Emster23

Trashing Thailand is reserved for Thais only, some consider a vocation, others simply an avocation. Just look at the piles of food refuse they leave on benches, etc, EVEN when trash can near by. Driver just having a bad lifetime is all. Wanted to share his pain with you, and looks like he did it. If I run into one of these guys, I take it to extreme of being so deferential, waiing til cows come home (bad luck for them I hear if they are younger?), profuse apologies, tell them (in Thai) "I am so so sorry. I know how much every Thai does to protect the environment and keep this heaven as beautiful as it is, a pristine state of nature" sort of sarcasm (which most don't get).

Clearly need to import some FIFA qualified refs here. Pure straight red card. Studs up!

Punishment, in this case tasering, is not a good reinforcement technique. It leads to avoidance behavior (like not going to school) and does not lead to learning what the kid is there for (a subject, I would assume). Gets kid on "survival level" behavior. I taught emotionally disturbed inner city gang members for my career. Even if I were stupid enough to attempt to inflict some physical punishment on them it could never match what they were used to on the street. Why do these teachers do this? Because they can. Try that on some 18 year old that is bigger, fitter, and more used to fighting some time. Might doesn't make right, and kids grow up.

Here's an idea to streamline the judicial system: Put out a list of politicians that do not have arrest warrants. Should be much shorter.

If the Swede knew it was a fake, I would imagine he would also make a fake passport page so would readily agree to have it photocopied. For all we know, he may not even be Swedish.

Kindergarten Cop meets Robocop....

"he has admitted to using the Taser device on the boy, but she added that Mr. Thammanoon claimed he did not intend to cause any injury." <deleted>? What did he think (ah, there's that word again, think) it would do, give the kid the giggles?

Part three of Dumb and Dumber (varies day to day as to which is dumber). There will be no "meeting of the minds". There are no minds to meet. Pouring from the empty into the void.

It's okay. They were fake illegal immigrants he was shaking down I hear.

More like the police aren't unenforcing the laws fairly...... Good for them resigning, not that it will make much difference. Comes a point where you will only put up with so much corruption.

Thais can get a Bus License without ever driving on the road. Perhaps this explains why they seem to be more comfortable driving the bus off the road....

Thais can get a Bus License without ever driving on the road. Perhaps this explains why they seem to be more comfortable driving the bus off the road....

It would take years, if not decades for an outsider to sift through the deceit, back door deals, hidden finance, puppet masters, hall of mirrors that is Thai politics before one was foolish enough to dare make a suggestion. Nothing is as it seems.

"He said that he would also be ordained as monk after the court case is completed to make merit for the deceased victims." Assuming little to no punishment will happen, how about he go out and campaign for highway safety? Enforcement of laws that he so easily evaded? I know becoming a monk is fairly common for those who do horrible things here, but does little to change the climate that ignored those horrible actions until too late. Becoming a monk shouldn't be similar to a half way house....

I do find it interesting that Thaksin is only one listed "and family". How about the other fat cats and their families? No.1 has almost ten times the loot Thaksin "and family" does. I wonder who he buys with it....

As a group, subject to all disclaimers etc, I would take Brits over Russians (I'm a Yank). Three behaviors I generally see from Russians that rub me the wrong way (and don't see from Brits) are: 1. Usually Russians won't hold an elevator to let you get on, even if only 6 feet away 2. Sprawl on baht buses, unaware and/or don't care if others have to stand 3. At 7-11 put one item at checkout, then go grab some more things, add to pile, then go get more and somehow think they should be ahead of you who rounded up ALL you intended to buy before going to checkout.

I hope he had no children. I dislike seeing the idiot gene being passed on to a new generation.

I seem to recall some years ago that the accident rate while driving and talking on the phone was about the same as driving under the influence. Perhaps Thais because of their superior mental facilities can drive and talk, but in this case she was also chewing gum..... the fatal factor

On the plus side that is one less confirmed idiot on the road, or at least until he gets another car. The laziness of some locals astounds me. Park the car and walk to the beach? That is so loso!

You need to learn to walk before you run, and Thai train system can't walk yet. This is about as blatant an example of the elite squandering resources so they can get to their weekend get aways quicker. It will not aid in development along the route: quite the oppposite (trains will just fly by, right?). Transport goods? Is Hua Hin some sort of Samut Phrakan style industrial area? I was hoping the political unrest might deep six this assine project, but seems to have a life of it's own.

Seems a fairly common view among Thais is to look down on all foreign countries and their people because they lack the shining gem that is Thai culture and life. Being rather inward looking, they care not to know how the rest of the world is, for them it is enough to know they are Thai and the crown of creation. Not all that uncommon among other nationalities too. My somewhat Nazi sister couldn't believe that not everyone on earth wanted to be an American....

Young Dane robbed at knifepoint by Tuk-Tuk scammers Violent robbers. a scam usually includes some sort of "too good to be true" offer and switch.

The Constitution is like the bible here: you can find passages to justify about any position you want. Big enough holes in it to drive one of those run away buses through. I was hoping court would find government illegal, dissolve it, and then extending the logic, dissolving themselves as they are part of the government. Poof!