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Silly headline. There will be no more elections in Thailand.
 

Haha as soon as I saw this headline, I thought the resilient

fundamental was the cute Thai girls that draw tourists from

around the world...... 

On 11/29/2016 at 7:52 AM, bkkplayground said:

The young boy was on the phone with his mother and father who is General, the security guards walk to his table and beat him immediately before he put the line off. So, the parents heard everything that has happened with their son (real time live on the phone).

 

This is what will happens when you don't know who you are messing with.

 

RIP to Chiang Mai mafia.

Correct, my Thai wife was just telling me the same thing. Apparently the security staff threatened to kill the young boy, which their parents heard as well. The guys doing the beating are all dead men, if I were them I would flee immediately to Cambodia while still alive......

I admire the Thai government at one level. For a nation

obsessed with face, they seem to lose it on an ongoing 

basis. Pokemon Go ??  Is she insane ?? Is this her version

of a fall back after she realized that with billions of dollars

being lost from the stoppage of prostitution, she had to make

up the money ??

Well, it is said that the past is the best predictor of the future,

so clearly the bombings were the work of Pattani separatists..

Who have set off all the other endless bombs in south Thailand.

In this case they simply moved a bit further north...  I cannot figure

out the agenda for the current government in saying they have

no idea who is behind these bombings....Tough call I guess, as if

they say it was international terrorists, that looks bad. If they say

it was local terrorists, that looks bad too, because of the appearance

of loss of control of the southern  problem. Decisions decisions...

I have always wondered why the Pattani separatists have not sent 

a letter to the government with a list of demands. And if those 

demands were not met, just start setting off bombs in Bangkok.

Tourism would evaporate overnight.....

Well, it is said that the past is the best predictor of the future,

so clearly the bombings were the work of Pattani separatists..

Who have set off all the other endless bombs in south Thailand.

In this case they simply moved a bit further north...  I cannot figure

out the agenda for the current government in saying they have

no idea who is behind these bombings....Tough call I guess, as if

they say it was international terrorists, that looks bad. If they say

it was local terrorists, that looks bad too, because of the appearance

of loss of control of the southern  problem. Decisions decisions...

I have always wondered why the Pattani separatists have not sent 

a letter to the government with a list of demands. And if those 

demands were not met, just start setting off bombs in Bangkok.

Tourism would evaporate overnight.....

Typical Thai nonsense. If they are worried about

crime or national security, I am pretty sure that

99% of crime committed in Thailand is by Thai

people.  Probably the same percentage applies

to people who are threatening national security.

So logically every Thai person should be tracked...

This story, is stranger than fiction! Like where is the blue diamond?

Do you really expect an answer?

Expats who have been in Thailand a long time know where it is.

However to state that fact would cost them 15 years in jail.... I love

Thailand, hands down one of the weirdest countries on Earth.

When the head of police for the entire country is having people

killed, you know your country is out of control.......

Anyway if you have time, lots of stuff on Google about this crime.

It is only a matter of time until a movie is made about it, then

everything will come out.

Everyone sees things differently , but if someone threatened my daughter,

he is automatically a dead man......

Where is all this going?

WW3 with America....... In WW2 Japan went through China like a hot knife through butter, I suspect the same will happen again. Blustering aside, they simply are not a warring people. They should stick to making crappy products...

Nice little dilemma for LoS as this involves fellow members of ASEAN against new best friend and source of loans China.

I suppose the fence will be nice and comfortable.

Yes LOS can count its lucky stars that the insane 9 dash

line does not wrap around and claim the Gulf of Thailand

as well as the islands there...... Thailand's new best

friend is a rapacious tiger, not sure Thailand's historical

fence sitting is going to work out well....

Smart people always knew that Merkel had made a huge

mistake letting the Muslim refugees in. This act, plus

the incident of the mass rapes , simply proves it. And

yet another reason why America should not allow

Muslims in. They are a wacky people, with a religion

that says killing infidels ( us ) is a good idea. If I am ever

in a public place and someone starts yelling Allah Akbar,

he is going to meet his 72 virgins in short order.....

Outside of Africa, Chiang Mai, Thailand has more AIDS, per capital, than any other city in the world. More than Bangkok and others...

Where did you get that interesting fact about Chang Mai.. If ture, as there is not the big bar girl scene there, so goes to show that bar girls aren't the ones to blame on spreading HIV ...

Chiang Mai has a large quiet gay scene, with a lot of trafficked

Burmese boys involved. Although the epicenter of AIDS is in

fact Chiang Rai. No one is sure why, as you will rarely meet

a Chiang Rai girl in the bar scene. It may have something to

do with the high of amount of truck traffic that passes through,

and the usage of the local knock shops by the truckers....

You would be amazed at how many Thais think that an apology after stealing puts it all to bed.

The Thai equivalent of a bunch of Hail Marys ????

Anytime you want to figure out the reason for something

happening in Thailand, just follow the money. Or in this

case who is NOT receiving money. Every venue that

is in the business of selling sex pays off the police.

From the bar beers, to the huge soapy complexes.

The net effect of a sex ban would be to devastate the

income of the " Royal" Thai police. So guess they will

have to make up their income loss from other sources.

Lots of traffic tickets are in the future....

This would be a good time for the expats who enjoy a good

time to start learning fluent Thai. So then they can start

frequenting the endless places Thai men go....

Pretty sure those places will stay open.

Thailand's sex industry (whether you deem it a problem or not), like most problems in the country are a by product of the biggest issue Thailand faces - corruption! Prostitution is illegal, it only proliferates where corruption allows.

Most of the prostitution aimed at tourists is done so legally, through the ubiquitous "barfine". The illegal services aimed at tourists, such as street soliciting and "brothels" are regularly raided and always have been.

when this closes down I'll believe it

Lucifers is a disco. No sex there.

I wonder if they will include the small places such as exist around my town in Isan, currently about a dozen where they never see a farang.

If they do it will upset a lot of the local Army, Police and Local Government officials who use them, me thinks not.

One rule for the farang and one for the Thai's as usual.

Why would they? This is about the sex industry aimed at tourists, and the image Thailand has a sex tourist destination, as it has emanated from the Minister of Tourism.

Correct. If the current government shut down all the places that cater to Thais,

there would be a revolution tomorrow. So the government will close down

places that are the face of farang prostitution, such as Nana, and meanwhile

all the Thai men can continue to boink underage Laos girls in the endless

karaoke bars that dot Thailand. The fact that Thai men represent 90 % of

Thai prostitute customers will not matter a whit to the moronic tourism

minister, as face will be saved for Thailand. And the relentless exploitation

of Laos / Burma girls will continue quietly.....

Yes I am sure the girls in the bars making serious money,

will be so happy to work in a factory making 10,000 baht

a month. But I guess no more marriages to farangs ,

as I am pretty sure the factory life would make it difficult

to meet Mr. Right...

Only an idiot marries a tart from a bar, most meet on the internet these days anyway

Tart ??? Is your British boyfriend helping you write posts ?

Whether a Thai girl is selling herself from a bar stool,

or over the internet, the net effect is still the same. Or

are internet girls free ????

The minister has no idea. Get rid of the seedy side of Thailand and people will go elsewhere. People on holiday are looking for a contrast from the daily normality of life.

And there is nothing normal about Thailand!

Ain't that the truth. There is absolutely NOTHING normal about Thailand. Shutting down the sex industry would send Thailand into a serious financial black hole. No more money to Issan, not to mention all the Hi-Sos who make their money off the Issan girls working on their backs.

One thing is for sure, if this country goes all nanny state, especially with regards to sex, I am outa here. I can get the puritanical BS back in North America, and with far better living and social conditions.

More myths from the mongers, Issan does not depend on hand outs to nois and leks families spent on booze and gambling, sorry to burst your bubble. Out of here if no more sex industry at cheap prices?, well hopefully we will be bidding you goodbye soon then, the country can well do without western sexpat predators.

90% of the sex trade is for the benefit of Thai men. How do you fit

that into your Isan financial flow chart ??

Yes I am sure the girls in the bars making serious money,

will be so happy to work in a factory making 10,000 baht

a month. But I guess no more marriages to farangs ,

as I am pretty sure the factory life would make it difficult

to meet Mr. Right...

The minister has no idea. Get rid of the seedy side of Thailand and people will go elsewhere. People on holiday are looking for a contrast from the daily normality of life.

And there is nothing normal about Thailand!

Ain't that the truth. There is absolutely NOTHING normal about Thailand. Shutting down the sex industry would send Thailand into a serious financial black hole. No more money to Issan, not to mention all the Hi-Sos who make their money off the Issan girls working on their backs.

One thing is for sure, if this country goes all nanny state, especially with regards to sex, I am outa here. I can get the puritanical BS back in North America, and with far better living and social conditions.

True. Thailand without the raucous sex industry, would end up

as a sort of dirty version of Malaysia....In other words, boring.

If this is the best idea the current government can come up with,

soon everyone in Isan will be clamoring for the return of Thaksin.

Funny stuff. My general rule when trying to figure out what

the government is doing, is to follow the money. Looks to me

like a minor shakedown to pump up tea money. Hard to believe

the tourism minister is about to shut off a multi billion dollar

source of income for poor Isan farm girls. But I suppose

as the tourism minister, must be sort of embarrassing

to realize such a large chunk of tourism income is from

prostitution.....Or perhaps the wrong group of people is

profiting from this trade, and they need to be whacked down

a notch. Will be interesting to see how Thai men react, as

any thinking person knows 90% of the entire industry is for

them.

Well, I guess when this story hits the Thai social media,

it may sound a note of caution for the endless Thai women

with a farang husband, and who have a young gik on

the side.......

Sickening. Wipe the scourge of Islam from the face of the earth.

Would be a benefit to the Muslim women who are in essence

chattel to their husbands.......

All 1.6 billion of them, genecide then. So, how do you want to do it. I know, we can all drive trucks through the Muslim streets mowing down any Muslim we see and shooting guns at ones we miss with the truck,, sound about right? Why don't you think before you speak.

The scourge is the religion, not the people sucked in by it. Stop the building

of mosques which are used to radicalize its members. At least

Switzerland came to its senses on that front. And

for the Islamic loonies that are not happy in western countries

because the insane Sharia laws do not exist there, I say go

back to your shithole sandy countries.

Sickening. Wipe the scourge of Islam from the face of the earth.

Would be a benefit to the Muslim women who are in essence

chattel to their husbands.......