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That read like an alternative monologue in the end scene of the movie Trainspotting.

Modern Liberalism is still alive and kicking in the West. Trump is just a puppet helping the regime continue for as long as they can push that destructive ideology. So called Western conservatives are just liberals from 20 years ago.

Drones, droning. He's just an actor, just like Putin and Xi Jinping. They are actually coming out of the closet in recent years and making it obvious that they are puppets, but still many people are hypnotized by the charade.

I am not looking to settle long-term in Thailand so you are half correct, although the places you mentioned are definitely not a relegation in quality.

If I see this in a restaurant, I would be side eyeing the guy. I wouldn't book a table opposite him, however 'outrage' is a strong word I reserve for more serious incidents. What using such language does is minimize actual serious incident s that deserve outrage.

Believe me as someone who was raised in an Abrahamic faith I have my own views on these people. However, I do have this thing called integrity, which also goes along with how I was raised, which honestly could be improved substantially in Thailand and why I will never, nor want to, fit into such a society.. Anyway, Ladyboys outside of a few red light areas are unlikely to be a problem. They are highlighted disproportionately focused on this site and others.

If they want quality tourists, the obvious steps would be to drop the iron fist on full moon parties, the open flesh trade, protection of foreign tourists from attack and holding culprits accountable (not just a wai for assaulting people and it's all good but a prison sentence), and regulate tourists who are troublemakers with a blacklisting and deportation. However it's unlikely to happen.

Define a 'major crime'?

It's still a cheap place for a holiday. Double pricing has declined a fair amount from when I first visited Thailand, or maybe because I speak more This they don't try it as much not sure.. Personally it doesn't bother me that much regarding the national parks extra charge, although it does show an issue/inconsistency with being very nationalistic but also heavily promoting tourism. The cannabis part annoys me a little, for different reasons then it would possibly for others. Thailand has liberalized a fair amount over the last 2 decades, but not in a good way for most foreigners if you're similar to me. Same sex marriage is now allowed. Cannabis legal. Drinking culture has increased. All things I have no interest in. Obviously if any liberalizing was going to happen it would have been nice to get a realistic route to permanent residency. Maybe some protection rights for foreigners. But no, in that regard things have got worse if anything making Thailand not a suitable long-term option. Still ok for a holiday, aside from the road carnage, increasing air pollution, and that you could be jumped and the perpetrators will tell the police they were 'protecting fellow Thais' and give a little wai before walking off scot- free, and with it reducing around 99% of the potential 'quality tourists' the TAT keeps droning on about.

Ni hao is ok, maybe flattering to a certain extent, but I prefer to one up that by using nameste.

I can't imagine taking that outside with me, but hey you do you.

I can't imagine anything more pointless than Asian people doing porn.. Maybe Sub Saharan chess tournaments?

Also the advantage of having dogs is you can carry chains. Quite a useful weapon. Better than a pool cue I can tell you that.

Depends. A couple of Pitbulls or Rottweilers tends to calm them down

Whilst I do like Thailand and have done for years, I have to sit back and weigh things up as I have approached middle age, and I am ready to settle down. It seems the obvious red light activity and full moon party degeneracy is not going anywhere but yet nationalism is just as high as ever in Thailand after decades of this crap being in their faces and I think the social engineers may try and blame tourists for any woes in the nation here on out, despite an obvious and easy move would be to crack down on degeneracy, or just embrace it. Not to mention I have seen what happens amongst the locals and yeah the tourists stuff is very docile in comparison. Thailand is definitely not Norway or Switzerland. Personally I don't have to put up with this. A lot of Westerners in Thailand will be moving to other SEA countries (not the Philippines, that place is a post apocalyptic hellhole), and with regret because overall many of us like Thailand and Thai people. It's a shame.