spidermike007

Burma and the neighboring nations, are now benefitting partially for the fact that Thailand seems to have gone out of their way to make themselves repulsive to alot of people, as a nation. Not the people. I love the people here. It is the stupendous degree of arrogance, hubris, ignorance, racism, hatred of foreigners, and the stunning lack of vision, on the part of the fabulously incompetent leaders and ministers here. It is really turning off the planet to Thailand. If they could only see how they are perceived. Such ignoramus fools. 

Now, after years and years of fake nationalist ranting, and insufferable arrogance, they are really starting to pay the price, and they are getting exactly what they so wholeheartedly deserve, which is to be shunned by the planet. Oh well. 

We sow what we reap. We make the bed, and then we have to lie within it. 

Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion. Arrogance is knowledge minus wisdom. Arrogance is blind to the stumbling block. Arrogance is a roadblock on the highway of wisdom.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person.

Leo Tolstoy 

“Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it….”

— George Bernard Shaw

“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.”

— Albert Einstein

They are benefitting partially for the fact that Thailand seems to have gone out of their way to make themselves repulsive to alot of people, as a nation. Not the people. I love the people here. It is the stupendous degree of arrogance, hubris, ignorance, racism, hatred of foreigners, and the stunning lack of vision, on the part of the fabulously incompetent leaders and ministers here. It is really turning off the planet to Thailand. If they could only see how they are perceived. Such ignoramus fools. 

Now, after years and years of fake nationalist ranting, and insufferable arrogance, they are really starting to pay the price, and they are getting exactly what they so wholeheartedly deserve, which is to be shunned by the planet. Oh well. 

We sow what we reap. We make the bed, and then we have to lie within it. 

Don't be arrogant, because arrogance kills curiosity and passion. Arrogance is knowledge minus wisdom. Arrogance is blind to the stumbling block. Arrogance is a roadblock on the highway of wisdom.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person.

Leo Tolstoy 

“Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it….”

— George Bernard Shaw

“Every miserable fool who has nothing at all of which he can be proud, adopts as a last resource pride in the nation to which he belongs; he is ready and happy to defend all its faults and follies tooth and nail, thus reimbursing himself for his own inferiority.”

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“Nationalism is an infantile thing. It is the measles of mankind.”

— Albert Einstein

He later apologized, but not to foreigners. He said he was sorry for losing it. He despises foreigners, as he is a racist, a bigot a xenophobe, and a fake nationalist. He knows nothing about anything. He has no background in health. If he knew anything he would be encouraging people to scrub their hands thoroughly ten times a day, which is infinitely more effective than wearing a mask. But, how would he know that? After all, he is only the health minister. 

Truth is a very terrible thing in the very white house. And Trump has a real abhorrence to it. Lockstep loyalty is demanded by the master, of his subjects. You must obey. You must tow the line. He commits a crime, and his subjects are expected to protect him. Crime is good, if it is done in the name of re-election. 

Trump is a coward, a traitor, a draft dodger, a life long criminal, and a bankruptcy king. And a terrible leader of men.

More racist ranting from this toxic administration. He was a former minister of the interior, from a political family. He was appointed purely on cronyism. Where is his "health" background? He speaks with zero authority. He is ignorant and fairly useless.  

3 hours ago, ehs818 said:

It's time for Dems to unite behind one candidate, virtually any one of them. They are all good people with good ideas. THEN, the remaining 10, plus so many others currently out of politics, should organize into a full time group to oust Trump. Bring lawsuits against him, do investigations into further wrong doing such as sexual harassment, illegal business dealings, and anything they can dig up from individuals in foreign countries to nail the coffin shut on this maggot.

Bloomberg for president. He is the best shot we have to oust the destructive deflector in chief. 

There are ample reasons for the lack of confidence in both the economy and the administration. The army is hapless and incompetent, beyond the reaches of the wildest imagination. It is never about hiring based on merit with them. They are a bottom of the barrel organization. When you consistently appoint based on cronyism, and nepotism, you get what you pay for. Gross incompetency. And a total lack of preparation for an emergency, such as the one the nation faces with the corona outbreak. Tourism was already decimated by years of ignorant policy, and xenophobia and racism on the part of immigration and the army, combined with the unwillingness or inability to deal with the problems that plague the nation. Such as the airpocalyse, the traffic hazards, public safety issues, visa policy, and so on. And now? This is what many would refer to as a perfect storm. 

Thailand may learn something from this episode. It is possible we may actually see some humility from immigration, instead of arrogance, and they might even begin to value tourists and ex-pats, for what they bring to the table here, economically. That is, if they are capable of reflection and learning. One tends to doubt that possibility. 

Quantity over quality is never a good thing, unless you are selling one dollar items at a swap meet. It just lowers the quality of the experience for all. This is an emergency situation. It needs to be dealt with, and it needs a high degree of intelligence and competence. Not something Prayuth or Pipat possess. Someone else needs to handle this, and it needs to be handled yesterday!

The tourism industry is teetering on the edge of a tragic drop, and has already been devastated by this highly destructive administration. All it needs now is a spread of this virus. It could crush millions of families dependent on tourism. Why take a chance? Who can trust the Thai authorities, and what they say? Why trust them? What have they done to earn that trust?

You know what they say about putting all of your eggs in one basket? I have been warning of the dangers of becoming too dependent on China for years. Now, after you have made your bed, you get to sleep in it. You have alienated all tourists but Indians and Chinese. Westerners are not coming here anymore for a dozen very good reasons. You insulted us. You demeaned us. You accused us of being evil, and you accused us of being criminals. You mounted campaigns touting us as bad for the nation. You demonstrated deplorable amounts of racism and xenophobia, and fear of the outside world. Some of your officials even went as far as saying we prefer to have tourists that look more like us! And now you want us to come back? Really? How soon you forget. Sorry, but we have not forgotten what was done and said. What we have forgotten is the nation named Thailand. There are too many alternatives now, and they are not only trying harder, they actually have competent people in charge! Surprise!

Romney is a hero. The only one who was not lockstep with the dangerous master. I suspect this will help him enormously to get re-elected. As blinded as a part of the American population is right now, by a false prophet, he will be respected for his integrity. 

And yet, Thailand is still welcoming Chinese tourists, with open arms. Thailand, through extreme myopia, put itself into this position. By putting all of it's eggs in the basket of China, they opened themselves up to a tourism and economic tragedy of immense proportions. It was an inane decision, made by people with little to no experience in tourism, hired based on cronyism, or nepotism, and entirely without merit. When you reach for the bottom of the barrel, this is what you get. The Thai people are in for a world of hurt. Tourism was already in a near crisis stage, due to an extremely xenophobic and racist administration. Now? I do feel bad for the common Thai. However, in a sense they allowed this to happen, by allowing the totally incompetent army to take over. The only solution now, is to get them out. Hopefully, the youth will rise up. The army is truly despised at this point in time. They are beyond useless. But this could be a good thing in the long run.