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The government will need to go to their bosses at Boonrawd and Thai Bev as they did when the the people of Thailand asked that the brewing laws be changed. It was the duopoly that made the decision to say no to the people of Thailand and passed on the instruction to Prayut, their servant. Much as they had done when they blocked online sales and had him introduce advertising bans that they could bypass with their water brands.

And a primary reason why democracy is not allowed to grow here. Monopolies of just about every major business and of power, all centred around the same tiny number of people who would and have done just about anything they can to destroy any threats to their immense power. It's just evil. Fortunately, some brewing alternatives exist in the bigger cities and hopefully will continue to grow.

No surprise really, those big booze companies have deep pockets and the current political leadership have never had any problem satisfying their own deeply corrupt urges. A few more legislators and those above them are no doubt a little more unusually wealthy than they were a few weeks back.

These parties should probably be dissolved for being stuck in the 1930s.

I notice he didn't include the word 'honest' in that plea.

As long as they wear a mask each they will be safe.

I guess this will go into the same "it's the law but we won't enforce it until sometime in the future after people get used to it" box as the other recent tougher traffic laws. Meanwhile two cops sat and watched while I was almost run down by a driver not stopping on a crossing a few days back.

Agony and loss used as a shameless photo op by this scoundrel.

And those are only the ones that make the media. But the blame flows all the way to the top and back. Zero attempt has been made to address police corruption by successive govts. The current nitwit said it was something he was going to urgently take on within days of him not becoming PM in 2014. Eight years on they are worse than ever, in part because he likes to keep them tame so he can stomp on dissent. It's not just the cops who are to blame, the poison is also above.

Take a step off the main streets and the local price drops substantially.

The mass masking thing seems to be mostly Bangkok and even here it's selective. I was at the flower markets two days back and there were few masks. Got the MRT afterwards and there were some triple masked people. Got a taxi from the BTS and he was unmasked.

Spend a few minutes looking at things like the CDC's website. I suspect they are somewhat more credible than your "I believe.." The idea that Covid was transmittable from viruses on surfaces was tossed around in early to mid 2020 but was shown to be wrong. In April 2021 it was stated by the CDC that the liklihood of surface transmission was incredibly low and they then clarified that in print saying there was no known instance of surface transmission. This was repeated in March this year. Again, you clearly have data the planet has missed. Can you share it?

Clearly you have substantial data that health authorities the world over missed. It’s an airborne disease and European, Australian and US health authorities have all said there is no evidence of any surface transmission. None. They say ‘extremely low’ to cover the possibility one might turn up, but to date, none have. That it can be traced in faeces does not mean it can be transmitted via that. That’s another thing altogether.

If it is, it’s certainly not causing major public health issues as the hospitalisation and death rates published daily until Sunday are evidence. Bad air, road deaths, polluted water and dengue are vastly bigger problems and yet none attract much attention from these concerned health authorities.

And here we have a so called medical professional telling people that you need to clean surfaces to prevent it. According to the CAC there is no evidence anyone has ever caught it from a surface, it’s airborne. But we are in a country where they were disinfecting the streams, forests and beaches, and, as recently as a couple of months ago washing vast quantities of noxious chemicals down public roads.

The bts doesn’t enforce it and their voiceover just says “suggests”. There are usually unmasked in most carriages.

What part of Fantasyland do you live in and do you have a spare room? You really have drunk the Kool-aid, haven’t you.

The swaying was more in the form of executive orders. Nobody thinks this body is free to make up their own minds or consider the arguments. The decisions are made for them. The only considering they did was what split to use on the votes to try and make it look like they are an actual working judicial body.

Surely, by now you know at least one Thai?

Based on someone somewhat higher up the tree than Meechai. These clowns are just handpuppets for the actual boss.

They were the ones who a) disbanded one of the major opposition parties for no good reason, and b) said it was fine for Goofy to live in an army house free, being a civilian and all. What do you think?

It's not even thick brown envelopes with this lot, it's decided above them. They just obey orders.

Yep. The CC is just front. They do as they are told.

Japan has always had a mask culture but I'm told by friend who lives in Tokyo that universal masks are really only on public transport now. Much less so in the street.

4 people on a motorbike, weaving through speeding traffic with a deathwise, no helmets but masks to keep them safe and healthy. The total lack of logic perplexes me. If anything speaks to the dreadful state Thai education is in (or lack of it), that does.