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1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:
Begging to buy drugs is better than committing crimes to buy drugs, IMO.
Beging is a crime. This is why I don't give to any beggars meaning he is harming people in genuine need who resort to Begging.
Put the <deleted> in prison and suffer cold turkey. This should be repeated every 6 months for 2 years or until drug free.
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A lot of jet ski opors are going to have problems getting their tuff off the beach if they can't take their pickups on the beach.
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"Both Blame Cannabis for Their Actions" - being <deleted> is more likely the truth. The plod should have cut off an ear and made one eat it and maybe they would get a proper confession.
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1 hour ago, Deserted said:So thais can now go to the UK for a holiday and not need a visa?
Eventually, maybe, not now.
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6 hours ago, mikebell said:No sense of irony here when the very uniform is a daily symbol of corruption.
'Big Joke fights for his name' - I see no reason why his name should not be applied to RTP as a whole.
The reason is to encourage others to do better. If you find a cop who is better even if only very slightly, they should be held up as a shining beacon for others to follow.
If you lump them altogether, there is no desire or advantage in being better.
Unfortunately most Thais can't understand this which is why they are so far behind.
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Lady Gaga found out why Thailand is not a good place to perform with the flag incident. Why risk that kind of bad publicity over a minor discretion?
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3 hours ago, kwilco said:
I’m very dismayed to see so many comments that are engaging in victim blame – what sort of people post this stuff?
Victim blaming in any situation is harmful and wrong, but it is especially damaging in the context of holiday rape cases.
Victim blaming in holiday rape cases is especially harmful because it sends a message that women should not be able to enjoy their holidays without fear of violence. It also reinforces the idea that women are responsible for the safety of men’s behaviour, which is simply unfair and untrue.
These kind of remarks reinforce harmful stereotypes about victim behaviour. Blaming victims for their assaults reinforces the idea that women are responsible for preventing their own rapes.
This can be especially harmful for women who are traveling or living abroad, as they may be more likely to be blamed for their assaults. It also raises the question of why people engage in these statements. “There but for the grace of God….”????
All this perpetuates the cycle of violence. When we blame victims, we send a message that rape is acceptable or inevitable under certain circumstances, They are normalising a culture of violence to women making it more likely that future assaults will occur.
These people are attempting to shift focus away from the perpetrator's actions; we are essentially saying that the rapist's actions were not entirely their faut, or that they were in some way justified or we might have succumbed to the same urge. It creates a culture of impunity for rapists.
This “blame game” shames and silences victims - When victims are blamed for their assaults, they may feel too ashamed and afraid to come forward. This can prevent them from seeking help and support, and it can also make it more dificult for them to heal from their trauma. We can see from this report that the woman was reluctant to come forward – “the survivor broke her silence, urging caution to lone female travellers.” [Thaiger article]. This is a familiar pattern from previous incidents in Thailand when even the PM got involved with inappropriate comments.
In Thailand it also undermines the already fragile justice system. (as seen with the Prayuth comments) When blame is apportioned to victims of assault , it can make it more difficult for them to get justice in the courts. This then strengthens the culture of impunity for rapists, which can only exacerbate the problem of sexual violence in the Kingdom.
I have not seen anyone blame her for what happened but a few have commented on her poor decisions. The guide is totally to blame but she could have done things to help prevent him having the opportunity to carry out this attack.
If I walked around downtown LA at night wearing gold chains, a Rolex and waving a wad of dollar notes while obviously drunk I would be increasing my chances of being mugged many times than if I was alert and blended in while walking there during the day. If I did get mugged it is entirely the mugger who is to blame but I made myself much more likely to be his victim.
An example -
I saw an episode of Travel sick where the guy was given fake clothes and video camera (it was a few years ago) then told to walk around Lima in Peru (I think it was) while undercover police watched. Within minutes he was mugged and stripped clean. The police, who knew this would happen, then rescued him unharmed.
Obviously the muggers are to blame but he made decisions that made it inevitable to happen.
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17 minutes ago, Captor said:
on he´s legs
on his legs
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On 9/21/2023 at 1:39 PM, KannikaP said:On 9/21/2023 at 1:19 PM, Gknrd said:
Should of
Should HAVE....
Should've...
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5 minutes ago, BarraMarra said:Yep they welcomed them in their droves now the locals are moaning and complaining. Phuket was bad before all these draft dodgers started arriving. The yearly figures don't lie Since the barbarians started killing Ukrainians, thousands fleeing to Phuket They will not want to return to Russia once their holiday is over, same as the ilegals arriving in their hundreds crossing the channel daily to Scrounge off us in the UK. Our government was the same as the Thai Government we opened our arms to welcome them now we are regretting it.
We never welcomed these economic migrants, we had no choice. France does all it can to enable them to get here. My town is full of them and they need sending to Rwanda.
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3 hours ago, Harsh Jones said:This has almost nothing to do with Russians fleeing the war. And no. The Russian economy is not collapsing at all. If it was, you'd see all the Russians leaving. Just as the whole Anglo era slowly ended in Thailand after 2008 after the financial crisis.
No. This is about Russians not wanting to travel or not being welcome in Nato countries. So they go to places like Thailand instead.
From Latvia to Spain: How the lack of Russian tourists has impacted countries across Europe
You watch too much RT. The more intelligent/wealthy Russians are getting out while they can. Putin is going to have to enlist hundreds of thousands as canon fodder over the next few months. The sanctions are really starting to hurt the economy which will suffer for decades to come.
Generally, the useful ones will settle in western countries, the decent ones left will go to ex soviet countries and the dregs will end up in Thailand.
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On 8/4/2023 at 1:22 PM, Danderman123 said:
Great.
Maybe next time they will complain about English drivers and order police to detain English drivers exceeding the speed limit, even if by 1 km/hr. Everyone else gets a free pass.
Sounds fair to you?
Racism only sounds good if someone else is punished for their ethnicity.
If we were proven to be causing far more speed related crashes than other nationalities, I would have no problem with that.
If a certain group of people are causing excess problems, why shouldn't they be exposed and targeted?
I am against targing people for no valid reason.
In your example, one of the best ways to get English to stop speeding is to have English people recognise the problem and how it affects them. This would start them self policing by calling out those among us who were the problem. Peer pressure is very powerful.
To bring your question back to you, if English drivers were caused far more crashes than other groups with all the extra expenses, injuries and other problems, would you want to target us in some way?
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7 hours ago, Danderman123 said:
Unfortunately, this is racist.
It's the behavior of anyone who breaks traffic laws that should be controlled.
Not unfortunate at all. This is one thing I like about Thailand. If a certain race causes problems they call them out. Here in the Uk we have to pussy foot around the question of race. This woke crap is fueling resentment and will only get worse. The number of economic migrants suddenly coming here causing problems is out of hand.
If Arabs are a problem, target them. What is wrong with that?
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8 minutes ago, sandyf said:Yes indeed unruly passengers can be dangerous but to suggest the doors can be opened "mid flight" is an unwarranted exaggeration. The doors can only be opened when the pressure inside and outside is equal, in other words flying relatively slowly close to the ground.
I think someone did manage to recently.
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2 hours ago, sirineou said:What difference did it make if he was an Arab?
Fly with Thai Smile From KKC to BKK, a few times every year, Never had a problem , always very accommodating.
Why not inform us of his nationality?
If it is not stated and sometimes, if it is stated, people will soon speculate someone's nationality.
If a certn nationality gets mentioned it helps us understand those people better. I'm British and we get a lot of stick due to our antics. I don't have a problem with that at all, so why do others worry?
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20 hours ago, IamNoone88 said:
Hmmm ... I think I would keep any contentious political agenda like breaking the duopoly a little quiet until actually in power. There is no guarantee that Move Forward will secure leadership yet. Me thinks that the horse trading and double dealing has a long way to go and provocation is unlikely to help matters.
My thoughts exactly.
Why make more enemies before you are stronger than them?
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11 hours ago, webfact said:
confident that senators will have positive opinion of the party once they see its memorandum of understanding
Sounds like they will do a deal with the senators.
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17 hours ago, tomacht8 said:
250 senators who are financially exceptionally privileged. Then a young election winner comes along and wants to introduce taxes for big plot landowners and ensure a fairer distribution of national income. It's all about the money. The anti-monarchy argument is just an excuse for a witch hunt.
Les majesty is the problem. It is used to remove any opposition and if it doesn't work then the defamation laws are used. Once those are removed the whole house of cards will fall.
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9 minutes ago, 2009 said:To be fair, at the point at which he drove away I don't think it could legally be considered a hit n run.
The accident had happened. The driver didn't flee. No hit n run.
The motorbike guy was laying on his bonnet intentionally. I dunno what you would call that legally (besides dumb).
All the other guys were gathering around, some angry. I think some trying to force the driver out of the car or to get into the locked vehicle. This is probably illegal.
The driver was intimidated by their actions and drove off.
At this point, I don't think it's a hit n run. So long as the driver went straight to the police as per the law, I reckon no charges besides careless driving for the initial accident (if the initial accident was even the car driver's fault)
They tried to take the law into their own hands and messed up.
Being drunk not a problem?
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2 hours ago, Bday Prang said:
Obviously disc brakes are more efficient, ( I have not suggested otherwise) and less susceptible to fade when working hard , But there is the question of proportion and context.
"Obviously disc brakes are more efficient,"
This is what I have been saying.
"have not suggested otherwise"
Yes you have, you keep saying they are as good as each other.
"But there is the question of proportion and context."
Any proportion better is safer and the context is which kind of brake is more likely to stop you quickly on a, possibly not very well maintained, rental bike.
I repeat I don't have an obsession and brakes are just one of the checks I do when renting.
I think we have done this to death now.
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7 minutes ago, kwilco said:
no you are a mechanic and nothing to do with vehicle engineering - why is it that fitters call themselves mechanics and mechanics always try to say they are engineers.
We are going off topic here but I have to respond.
You are clueless, do some research into what marine engineering involves. Vehicle repairs are nothing in comparison. I have worked on cars and bikes since I was a kid.
To give you an idea of the size of a ships engine, the turbo chargers are larger than your Norton. Engines don't get much bigger. I can also work on everything in an engine room.
As for brakes - they are simple to understand and work on at least until you get to ABS pumps, not that anyone works on them as car mechanics only replace parts never repair them. I have never had to take a car or bike to a garage to be repaired. The only person who goes near my vehicles are the MOT testers. I have rebuilt engines and gearboxes including an automatic gearbox. I have done an electrical job on a car that had had an engine swap which the main dealer said was impossible to do. The dealer said I could have a job there when the lad showed them it running. I have my own diagnostic equipment and even fit my own tyres. I am also into electronics and have plenty of test gear for that.
Basically I am a jack of all trades but master of none except refrigeration which I have many years experience and within my company I get given all of the most complicated or larger equipment jobs which suits me as I like problem solving.
I could go on but I think you get the picture.
Maybe, calling me a refrigeration engineer is a bit over the top but that is my job title and not something I claimed to be. Nevertheless you cannot takeaway from me my training and experience as an engineer.
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15 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:
Thailand (Gov) should also be held accountable.
This is where much of the blame lies.
I agree with most of what you say here but I have had very positive interactions when making my two claims and felt both companies handled things very well. Even the first claim with the cheapest backpacker insurance I could find. Credit where credit is due.
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3 minutes ago, kwilco said:
You're not an engineer are you?
Yes I am. Refrigeration now and previously a marine engineer.
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2 hours ago, Bday Prang said:
Considering you like to ride 3 up with your wife and child you would be better advised to settle for a bike with working brakes rather than continuing your obsession with dsc brakes, Which as an "engineer" I'm sure you must be aware can also be subject to problems if not correctly maintained.
That was over 20 years ago, long before I was married.
As I said in another post disc brakes tend to work or not. Apart from air in the hydraulics making them spongey. Drum brakes are more finicky.
I am not obsessed at all and these days drum brakes are almost obsolete anyway.
Thai-US powered operation crumbles cybercrime hacker syndicate
in Thailand News
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How does this spy on China?
Here is good news about breaking up a criminal gang yet you think it is part of a conspiracy.
You need to stop watching stupid YouTube videos and start watching real news channels.
You are the sort of person who is fooled by the likes of trump because you can't think for yourself.