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<deleted> Are they going to use one of those stretching racks that you find in a dungeon? Lol

I am disgusted at the way a lot of my fellow Australians act whilst overseas and as far as Im concerned

They got what they deserved. Disrespectful jerks!!

Pla ra is disgusting but I have eaten various Thai dishes with it , including som tam and tastes ok. It's the Thai version of Vegemite.

Why does this article emphasize "Black men"? Would it not suffice to say Brazilian males? Does the use of the colour of skin add emphasis to the horrors of this tale?

Of course it does!

I wonder which rubbish bin the CCTV footage ended up in?

Why use the word FALL to describe an obvious suicide?

Good news to hear that this scumbag will do a bit of time in a cramped, cockroach infested Thai prison cell.

I would have thought a boat race on a street circuit in Bkk would have been more appropriate.

Thats great. Hopefully this means i won't have to disembark my flight from Australia onto the tarmac and board a bus in order to reach arrivals at Suvarnabhumi, but I wont be holding my breath.

those old guys with their pensions..

I am an "old guy" and I have a "pension".

Quite a normal situation for a senior farang, isn't it ?

You, Mister, are truly a horrible person for saying that I must thus have such disgusting "penchants".

It's you, Mister, who has a disgusting penchant for posting such an insulting post on this thread.

Yes a sweeping generalisation if i ever saw one, a bit like some who think just because you are male and travel to a Thailand for a holiday means you must be a paedophile.

Comments like those from Yoslim i find infuriating to say the least!!

Condolences to the victims family. What are the laws for one punch crimes such as this in Thailand ,anyone know?

Let's all use the current flood as an excuse to put down the current government , shall we?

Rising sea levels and a low lying City equals much more flooding in the future no matter which side governs.For some on here its all so convenient to bad mouth the pm and her government .

Tut tut tut

Meat pies and fresh bread rolls

If I wandered the streets of Bkk randomly throwing cornflakes at people, I would be known as a Serial Cereal attacker.

The area where the alleged crime took place is quite close to the border with Burma, roughly 30km and sounds like a criminal act perpetrated by some desperate person/s. That fact that a Thai was also a victim is a bit odd.

Watch this space.

Are you for real or first time here?

Thai's are killing each other by the dozen daily, you just don't get to read about it.

Just look where they are on gun related deaths, only behind Mexico and South Africa and they're not shooting foreigners!!.The arrested people are all Thai.

What's being 30 kms from the Burmese border got to do with anything?

You probably haven't been to Burma or know anything about its people either!

And do tell what Thai seaside resort is 30 kilometers from Burma??

Jack beach resort where the alleged crime occurred is roughly 30-40 km as the crow flies from the Burmese border.

^ I don't see it reported on the Bangkok Post's site.

I find that a bit strange.

Why would they report it? it would only tarnish the image of Thailand as a holiday destination.

Money number 1 remember.

Murdered for 2000 baht and a mobile phone and an ATM card ? I think there are restrictions on daily ATM withdrawals so if the ATM card was the biggest attraction it must have had a limit to it. How much could three men hope to share from this small picking ? Probably the robbery was only incidental or, worse, planted by someone to deflect attention.

I read that it was only 200 baht and a mobile phone and that of the three charged by police, 2 worked at the resort , a cook and a security guard.

The other was a local fisherman.

I've stayed in Guesthouses in Pattaya for 500 baht a night and felt safe and secure. This place is in the middle of nowhere with average security and at only 1200 baht a night, it's not the sort of place I'd take my family.

The area where the alleged crime took place is quite close to the border with Burma, roughly 30km and sounds like a criminal act perpetrated by some desperate person/s. That fact that a Thai was also a victim is a bit odd.

Watch this space.

Why tablets - because they are trendy? Notebooks give a lot more bang for the buck

Laptops will be obsolete in a few years.

Quote "the statistics show that very few x-rated movies have been produced in Thailand"

Ignorance is bliss!

Some of you guys are just amazing. No matter what the Thai govt. does, even something as forward thinking as providing free internet (OMG! you have to register?) and all you can do is piss and moan and belittle.

Such superior beings you all are; give yourselves a round of applause

Thanks! You nailed it! Could not agree more! If Thailand announced "Free Soup on Tuesday" there would be a s***storm here about "Why Tuesday? Why only Thai soup? I want a cheeseburger" Too funny, you really summed it up nicely.

Some of you guys are just amazing. No matter what the Thai govt. does, even something as forward thinking as providing free internet (OMG! you have to register?) and all you can do is piss and moan and belittle.

Such superior beings you all are; give yourselves a round of applause

Thanks! You nailed it! Could not agree more! If Thailand announced "Free Soup on Tuesday" there would be a s***storm here about "Why Tuesday? Why only Thai soup? I want a cheeseburger" Too funny, you really summed it up nicely.

Here Here!!

Well, again, I make the case that there was no prior planning. Planning for a event this size would necessary include a communications plan. Without any plan, the communication suffers, as well. Recall, if you are American or followed the issue, on Sept. 11, 2001, all sorts of communciation problems occurred. Why, because the 'system' had never experienced that type of event before so there was no response plan, including communication, so there were all manner of problems that day and the days following.

It's similar here. They say this is the biggest flood in over 50 years. 50 years ago was a different world; the communications system here has never been stressed like this. To some, the problems are so obvious, but that's an easy blame to make.

I dare say, in the US, there was certainly nothing near the level of shameless political sniping at GWB then as there is now with YL. Which is one more unaccounted for issue, the deliberate undermining of the PM by other political actors, including the Army. The amount of this may never be known. I mean, there are people, important people, who actually want her to fail. That's a truly repugnant state of Thai politics.

Cut the girl some slack, she's in a tough spot right now. But, it's not just her, it's the whole country. Some people act like it's all hers to solve. Pitiful.

You're comparing a surprise situation that had never happened before, to a situation where they had a months notice AND happAens every year.

Yes, the flooding usually on a smaller scale but it's not like they need to do anything different than most years - communicate with people about where the flooding is and what's happening, and provide relief.

And you can't just say "she's only been in power a couple of months and never dealt with it before". She has many ministers that have been through it before. She has access to opposition MPs that have dealt with it before. She also has access to experts who have dealt with it before.

SHE is the one that should made sure the right people were in place to do the job.

AND happens every year......????

2011, has been about 42 percent above average for January to September.

This is exceptional, occuring only in 1942, 1953, and 1970.

So as usual your statement is fallacious!

Yes. Flooding happens every year in Thailand. That's not fallacious at all.

Did you stop reading after that?

No,

Your statement

"Yes, the flooding usually on a smaller scale but it's not like they need to do anything different than most years - communicate with people about where the flooding is and what's happening, and provide relief".

it's not like they need to do anything different than most years??

What have you been smoking?

There hasn't been anything even remotely close to this years rainfall for about 40 years. Surely you must accept that nature is a powerful force and sometimes cannot be tamed, IE Brisbane floods ,Hurricane Katrina etc etc.

and using this as a ammunition for you partisan political leanings is quit frankly ridiculous!

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Rainfall graph below,

http://asiapacific.a...rom-average.jpg