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Unfortunate how?

Unfortunately, they failed to include all the available links.

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"Certified Asian Hotties" group on Facebook perhaps?

Regardless, for there to be photos of boobs, there have to be boobs in the first place. One would think that Thai high school girls should be quite safe from temptation in that respect. So a much better headline would have been:

"Young Women Getting Boob Jobs To Be Able To Upload Boob Shots For 'Likes' On Facebook"

BANGKOK: -- Thailand is experiencing an unfortunate epidemic of young women posting photos of their breasts on Facebook pages

Outrageous

Just wait until Culture Minister Sukomol hears about this. She'll put her foot down.

But for God's sake, keep her shirt up!

Laws can't be strict. Law enforcement can be.

Had to check if the news source of the OP was "The Nation".

In that case, police office may have said "one hundred" and Nation reporter forgot how many zeroes in a hundred, did some mental arithmetic and ended up with the million that made copy.

Well, since only the TV headline states as an absolute fact that the Russian was drunk (the original "report" merely mentions a witness saying that he appeared to be drunk), I hope that after regaining consciousness he'll find this article and sue the hell out of TV for libel or slander. After all, his name was mentioned here as well. It could have easily been edited out of the article by TV, then there's be no limits to making potentially false and insulting statements.

The headlines these days seem to be more and more geared towards click-trapping; what about the "horror" traffic jam in another article which turned out to be just your regular, Bangkok rainy season congestion? "Horror" without dismemberment is just frivolous use of attention getting words, especially if the underlying news article is more of a journalist's blog entry.

There was no mention of insecticide before, only DEET a insect repellant.

DEET is a neurotoxic substance. So what makes the difference.

This insect repellant is unfortunately not some harmless fragrant substance, but even risky when applied cortically.

I'd say the difference is about the same as between a rubber bullet and a copper jacketed one. At least from an insect's point of view. There is nothing wrong with accurate reporting, wouldn't you agree?

Lots of English speaking friends on his FB page. One can only hope they don't come across this topic and see the inhumane comments here, not to mention the disrespectful comments on Thais in general. If someone would post a link...

Since he's the only one using arguments instead of emotions, I'll side with Dazzletoad on this issue (so far).

To the bigots let it be clear, I'd personally never date someone who'd be younger than my hypothetical daughter. So don't try any obvious strawman arguments.

Did someone do the math? 10, 000 tonnes are 10 million kilos, to be shed by 17 million Thais? That's just over half a Kilo per head, you gain or lose this easily just by drinking water or peeing. I guess they aim low, 3% participation.

They probably got the numbers by carelessly using BMI as a measure. BMI would have made Gandhi look overweight! That said, Thailand does have its fair share of overweight and even obese persons, but I've seen very few who were morbidly so. A little bit of fat is not such a bad thing as long as you get a little exercise. I'd rather stick to what my mother used to use, body height in centimeters minus 100 is your comfortable weight in Kilos. BMI would like to see me (188 cm) at 70-75 kg which would mean that with all my fat I'd also have to shed most of my muscles.

I just wish that there'd be less sugar in basic foods, people should be able to add sugar to their own liking. Sugar in milk and yogurt should be prohibited, also instant coffee should have sugar free types. Easy to avoid the disgusting Fanta rainbows and pad thai usually gets served with sugar on the side, not mixed in already.

But in general, have people exercise a bit.

Surprised at you ThaiVisa!

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They called his wife to be a translator to find out what was going on. She told police that her husband had a doctorate degree of engineering and has been living in Thailand for 5 years. His pregnant wife is also a medical doctor.

What is the point that you are trying to make?

Well the headline spells "doctor" and that would indicate that he is, in fact, not a doctor (or perhaps one with a fake or bought degree). As in "Last night I was dragged into that bar in Nana Plaza which has all those curvy "women" that many visitors find so attractive". The article however clearly states that he holds a doctorate though not in medical sciences. I gues someone did not know that a doctor is not just someone who tells you to say "aaaaaah".

I guess that would have been his point. Misleadingly edited headlines.

Many Thais also carry gun, but I suppose the English one is bigger and more powerful which scare off the tiny Thai one.

A 9mm with 8 rounds is not a Dirty Harry .44 Magnum. Get a grip.

I think he was referring to a more fleshy type of gun

i stayed in busan for quite some time and i had to say they had to be one of the most racist country in asia.

While what you say is generally true and also was my very strong first impression of Korea and Koreans, I would like to add that in my travel experience inside Korea, Busan has been the most racist city.Fortunately, like all other cities in Korea that are not Seoul, it is also very boring after 36 hours. The best thing in Korea is the high speed internet and perhaps (for some) the fact that one can drink without limits for 24 hours a day and still remain socially acceptable. Many foreigners with higher ranking position seem to choose this way to deal with being stationed here.

Korean society is a different animal. They have meaningful world class education, organization, efficiency and accountability...

PFFT! Sorry. Can' help but laugh at that statement.

I currently live in South Korea - been here since 2003. I don't live in Seoul but I work of there from time to time. Everything Tuky says is TRUE. Additionally, the news article is the biggest pile of rubbish I have ever read!

I have been in 2 auto accidents here.

1st accident - underage kid on a motorbike T-Boned me (she had on no helmet either). I was found "More at fault". 2 reasons - because I was the dirty foreigner (whitey) and I was in a car. That was in 07.

2nd accident - Guy jumps out into traffic (not at a crosswalk) in front of my car - not paying attention - and I hit him. I was at fault cause "He's a pedestrian". To avoid the courts I had to kiss his ass and bring him ribs at the hospital where he was rehabilitating. The accident was at such a slow speed that I found his injuries highly dubious - as doctors here can be bribed to make it sound like you ar more hurt than you appear to be - hence opening up the ability to milk the insurance companies for more money while you chill out in a hospital bed from 9am to 5pm. That was in 2011.

By the way - you CAN kill someone driving here and if you pay enough "sorry money" you can avoid jail time altogether!

Lastly, I have never seen cops take bribes here nor have heard of it happening since the 80s. That part is true. They don't take bribes - cause they are usually too busy sleeping in their patrol cars!

Yeah, the accident thing in Seoul is weird. Much of the time, the damages to the cars are split between the drivers, which means if you're in some cheap old junk and get (!) hit by an imported Lambo or Ferrari (lots of them here driven by late 20's and mid 30's good for nothings) that's guy will owe you $500 and you owe him $250,000. Neat. Police is doing nothing. People park their cars wherever they like, each red light is still passed by 2-5 cars, cars block pedestrian crossings and sidewalks, motorcycles race over the sidewalks (not a lot of helmets used either)- yeah, what city am I talking about, does that sound familiar?I have 13 years in Bangkok and now 5 in Seoul, I consider Bangkok to be the city with overall more traffic discipline. You see a lot less police here though, and next to no rip-offs. Would there not be a better role model in Singapore?

I lived and worked in Seoul. Two high ranking police inspectors were friends. When I asked why they don't carry guns their reply was they don't need them. They are Taikwando experts. Scarey. When I asked them about "tea money" they were offnded. They said any policeman who takes money brings shame to their country.

I'd say your police friends lied to you. Taekwondo in Korea is a sport for kids and foreigners, not a martial art to scare off armed or multiple attackers.About the tea money, well, one would have to bring it to the station because the Korean police seems to have a huge problem with getting off their a$$ and actually doing something outside, be it their job or collecting bribes. It's very hard to take them serious, most of them seem to be kids and none of them seems to be interested in doing, say, police work.The only real police here is the riot police, and even they usually bring 500 armor-suited officers to say a demonstration of 50 elderly women. Okay, they also have some violent stuff to deal with but they also bring water cannons and scores of armed buses. Nobody here (in Korea) respects the police. And most of them don't deserve respect.I think maybe what Thai police wants to look into are the uniforms, which show less body detail.

Looks like the slow class of TV was first to comment. Has this not been discussed ad nauseam in the other threads?

There was no direct naming of a suspect in the false rape allegation. There is no proof that, had it come that far, she would have falsely identified one or more innocent "suspects".

The entire commotion here appears to be led by men who have been burned by women in their past. Then again, this is the internet where people say such things because they know they'll never be held accountable for what they write.

Police was notified of an imaginary rape

The number 3 was used, in connection with 3 imaginary men

Malicious intent would have been impossible to prove since no actual person has been accused

That's it.

Fair punishment would be a fine, maybe a steep one. Then PNG the hell out of her. End of story, and without a jail sentence no chance of a book deal. Enough of a deterrent to make other silly people think twice before running to the police, and very little press.

Otherwise, let's have an imaginary trial in front of an imaginary judge, with 3 imaginary wrongly accused men, sentence will be an imaginary amount of time in, you guessed it, an imaginary jail. That should satisfy enough TV posters with imaginary lives. Still, give her a real, not imaginary, fine.

People these days...

This apparently is video of the incident:

http://www.facebook....425883614122652

Seems to be the wrong time of day (should be at night)?

Shouldn't have reduced the sentences because of a confession. They deserve everything they get!

Well they got life, so that's what they deserved (according to your 2nd statement) :-D

One thing worse than drug dealers are people who want other people dead, of course not by their own hands but by "someone" or "the authorities". Move along, take care of your own business alright?

I would willingly volunteer to be executioner with the satisfaction that I am doing society a favour and saving lives into the bargain from the poison weed.

I am sure there are others that would also be prepared to take up a position as executioners if the job came up on the job vacant classifieds.

But of course these dealers in death will receive a trial and be either incarcerated for the rest of their natural or put down according to the law of the land.

I certainly will not lose any sleep over them. Whatever way these death dealers are dealt with suits me, providing it results with them being out of society for good.

I don't think I have it in me to take a rifle, aim it at a living person's heart, and pull the trigger. Plenty of other people do, very few get the privilege to deal death as their sole purpose and get a state allowance to do so. Considering that the law is arbitrary (most countries do not have mandatory death sentences for drug related offences), that the person has not committed any act against myself, and that my only involvement here is reading it out of boredom on an internet website, I could be perfectly happy with a long or short jail sentence or even a simple expulsion from the country. I don't care, I don't feel the need to write stuff like "I hope they rot in jail" or "Let me be the one who pulls the trigger". that reminds me too much of the rich and famous who're traveling to Africa for the privilege to shoot an elephant or rhino because they have to be culled; just for the pleasure of being the one who does the killing. Maybe there's an opportunity for certain SEA governments to make money off the wealthy; 10 million US for a bullet would still find more buyers than they have death row candidates available. In any case, it's not as if the people on the top would be on trial here. And it is a stupid thing indeed to be a mule in a country that has only the harshest punishment for drug offences, and not be young, pretty and female at the same time.

One thing worse than drug dealers are people who want other people dead, of course not by their own hands but by "someone" or "the authorities". Move along, take care of your own business alright?

Does Thailand even execute for murder? Or just low level drug mules?

http://garygraemejon...bang-kwang.html

it is strange that the buddhist monk who sits with the guy before he goes on his final walk, explains why it is acceptable within the buddhist religion to kill a man on drugs charges... the explanation being that drugs can also kill.

yet you have murderers who don't get the jab.

the whole death penalty in a buddhist country is quite amazing and contradictory in itself, i'm sure the buddha would've frowned upon it tbh!

Well I don't see a contradiction, as far as religions and their adherents go.

Execution is in fact helping the person!

By dealing with or using drugs, the person has negatively impacted his/her karma.

Bey being executed (=suffering), the person may get a positive karma credit, perhaps even beyond the negative credit he/she got from the drug involvement. A massive improvement especially for those who were innocent of the crime they were executed for!

The real victims are the executioners, who will have to work hard during their lifetime to make up for their own loss of karma for taking lives. But they may get a discount because they were also helping others to improve their karma score.

Buddha might have said "That ain't so bad in the long run".

At least, that's my pop/Hollywood take on Buddhism/religion/reward-penalty philosophies. Everything can be rationalized.

What's that movie with bill Murray in where he keeps re-living the same day over and over?

Something about hogs, I think.

Groundhog Day

Great little movie