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3 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Why are you calling the Hamas terrorists soldiers? The ones that carried out the tortures, rapes and even Necrophilia on some of the murdered innocent's? What about the Palestinian civilians that also took hostages to sell in Gaza?

 

 

You either have a very active imagination, or you're listening to some very bizarre podcasts. 

2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   This thread is about the actions of 3 Palestinians .

Don't even pretend that there is no connection between the two, and don't even consider for a moment that a half a century of O

oppression does not result in significant amounts of blowback. 

1 hour ago, mfd101 said:

But coming down, I think, the black African countries and the Muslim countries. Still some way to go till they're below reproduction rate (which for poor countries in Africa is 2.3, not 2.2 as in rich countries).

 

The important point is that the turn downwards has already taken place and can only strengthen from now on. As the Chinese have discovered, once the turn is made, it's almost impossible to reverse it.

 

Which doesn't mean that the total world population won't reach 9 billion in the meantime ... before it too starts downward late in the century.

Some are predicting China's population to drop to 650 million by 2050, and I've seen some predictions that Thailand's population could drop to 35 million by 2060. 

1 hour ago, MangoKorat said:

I think you mean.......They much prefer Japanese and Korean men's wallets.

Wallets, anatomy, lack of wear and tear, and lack of need to waste a lot of their time. 

1 hour ago, soalbundy said:

Normally you need economic growth to pay off the country's foreign debt. As the now deceased Bavarian minister president Strauss once said, "growth is not everything but without growth there is nothing".

Children are the next generation to pay the pensions of the old, they will be the future service providers, fire brigade, police, doctors, nurses etc. Fewer people doesn't mean you need fewer services, fewer plumbers, fewer electricians, fewer road workers but it does mean there are less taxes to pay for all this. Less consumption means lower production numbers which in turn will cause prices to rise. An infrastructure made for 80 million people will fall apart if the numbers drop to 40 million. Old vulnerable people who have no children to help them will need more support from the state but where are the nurses and money to come from.....Sub-Saharan people, they are the only ones with a population growth.....I can just imagine the nashing of gums from the oldies then.

 

 

Well I certainly understand the conventional wisdom, and certainly a lack of growth will induce a certain amount of pain on the part of the population. But big picture there are some enormous benefits for the planet. And humanity. I do not believe that the population growth that the planet is seen over the past hundred years can be sustained. The quality of life is dropping for most. 

3 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Never change your tune eh, spider, despite coming up with nothing except he's a cop therefore he's bent. Great case you've got there. I'm sure any judge would convict on the basis of that nonsense. What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. Case dismissed!

Quite the opposite. RTP leadership. Definitely highly guilty and totally suspect, until proven innocent. It is the very nature of the institution and humanity. Most people simply do not say no to billions of baht. 

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Did the allies in WW2 care about proportionality? No they cared about winning. Hamas started this war. Why are you against Israel winning? Sounds like you support the genocidal Hamas terrorists. 

Not for a nanosecond. I despise Hamas. Any criticism of Israel's action seems to result in an over simplified meme like "you support terrorism", if you don't agree with everything Israel does. Kind of a George Jr. sort of "there is no grey, you are either with us, or against us", Iraq war justification nonsense. 

WWII was slightly different. Hamas does not have concentration camps. They are evil, though. That we agree on. 

Sorry, not in the simplification  camp. My soul is not bought and paid for. 

A silly post. Real men carry alot of cash. Cash is fun. Cash is easy. Let's hope Thailand never goes cashless! 

6 minutes ago, Caldera said:

 

How do you plant only those parts that will remain legal?

 

Are they as retarded as this sounds?

Yes. And regressive, non-visionary, self entitled, and true bottom of the barrel types. 

1 hour ago, connda said:

Me too - I hope tobacco and then alcohol get the axe as well, in that order. 

I second that, though it will never happen. Too many addicts, and too much govt. support. 

It is such a filthy habit. I never understood it. 

43 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

Yes, the obsession with 'economic growth' continues worldwide, despite the apparent concern about environmental devastation and despite the well-known fact that the whole world is entering a century or more of population decline which makes ever-larger economic goals both stupid and unachievable.

I sure hope I am still around as the population declines. 

Unfortunately, there are still 20 counties in Africa, which are desperately defying the trend. All of them Muslim. 

36 minutes ago, Wobblybob said:

I'll give your post the contempt it deserves!

Yes, angels. All of them. The IDF only hires saints. 

18 minutes ago, JCauto said:

 

Genocide? Even if we accept Hamas casualty figures (and why you would do that for an organization who have been found to lie repeatedly and habitually and who are actively spamming misinformation worldwide in an operation supported by the Russians and Chinese) of around 35,000 people killed, there were approximately 2,000,000 people in Gaza. So that's around 1.75% of the population. Jews in WWII? There were 6,000,000 out of a pre-war Jewish population in Europe of around 9,000,000 so around 2/3 of the people. Armenia? Anywhere from 660,000 to 1,200,000 out of around 1.5 million total. Rwanda's massacre of the Tutsi took out around 75% of the population and was about 500,000 to 800,000 people. Cambodia's Khmer Rouge killed around 2,000,000 out of 6,000,000. You see where I'm going with this.

 

I find it astonishing that this is even considered as a marginal case of genocide. The IDF have protocols in place that go well beyond most armies in terms of avoiding civilian casualties, they're not gathering up survivors and shooting them dead, there are no death camps, incidences of soldiers behaving badly are investigated. The emphasis on "genocide" is simply a part of the propaganda and is designed not only to give people the impression of things being far worse than they are, but also serves to minimize the impact of the previous genocides, pretty much every one of which exceeds what is happening to the Palestinian people by several orders of magnitude and in practically every other aspect.

 

This is not to say that Netanyahu and the Israeli Right don't have a lot to answer for, and I'm all for they and the Hamas leadership being strung up. But to downplay the deliberate brutality of 7 July which was specifically done to ensure a particularly violent response from the Israelis is downright bizarre. You're really going to do whataboutism with Hamas, who don't act in any way like an army in a direct comparison with national militaries? How far down the rabbit hole did you have to go to get to that place as a self-proclaimed Jew? 

You are either Jewish, or not. Nothing self proclaimed about it. 

Whether you label it genocide or not, the extremely disproportionate response, and the percentage of women and children killed is an abomination. Especially for a nation that came out of the survival of the holocaust. 

2 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

"For the first time on record, cannabis has outpaced alcohol as the daily drug of choice for Americans.

In 2022 there were 17.7 million people who reported using cannabis either every day or nearly every day, compared with 14.7 million who reported using alcohol with the same frequency"

"Cannabis Tops Alcohol as Americans’ Daily Drug of Choice," May 23, 2024 https://www.nytimes.com

An excellent outcome for society. Discounting the lack of ambition, that comes with smoking too often. 

War is a very degrading act, and I think it's safe to say that these kind of offenses have taken place throughout the course of history, and still take place on a regular basis. 

Though I am sure many soldiers behave in a noble  and righteous fashion, there are likely many who have no moral compass whatsoever, and simply do as they please. 

What about the IDF? Any crimes committed on their side, besides genocide? 

43 minutes ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

TDS much? That bloke is living free of charge in your head mate - you should let it go because he will be POTUS again. After all it is not as if you live in the USA.  

TDS. Trump deceives his supporters. You are right. I don't live there. Thankfully. But, I still prefer decency over pure evil. Ha! 

3 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Thats you bro. I get the top 25% any time I want.  If I want it, there is no no. 

 

As to the rest of your post, thats exactly what I have been listening to for 30 years, Simple business: one fumbling inexperienced Asian, the eternal 3-3-3 rule, 3 inches for 3 minutes for 3000 vs one beer addled 37 year old buff guy from Manchester wearing an Asian Street Meat fan club T-shirt. I know who I would be selling it to if I was in their position.

 

 

I didn't say it was impossible if you are willing to pay a "foreigner fine". A percentage of them will simply quote a far higher price. 

Thailand is learning the hard way, that quantity over quality is never a good thing. And they are also seeing that complete and total refusal to look within, take responsibility, and address the problems that plagued the nation prior to covid, means lower end tourism.

Affluent and rich tourists are far less tolerant of nonsense. They don't have to be. Too many other options. 

There should be a hundred freelance bars like it. The question is not what is the draw. The question is why there are so few. It is so cool.

The fascinating thing about the place, is that the top 25% of the gals there on a busy night, will not even talk to a Westerner. I have inquired about that. They much prefer Japanese and Korean men. 

1. We take too long and chew up too much of their time. 

2. We are larger. Too much wear and tear. 

3. We generally are not willing to pay as much. 

Three strikes and you are out!