spidermike007

I happen to be incredibly fond of a lot of Thai people. I can't say I have a lot of close Thai male friends, though I do have some acquaintances. I do consider myself friends with a number of my woman's girlfriends who are just wonderful souls, kind, generous, funny and incredibly warm and pleasant. I also find the average Thai person I deal with on a casual basis to be very pleasant. I think a lot of it has to do with what we bring to the table, I think if we bring a sense of kindness and respect and humor that Thais are very responsive to that. I think they're remarkable people. However to be perfectly honest I was less upbeat about your typical Thai when I lived on Samui, so I think if you're living in a major tourist area you are definitely running into a different breed of folks. A lesser breed.

Have you been hiding under some sort of cultural rock for the last 20 years, or are you over 90 years of age?

That's a fairly easy question to answer, in my particular case I am from the US and I go back to visit two to three times a year, and I'm always shocked at how expensive things are, how dour most people are, how humorous they are and in the case of a lot of my friends and family they seem to be leading decent lives but they don't seem to be that fulfilled and it seems to be mostly a focus on eating, sleeping and making money. If you're single and you're over 50 that compounds the problem infinitely. And if you don't own a property that's paid for forget about it if you have to rent or pay a mortgage it's just insane. Adding healthcare cost and other things like that and it's no wonder the CEOs of those companies are getting gunned down.

Well good on the police for apprehending these low-life street vermin. Slashing somebody with a 22 inch blade in the skull is acting with murderous intent and at the minimum they should be charged with attempted murder and locked up for 20 plus years. One stupid act and their life is finished, and that's what they deserve. Their parents should also be punished severely for practicing an extreme lack of parenting skills.

Everything about the despot dictator, serial killing madman named Putin is inhumane. The man does not have a decent bone in his body. Think about it, what has Russia done for the world in the last 20 years? What benefits has Russia offered the planet? They are forlorn nation, a thieving criminal nation

I once heard a philosopher say the mind is like a restless drunken monkey that's been bit by a scorpion. There's no question that the Mind can get a hold of us if we let it. It can be our best friend or it can be our worst enemy. You must exercise mental discipline And wrestle control of your mind. Whether it's through repetitive mantras, meditation, some form of concentration, or mental exercises. It's imperative that you do that or else the remainder of your life is going to be pure misery.

Fortunately attacks on foreigners like this are still fairly rare, though this does sound like a pretty horrible incident. Six young guys attacking an 80 year old man is about as deplorable as it gets. We don't know whether or not the police will take any action, but one thing we do know is that Pattaya continues to go downhill, continues to become a lesser version of itself, and continues to become more violent and crime riddled as time goes on. I'm hopeful that I never have to return to that rather forlorn spot.

I remember that very clearly there was no willingness or ability to discuss the possibility that severe obesity and a very poor diet had any connection to one susceptibility to a virus which is utterly insane.

Okay number one, some of us who have decent hearts and a fair amount of goodwill for our fellow man prefer not to use juvenile derogatory terms when addressing each other, okay? Let's just get that out of the way. Just because Trump uses nasty names for people doesn't mean it's right, and doesn't mean it's decent, and doesn't mean that it's proper or polite. Secondarily yes the answer is to stop white people from having too many babies, it doesn't matter what race they are too many babies is bad for the planet! I don't know how you get Muslims to go back to their own countries but I think if you set the bar a lot higher in allowing them in to begin with, and you establish much more rigorous thresholds that could be a place to start.

Trump's new health policy, eat more fast food, and only processed food, the government will give credits to citizens who purchase fast food. Increase obesity Raise profits for the medical industry Lower longevity. Trump health 101.

The state should not only not be encouraging people to have more than two kids, they should be penalizing people that do. From the third kid forward is a substantial monthly penalty. Only if the state takes serious action, in reality there is just no point at which Western culture and Sharia law can coexist, and therefore anyone who practices Sharia should be prohibited from immigration. Period. Not wanted.

Dark is beautiful. White is boring. Obviously some of us might feel that way, but the reality is that beauty is so incredibly subjective and opinions mean little. The opioion of that blazing fool meant absolutely less than zero!

It's gone quite well, my language skills are improving, I'm quite close to my in-laws and I never have once tried to mow down a crowd of people, nor cause mass destruction. There are a lot of issues of the American people and with American society I can name. At least a dozen of them, however stating them in defense of your position doesn't really accomplish anything. Let me know all the wonderful accomplishments Saudi Arabia has made in the way of benefiting the planet in the past 10 years.

This is the behavior of a half man. An undeveloped mind, a lost soul. Absolutely nothing there. He seems to have never been taught any values, and possesses no sense of ethics, like a wild forest animal. Where were his parents when he was growing up, and why did they fail so miserably?

That would be a good description, in addition incapable, incompetent, not particularly smart, not a worthy leader, and a true Nepo baby.

This would be a very wise decision, they likely need only 10% of the top guys to run the organizations. In general many of the Armed Forces here are of questionable value to begin with, especially relative to the enormous amounts of treasury that they suck from the nation. So anything they can do to trim back would be wise. However I would expect that the push back would be huge, and that it would come from very powerful and highly toxic sources.

Trump is morally deranged and has always been completely bankrupt in that area, so it almost seems as if he prefers to surround himself with people who are equally devoid of morality and ethics. And watching the extent his supporters go to to justify these appointments and these selections and the absolute madness can be quite amusing. Welcome to the wild, crazy and completing nonsensical world of Don Don.

This kind of thing is so incredibly common, oftentimes I see people doing things like this on a major highway without even bothering to look to see if there's any oncoming traffic. How do you merge into a major highway without looking to see if anyone is coming? Where is the Instinct and desire for self-preservation? The other astonishing aspect of this is that oftentimes I will look behind me and there is nobody for a very long distance so had this reckless fool simply waited 2 seconds, they likely would have had an absolutely clear path. It is the "I don't know where I'm going, and I don't know why I'm in such a hurry to get there, but I guess it's okay losing my life in the process, no big deal syndrome.

It is 360%.

Not only should Sharia courts not be allowed to exist within the UK, but all people practicing Sharia should be denied the right to emmigrate. It should be a prerequisite that in order to apply for immigration to any European nation you must prove that you do not subscribe to Sharia law and that you do not practice backward and horrific forms of Islam like Wahhabism. All Saudis should be banned worldwide from immigration to any nation, as there is no upside and no benefit whatsoever to the nation where they are emigrating to, and it would appear that they're the ones that who are least likely to have any interest in assimilation.

Let's just go ahead and refer to your reply as the "Best Avoidance Of a topic Of the day". He's offended by my politics, and blinded by his, so he insults my lifestyle. Wow. Big man stuff right there, utter Tarzan power. Such a display of strength. We wait with baited breath for your continued articulation.

What a hugely tragic result. More police malfeasance. LOL

It comes down to perhaps the single most significant weakness most Thai people have. The pathological fear of losing face. Who cares what people think of you? For those of us with high self esteem, it just does not matter. Sure, close friends and family. But strangers on the street? Who gives a rat's butt about this? It means nothing what they think, nor what they say about you. Nothing, less than zero. They count for nothing. They are just people, and people you do not know, nor will ever see again. Face is rife with self doubt, and by subscribing to this weakness, and man or woman is made a far lesser person. I consider the practice of face to be the polar opposite of the practice of Buddhism, which teaches the need for introspection, contemplation, owning up to a problem, and taking responsibility for issues, problems and tragedies that you create in life. As many of us know, a percentage of the Thai population lives within fairly small boxes of social convention, traditions and expectations, especially on the part of the family. That is not a life that some of us choose. Those that are bold and courageous, will find a way to break past conventions, and live a fulfilling life, based on their own choices, independence, and esteem.

That's a good question, when you promote your country as if you're trying to sell $2 items at a swap meet you're going to get a pretty low level of tourism. I can think of quite a few ways that they could promote the country to start attracting more affluent tourists, but they just don't seem to have the intelligence nor the vision to do such things. It would require the abolition of the wine taxes almost entirely, it would require the ability of wealthy tourists to get around easily which would mean short distance charters on prop planes and jets and easy access to helicopter travel, and several other things of that nature. Thailand just isn't up for that and it could be 50 to 100 years before the youth is involved in the control of the nation and they have the imagination for such things. The dinosaur is completely lack imagination and they are nothing but a destructive force holding the nation back.

I don't know if it's just me or the way I see things, but it appears that Thailand has one of the weakest and least intelligent judiciaries of any country in the world. The decisions that they make on a consistent basis are what you might expect from a high school student.