spidermike007

Sorry if I sound narrow minded, or old fashioned. But, any parent who condones and supports a child's desire for sex change procedures at 13 years old should be institutionalized. Who, at the age of 13 has the maturity to make such a monumental decision? If you can't drink until you are 18, you should not be able to change your sex either. What is the big hurry, anyway?

Reminds me of when I told my parents I refused to learn to play guitar, because I did not like the music teacher they found for me. My guitar must have felt really hurt. And who else became an injured party to that deal?

Well, letting a 13 year old decide on anything important, much less a sex change is bizarre, at best. There are a disproportionate number of suicides 5 years later.

If Anutin, Prayuth or Prawit win, it will be an incredibly sad day for Thailand. They are the backwards men. They care not one iota for us plebs, unless it means a vote. Woe is Thailand, if these are the only choices.

I am generally supportive of people being able to make their own choices in life. But, this constant discussion, this constant barrage in our faces, of trans, pan, amoro, cis, non cis, boi, demiboy, dyadic, femme, gender expansive, genderfluid, maverique, etc. is so old, so over done, so obnoxious, many of us find it repulsive and a real turnoff. Fortunately, it seems to be mostly limited to America, one of the most dysfunctional societies on the planet. And I say that as an American! There is some leakage elsewhere, but it does not appear to be taken too seriously. In the US, it is completely out of control.

American health care is vastly over rated, and if you do not have good insurance, forget about it.

From what I understand none of the boosters available here have been updated to include defense against the new variants. So, is this just an effort to boost Big Pharma, led by the FDA?

There is no burn ban. It exists on paper, but it rarely ever enforced, because the authorities do not care one iota about public health. It means nothing to them. Money trumps everything for these small men, and if they cared, it would be backed up by enforcement of the law. There is a very simple solution to this problem. If the authorities were interested in solutions. The burning has to stop. There are alternatives, to this 19th century technique of burning after the sugar cane harvest. Either the government starts to encourage farmers to switch to more environmentally friendly crops, or they start to penalize farmers for burning. This heinous burning, is leading to a tremendous degree of environmental degradation, and alot of lung disease. So here is what I propose- 1. Fine the farmers 5,000 baht for a first offense, and give them a stern warning, that burning is now prohibited, and the second fine will be very harsh. 2. For a second offense, fine the farmer 100,000 baht, and warn them that if the burning continues, their land will be confiscated. 3. On the 3rd offense, confiscate their land. Period. No questions. No legal proceeding or appeals on the part of the farmers. Allow others to come in and purchase the land at a fair price, with the caveat that sugar is prohibited as a crop to be grown on that land. The news would travel faster than the toxic smoke, and farmers would change their ways overnight, and move into the 21st century. Then they can move on to tackle the sale of diesel vehicles, and the government's enthusiastic support of such. It is inane in this day and age. Most nations are moving away from diesel for good reasons. When they are not well maintained, they foul the air, with large, nasty particles. And who properly maintains their vehicle here?

We need to maintain humility here. There are an awful lot of Thai male adults, who look like men, and smell like men and yet have the emotional development of a 13 year old. They cannot handle any perceived slight, or any tiny wound to their incredibly fragile egos. So, you stay out of their face. You do not provoke them. A real man can handle someone being a jerk, without over reacting and causing violence. Adolescent minds cannot.

We simply cannot allow ourselves, regardless of the circumstances, to be intimidated by laws written by and for cowards. The small minded offenders need to be called out. The fact that this forum alone is now citing the name of venues is a huge step forward for Thai society. And both the owner and the bouncer need to be held to account. So what if the water was not free. You just tell someone they need to pay for the water. Basic civility.

Expect an enormous refund. The check is in the mail!

You completely misunderstood what I was conveying. I was talking about people who feel the need to convert others. People who are constantly droning on about their savior. Not a civilized discussion like this. Not at all. I was making a simple point.

It is quite reasonable. I visit the emergency room here to visit a specialist, and with x-rays I am out the door for 2000 baht, at a private hospital. In the US? $300-2000. An anecdote on this subject. A good friend of mine got in a bad motorcycle accident some time ago. He almost lost his leg. He got his first of 11 operations at Bangkok Hospital Samui. It costs him over a million baht. They wanted to do a second procedure. They quoted him 1,400,000 baht. He decided to transfer to Bangkok. He was quoted 460,000 baht for the same procedure, at a top private hospital there. The surgeon told him that he worked at a public hospital too, and could do the same operation there, for alot less money. He told him he would get him a quote. In the interim, my friend called a good friend of his, in San Diego, who is an orthopedic surgeon. Since my friend is a retired chiropractor, he knew all the terminology, and explained what he needed, and asked for the best price. His friend called him back the next day, and quoted him $960,000, with cash discounts! The local surgeon here got back to him, and told him he could do it for 46,000 baht. He transferred, and they did all the rest of his procedures. So, 1,400,000 at Bangkok Hospital, 460,000 at Vejthani Hospital, and 46,000 at the public hospital, with an excellent surgeon. VS. 31,000,000 baht in the US. Again, no complaints from this peanut gallery.

Many of us know that is simply a PC narrative. The vast majority are doing it out of choice. They may not like it, but they are not being forced into it.

Some things are more personal than others. Preaching to others who are not asking for advice strikes me as a high level of insecurity.

Some of us do what we can to increase our chances of survival, well being and bodily health. Some don't seem to care. Being reckless simply increases the odds of disaster. They are already stacked against us on the road here, so it seems a bit cavalier to not take whatever precautions we can.

For me, there seems to be a direct correlation between the actual relationship one has with the creator, and the need to talk about it. The lack of any real spiritual practice, (or relationship with whatever notion one has of a God) seems to compel people to discuss religion endlessly, and attempt to convert others, whereas, those with a real inner life and spiritual practice, seem content to just live their lives, set an example for others, and let their lifestyle do the speaking. In other words, you would not feel comfortable discussing your intimate life with your loved one with others, so why talk about your inner life with others, unless they ask?

I know this might sound narrow minded or old fashioned. But I have always felt that the true test to being a ladyboy, is having the entire procedure. That takes some real commitment and guts. And money. There is no halfway, there. It is all the way in.

It is really all about education. The Thai government is essentially doing the same thing the British government did in India back in the days of the East India Trading Company. Back then, they just simply closed 1,000s of schools, to keep the people uneducated, in order to maintain power, and stifle resistance to change. Before that, Indian education was examplary. Here, they seem to be deliberately maintaining a highly inferior system, which is not open to change, improvement, or reform, in order to maintain cheap labor. https://vedictribe.com/indian-history/how-the-education-system-in-india-was-systematically-destroyed/ Destruction of our education began with the English Education Act 1835, where the East India Company was to fund and support any institution that would teach the western curriculum with English as the language of instruction. https://www.immortalbharat.in/2020/07/how-british-destroyed-indian-education.html?m=1 The law now said that any Gurukul that teaches in Sanskrit or regional languages is illegal and running such a Gurukul (educational institute) is a punishable offense. This resulted in the closure of tens of thousands of gurukuls across the country with many Acharyas (teachers) and disciples even being imprisoned or killed for disobeying the law.

False. Near monopolies are never a good thing for the consumer. Just look at True Visions. It is an unmitigated disaster for the user. The programming is inferior, they have made very little progress in increasing the number of HD channels, it is grossly over priced, and the selection of channels is terrible, and has barely improved in the past several years. Monopolies only benefit the company, not the consumer. This is pure whitewashing.

It is likely that every minister here would be fired, if they investigated them. The stench is obscene. If not for corruption, than for malfeasance or inability to perform the job effectively, like in the case of Anutin, Prayuth, Prawit, Phiphat, or the Big Joke.

A step in the right direction. Making this profession illegal, while turning a blind eye is nonsense. Just make it legal and regulate it. Most women who are in the trade don't have alot of alternatives. The pay scale here is so low, it is hard to support a family, for all but those with a specialized degree, or entrepreneurs. Making it legal benefits everyone.

I am a wolfatarian. I speak wolf only, but I can still type. I hunt with wolf packs, and I wear only wolf type clothes. In reality, this is now recognized by some school districts in the US. There was a time when men in white coats would come around and put someone dressed as a cat into a straitjacket. Halloween is the exception. Or the threat of a trip to the asylum would’ve modified behavior. As China threatens to invade neighbors, we’re cringing when someone tells us he’s an antelope and we better acknowledge he’s got hooves whether or not visible. How could we possibly win a war with an army filled with dogs and cats? Do School Kids Identify As Animals? I recently heard someone say that there are students in the Twin Falls city school system identifying as animals. They didn’t get a trip to see the school psychologist. Instead, I heard the kids are getting away with their claims because administrators and staff are too timid to lay down the law and that students who claim to be animals can get away with skipping homework. After all, paws and hooves can’t grip a pencil and struggle with a keyboard. https://newsradio1310.com/twin-falls-schools-said-to-allow-students-to-identify-as-animals/

Oh, let us hope this happens. If any nation on earth deserves bankruptcy, it is Russia. They are already morally bankrupt, and are being led into the abyss by a serial killing madman dictator, who seems to think nothing of inflicting massive pain and death upon women and children.

I tend to agree. As a Democrat I see the party being weakened by the progressive left. It is a horrendous thing to witness. I still think most dems in the US are centrist, and are offended by woke ideology.