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In other words, "vote my way or the army will again take away your freedom".

I have read all the comments on here...NOT one for Samui....with VERY GOOD REASON...I have been a Samui man for 30yrs now[live in Lamai]...the scams are getting worse by the day taxis/beach vendors.shops/bars etc..do your self a favour give it a widw berth.

I would not have been saying this 5/7yrs ago..its a shame & breaks my heart to say it now,but its true.

The reason for this...95% is all the scum from ISSAN have descended on Samui...they think it's TREASURE ISLAND...bar girls/shop workers in particular...I could go on & on...any one who wants to know more...PM me

"I would not have been saying this 5/7yrs ago..its a shame & breaks my heart to say it now,but its true."

I gave up on Samui over 20yrs ago when it was already heading downhill, I think the airport put the final nail in it's coffin for me.

Here's more reasons why.

http://yournewswire.com/doomed-flights-malaysia-made-to-pay/

I read all the pages about the missing plane:is Diego Garcia a possible scenario?

I think so, who else has the power to make something vanish. There was technology on board heading to China, it had to be stopped.

People keep carping on about Russians in the Ukraine? A little perspective, please.

When the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia peacefully ceded around 400,000 square miles of territory and 120 million people to the EU and NATO. We can't really blame the Russians for wanting to hang on to Ukraine, right on their doorstep, after all the humiliation and schadenfreude that Russia has had to put up with at the hands of the triumphalist west.

Spoiling for a fight with Russia over a corrupt and partly Russian country like Ukraine is utter folly. Bring Putin down at our peril, as there may be horrors waiting in the wings to replace him.

And Russian tourists are (by and large) a lot better behaved than many of the boorish louts coming here from the US and western Europe.

I agree wholeheartedly apart from the last sentence.

Putin is better the devil you know epitomised. Imagine if the Soviets parked themselves on the borders of the US like NATO has done to Russia in Poland or the Baltic states, just like Cuba in the sixties. The Crimea and Ukraine are two totally separate issues. The Crimeans think of themselves as Russian and there is a history of Russian nationalism in Crimea. Crimean/Russian military bases in Crimea came out of their barracks and occupied the region. Eastern Ukraine is slightly different in that Ukraine (a nearly failed state) was flirting with the EU over membership and possibly ultimately NATO membership. Russia had tried to influence Ukraine with strangling gas supplies but Ukraine persisted. Russia poured troops into eastern Ukraine to intimidate the government into toning down their EU ambitions and it has worked. It is called regional politics and the US do it all the time in South America.

You left out the part where the democratically elected government were overthrown in a violent coup, and when the people of Novorossiya voted overwhelmingly to secede from this illegal state, they were met with overwhelming death and destruction.

No he isn't! you need to listen, he admits Russian servicemen legally stationed in Crimea were used to back up the Crimean defence force to basically keep the fascist Kiev troops in their barracks. Quite different to your assertion that "Putin admits sending troops into the Ukraine".

Fascist Kiev troops? LOL

You mean Ukrainian troops, fighting for their country!

Please turn off RT as soon as possible!

Same same, unfortunately the illegal putsch now in control of Ukraine are they themselves dominated by fascists who celebrate Bandera who fought alongside Hitler.

Amazing really. Putin admits sending troops into the Ukraine yet people still say it did not happen. President of Ukraine is elected on a mandate for closer European ties, reneges just before signing up for it and in addition does a total U-turn. People immediately take to the streets to complain and the US is blamed.

You're knowledge of the subject is somewhat misinformed, Putin has said no such thing

Yet here he is saying it.

No he isn't! you need to listen, he admits Russian servicemen legally stationed in Crimea were used to back up the Crimean defence force to basically keep the fascist Kiev troops in their barracks. Quite different to your assertion that "Putin admits sending troops into the Ukraine".

Amazing really. Putin admits sending troops into the Ukraine yet people still say it did not happen. President of Ukraine is elected on a mandate for closer European ties, reneges just before signing up for it and in addition does a total U-turn. People immediately take to the streets to complain and the US is blamed.

You're knowledge of the subject is somewhat misinformed, Putin has said no such thing and Yanukovitch most certainly was not elected on said mandate. People are blaming the US because quite simply, they are to blame, Nuland and others even attended the protests. You need to do more research and stop relying on the western propaganda.

bad news if your a tourism business that depends on these nationalitys

the statements by some TV members is mind boggleing about Russia and putin ...i suggest swithing off CNN then reserch what you think you know

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couple of hints

George Sorros, UN , IMF, US military build up in Europe, US citizen to be Ukraines new PM

Russia reaps the seeds it sows, stop watching RT

Why? can't you handle the truth?

Atleast you can get toilet paper if you want/need here. When I was younger I visited eastern Europe and in Poland the toilet paper there where like the semi - high gloss paper we usually see on printed commercials or leaflets... The shit didn't even stick to the paper!

Reminds me of the stuff they used to have in the school toilets. Luckily you don't come across it any more. It was literally just like greaseproof paper. What was that all about? Guess it cut down on costs since people were loathe to use it lol.

Izal medicated loo paper.

I'll never forget that stuff!

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Yeah I remember the resulting dingleberry plague I used to suffer with as a boy. That stuff was useless.

They're not just popular in Thailand. Many Finnish toilets have them too, just to mention one. I remember sharing an office in Boston with a Japanese and a Bangladeshi and we all agreed we missed having it, in one form or another. When I don't have it, I use wet wipes because dry paper just doesn't feel clean.

Absolutely, the western idea of smearing crap all over your bum with a piece of paper is disgusting. Toilet paper can not get your bum clean.

So how does it work? You spray your anus without using toilet paper? Do thais use their fingers to "clean" the anus by rubbing or scrubbing? If so, how do they clean their fingers when 90% of the time, there is no soap and no toilet paper in the restroom? Do they just rinse their finger really well? They once outside, they get some sticky rice, form it into a ball, then give it to their hubby to eat? Do Thais even think about the spread of bacteria? Or is it, "mai pen rai", don't think about it?

A serious answer first.

Yes you spray without using toilet paper, the spray cleans far better than paper and there is no chance of fingers going through the paper.

Unlike using paper there is no need to get fingers of hands involved at all, other than holding the spray gun.

Most public toilets have at least hand basins and many liquid soap as well.

Now we get a little less serious.

How do you think the rice gets sticky ? Of course they don't wash their hands but it does however need a combination of bum wiping and nose picking to get the correct consistency.

Bon apatite.

"Unlike using paper there is no need to get fingers of hands involved at all, other than holding the spray gun."

How do you dry your bum then?

Pirate howl?

Indeed, it would be rude not to. Let's make it 5 - It is a nice round number after all.

Why not make it 20? That's how long TRT claimed they would be in power.

If it hadn't been for the 2006 coup they might well have been.

And the 3rd Reich might have lasted for 1000 years, if it hadn't been for WWII. Corrupt megalomaniacs cause their own downfall.

The 3^rd Reich might have vanished but the ideology and methods it used haven’t, or have they?

No they haven't, fascism is on the rise all over Europe, not just in Thailand. In fact in the Ukraine we already have a fascist government which violently overthrew a democratic government.

Indeed, it would be rude not to. Let's make it 5 - It is a nice round number after all.

Jag...that's his intention. It is quite clear to me, using other stories such as 'new year gifts' etc (too many to mention) that the population are being 'educated' and softened up for the inevitable announcement of the current regime staying in power until 2020 - at least.

I've given up, and am off to Spain next spring after 7years here. It's just a principled decision about living under a military government. Maybe many posters will think that's barmy but that's me.

Happy New Year to everyone.

"Maybe many posters will think that's barmy"

Not me, I salute your principles.

Before the top end of town start going gaga and frothing at the mouth with glee , put this proposal to the people in a referendum , don't just decide we know what's good for you , there is enough of that already , go to the people.

Until the man with no name removes himself from the political scene, going to the people to determine the government would be a waste of time. Because no matter who wins, there would be aftershock demonstrations, protests and violence from both sides following the elections. Thailand is currently calm and peaceful again. Most day to day people really don't care what the government does, they just want to live their lives an support their families.

What's Clint Eastwood got to do with this?

Indeed, it would be rude not to. Let's make it 5 - It is a nice round number after all.

If the alternative is the next Thaksin crony and shooting on the streets, than he may stay 10 years.

While I think a PM should be better than Prayuth, I only need to think back to Yinglucks, Samaks, Abhisits and Somchais government. There Prayuth is surely the best option.

The only reason there is 'shooting' in the streets is due to powerful groups facilitating, financing and orchestrating the overthrow of democratically elected Govts.

You can never condone violence, but when the people's wishes continue to be thrown out then it is kind of understandable that some people turn to more extreme measures unfortunately.

Protests against an elected governments legal excesses and illegal acts are desirable in a democracy. But the killing of those protesters, not to mention a few children who happen to be nearby, is " kind of understandable" in your strange little world.

How do you feel about PTP/Thaksin "facilitating, financing and orchestrating" an armed militia? Legitimate political expression?

Protests yes! but killings, mass violence, kidnappings, violent disruption of free and democratic elections, NO!

Blimey you must be skint! that's less than £4.50.

No-body likes to see this kind of thing happening anywhere , however Khun Amnuay should stay focused on why he is Agriculture Minister and not get side tracked with personal side issues, This mentality of subsidies is undermining the true market price of the product , if Rubber farmers like Rice farmers cannot survive in the real world and have to resort to a subsidised price , sad to say , they are not competitive enough to operate.

You capitalists are all heart!

I think they only use a 100mm pipe here rather than 150m. And I agree with you "Flush away" don't want a bucket of shitty bog roll in the house

It shouldn't be shitty, it's just used to dry.

The part i don't understand about this is that this is really stupid to request people to throw used, shitty toilet paper in a bin, so that slowly but surely the whole building can smell like excrement because my experience is that they don't pay much attention to emptying the bin.

You're doing it wrong. The paper you throw in the bin shouldn't be shitty.

Soi Biker is right. Use a bum squirter first to clean yourself and dry with toilet tissue. Place toilet tissue in bin, it's not rocket science.

Boy, when I think back to the days of shiny toilet paper in the UK

OMG yeah I remember that stuff, absolutely no absorbent properties at all, just smeared everything everywhere. No wonder I had severe dingleberry problems as a boy.

The anathema to any restricted society as such in the movie Game of Thrones is unrestricted contact with people from outside that society. While there may be language and cultural barriers between citizens and different nationalities, the ideas, behaviors, and culture of foreign tourists will germinate changes within the restrictive society as a natural consequence. That North Korea place such emphasis on cultural and educational isolation to keep its society closed.

Even the rigidly ruled China has now a daily and growing confrontation with ideals of participatory democracy and personal independence. For while it carefully controls foreign visitors into the nation, it cannot insulate its people from exposure to noncommunist ideology when they visit other countries with far greater freedoms such as Japan, Taiwan, Europe, and North America.

So I hope that Thailand tourism explodes next year, not from the Chinese who would be culturally the blind leadly the blind, but from the open and free societies of Western and Oceanic countries. Not for the sake of expanding the Thailand economy but for the sake of expanding the Thai mentality to a more free and vigorous society capable of controlling its own destiny.

All vry well, but Thais from top to bottom do not give a rats for the attitude of foreigners.

And I hope it does grow.

For the good of Thailand, for the good of Thai people and the good of foreigners living in this country.

Stop being negative, people, you want as much as I do, this country to prosper.

Not me! Why on earth would I want growth for Thailand?

Somebody doesn't think it will grow next year.

Find out why

Typical fascist thinking.