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Miserable Expats Who Can’t Stop Complaining About Thailand but Never Leave
Op, Complaining about people complaining. Next. Big yawn, . -
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Report Thai Minister Urges Public to Halt Handouts to Reduce Begging
No - because the government doesn't fund the temples. You're obviously not Buddhist. Yet not a peep about Christian tele-Evangalists who make the paltry sums that individual Thai Buddhist temples rake in look insignificant. Or denominations like Mormons who require their members to pay 10% of their earnings to the church as well as a whole lot of other churches which encourage their members to contribute 10% of their income. You come here from the West and ignore "The log in your own eye." To the best of my knowledge our local Buddhist temples don't receive any stipends from the Thai government. Operating costs of local temples are funded by the Thais who live in that area the temple serves. The so-called "begging" is daily FOOD collections. Monks don't "beg." They walk a know route through the community and people give food. Sure, some people will drop a 20 or 100 THB bill into alms bowl, but monks don't ask for the money or the food. Most village and city (Maha Niyaka) monks will accept money. A small percentage of (Dhammayut) monks do not touch money nor do monks associated with Forest Monasteries. You're talking about a religion with a 2500 year history traveling from India to Sri Lanka about 2300 years ago, and to Thailand over 1000 years ago. Like any organization, temples require money to run. They have operating expenses. Granted, there is a well know sect that I won't name due to defamation laws which rakes in obscene amounts of money and whose activities in the Theravada tradition is questionable, and as well there are celebrity monks who do the same and live opulent lifestyles. They give Theravada Buddhism a bad name unfortunately. Then if you find a monk begging for money on the street? They aren't real monks. If you live here long enough and are involved with Buddhist monasteries, you learn how to separate the wheat from the chaff. -
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NATO Chief Warns: China and Russia Could Launch Coordinated Global Attacks
Ahhh okaaa and just what country attacked its neighbor???the nation being attacked its citizens murdered women raped kids stolen lands looted.they asked for us to help them with the things needed to protect them selves.i think your homeland is the warmonger comrade.to bad to Russia was making such wonderful progress before the new hitler aka putin started his war on his neighbor. -
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Tourist visa after ED
The embassies only see the stamps in your passport. A new passport solves the issue of applying for a visa with them. Immigration upon-entry see your full history, regardless, which is why using an agent for the entry is wise, given your stay-history. I would not try any airport to enter, unless pre-cleared via their "safe entry" service. At least if denied at a land-border, you just walk back to the other country - not locked-up and extorted for a last-minute airfare. Regardless, your conclusion matches my thinking - I would border-bounce with an agent-van company, since you get 60-days either way upon re-entry to Thailand. -
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