On 11/25/2020 at 1:36 AM, Marcel woods said:

Lol lol look at how you go on for a virus that has an 99.8% recovery rate. It affects the old and the normal flu kills more people weekly than covid. 

 

Yous come on here crying of covid but go kiss and <deleted> prostitutes day in day out after many other been there without the worry of much serious infections like Hep C and HIV which has no cure. 

 

Kop on <deleted> 

You are spouting gibberish garbage. The flu doesn't kill more than Covid-19. It effects more than just the old. You are really sucking up Trump's kool aid, which is now causing massive disaster in USA and you want to spread that same falsehood here. You are deranged.

On 11/24/2020 at 2:21 PM, hansnl said:

You do know, I hope, many earn a living in the tourist industry, possibly a million people lost their job?

Are their wishes also selfish?

You think only the business owners have problems?

And the government paying for all that might be difficult, less tax coming in, no income from tourism, less VAT incoming because people buy less (no money), and so on.

Isn't your answer slightly egoistic?

The government has been manipulating the baht for years now and they have been feeding the trough but they can't manage to offer aid to the kingdom's citizens? They are able to drastically increase military spending and float loans for high speed rail and infrastructure projects, build an overpriced parliament building and countless other projects, but they can't offer aid beyond travel discounts and some vouchers?

 

throwing the borders of Thailand open to a world literally drowning in new Covid infections, before a vaccine, is a great idea. Maybe you could apply to greet the arriving guests as they deplane?

On 11/24/2020 at 6:40 AM, scammed said:

catering to foreigners means foreign food on the menu,

and yes there is a better profit in that niche,

no different in principle then mercedes

can charge a much higher unit price, but the volume is not anywhere near toyota

You have no clue about car makers, just brawling something.

On 11/25/2020 at 10:58 AM, French mate said:

and from about 10 trips in the skytrain, 3 times people who was sitting next from me or my Thai wife have walk away to sit next from other people.

I have never even once see such a behaviour before.

I was a Bangkok resident for 27 years since the Skytrain opened. This behaviour was common before COVID-19. 

 

Some Thais have a deep mistrust, dislike and even hatred of Western foreigners. 

3 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I was a Bangkok resident for 27 years since the Skytrain opened. This behaviour was common before COVID-19. 

 

Some Thais have a deep mistrust, dislike and even hatred of Western foreigners. 

 

The sky train behavior was common in the aughts let alone today.
 
However, as you were here since the 90’s. It has been said, 97-99 a new level of dislike/mistrust/hatred was uncapped. That due to the economic meltdown, then run up to the change in government. Once uncapped all sides have made use of it, (red, yellow, green) no one has rebottled this nasty nationalism. This was put forward on that other forum, you used to take part in. And from ‘long timers’ I know, yakking in my ear.

Any opinions on this?  Was Tom yum gung crisis a fault line or nothing but a speed bump?

 

 

 

On 11/30/2020 at 1:45 AM, d2b2 said:

You miss the point. The government shut down the borders to protect the kingdom. It is the government's responsibility to provide aid, it is not worth exposing everyone to illness and/or death just to keep the tourist industry's ability to fleece tourists.

Perhaps, but that’s taking a very black or white viewpoint of a grey subject. Even the WHO doesn’t believe that closed boarders as sustainable strategy. IMO closing boarders and keeping blinders on to the other problems being caused by this treatment, is an over simplistic and ineffective solution.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/world-health-organization-borders-shut-covid-19-not-sustainable-coronavirus/