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For sure not all police are like that but I never met one . With their little salary no wonder they need to have extra cash .
small salary is not an excuse.. if the moneys not good enough, find a better job. a policemans duty to to protect and serve and uphold the law.. period...
So, the cops should have sent the delivery driver to pay 40,000 baht and maybe do jail time? The law is the law. How can this bother anyone? They did the delivery guy a favor, saved him 36,000 baht. His company should have gotten a permit for the driver. The police didn't make the law and in the end, they didn't enforce it, but it appears that some would prefer that the cops arrested him for curfew violation resulting in a 40K fine and possible prison time.
It's the police's job to uphold the law; not profit from it. If he had paid 40,000 they wouldn't have seen a penny. If they had got 4,000 they would have seen nearly half. They weren't trying to do him a favour, they were trying to exploit a situation.
Usually these kind of things would go to court. The defendant can explain to the judge why he was driving during curfew hours and then the judge can make a ruling. There is a system put in place for a reason. Otherwise some crazy redshirt can waltz around bkk looking for a good place to plant a bomb because he paid 4,000 baht for the privilege!
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Corrruption is 100% wrong. The corruption in Thailand is extremely short-sighted amongst many other things here.
If you're caught speeding then you should be forced to go to the police station to pay the 500 Baht. You should be penalised also. The more people paying 500 Baht, the more money that can be invested back into the police force (in a productive way)
Once people are put off by paying 500 Baht and having points on their licenses, they'll think twice about speeding. A speeding driver is more likely to have an accident and hurt or kill someone. This costs the state money. Car accidents are a real drain financially and emotianally on the state and cause thousands of deaths every year.
Win, win.
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My friends in bangkok want the curfew to continue
why
The best dancers in the bar beers can usually get 2-3 short times every night
and after wards to the open air dinning tables on the streets, her they can pick up at least another 1 or 2
If your lucky to get a long time she wants off at 4m to do things at home, or go to work
Enter the curfew
They can not afford to be so fussy
Find a farang early or you will miss out
can not take the chance of getting short time on the street after hours
So she wants long time at a reasonable price
and she need to stay long time so no 4 am runners
Once the early morning comes she is in no hurry to get up as the bed is warm
Many beautiful ladies who have lost their jobs
So need a Farang boyfriend to help meet the expenses
Curfew
Farang never had it so good
Makes me wish I was still unattached
I love getting my oats as much as the next man. But you make it sound like it's difficult in Bkk. Like the curfew actually made it easy to get laid.
I'm really glad I'm not part of this horrible lifestyle where I look at the curfew and think, wow, many ladies will go with me 'cause they don't have time to play around. They'll stay with me the whole night because they have nowhere better to be.
Do you really repel women that much?
Really very sad.
The 1st thing I achieve from your post is the fact you can not read English
At no time did I say I was ......................
Infact the statement was, some of my friends say .... ha ha
2nd it did not say that my friends can not get a lady
the posting was about the top go dancers who are looking only for short time
The horrible lifestyle unless you're a lier is how most of us started off on our first visit
If you say you did not you must be a pure angel, so why are you in Thailand
Maybe sad or not, but reality us a larger percentage of farang come to Thailand for Fun times than those who come to post on Thai Visa
If I talked to Farang siting in a bar beer and asked them what do they think of Farang that spend there time on TV instead of being entertained by beautiful ladies
To repeat their comment would see my cut off for a long time
Like it or not they thing that they are real men and people like you ......... with your self
Yes, I can read English. I can even write it and I don't spell 'liar' as 'lier'
You said and I quote "makes me wish I was still unattached" I can only deduce from that, that you wish you could've taken advange of the curfew because these women were so desperate.
I have no problem with men paying for sex. People are free to do what they like. I would have no problem if you were 18 and you'd have written this post. But when do you actually grow-up? If you can't get laid, you pay for it. If you offer to pay and you still can't get laid, you give up. Grow old with some dignity.
I was sent here by my company. I didn't just arrive here and head straight for a go-go bar. Like i said, I like sex as much as the next man. But there are certain things I won't do to achieve it.
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My friends in bangkok want the curfew to continue
why
The best dancers in the bar beers can usually get 2-3 short times every night
and after wards to the open air dinning tables on the streets, her they can pick up at least another 1 or 2
If your lucky to get a long time she wants off at 4m to do things at home, or go to work
Enter the curfew
They can not afford to be so fussy
Find a farang early or you will miss out
can not take the chance of getting short time on the street after hours
So she wants long time at a reasonable price
and she need to stay long time so no 4 am runners
Once the early morning comes she is in no hurry to get up as the bed is warm
Many beautiful ladies who have lost their jobs
So need a Farang boyfriend to help meet the expenses
Curfew
Farang never had it so good
Makes me wish I was still unattached
I love getting my oats as much as the next man. But you make it sound like it's difficult in Bkk. Like the curfew actually made it easy to get laid.
I'm really glad I'm not part of this horrible lifestyle where I look at the curfew and think, wow, many ladies will go with me 'cause they don't have time to play around. They'll stay with me the whole night because they have nowhere better to be.
Do you really repel women that much?
Really very sad.
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As much as I wanna go out at the weekend, this is for the best.
There's a bigger picture here than putting people's lives on hold. I just hope the end justifies the means.
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So just because the BBC and CNN etc made the reds look like the good guys and the government bad, we're asking if journalists are biased? Anyone who is a foreigner here who speaks Thai or can get someone to translate should have asked that question here when they first set eyes on Thai media.
Should we really expect better from western journalism in the main stream? Absolutely not!
I studied media studies at G.C.S.E level. I didn't learn much from it. But I remember that you can't always believe what you read or see on TV. You take from many different sources and form your own opinion. There were many other media forms that allowed us to do that. On youtube I saw many things that made me think one way or the other.
Anyone from the UK must know it's biased. Take the national football team for example; the team perform badly and the media usually pick on someone or someting as a scape goat. Anyone with half a brain forms their own opinion and doesn't jump on the band wagon.
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Them bloody farangs throwing their rubbish on the floor! I think I must be the only farang in Thailand who actually carries my rubbish around with me because it's so difficult to find a public bin. I usually end up bringing it home because I could physically never throw rubbish on the floor.
I remember when I was in Khoa Samed and I stumbled upon an empty 5 litre can of oil. The girl I was with at the time just said 'Farangs make our beaches dirty' Maybe true, but I don't know many farang tourists who would have any use for motor oil on a beach.
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not just thailand peoples. every country is as bad if not worse. its a blight on our society that men feel they have the right to treat women this way.......
Yea, but the point is in my country rape is deemed as a very serious crime (so it should be)
In Thailand it's not taken anywhere near as seriously.
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Ha, ha. Because they're from Tawain they get the honour of being called 'foreigners'
What if it had been an Irishman, Brit, German and Kiwi etc? I very much doubt they'd have been called a 'foreign gang' More like a 'farang gang'.
Put your own spin on the spin.
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If it carries on like this and people are still not working. How long until these people get fed up with the whole 'mai pen rai' attitude.
Either the reds go of their own accord (not going to happen) the government act like a government and do something about it, or the people it affects the most take matters into their own hands.
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It's not just sleeping and eating that seem to be so popular with Thai people; it's also playing video games.
The girls in my office play these silly facebook games all day. When I say girls, some are middle-aged and married. I really can't understand why they're so addictive. I'm always telling them to read a good book.
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BANGKOK: -- A few foreigners were spotted among the red crowds at Rajprasong intersection, joining the antigovernment movement regardless of the degree of their knowledge of Thai politics.
You're right. You've got to be a genius to understand Thai politics!
Since living in Thailand I've made it a point to gain as much knowledge about Thailand and in particular the politics. Knowledge is power but of course I'll never understand it in the same manner as a Thai person. I know my brain is much smaller.
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And there was me thinking it was always farangs who were involved in these terrible activities, really awful.
Edit - whoops, didn't read it correctly, seems they were procuring these kids for foreigners, I really don't know which is worse. Without the pervs there would be no market and no need to traffic the kids, and without the trafficers the pervs would have to go somewhere else.
Yes, only 'farangs' do this kind of thing. I don't really know what you mean by 'farangs'? But it's them who do this.
No Asian/Thai person would ever commit such a crime. If you don't get caught, it's not a crime. Or the Thai version 'if it's not reported, it didn't happen'
Wake up and realise that this kind of thing happens all over the world. Sad but true.
Who's worse? The accused or the monk? Who cares? Two wrongs don't make a right. May they recieve both recieve the most severe punishments within the Thai law.
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Big deal! A lot of those people need to cover their expenses at home even if they get a free ride to Bangkok and a few free meals while they are there.
Especially the ones who'll be missing work. We all have bills to pay and it's not like the UK where you can just take a sicky and go on a march/rally for 3-7 days. Here no work no pay! If they do get 1 million on the march it still makes 4 million queen quids at 2000B a pop. Pennies for Mr. T! It's much easier for us westerners to stand up for what we believe in as even if we get fired due to taking a week off we still have welfare. As I recall the yellow shirts were paying 500B a day?
Yea, we have it so easy in the UK. We were just given welfare and sick pay. No one in the past protested for these things.
Can you see the irony in your post now?
Protesting is much like running a business. It can start off slow, maybe you'll lose money. But if it's a good idea, people will like it and then you'll see your business do well.
No irony at all! And what chapter or century in UK history are you talking about as I was refering to long after the creation of the welfare state not the era of the suffrajets nor the age of slavery. I was on all the poll tax rallies in London which turned nasty and stood vigil outside the South African Embassy for 5 hours a week over 3 years after work during aparthied because I had a good job and could afford the time. Most Thai protesters don't have the financial security we have to spend days on a protest so where's the irony?
Wow, thanks for that interesting yet irrelevent reply. The Irony is; it's easy for us to protest in the UK because we are protected. Yes, we get sick pay, welfare and whatever other rights we enjoy today due to people in the past fighting for these things. They weren't just handed to us on a plate. Poor people had to protest. Do you understand this concept?
So now the red shirts are protesting and they want democracy etc. They have no welfare or sick pay etc. Much like the people of the UK when they were protesting for these kind of things.
So again. The irnony is; people in the UK have been there and done that. Now we enjoy a much 'fairer' quality of life because of what the generations before us did. You say it like we've always had these things and it's always been easy. It's easier now, but tell my grandparents how easy it was back then.
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Big deal! A lot of those people need to cover their expenses at home even if they get a free ride to Bangkok and a few free meals while they are there.
Especially the ones who'll be missing work. We all have bills to pay and it's not like the UK where you can just take a sicky and go on a march/rally for 3-7 days. Here no work no pay! If they do get 1 million on the march it still makes 4 million queen quids at 2000B a pop. Pennies for Mr. T! It's much easier for us westerners to stand up for what we believe in as even if we get fired due to taking a week off we still have welfare. As I recall the yellow shirts were paying 500B a day?
Yea, we have it so easy in the UK. We were just given welfare and sick pay. No one in the past protested for these things.
Can you see the irony in your post now?
Protesting is much like running a business. It can start off slow, maybe you'll lose money. But if it's a good idea, people will like it and then you'll see your business do well.
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"BANGKOK: -- Police have arrested a man for having allegedly lobbed a grenade at the Bangkok Bank head office last Saturday"
More great English from the 'abomi-nation' newspaper.
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Can he be hanged for this offence? If so, hang him.
I'm very much like a caveman 'brain bad, 500 years ago good!'
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The name of the nightclub is 'Nana Liquid'?
Sounds as classy as the area it's in.
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though he said those who did not wish to defend the charges could ask to return to Thailand voluntarily
wow, thats noble,
..wonder which penalty for the same case here in Thailand if Farangs did the same thing here
There are a lot of farang doing much the same thing here with relative impunity. Remember the hue and cry when immigration did a trial run of testing the language skills of students in the language schools here. I don't blame the language schools here, but let's face while there are a lot - I hope the majority - who really want to learn Thai there is a sizable number who do not and are doing the exact same thing these Thai students are accused of doing in America. So let's be fair here. Thailand is pretty danged lenient. A Thai student I was acquainted with in the US said it was really unfair the hurdles she had to go through to get there compared to someone getting an ED visa here, and she was right.
So let's be fair. The Thai authorities are pretty tolerant.
Yes, it can be very hard for Thais to get visas in countries like USA. But there is a reason for that. USA welcomes geuine visa applications. But if a country like the USA was as lax as Thailand is, there would be boat loads of people going over to America for work.
I can easily get an education visa here if I want, not study and stay for a year. But what do I do if I have no money? Work? Where? In a restaurant, 7-11, drive a taxi etc? There is work here but it's far and few between. I could always teach English but if it's money I need, I'm better off staying in my home country and working.
I feel sorry for genuine Thai students who have such difficulties getting a visa to study abroad. But there is a reason for it.
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They'd better not twitter about equal rights and social equality. If they do, it won't be long until they get that 'cannot open page' message everytime they try to get on twitter.
Best they write about the best cleaning methods, how to please your man and kittens.
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What is sarcasm? You like Thai radio and I think it's naff. Just because your opinion is a positive one, doesn't make my opinion any less pertinent.
I listen to many good radio stations around the world. Does this justify me living on planet earth in your eyes? Or should I pack my bags and move to the moon?
Ohh, it wasn't sarcasm? I thought it sarcasm given that it is rather unlikely that you were listening to Thai radio in the 1930s - your words were "and Thai radio has not improved since." Sounded like an attempt at sarcasm aimed at an event that Thailand and Thai people have every right to be proud of. I doubt that you would be very happy on the moon.
My words were 'and Thai radio has not improved since' I didn't write that. Go back and check who actually wrote that and you'll see it wasn't me. Nice try, smiler.
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I love to get home from work and stick the Thai wireless on.
I have no idea what they're talking about. I'm sure it's something interesting that provokes thought on some of the very important issues in Thailand.
Actually it is quite interesting. Prince Purachatra was a leading figure in pushing technology in Thailand and put a great deal of time and energy into telephone communications, radio, and other areas. After 1932, however, he moved to Singapore where he died just a few years later in 1936 at 54. There is a broadcasting museum, in fact, near the Public Relations Department that is interesting to visit.
Granuaile
Hmmm and Thai radio has not improved since.
Really? I have a very different perception of it. Radio Phaya Thai actually enjoyed quite a good reputation in the region, at least judging from articles I've read from the the 1930s. In fact the Straits Times carried an article in 1932 that praised the station. I enjoy many Thai radio stations and Thai popular and country music. But then some in this forum would never miss a chance criticize anything Thai, yet without providing anything to back up their words. Sarcasm is rather difficult under that constraint (your words were meant as sarcasm, right?).
What is sarcasm? You like Thai radio and I think it's naff. Just because your opinion is a positive one, doesn't make my opinion any less pertinent.
I listen to many good radio stations around the world. Does this justify me living on planet earth in your eyes? Or should I pack my bags and move to the moon?
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I love to get home from work and stick the Thai wireless on.
I have no idea what they're talking about. I'm sure it's something interesting that provokes thought on some of the very important issues in Thailand.
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"We need to trust the system and believe we can ride out this political crisis despite the different political views"
Why would anyone trust the system?
Thai Finance Ministry Considers Tax Incentives For Hotel Guests
in Thailand News
Posted · Edited by rkidlad
Well what about foreign investment? Nearly every Thai I know in Bkk with a good job works for an international company. (Not including people who have their own business) Why don't they work with Thai companies? Because the money is crap and there's no opportunity to go up the ladder. This is what Thais who work for international companies tell me.
What do I know, though? I just work for an international company here and know how much money my particular company generates for Thailand's economy.
I'm from England I know exactly how important foreign investment is in my own country. And with all the crap that's happened recently, who would wanna invest here at the moment?
We all need each other in this world. No matter how blinkered our veiws are on our own wonderful country and the outside world.