3 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Please provide a link with empirical data.

 

Or are you just assuming all farang share your showering habits?

No need for insults, it's common knowledge.

Are you saying farang shower as many times as Thais or just being argumentative?

so it's him or drug minister thamanat from the ruling PPP.

I think thamanat will win, because has support of prawit and possibly thaksin.

Buriram chidchob mafia would put a lot of money into this election to secure more ministerial posts, but with some 80 MP they will always be a coalition party.

Unless PPP completely disintegrates from internal bickering between prawit and prayuth factions

11 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

He never actually said "dirty farang", this was made up by English gutter press. 

he did say farang don't shower as much as Thais, which is true. 

Wrong on both counts.

I’m not English but almost certainly would believe their press before I’d believe the Thai government controlled media, they are simply puppets and the BS Road fatality numbers and Covid numbers they report are solid proof of that

Do Thais shower 3 times a day? Most farang I know shower twice a day

47 minutes ago, webfact said:

PM Prayuth but said that when he steps down

not in your life time buddy.   heavens forbid   !!

3 minutes ago, Nickelbeer said:

6 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Many Thais are Chinese.

ETHNIC Chinese.  The homegrown ones are acceptably Thai. Also the CHinese from Hong Kong are much different than mainland Chinese.

And just look what that intra-cultural diversity has done for them.

3 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

No need for insults, it's common knowledge.

Are you saying farang shower as many times as Thais or just being argumentative?

I am saying that if you wish to make silly generalizations with racist undertones you should have data to back them up.

5 minutes ago, steevjee said:

Most farang I know shower twice a day

Correct. You don't know me.

Just now, JonnyF said:

I am saying that if you wish to make silly generalizations with racist undertones you should have data to back them up.

Racist?

 

Back to school Jonny. Pay attention and try and get yourself a C or a D this time.

29 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

He never said this. 

he has been photographed without his mask on though. that would make him a hypocrite

OMG

 

with a track record like his how on earth is he still in office, the sheer arrogance of this self appointed ## is shocking

So Mighty Mouse is going to be the next Thai PM? At least he's better than our military coup leader.

19 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Precisely. Look no further than the UK to see how a nation has become more impressed with Boris Johnson AFTER he got the job.

Unfortunately I'm not British, so I'm in doubt, I don't know if I shall ???? or ????

40 minutes ago, bdenner said:

Actually I'm looking forward to it, will never be a dull moment here in Thailand and we will certainly get many laughs!

this man has gone way beyond laughing

3 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Racist?

 

Back to school Jonny. Pay attention and try and get yourself a C or a D this time.

Yes, claiming that Caucasians (you even used a nickname to refer to this racial group) shower less frequently than another group is a racist comment. 

 

It's like using a nickname for black people (I won't give you an example but I am sure you know a few) to say that they smell worse than another group. It's a stupid generalization and just because the insult is against Caucasians does not mean it is not racist. 

 

PS I am fairly sure my educational qualifications would compare favourably to yours.

6 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

just because the insult is against Caucasians does not mean it is not racist

Saying foreigners showerless than Thais is not an insult(just like saying Americans look after their teeth more than Brits), it's just entitled wokers are too sensitive to comments like this. You are actually showing your reverse racism.

The abnormal is normal here regardless of whether he runs for PM or not.  Being a traveler to this place was more enjoyable…just like every other place where I wasn’t concerned about things like this.

2 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

It was at the start of the pandemic when 90% of Thai were wearing masks and 5% of farang were. He offered free masks to people and Thais accepted them, farang didn't. Of course he was upset.

Can you imagine Boris Johnston handing out free masks at Trafalgar Square and all muslims refused them, when others didn't? 

Can you imagine if Trump handed out free masks in Times Square and all Latinos refused them?

Ever wonder where the phrases "farang kee nok" and "farang kee ngok" came from?

I have been a backpacker and lived on KSR for 6 months, so realize that many travellers/tourist jus look dirty with their dreadlocks and hippy clothes but to many Thais who are not experienced in World travel, they look dirty and unkept. 

TBF , He isn't well known and most felangs wouldn't know who he was or recognize him and if a strange Thai guy stopped me in the street and wanted me to put something over my mouth and nose , I would refuse the offer , could have been some kind of scam or attempted drugging or something or the mask may even have been carrying the virus ,,

  Anyway, I would have refused one as well 

3 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

Saying foreigners showerless than Thais is not an insult(just like saying Americans look after their teeth more than Brits), it's just entitled wokers are too sensitive to comments like this. You are actually showing your reverse racism.

You didn't say foreigners, you said farangs which is a nickname for a race of people (Caucasians). 

 

Just own it and try to improve yourself. Racism is ugly in all it's forms (yes, even when it is against Caucasians). 

55 minutes ago, Bvor said:

the really sad thing is that he has not already been sacked and thus must be considered to be ok by many thai's.

A Nut sums him up nicely. 

Whatever Thais may think of him, whether they consider he is OK or not, matters not. It is not as if, now democracy has been "reformed", they will get any meaningful say in it!

10 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

You didn't say foreigners, you said farangs which is a nickname for a race of people (Caucasians). 

These words are interchangeable here. Many farang use 'farang' when talking about foreigners, most Thais do. 

10 minutes ago, JonnyF said:

Just own it and try to improve yourself. Racism is ugly in all it's forms (yes, even when it is against Caucasians). 

What are you talking about, I'm not racist. Please quote where  where have have given any indication that I am? 

 

You are being rude an insulting as you know you are wrong . 

5 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

These words are interchangeable here. Many farang use 'farang' when talking about foreigners, most Thais do. 

No they don't. No Thai would ever refer to a black African as a farang. Nor would they refer to someone from another Asian country as a farang. It refers to Caucasians and you know it.

So he's "ready", huh?

But... will the Thai people be ready for HIM?

 

If he pursues that big goal, Thailand is on her best way to become a true hub at last... the global hub of inept prime ministers.

 

Mind you, the country already has been a serious contender for decades, looking back at a long series of "world-class" incompetents as government leaders..

 

But with Anutin at the helm, the "hub scales" might finally tip in Thailand's favor as he is going to make ex-PMs like Chavalit and Banharn look like amateurs. 

22 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

TBF , He isn't well known and most felangs wouldn't know who he was or recognize him and if a strange Thai guy stopped me in the street and wanted me to put something over my mouth and nose , I would refuse the offer , could have been some kind of scam or attempted drugging or something or the mask may even have been carrying the virus ,,

  Anyway, I would have refused one as well 

Indeed.

 

Plus, from memory, they were unsealed masks from his bare hands ... I'd have declined too.

6 minutes ago, law ling said:

Indeed.

 

Plus, from memory, they were unsealed masks from his bare hands ... I'd have declined too.

You have a lot to learn about Thai culture then. If a Cabinet Minister, or anyone that influential offers you something, you accept, you certainly don't walk past them and say nothing. There is a strict hierarchical social structure here.

You can keep your Western attitude, and refuse to comply, integrate, and assimilate(like Muslims in the UK) but then you can't complain if Thais criticize you , Jeez. 

And ironically, it's the Brits here that don't assimilate that are usually the ones that complain about how minorities don't integrate into their old culture.

Nope, we don't need this... with him at the helm wonder what the "dirty farang" health insurance requirements and extension requirements may change to.........

Just what we need ,an even more xenophobic  PM 

regards worgeordie

 

Knew he wanted it. Say goodbye foreigners. He hates us.

21 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

You have a lot to learn about Thai culture then. If a Cabinet Minister, or anyone that influential offers you something, you accept, you certainly don't walk past them and say nothing. There is a strict hierarchical social structure here.

You can keep your Western attitude, and refuse to comply, integrate, and assimilate(like Muslims in the UK) but then you can't complain if Thais criticize you , Jeez. 

And ironically, it's the Brits here that don't assimilate that are usually the ones that complain about how minorities don't integrate into their old culture.

How does that apply to the tourists that refused masks?

 

Surely visitors to Thailand are not expected to understand complex cultural nuances?

Anutin declares he's ready to be the next Prime Minister of Thailand, …and Thailand ran away crying.