https://aseannow.com/rss/44-thailand-news.xml/National and regional news from all around ThailandenIf you are in a state where you can actually go through with taking your own life (a very unnatural thing to do), then you are not in rational territory.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:46:32 +0000They were probably in too deep. A stint in Pattaya might not have scratched the surface. Plus, she might not be wired for that. Pattaya girls are party girls to begin with. Then they make a career out of itTue, 09 Jun 2026 17:45:29 +0000So in your world there are no nicknames for anything? My friends and I for decades have referred to the place as Patters, I see no disrespect or harm there.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:44:01 +0000Yeah I don't get it. I don't understand why ppl do it like this. I have a theory that they do it because there's no way of backing out. And it requires no planning. It is more impulsive than we thinkTue, 09 Jun 2026 17:41:42 +0000Rubbish. That's a flawed, sweeping generalisation wrapped in emotion rather than reason. One idiot committing a crime does not make 70 million people responsible for it any more than one Thai, American, or Australian criminal speaks for their entire nation. If we're going to condemn collective blame in one context, we should be consistent enough to condemn it in all contexts. As for the person who asked which side of the road the doctor was walking on, that's not necessarily victim-blaming either. Context and causation matter. The doctor was clearly the victim. The rider bears responsibility for his own actions. Those two facts can be true while still asking whether there were factors that might have affected the outcome. Most of us teach our children to walk facing oncoming traffic whenever possible. Not because drivers are blameless, but because self-preservation matters. You face danger so you can see it coming and react to it. That's common sense, not an assignment of blame. If a drunk driver mounts a pavement and kills someone, the driver is responsible. But it is still reasonable to ask whether the victim saw the vehicle, whether they had a chance to move, or whether the tragedy could have been avoided in the final seconds. That's analysing an event, not excusing it. The real problem today is that too many people seem incapable of distinguishing between understanding what happened and defending what happened. The moment someone asks a factual question, the mob rushes to accuse them of victim-blaming. Critical thinking isn't the same thing as taking sides.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:40:22 +0000Low season 2008, rainy late June Nai Harn beach Phuket. The soi dog population had gotten a bit out of control. Pop, pop, pop, I thought someone was lighting off firecrackers. I walk back toward the road and the BIB had a truck, they were culling these dogs and tossing them in the back of the truck. Animal control Thai style. 👍Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:40:07 +0000Would a 43 and 29 year old qualify ?Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:37:15 +0000Does it matter? If someone pulls out a gun and murders another human being, does the victim's profession change the crime? Would we ask whether the victim was a road sweeper, a noodle seller, a shop assistant, a maid, a teacher, a dentist, or a doctor before deciding how much justice they deserve? A human life is not a ranking system. The value of a person's life cannot be measured by their income, education, social status, or perceived contribution to society. The fact that a surgeon may save lives does not mean a cleaner's life is worth less. The fact that a doctor is highly respected does not mean a street vendor deserves less public sympathy, less media attention, less support, or less outrage when they are killed. You are right that the world we live in is asymmetrical. But that isn't an argument for accepting inequality of compassion or justice. It's an example of how deeply flawed our priorities can be. The moment we start deciding whose death matters more based on their occupation, we've stopped talking about justice and started talking about social value. Those are not the same thing. A wrongful death is a wrongful death. The victim's profession should tell us who they were, not how much their life was worth.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:36:40 +0000France is the second biggest anti-anxiety medication consumer in the EU, after Spain.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:32:10 +0000From the still it doesn't look like he was stumbling drunk, but who knows......... With all due respect and condolences to family and friends, can they attest to how good of a swimmer he was? There is a type of drowning which occurs when you inhale water into the lungs (wet drowning/aspiration), so if you are buzzed, think you are playing ironman training, run real hard, strip down start swimming real hard there is a chance of this type of drowning. Especially if not an experienced swimmer. Inhaled water. RIP lad, gone too soon.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:30:41 +0000from the man who invented the DISCWORLD... I don’t normal bother to refute conspiracy theories – - they’re just too ridiculous - it’s the theorists I find more interesting, but I have a slack moment….. The "Globalist Plot to Destroy Germany" is not a theory in any scientific sense. It's a conspiracy narrative built from a collection of older myths, political grievances, and selective interpretation of events. Like most conspiracy theories, it starts with a conclusion ("Germany is being deliberately destroyed") and then works backwards looking for supporting anecdotes while ignoring everything that doesn't fit. Its supporters typically recycle variations of the "Great Replacement" myth, the so-called "Kalergi Plan," or claims that Germany is secretly controlled by hidden elites. The problem is that none of these claims stand up to serious historical, demographic, political, or economic scrutiny. Germany's challenges—immigration, demographics, energy policy, inflation, housing pressures, and economic restructuring—are real. But real problems do not automatically prove the existence of a secret global cabal. Complex societies produce complex problems. The hallmark of conspiracy thinking is the inability to distinguish between "something happened" and "someone secretly planned it." Ironically, the people who claim to be exposing hidden plots are often the least interested in evidence. Every fact that contradicts the narrative becomes "part of the cover-up," making the theory impossible to disprove and therefore useless as an explanation. In short, "The Globalist Plot to Destroy Germany" is not a serious analysis of German politics. It's a simplistic fairy tale for people who find reality too complicated. I'm more interested in why you bothered to post it...Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:28:18 +0000You don't smell it in your house at all. You spread the soil in the attic. Unless you are sleeping in the attic you would never know anything about it.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:27:52 +0000I do not know if it will work but it is worth trying. Ask a freind who has cat(s) to give you the contents of a used litter tray and put that in your loft. Are you guys seriously considering having your house smell of cats p!ss instead as a viable option ?Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:25:33 +0000from the man who invented the DISCWORLD...Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:20:36 +0000Once the Republicans have lost majority seats in the House and Senate (my meaning of nuked) he will be a lame duck president unable to get anything done. We'll essentially be rid of him.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:11:01 +0000oK thanksTue, 09 Jun 2026 17:04:07 +0000I’m sure he was a good kid….right? What could go wrong? South Sudan: 145 child soldiers released - Unicefhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37775852 And it appears that not much has changed over the last 70 years. https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/62lr66/kids_soldiers_during_the_first_sudan_civil_war/#lightboxTue, 09 Jun 2026 17:01:24 +0000Switzerland, Finland and Norway are often cited as examples of high gun ownership with low gun violence. What is usually omitted is that the US has roughly 120 firearms per 100 people, compared with around 25-35 in those countries. The US isn't just a little different. It's an extreme outlier.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:56:58 +0000I think it's about $8Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:56:55 +0000When you were a kid, ordinary people weren't packing handguns, there were none of the heavy hardware one sees at gun shows. Along the way, something (the NRA?) grabbed America by the nuts and put us on this destructive path.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:56:24 +0000Unfortunately, in the US, glorifying violence comes out of the barrel of a gun. Govt is doing ZIPPO to combat those important social problems. It would rather spend our money on more...guns.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:52:33 +0000Yes, made up laws which everyone must abide to , rather than violent thugs attacking people to get their own way . Lets hear you shout out "Fascists " Whilst being a fascist yourselfTue, 09 Jun 2026 16:52:25 +0000None of those you mention, Eric, has the ability to kill people. If the Amendment were to support a miliyia to rise up against the govt, don't you think it would have happened by now???Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:48:45 +0000Made up laws to suppress dissent.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:46:05 +0000So many foreign national in the USA with criminality on there hands, its truly disturbing. "ICE @EROPhiladelphia officers took custody of an illegal alien from Mexico convicted of sexually assaulting a child. Then failing to register as a sex offender". https://x.com/ICEgov/status/2064151796730278157?s=20Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:45:50 +0000