josephbloggs

Again, another ridiculous and defeatist comment. It is like my young kids who - when I pull them up for something they have done - reply, "we shouldn't talk about the past". Er....yes we should because you did something wrong in the past and we should talk about it and you should be accountable for it. Or you are saying we should be able to s**t on our own front lawn (and all our neighbours' lawns) but then just make the best of the situation and not discuss it or hold anyone accountable? Even though we were told that s**tting on our lawn would be bringing back the glory days but that turned out to be a lie. Because, you know, life is about moving on.... I have to say RayC has very patiently and eloquently responded to everyone in this thread with good logic and good grace. The only replies I have read from Brexiteers is "stop going on about it" or cliches like "faceless EU bureaucrats", "EU mafia" or other ridiculous terms like "free of their yoke" without giving a single example of why they are a mafia, what yoke they had, or why their civil servants are any different to our own (and the UK has about 10-12 times as many as the EU even though we have a fraction of the population).

Yes I have, and congratulations!

This is the most idiotic response in the entire thread (and that is saying something!). Oh my.

And we won't change Mojo's mind at all. He will continue to post childish scores, he will continue to deflect and not answer a single straight question because he believes Thaksin was the Messiah and completely innocent of all corruption and wrong doing. It is tiring and now, honestly, very boring. You cannot try to reason with anyone so blinkered and who doesn't engage in conversation. For my side, I admit the current lot are awful, I admit corruption plagues Thailand, I admit Thaksin did some good (for example the 30 baht health scheme was great) but I can also freely see (with my own eyes) his blatant corruption and appalling human rights record. What is difficult about that? (Yep, MoJo will come back with 6-0 after this. Yawn).

And again.

More deflection, once again you don't answer any questions. Bye bye.

Ha ha, brilliant. You have you head so far in the sand it is ridiculous. So you genuinely believe he didn't: Approve an Exim bank load to the globally sanctioned Burmese junta to buy Shin Corp satellites and services. Hide shares by transferring them to his maid, driver, and family members to avoid paying tax whilst PM. Instruct the BOI to give tax breaks to Shin Satellite Instruct the transport ministry to abolish the minimum flight price rule just before he entered in to a JV with Air Asia Authorise the sale of state land to his wife at way below market value. (No conflict of interest there!) Have a poor human rights record at all, in fact he was a shining beacon of humanity. Those are facts, there are paper trails. If you don't want to see those facts then feel free to carrry on waving your Thaksin flag but he now deserve to be ignored. If you are not a troll you are doing a good impression of one.

Answer the question.

So he is innocent? The extensive list of corruption I posted before (that you ignored) didn't happen?

How do you elude yourself?

Same day as I came but I was later in the afternoon, and same result, not a single person waiting even though the airport was really busy. They did have problems with shortages of taxis a couple of months ago but seems they may have sorted it now.

No. Use the queue - those drivers queue for hours so it's not fair to sideline them. I came through last week and there was no queue at all in the official taxi line. A couple of weeks ago there was a fairly long queue.

Then no company would hire the 16th person as it would immediately cause their costs to rise significantly, stifling growth.

There you go again with your childish deflections and insults. And did you not read the part where I said there always was and always will be corruption? And also the part about him being so brazen that he didn't care? As you posted yourself Sarit's wealth was only discovered after his death when there was an inheritance battle. Thaksin flaunted his wealth and waved his corruption around for everyone to see because, as I said before, he genuinely thought he was untouchable and that the rules did not apply to him. If you care to respond to any of my points feel free, but if you just want to insult and deflect then please move along.

Ok, so don't re-introduce dining cars, just renew the entire fleet instead. Got it.

What impact did it have on a me personally? Well luckily I was not put on a drugs blacklist so I am still alive unlike my friend's father who was gunned down by police (no drugs involved at all). Also unlike Nong Fluke, and all the other murdered children and adults across the country - no trials, no evidence, just executed. Thailand has corruption, it is what turns the wheels, always has and likely always will (just like the UK although - until recently - they were better at hiding it). What Thaksin did though was to take it to another level and he became so self obsessed and complacent he didn't even bother to hide it - he literally thought he was untouchable. The Exim bank loan to Burma to buy his satellites. The hiding shares in his maid's name (and driver, and children, and relatives) to avoid tax. The Ratchada land sale to his wife at way below market value. Getting the BOI to grant tax breaks to Shin Corp while he was PM, getting the transport ministry to abolish the minimum air fare law when he was about to engage in a JV with Air Asia. His appalling human rights violations (war on drugs, Tak Bai, Krue Se). The man is a poisonous, self serving crook with only his own interests at heart. His corruption was so visible and open it was really quite astonishing how he thought he would get away with it - he really did believe he could walk on water. Oh, the 30 baht health scheme was good though so I applaud him for that.

Absolutely ridiculous (and childish) thing to say. I dislike Thaksin therefore I must like the junta. It's a very weak thing to say. You do realise you can dislike one without liking the other? My opinion on Thaksin is based on living here through his reign and it has nothing to do with any other political allegiance.

Rapping because she's a rapper. What has singing got to do with anything? Most old man comment so far.

What a ridiculous comparison. The Good Cat is a city run around and is half the price of the Tesla. And anyway, the base Model 3 does 0-60 in 6.1 seconds. If you want 3.3 seconds you need the Performance model which is 2.3m baht, or three times the price of the Good Cat. Seriously, how can you make such a ridiculous comparison???

What is sub par about them exactly?

Hilarious, absolutely hilarious.

My personal favourite was him approving a low interest government loan to the oppressive (and globally sanctioned) military dictatorship in Burma to buy Shin Corp satellites and services. Yep, a great leader who should be welcomed back. I have lived here 27 years and he is the most corrupt self serving one of all of them (and he has some competition). Not sure why some people have rose tinted specs, my guess is they didn't live through the Thaksin years and didn't see it first hand.

Wow, no need to get all patronising. It was a light hearted response to your comment that there are no electronics. If you plug it in it has electronics. Never mind.

I'm pretty sure there are electronics involved.

I'm so happy I have found another warrior!! Well done you, well done for making the poor woman's kindness look stupid. I flew to Vietnam last week, I wasn't wearing a mask in the airport, no problem. On boarding (Vietnam Airlines) they gave me a mask and asked me to put it on. Being a warrior like you I refused, I said I didn't want it, and I marched right past her and into my seat. Everyone else was wearing one but not me, I am a warrior!! (Actually when she handed me one and asked me to put it on I said "thank you" and put it on, just like you should have done on that bus).