Stocky

4 minutes ago, CG1 Blue said:

 

1st rule of trolling - try to be consistent ????

Well he/she has generated 25 pages, which isn't bad going. Started out fairly amusing with some good points, but has since wandered off into the realms of mumbo-jumbo.

33 minutes ago, sakoo said:

I meant humble, poor and blessed.

Exactly, the gullible and ill-educated. There are many paths to enlightenment; the arrogance of those that wish to impose their beliefs on others I find truly offensive.

1 hour ago, sakoo said:

Excellent work Stocky, I accept your explanation. However, I don't think there is any other country that uses Great in their name. Why don't some British people say UK, others say England, and even still, many say Great Britain. Is there an identity crises among them?

The problem of having a long and complex history.

In brief:

• Great Britain comprises the original Kingdoms of England and Scotland plus the Principality of Wales
• The United Kingdom comprises Great Britain and Northern Ireland 

Consequently someone can say they're English, but also be British, come from Great Britain and carry a UK passport.

History is complicated.

1 hour ago, sakoo said:

As we all know wealthy people, or atheistic farang will just scoff at the Word. But, simpler people may wake up to it. There is no need to look at my economic approach physically. There maybe a spiritual reason for everything that happens. 

Ah, so you seek to prey on the gullible and poorly educated. Personally, I think cannibals had the right idea when it came to Missionaries.

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Retroaction

Monk

On 11/8/2019 at 6:49 PM, ChipButty said:

Hat Yai some good English style pubs while your there just nip down to Sadao its Malaysia back yard you could be the only farang there 

Oooh, nothing to see down here, just Burkas and terrorists.

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On 10/25/2019 at 11:44 AM, Yinn said:

Thailand ok. If world slump, we will be ok.

The country and the rich folk who own most of it will be. The average Thai household, that's already heavily in debt, will have a harder time of it. 

Inferno

Basher

Lot

12 minutes ago, smileydude said:

I did not see anywhere in the post indicating the ethnicity/religious belief of the victims but assumed they were Buddhists from their names.

 

I do agree insurgency is often used as a cover for settling personal disputes and conflicts.

There is a report in another paper that says: "Relatives took the bodies to a local temple for funeral rites, as per the Muslim custom."

The Thaiger

8 hours ago, MarcelV said:

Iranians are Shias and the people here are Sunnis

Funding from Saudi Arabia is of more concern, and the spread of Saudi ultraconservative Wahhabism

Non-O marriage (multi-entry). Wife specifically asked if this was necessary after every trip, even just up to Bangkok, and the officer she spoke to said it was. Wife's most recent visit last week after I returned from Indonesia, IO noted down an eight digit number and just told her to quote that next time, no need for the paperwork.

15 minutes ago, MeePeeMai said:

I understand but this does not excuse the random and senseless violence so often committed by armed thugs.

Did I say that it did? Of course there's no justification for random and senseless violence, by armed thugs from either side of the divide. The issue of the south can only be resolved through a negotiated settlement.

2 hours ago, MeePeeMai said:

The Thai authorities need to learn a thing or two from the "Densus88" anti terror squads in Indonesia.  They know how to stop this kind of madness and are VERY HEAVY HANDED (which is how you need to deal with these scumbags).

 

You don't sit down and negotiate with murdering terrorists, you don't try to appease them and you don't make ANY deals with them.  You hunt them down and kill them.  That is the only way to deal with them.

You can kill as many southerners as you want, certainly the Thai government aren't shy, but the underlying issue will remain. The Pattani States are ethnically distinct from the rest of Thailand, the people are Malayu. They are a part of Thailand because of an arbitrary border drawing exercise between Britain and the Kingdom of Siam a hundred years ago; done with no consultation or regard to the peoples involved.

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21 hours ago, smileydude said:

Other Muslims who feel this is not in their belief to kill other non-Muslims need to step up and either stop these killers themselves or move to live in Muslim countries amongst themselves.

The couple killed were Muslim. As indicated in the post above, the ongoing southern conflict is often a cover for settling many grudges and disputes. Whilst the security forces aren't necessarily interested in a scrupulous resolution to any investigation.

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Knees

1 minute ago, ThaiWai said:

Finally we get the story before the balcony dive

Indeed, a one way ticket on the Pattaya Express

On 11/11/2019 at 1:13 PM, ThaivisaSales said:

explode by 2025

That's a long fuse!

Beano

Christmas

On 11/15/2019 at 9:13 AM, webfact said:

invaded the offices of the justice ministry

Excellent, maybe they'll now do something to reduce the number of these aggressive vicious animals that plague parts of PKK.  

Treehugger

Nature