepts bids from potential contractors, the contractors' backgrounds and references would be checked. This is called "due diligence" - a routine business practice in the West. Unless of course, obtaining the best possible product for the least reasonable cost is not your primary goal. Hmm......I wonder what the primary goal really was?

Yes....maybe a little bit of "Thai idiosyncrasy" but you have not considered the scale and magnitude. You simply can not arrest that many people.

You don't have to arrest all of the protesters - just the instigators.

Thailand in limbo after election annulled; economy suffering

"The Constitutional Court judges ruled in a 6 to 3 vote on Friday that the election was unconstitutional because voting failed to take place on the same day around the country. Anti-government protesters had stopped voting in about a fifth of constituencies, and in 28 of them voting was not possible at all because candidates were unable to register."