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Foreign man goes on rampage in Bangkok hospital, allegedly leaving 1 dead
So what, he punched a couple hospital workers and then ran away ? There's not mention of what happened after the initial assaults. Did they apprehend him at the hospital ? Is he running around Bangkok ? It looks like they got him at the end after the (security ? police ?) guy showed up. And if that was Canada you can bet the hospital staff and the (security/cop) would end up being forced to apologize to the guy and then there'd be an out of court settlement for "infringing on his rights" - even if he wasn't Canadian. -
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Trump just said he is going to pardon the J6 "hostages".
So Juries legally convicting rioters who assaulted the Capitol in an attempt to stop a legitimate democratic process and to overturn the election, are the same as the Gestapo arresting political opponents or Mao's political police arresting Chinese peasants protesting because they were starving!? 😆 -
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Thai security guard arrested for sexually asaulting 3 year old girl
Yes one man's specialized knowledge, which holds lots of truth... So since you are interested in the subject, I kindly submit the following for your perusal... "Here is one quote that I like: “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”. But then reality strikes. Most people are just not lucky. The fact that we do not have 'free will', and that what we do, what we learned from our surroundings, family, friends we make, people we meet, culture, society, will control most of the decisions that we make in our lifetime. And for many people, these surroundings just came out of some kind of bad luck. And the resulting person that we become, gets modified by our genetics, our brain wiring, that many times are just out of bad luck. Handicaps, brain limitations, education limitations, knowledge limitations, brain defects, schizophrenia, sociopathic or psychopathic tendencies, or even more simple, how people's brains are influenced by how our parents behaved with their children. It is known now that the tendency to be an intimidator, or a critical interrogator, or being aloof, or claiming to be a victim, comes from manipulation strategies used by parents while raising their children. James Redfield, The Celestine Prophecy, ... And this just adds up to our lack of 'free will'. And then people are either 'extroverted', or 'introverted', which again will drive individuals in different directions. And then we can add the characteristics of people being 'visual', or 'auditive', or 'kinesthetic', which will compound even more the way they will live their life with even less 'free will'. And then some people will possess the characteristic of empathy or not. Some people will never understand the notion of philanthropy, humanism, benevolence, charity, which will exclude many domains of interest. A life driven by selfishness. Which again will further remove whatever free will might have been left. Resulting in so many people appearing to want to die with as much wealth as possible. And then the effect of hormones. Hormones represent what makes females different from males. Generally, females and males have the same hormones (i.e., estrogens, progesterone, and testosterone), but their production sites, their blood concentrations, and their interactions with different organs, systems, and apparatus are different. All of which will influence how and why decisions are made. What is the paradox of free will in Christianity? The argument from free will, also called the paradox of free will or theological fatalism, contends that omniscience and free will are incompatible and that any conception of God that incorporates both properties is therefore inconceivable. What is the difference between free will and determinism in Christianity? Objectively, hard determinism can be explained in purely scientific terms. But, it is subjectively uncomfortable to relinquish control of our thoughts and actions to external forces. On the other hand, free will subjectively feel right—it feels better to think that we have control over our thoughts and actions. So by definition, living a life that is delusional according to science, philosophy and logic, feels so much better… Ah, do we ever like to have these good feelings…. What are some examples of free will? Good examples of free will can include the ability to make choices and decisions that are not determined by factors such as genetics, environment, or external influences. For instance, choosing a career path, deciding where to live, and making personal or moral choices are often seen as exercises of free will. Hummm, …. The question of how to assign responsibility for actions if they are caused entirely by past events. But in order to establish rules for living morally in a society, it is a pre-requisite to pretend that people possess free-will. And then we all think that we are the sole individual to decide upon, regarding what we choose, when we start, and when we put an end to it. FREE WILL, by Sam Harris Free will is an illusion so convincing that people simply refuse to believe that we don't have it. In Free Will, Sam Harris combines neuroscience and ... “In this elegant and provocative book, Sam Harris demonstrates—with great intellectual ferocity and panache—that free will is an inherently flawed and incoherent concept, even in subjective terms. If he is right, the book will radically change the way we view ourselves as human beings.” —V. S. RAMACHANDRAN, Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition, UCSD, and author of The Tell-Tale Brain “Brilliant and witty—and never less than incisive—Free Will shows that Sam Harris can say more in 13,000 words than most people do in 100,000.” —OLIVER SACKS -
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Phuket's Bangla Road Undergoes Crime Crackdown by Authorities
Oops a speller there.......he meant corruption surely!! -
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Thai Tax Laws for Expats: the Practical Implications versus the Realities
That's interesting. I'm not a teacher, and my immigration is Bangkok, but I've been asked for at least 10 years to provide the tax receipt. It is a condition of receiving the work permit.
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