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Foreign divers face jail and 100K fines for underwater selfies they posted on YouTube


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1 hour ago, bodga said:

whose demanding it?is  it Thai netizens again, suggest they go arrest  all their filthy fisherman who dump tons of trash into the sea off their  boats, ridiculous AS USUAL, bloody foreigners again eh, yeah never  a  Thais  fault EVER.

How can netizens "demand" anything anyway? It's the government which makes/enforces rules, not angry people online. 

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They are clowns, stupid and did wrong. No quesation and they need a slap on thed wrist, as locals would get. However, what about the hordes of mainly Chinese, who have been taken out to National Marine Parks and who trampeled on anything under water ? Nobody gave a rat's @rse, as it was profitable for many people.

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1 hour ago, herwin1234 said:

the diving community strictly obeys a Dont Touch rule

Ok, now tell me what happens to the beginner diver who doesn't control his buoyancy and spends most of his dives breaking corals with his fins?  

 

Death penalty?

 

Seems you have a very theoretical view of what recreational divers are. 

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Som Nam Na. Tourists wouldn’t know, but a dive instructor does know better. Silly boys. On the other hand the Local Thai authorities Only see a quick buck coming their way. Not the damage it will do to future tourism in the area. If it was a local nothing would be said.

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27 minutes ago, Boomer6969 said:

Ok, now tell me what happens to the beginner diver who doesn't control his buoyancy and spends most of his dives breaking corals with his fins?  

 

Death penalty?

 

Seems you have a very theoretical view of what recreational divers are. 

That beginner diver should start in the swimming pool, and after that over sand.

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4 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Have you interrogated it? When are you submitting your evidence to the court?

There is documented research and extensive polls conducted as to how sea-cucumbers feel about being touched, photographed of otherwise molested. Their collective thoughts are that uniformed, human officials are poor judges, ill-intentioned and xenophobic, both towards non-indiginous humanoids and sea life in general.????

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2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Stupid behavior to touch/ handle marine life, even stupider to film yourself while doing it and incredibly stupid to post that vid on youtube.

 

yes, he did what he considers his job... never mind the country could loose millions of revenue over it. This is the bigger picture plan I keep talking about (like the painter splashes your TV whilst paining the wall during his job but cant see then problem)

they all seem to have or rather not have the ability to see what their actions do.... only looking at whats in front of them for now... probably why most things are in the situation they are now...  (oh, and keep dropping plastic and <deleted> into the sea right?  ohh thats not his job!!!  see?)

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2 hours ago, Kaopad999 said:

Don't do the crime, if you can't do the time... :coffee1:



 

I do recall the pick up driver who committed manslaughter by taking a life of the round the world cyclist near Chachangsao bh wreckless driving was fined 7000 Baht!

 

Go figure eh. Guess the fine fits the crime!

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1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

They are taking this much more seriously than if you

killed someone on the roads, especially if your a VIP,

seen recently owner of large company,killed 2 with his

car, suspended sentence !

regards Worgeordie

you have to be very careful on the roads, this time of year there's many bad rip tides..

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