I totally agree that voluntary prostitiution should be allowed. Even though this means, that women are allowed to financially abuse men, by selling what should be given for free.
Powerful people, including boys in brown uniforms, owns or benefits from the sex trade in Thailand. Legalizing sex toys would harm the industry of human sex trade, so off course the powerful people are interested in keeping the sex toys illegal.
Song thaews should not be allowed in smaller sois with only one lane in each direction. They are upholding the traffic by driving 5-10 km/h and when they stop, they are blocking the whole lane, making the many impatient kamikaze-motorists eager to make a risky overtake in the often busy opposite lane.
Fortunately jet ski's are not allowed in Krabi. But meanwhile the polluting and very noisy Long-tail boats are allowed to roam all day near the beaches. We stayed in a Tubkaek (Krabi) beach front accomodation, but hardly had any peacefull time, before the next long-tail boat arrived and disturbed the peace.
Since expats are obviously considered tourists in Thailand, can we now safely cancel our expensive health insurances and use the arrival tax insurance instead? Does anyone even know what this insurance covers?