bravingbangkok

I get the down points of Thailand and I have traveled well enough to know that this is the same everywhere you go. What I cannot understand is when people honestly think that the Thai gov is out to get us ????

The west and Thailand have a long history together and I do not see why they would suddenly throw us out, I put it to you that if you have been thrown out or are in the future, did you deserve it ? probably yes. There are hundreds of things that annoy me about this country but I have never felt like everyone loathes me as I walk down the street, of course you are going to get the odd patriotic Thai but they do not control the country thank God, the big man does and he along with the rest of them have a very good personal relationship with the west, always have.

Yes there are a lot of problems in Thailand and yes we are often on the wrong end of fairness but in no way are the Thai's thinking up some evil scheme as we chat away on TV to throw us out and claim all our assets. That theory really is crazy

You should never ring the Thai police, you should always ring the tourist police ! Thai police are such a bunch of muppets but the tourist police are actually very good.

At what ? Are you serious ?

In my experience they have helped me significantly and every situation was resolved quickly and to my satisfaction.

If you are in an argument with a Thai and call the Thai police, if they do come then they will take the side of the Thai hahaha believe me even in the most unusual circumstances have I heard of the victim being put in cuffs due to the fact he could not speak Thai and the attacker was blaming it on him.

At least with the tourist police you have someone who is Thai and understands English, the tourist police have quite a lot of authority actually.

You should never ring the Thai police, you should always ring the tourist police ! Thai police are such a bunch of muppets but the tourist police are actually very good.

"In some bag"

Bullshit, they wrap white sheets around the dead in Thailand ! I have never seen the use of any bag or indeed the black bags we see in the west.

Someone point me out if I am wrong.

Farang money into a Thai pocket

BUT

Thai money into a Farang pocket

However it has by no means come anywhere near this stage, I truly think you guys are over reacting and I really do not see us being told to catch a cab.

The first step is to join ThaiVisa, then it's plain sailing

A very large percentage of posters here did marry Thai Chinese women, in fact they married rich Thai Chinese women from influential families.

I read it on an anonymous internet forum, therefore, it must be true.

HAHAHAHH

You really think that is funny? Its the same joke he has used 50 times.

Even if you do have a Thai Chinese wife, or a wealthy wife, or highly educated wife, or a non Thai wife, Maigo will immediately use the same joke. He truly believes we are all old fat stinky sex tourists with ugly little farm wives, he needs to get out more. I dont even know anyone personally that actually fits the stereotype, but I've seen them around town so I know what he means.

Sorry, first time I have heard it.

I actually just find this whole Thai Chinese thing funny, the reality is that probably the top 5 powerful figures in Thailand are probably not even Thai Chinese, I am not talking about wealth here but social position ie. privy council and things like that.

There are a lot of very influential Ethnic Thai families around and not everything is owned by Thai Chinese families as they would have you think.

I do not know if I could bring myself to marry someone whose mother's hair is taller then her body

The first step is to join ThaiVisa, then it's plain sailing

A very large percentage of posters here did marry Thai Chinese women, in fact they married rich Thai Chinese women from influential families.

I read it on an anonymous internet forum, therefore, it must be true.

HAHAHAHH

No wonder I havnt seen you at the Trendy lately!! sorry but this is so funny and of course you cant blame her its all new and exciting , give it 12 months she will come back,you poor bar&tard lol

Kept those beers on ice for you since last chat ,oh well I wouldn't worry about it was meant to be. What a nightmare

What you doing with your condo?

G'day Zorro

Yep, it looks like my plans have been thwarted.

We had another good talk today and I've agreed (allthough somewhat reluctantly) that we will postpone our Thai plans for a few years.

It's funny actually, I read so often on this forum about guys having to folk out so much money for their wife and her family.

I have the opposite problem, i'm trying my best to persuade my wife and her father to help me set up a business in Thailand (buying land and building a small hotel) and the pair of them wont have any of it!

I do think myself luckey but I was so looking forward to moving back to Thailand.

My Trendy apartment? (I used to call it "the mother ship" ) I will keep it for a while, let the rent accumulate.

Keep that beer cool mate.

I shall return.

You are lucky mate,my wife hates London and she gets homesick. You are so lucky, what I would give to go and live in London again.

This has to be bullshit, kicked down the door indeed.

I'm not the one going around claiming that Jews control the world's financial system!

And what is wrong with that ? It is my opinion and I am allowed to have it just like you are allowed to have yours. The difference between us is I do not blindly claim people are crazy just because they do not agree with me. The only reason you have an issue over me saying that is because you think I feel that it is wrong, when in fact I feel the total opposite, without the Jewish population we as a race would be way behind where we are today !

You just seem to be hung up on this theory that oh no you cannot talk about the Jews, anything said related to the Jews is antisemitic. Whether I am happy with my theory or not it is still my theory and I have the right to think whatever I want without half witted 1 liners like you butting in and calling me crazy.

Grow the fu7ck up !

If it is so spot on why didnt you say it then ?

Because he said it first.

change the word said with thought, explains your whole life.

Again I did not say owned the financial world I said controlled, what a bunch of amateurs you all are !

If it is so spot on why didnt you say it then ?

It would not have to be dragged into this thread if certain people stopped asking people to prove things, I was asked to prove what right of domination the west, Jews or Christians have, I gave one example and just because someone does not agree I have a screw loose, the person making this assumption could not even spell loose !

I was making the point that the most deaths from armed conflict are due to religion ! A few mis quotes later and I am childish and have a screw loose.

They do not want to take over the world because they already own the world, do you not believe for 1 minute that Jews are not in control of the worlds finances and banks ?

I do not know whether you are a anti-semite, or not, but I do know that you must have a screw lose if you actually believe this laughable nonsense - Elders of Zion indeed!

I find it amazingly pathetic that just because someone disagrees with you, you are then classed as having a 'screw loose' or being 'childish'.

Grow up would you, if you cannot take other people's opinions then keep quiet.

Do you think that all African Americans live on nothing but watermelon and fried chicken? That is an "opinion" too!

So do you have proof against my belief ? I do not have proof affirming the belief you hold. The difference is I do not claim you have a screw loose.

Hahahaha yeah okay walk away, utterly pathetic.

You cannot even argue the point you were making and then give up and let someone else argue it for you who in fact got the wrong end of the stick and thought that I had said that all wars have been started due to religion, I said nothing of the sort.

Has the crazy man gone yet?

Big man hiding behind his computer, just because I do not agree with you does not make me crazy does it ? Go on answer the question and at the same time quote me what I have said which is so crazy ?

No light to be shown, just take a look at the world and the news everyday !

You are obviously unaware of the purpose of a laughing emoticon. It means joke.

As for hiding behind a computer. My identity would be easy to discover for anyone with the motivation.

I hardly think you are joking, you are just trying to be one of lads and gang up on someone, if the previous poster had not posted what he did you would have never posted it.

I have seen a lot of silly people on this forum but you are just pathetic.

Oh and another thing quote me where I said all wars are started by religion ?

I said add up the number of people killed in wars over religion or along those lines !

Has the crazy man gone yet?

Big man hiding behind his computer, just because I do not agree with you does not make me crazy does it ? Go on answer the question and at the same time quote me what I have said which is so crazy ?

No light to be shown, just take a look at the world and the news everyday !

They do not want to take over the world because they already own the world, do you not believe for 1 minute that Jews are not in control of the worlds finances and banks ?

I do not know whether you are a anti-semite, or not, but I do know that you must have a screw lose if you actually believe this laughable nonsense - Elders of Zion indeed!

Well so you disagree, does that mean you have a screw loOse ?

I find it amazingly pathetic that just because someone disagrees with you, you are then classed as having a 'screw loose' or being 'childish'.

Grow up would you, if you cannot take other people's opinions then keep quiet.

Also it is very big of you to wade in on this debate with one line which then ultimately is about you thinking I have a screw loose.

I am finished with this discussion.

"What I believe in is not the issue. The fact is that a lot of people in the world believe in God or gods and we can neither prove or disprove its/ their existence. We all have our own beliefs.

The silly argument that all wars were started by religion is just absurd. Hitler, Pol-Pot, Stalin, et al were not famous for their religious activities."

Please tell me how WW2 was not famous for its religious activity ?

Pol Pot also targeted religious beliefs as well as education, class and linguistic skills.

There are warmongers and there are Democrats.

Historically, US democrats have been significantly more war mongery (sic) than republicans.

Really ? I never knew that.

Low hanging.....Lebanese civil war ????? you could have picked that one, the Balkans ??????? could have picked that one. He didn't because he wanted ot prove his point which is anyway wrong because to claim that WW2 had nothing to do with relgion is just silly.

millions of people were killed for being a certain religion !

I will try one last time as I sit here scratching my head trying to understand your thought process.

Garro maintained that not all wars are caused by religion. He picked three men who were not motivated by religion in their conflicts to prove his point that "not all" wars were fought in the name of religion. One would have been adequate to prove his point, but he gave three.

You repsonded with some a very tangential post about Karl Marx being Jewish (ignoring the fact that his "Jewishness" was actually his ethnic background, not his religion), and now pointing out two other conflicts. He never posted that there were no religiously inspired wars! So you can point out the Crusades, the 30 years War, the Irish "Troubles" and a hundred other conflicts, but that does not refute that not all wars are religious.

Hitler was not a war,Stalin and Pol Pot was not a war. So how are any of them wars anyway ?

Hitler and WW2, millions of people slaughtered because of their religion.

Stalin.....what war are we talking about ? The cold war ? not many died in that war so I guess it is insignificant, all I can think of is the millions he slaughtered but that is not a war is it ?

Pol Pot is the same, he never sent all those poor people into war, he just slaughtered them, that is not a war is it ?

"and although misinformation"

There is no need for that is there ?