He was, is and most likely will stay a controversial pr1ck among the clownery in Bangkok. 

"(The) minister took direct aim at nightclubs, pubs, bars and karaoke for damaging the country."

Well, guess what, 77 provinces with 77 different governing goons running their little countries at will. One country has no restrictions, others sell alcohol, some others require a vaccination upon entering while others could not care. 

The link between alcohol and any corona virus needs to be established. Unclear remains, why we all get vaccinated in a horrendous run-for-our-life just to find out, that PCR, antigen, quarantine and other funny little ideas are required at random - depending on moods, ignorance, arrogance or greed by the local bigwig. 

This minister is the problem and not all those dying businesses and craving customers! 

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

What a neanderthal way of thinking person, It's you and your ilk who slept on the job in the outbreak of the pandemic and buried your "we got it under control" heads in the sand, Now you're blaming others?...

Welcome to the real Thailand, where they think they can't do any wrong as they're the next best thing to God.

4 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

I've no idea how this guy can look at himself in the mirror every morning.

With consummate ease I reckon.

If you don't allow them to open, then SUPPORT them financially, like you haven't so far

Well, there you go then.  No tourists.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Following more measured comments last week as Thailand continued to reopen, the controversial minister took direct aim at nightclubs, pubs, bars and karaoke for damaging the country.

 

He blamed bars in Bangkok directly for causing the misery and death of the last six months.

So are the Minister and his colleagues  prepared to accept responsibility for the destruction of the Tourist Industry, inclusive of the unemployment of all the thousands of people, many of which will never survive the mess he and his cohorts have created together with the rising suicide rate of all his people, the list goes on. I guess the answer is a big fat NO!  they are on too good of a lurk, Pack up and get lost!

ANutin really has no plan. It all seems adhock and unplanned. Then it flashes in his brain and then everything is gone again. As far as the bars, karaoke and discos are concerned, almost everything is closed since April. What really takes place are underground parties, mostly in private villas. Ultimately, every state ban pushes the actors into the underground, be it marijuana, alcohol or prostitution. As a result, the state loses the possibility of any control. Now ANutin is annoyed by the results that he himself caused by his rules. And at all of the 'illegal' parties, nobody stands at the entrance and measures the temperature, keeps lists or checks vaccination records.

5 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

If anyone was in any doubt about the agenda of this puritanical regime against alcohol.

 

There it is, in black and white.

 

If you have a bar or entertainment business in Thailand, you might want to consider diversifying into other sectors.

If people are working in the bars and restaurants unvaccinated?? He has a point (sorry op)

It would be wise to ensure the whole population has been vaccinated at least twice.

The Thailand people deserve to be treated with utmost respect, honesty and more financial support that they desperately and urgently need.

Forget the bars, concentrate firstly on the Thailand people.

Just my humble opinion.

Just now, Bobydog said:

The face of the people's pain

1 hour ago, Farangdk said:

 How about all the Festivals they are having these days?

Yes indeed, and my thought as well, like a recent music festival where alcohol was banned but now attendees are being told to take a test after infected punters attended!! A new "hotspot" in the making????

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10 minutes ago, Bobydog said:

would you take a free taxi ride from that guy? ????

4 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

I've no idea how this guy can look at himself in the mirror every morning.

The little man with the Big Man Syndrome probably uses a big box to stand on.

 

2 hours ago, Andycoops said:

Utter clap trap, the so called wonderful vaccines are in short supply.

In my province less than 37% have been double jabbed.

 

As for bars spreading covid, we all know it's about continuing the emergency decree and suppression of citizens rights

 

The government was asleep at the wheel and pursued a useless initial strategy of zero covid and Chinese vaccines instead of getting onboard with global cooperation.

What else to expect when there is only one brain cell between the whole bunch? You may also notice, it is never Anutin's turn to use that one brain cell.

6 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

If anyone was in any doubt about the agenda of this puritanical regime against alcohol.

You mean the "agenda of the puritanical regime" that allows alcohol to be bought in shops anywhere, permits restaurants to serve alcohol and makes no restrictions whatsoever on the consumption of alcohol by the individual?   Right.

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6 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

If anyone was in any doubt about the agenda of this puritanical regime against alcohol.

 

There it is, in black and white.

 

If you have a bar or entertainment business in Thailand, you might want to consider diversifying into other sectors.

It's booze for the masses they are against because it leads to riotous freedom and anti authority mass movements.

18 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You mean the "agenda of the puritanical regime" that allows alcohol to be bought in shops anywhere, permits restaurants to serve alcohol and makes no restrictions whatsoever on the consumption of alcohol by the individual?   Right.

Restaurants in Pattaya can't sell alcohol. There is more freedom to consume alcohol in some Muslim countries than there is here. The anti alcohol campaign has been apparent for over a decade. It heavily influenced by both fundamentalist Buddhist and Islamic pressures.

27 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You mean the "agenda of the puritanical regime" that allows alcohol to be bought in shops anywhere, permits restaurants to serve alcohol and makes no restrictions whatsoever on the consumption of alcohol by the individual?   Right.

Are you serious? You can only legally buy alcohol in shops at certain times of the day. 13:55 can. 14:05 cannot. 16:55 cannot. 17:05 can.

 

You can only drink in restaurants in BKK and Phuket. In BKK you have to stop at 9pm, in Phuket you stop at 11pm I believe. Mostly everywhere else it is banned completely in restaurants.

 

Bars and pubs are ordered closed pretty much everywhere. 

 

No restrictions??? ???? 

 

It's actually scary that people are starting to forget what freedom looks like, to the point of celebrating and showing gratitude to their 'leaders' when they are occasionally allowed a sniff of it. It's pretty pathetic actually.

5 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Restaurants in Pattaya can't sell alcohol. There is more freedom to consume alcohol in some Muslim countries than there is here. The anti alcohol campaign has been apparent for over a decade. It heavily influenced by both fundamentalist Buddhist and Islamic pressures.

Restaurants in Bangkok and many other parts of the country can serve alcohol.  The alcohol restrictions on certain businesses in force at the moment are due only to Covid and will soon be lifted completely.   There is no significant anti-alcohol campaign in Thailand that has any chance of ever forcing an alcohol ban here.

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Restaurants in Bangkok and many other parts of the country can serve alcohol.  The alcohol restrictions on certain businesses in force at the moment are due only to Covid and will soon be lifted completely.   There is no significant anti-alcohol campaign in Thailand that has any chance of ever forcing an alcohol ban here.

Only a very limited amount of restaurants with special licenses can serve alcohol legally in Bangkok and only until 9pm. There is a clear puritanical campaign here that existed long before Covid-19. The disease is an additional excuse to prevent people from personal enjoyment in line with official Chinese government policy. Examples of the Thai government anti alcohol campaign include the absurd sales hour for alcohol and the increased number of days when alcohol sales are banned. The anti alcohol campaign has ramped up over the last 30 years.

7 hours ago, Geoffggi said:

 

 

He must be after the record for comments aimed at him & his boss. - As in never mind the hi-so or government people breaking the law to our friend Cha Cha providing wonderful vaccines, I thought most of the good stuff came via donations, you really cannot make this stuff up ............................LOL

If ever there was a call for a Muppet Doll it would be one for him … Nobody listens to the fool

I've been thinking for a while they want to get rid of the Bars, get rid of bars you get rid of prostitution and drugs, Not that it will benefit the black economy so how will they survive

It’s worrying how people like that get into the government…….????

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

37 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

You mean the "agenda of the puritanical regime" that allows alcohol to be bought in shops anywhere, permits restaurants to serve alcohol and makes no restrictions whatsoever on the consumption of alcohol by the individual?   Right.

Are you serious? You can only legally buy alcohol in shops at certain times of the day. 13:55 can. 14:05 cannot. 16:55 cannot. 17:05 can.

 

You can only drink in restaurants in BKK and Phuket. In BKK you have to stop at 9pm, in Phuket you stop at 11pm I believe. Mostly everywhere else it is banned completely in restaurants.

 

Bars and pubs are ordered closed pretty much everywhere. 

 

No restrictions??? 

Yes, I'm serious.   Alcohol can be bought in Thailand during normal, non-Covid times between 11am and 2pm, 5pm and midnight, that's 10 hours per day.  Not enough for you?

 

The current restrictions are only Covid-related restrictions, they're not some kind of normal, anti-alcohol restrictions by Thailand!

 

There are no restrictions at all on individuals' private consumption of alcohol, i.e. you can buy as much as you like and drink as much as you like, whenever you want. 

5 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

I've no idea how this guy can look at himself in the mirror every morning.

Because he is a Narcissist ! ....A rich one ! 

6 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

When have you ever seen a Thai taking responsibility for their own actions?

If its a lady.....many times. If it is a man........not many times

9 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

There are no restrictions at all on individuals' private consumption of alcohol, i.e. you can buy as much as you like and drink as much as you like, whenever you want. 

There's a trick to enjoying that... you face a different wall in your room each day when you have a drink to make it more interesting .... God you are naive ..... 

2 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said:

Only a very limited amount of restaurants with special licenses can serve alcohol legally in Bangkok and only until 9pm. There is a clear puritanical campaign here that existed long before Covid-19. The disease is an additional excuse to prevent people from personal enjoyment in line with official Chinese government policy. Examples of the Thai government anti alcohol campaign include the absurd sales hour for alcohol and the increased number of days when alcohol sales are banned. The anti alcohol campaign has ramped up over the last 30 years.

Every restaurant with the necessary licence can serve alcohol, the are no limits to the number that comply and can sell!

 

"There is a clear puritanical campaign here that existed long before Covid-19".

Such as?

 

"Examples of the Thai government anti alcohol campaign include the absurd sales hour for alcohol and the increased number of days when alcohol sales are banned".

"Absurd hours" in shops?  11am-2pm and 5pm-midnight in shops and supermarkets...10 hours not enough for you?   No hours during which bars etc. cannot serve in normal, non-Covid times.

Thailand has always had days on which alcohol could not be bought, that is nothing new and no indication of an "anti-alcohol campaign".   In addition to those traditional, accepted days how many extra days have been added that bother you so much?   One day per year, maybe two?

 

There is no significant "anti-alcohol campaign" that has been "ramping up over the last 30 years" that is ever going to have any effect on alcohol availability in Thailand.  Unless you can point out the specific "campaign", of course.

4 minutes ago, terryofcrete said:

15 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

There are no restrictions at all on individuals' private consumption of alcohol, i.e. you can buy as much as you like and drink as much as you like, whenever you want. 

There's a trick to enjoying that... you face a different wall in your room each day when you have a drink to make it more interesting .... God you are naive ..... 

No, I'm not being naïve, I'm being accurate.  Unless you can point out my naiveté, specifically.

2 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Every restaurant with the necessary licence can serve alcohol, the are no limits to the number that comply and can sell!

 

"There is a clear puritanical campaign here that existed long before Covid-19".

Such as?

 

"Examples of the Thai government anti alcohol campaign include the absurd sales hour for alcohol and the increased number of days when alcohol sales are banned".

"Absurd hours" in shops?  11am-2pm and 5pm-midnight in shops and supermarkets...10 hours not enough for you?   No hours during which bars etc. cannot serve in normal, non-Covid times.

Thailand has always had days on which alcohol could not be bought, that is nothing new and no indication of an "anti-alcohol campaign".   In addition to those traditional, accepted days how many extra days have been added that bother you so much?   One day per year, maybe two?

 

There is no significant "anti-alcohol campaign" that has been "ramping up over the last 30 years" that is ever going to have any effect on alcohol availability in Thailand.  Unless you can point out the specific "campaign", of course.

Very few restaurants are allowed to sell alcohol due to stringent, impossible to achieve license restrictions. No restaurants are allowed to sell alcohol except in Bangkok and Phuket. They must stop at 9pm. There is a sustained anti alcohol campaign in Thailand. The army is used to suppress sales in a way that did not happen years ago. The amount of days in which alcohol can not be sold has increased. The amount of limitations on alcohol sales has increased including limited hours and limited days. THESE ARE FACTS.