spidermike007

Great news. Many of us do not give Thai men enough credit. I know some who are truly outstanding men. Honest, honorable and hard working. Good on these guys. Hope they call them out by name so we can do what we can to heap praise on them. They deserve our gratitude.

Anyone does, who puts their safety on the line under such horrifying circumstances. 

Considering that they are still welcoming Chinese tourists with open arms, this decision seems peculiar. No cases were detected on this ship, and it has been out to sea for some time. And these folks were going to head directly for the airport from Chonburi. I would guess this is a PR stunt, to make up for his horrendous showing so far. This guy is beyond incompetent, and should have been replaced already, with someone who has experience in the health field. 

Bear in mind Pipat, the minister, has absolutely no background in the tourism industry. 

When you constantly raid the bottom of the barrel for talent, this is what you get. 

Thailand is the polar opposite of a meritocracy. 

If you look at the way the army runs the nation, and the astonishing degree of incompetence they are bringing to the table, on a daily basis, one might presume their stunning lack of creativity, discipline, follow through, and law and order, might carry over to daily army life. 

Apparently, he was able to penetrate the security of the armory, by simply shooting a guard.

I do not believe the reports about three different armories. That sounds like pure deflection. Very little truth ever comes from this administration, so why should we trust their information?

This means absolutely nothing. Anything coming from this man of ignorance, means nothing. About his recent rant, 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. 

But those who are feeling sick, who have been with sick people or who have been in an infected area should wear masks. In this sense wearing masks is being a responsible member of society, he said, in comments reported by Bangkok Biz News. 

Pretty lame defense. It certainly does not exonerate the incredibly obnoxious, ignorant, unqualified, and racist fool Anutin. Quite the contrary. They, and the WHO are basically saying, if you are feeling well, and you have not been around people who are infected with the virus, a mask is not necessary, nor will it help. What will help, and what Anutin does not know (because he does not come from a medical background, and was appointed entirely based on his family connections) is that washing your hands thoroughly, with a surgical scrub, ten times a day is the best prevention possible, along with trying to avoid touching your mouth, nose and eyes while out in public. 

He has not apologized to the foreign tourist and ex-pat community. An apology should be demanded of him. He said he was sorry for losing it. Not sorry for being racist and ranting against people who look different than he does. At this time, with the tourism market decimated even prior to corona, men like this cannot, and should not be tolerated by a nation that gets up to 22% of it's GDP from tourism. 

But, having said all of that, the army is very tolerant of super low quality, grossly under qualified, bottom of the barrel ministers. 

3 hours ago, ParkerN said:

That's about it. Sad no? Prayuth must be really hard up for expertise if he gives this guy house-room.

The really sad part is that it seems to be a deliberate attempt to pick from the bottom of the barrel. It seems to be all about nepotism, and cronyism. There is no such thing as merit, when it comes to qualifications, with nearly any of the ministers in this very hapless administration. The same probably applies to the army. 

No need to get too worked up about this inane tirade. It is likely he will be dismissed fairly soon.

First of all he is the health minister, dealing with health crisis, with absolutely no experience in the field of health. That in itself is a major issue. As long as things were honky dory, not a real issue. But now? His ineptitude and incompetence is alot harder to hide with this emergency situation.

Next, there seem to be at least a few intelligent people within the administration, who do not tolerate this kind of psychobabble. We all saw that with the little Joke, and are likely to see it with little Oud, if he does not treat carefully. After all tourism brings in a substantial amount of money each year. 

You do not want to totally bite the hand that feeds you, now do you? 

You refuse a gift from me? Don't you know who I am? I nearly always get nothing but deference from my people. You showed me none. How dare you! I am a big guy. A very important man. I am a Govt. minister! Such insubordination. 

I sort of hated foreigners before. But now it is just too much. I just cannot deal with someone not treating me like a big wig. Foreigners go home. You do not know who I am!

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.