7 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Do we add  Churches to that list too?

Can we remove the  western  meeting  centers such as Lions, VFW, Legion and Friendship Circles too?

I would prefer that the western owned beer bar brothels were closed immediately and that all westerners found in them immediately deported.

Boy, what a miserable life you must lead 

8 hours ago, placnx said:

Maybe those who have been active in the IDF in the last two years should be denied a visa.

 

   Those IDF who put their life on the line trying to free the Thai hostages should be given life long  Elite visas for free 

1 hour ago, JoePai said:

Boy, what a miserable life you must lead 

On the contrary, it is those who advocate targeting specific groups of visitors to thailand based upon their national origin who are miserable.

On 10/30/2025 at 2:42 PM, Evil Penevil said:

The community center format allows for a more extensive range of operations and services for Jewish travelers..

So because of their religion they need additional operations and services?

I was unfamiliar with term Chabad so googled it... one part got me for sheer cluelessness:

"Inclusive and welcoming: It is unique among many Hasidic groups for its outreach, welcoming Jews of all levels of observance without judgment."

Hmmm inclusive IF you are Jewish, full stop.... 

Convincing yourself that your group is "God's chosen people" would tend to foster 'we are superior in group and forget about the rest of you'. But all the major Abrahamic religions have that wired in bias as a foundation. 

People would go nuts if Mosques were operated with similar restrictions, armed guards, etc

 

9 minutes ago, Emdog said:

Convincing yourself that your group is "God's chosen people" would tend to foster 'we are superior in group and forget about the rest of you'.

 

   

Do you want to go to  Chabad as well ?

Send them  message asking them whether they will allow you to join the group 

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   

Do you want to go to  Chabad as well ?

Send them  message asking them whether they will allow you to join the group 

Nah. I'm an atheist.... I think there are enough reasons to kill each other without inventing big guy in the sky

17 minutes ago, Emdog said:

Nah. I'm an atheist.... I think there are enough reasons to kill each other without inventing big guy in the sky

 

   So, why are you unhappy about not being able to go to a  Chabad, (if you don't even want to go ?)

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   So, why are you unhappy about not being able to go to a  Chabad, (if you don't even want to go ?)

Those sorts of 'in group' incubation sites, be it Zionist claptrap or ISIS chop shops promote exclusivity, false sense of superiority, unquestioned faith in absurd and dangerous belief systems which may later manifest as genocide, or near genocide... ever look at last 20 years of so in mid east? Most of the slaughter is religion based

18 minutes ago, Emdog said:

Those sorts of 'in group' incubation sites, be it Zionist claptrap or ISIS chop shops promote exclusivity, false sense of superiority, unquestioned faith in absurd and dangerous belief systems which may later manifest as genocide, or near genocide... ever look at last 20 years of so in mid east? Most of the slaughter is religion based

 

   Ban all Chabad's, Mosques and Churches in Thailand ?

That wouldn't stop Middle Eastern wars 

Chabad is staying no matter how much the jew haters whine. Israel is far more important to Thailand.

3 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   Those IDF who put their life on the line trying to free the Thai hostages 

To work on their farms.

 

 

5 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

To work on their farms.

 

 

 

    You know the old man in the pub who just keeps repeating himself and saying the same thing every night, the pub bore ...............

"Netanyahu  funded Hamas" .................."The truck lights were flashing and the IDF opened fire"

24 minutes ago, stevenl said:

So because of their religion they need additional operations and services?

 

Yes, they do.  Many Jews follow a kosher diet and Chabad Houses provide kosher meals, most significantly the Friday evening Shabbat meal.   This meal also involves praying and singing, which could be a problem in outside restaurants even if they served kosher food. The Friday Shabbat meal is the most attended weekly event at Chabad Houses in Thailand.  Kosher food that travelers can carry with them, such as trail mix and other snacks, may also be available for purchase. 

 

Most of the Chabad Houses in Thailand have ritual baths called mikvah which are important to some Jews in maintaining ritual purity. 

 

Far from all Jews follow strict kosher, but a kosher life style goes beyond "eating kosher."  Clothing and everyday items can be considered kosher as well and the staff at a Chabad House can advise travelers which local stores carry them.

 

Many Chabad Houses will have a collection of Torah and other religious texts in Hebrew and other languages which travelers can use.  They also have prayer rooms for traditional Jewish forms of prayer.

 

On the social side, Chabad Houses usually have newspapers, magazines and recorded TV programs in Hebrew, English and other languages.  There is more, but I think you get the idea.

2 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Do you want to go to  Chabad as well ?

Send them  message asking them whether they will allow you to join the group 

I went and they didn't even ask if I was Jewish. Invited me to lunch with the rabbi, too. Mostly a matchmaking session. It's how I know about the Uzis.

Better check for tunnels under those centers. There could be bloody mattresses and mole men Jews with shovels undermining building foundations.

1 hour ago, Evil Penevil said:

Most of the Chabad Houses in Thailand have ritual baths called mikvah which are important to some Jews in maintaining ritual purity. 

As a balneologist (hot springs nut), I was curious about mikveh so I looked it up, pasted below. The whole idea of women's natural function of menstruation requiring cleansing to achieve purity, not to mention for the guys who've had sex, even not during menses, is rather misogynistic.

 

Though birth control and abortion are permitted, the Halacha specifically prohibits vasectomy or any other method which destroys a "man's seed". presumably that would included the morning-after pill would it not?

 

It is true that many ancient religions follow these ancient practices in the modern age. For example, kosher and halal dietary practices were original intended to prevent illness in the community.

 

God is coming, stick out your tongue!

 

Wikipedia:

Cases where Jews commonly immerse in a mikveh nowadays, in order to fulfill a requirement of Torah or rabbinic law, include:

• a woman who wishes to become purified from the status of niddah(menstruation) or the related status of zavah (abnormal discharges of body fluids).^[36] In particular, a married woman must immerse in order to resume marital relations with her husband after menstruation or childbirth.^[37] (The male equivalent of zavah, known as zav, cannot be purified in a mikveh but rather must immerse in running spring water.^[38])
• one who is converting to Judaism, regardless of gender.
• Newly acquired utensils used in serving and eating food must be immersed (Tevilat Kelim).

Other cases where immersion in a mikveh would be required to become pure, but have not generally been practiced since destruction of the Temple (as a state of purity is generally not required outside the Temple), include:

• a man who has experienced keri (normal emissions of semen, whether from sexual activity, or from nocturnal emission).^[39]Immersing due to keri is required by the Torah in order that one should be allowed to eat terumah or a sacrifice; Ezra instituted that one should also do so in order to be allowed to recite words of Torah.^[40] The latter case is known as tevilath Ezra ("the immersion of Ezra"). In modern times it is no longer considered obligatory, but some perform it as a custom or act of piety.
• one who has come into contact with a niddah or zavah, or their clothes or articles^[41]

1 hour ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

    You know the old man in the pub who just keeps repeating himself and saying the same thing every night, the pub bore ...............

"Netanyahu  funded Hamas" .................."The truck lights were flashing and the IDF opened fire"

Because the leader of his movement, the gibbering, unwashed homosexual dope addict cowering in a basement kept repeating himself.

 

Its like a mantra for their own failuress.

On 10/30/2025 at 12:24 PM, JimCM said:

I think better is to check if they’ve served in the IDF. If they have, just give them short visas. One problem I hear Thais mention is that they rarely tip, order one drink between two and it he acts of stinginess.

pretty much like the Indians... 1 coke and 4 straws, cheap charlies 

8 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

pretty much like the Indians... 1 coke and 4 straws, cheap charlies 

You tip, right?

4 hours ago, stevenl said:

So because of their religion they need additional operations and services?

Are you so extremely uninformed about what's involved in the practice of Judaism that you actually need to ask that question? Wow.

As far as Chabad in Thailand, as an atheistic American Jew, I don't feel like I would fit in there. I assume it's mostly Israelis and even though the majority of Israelis aren't heavily and/or at all religious, Chabad is pushing that aspect and I'm not interested.

1 hour ago, Mavideol said:

pretty much like the Indians... 1 coke and 4 straws, cheap charlies 

 

   On other threads they are complaining about Israelis buying land and making businesses .

   Are they really rich or really poor ?

32 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   On other threads they are complaining about Israelis buying land and making businesses .

   Are they really rich or really poor ?

Its like two bit peasants in the Pale taking over the world.

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Are you so extremely uninformed about what's involved in the practice of Judaism that you actually need to ask that question? 

I was asking because apparently it's ok to be treated special if you're a jew, but when others make that assessment, it's called anti-Semitism. Same as it's ok to conflate Jew and Israeli when it suits, when it doesn't suit it's called anti-Semitism. 

 

Some of our members like Ezra and EP do so on a continuous basis.

1 hour ago, stevenl said:

I was asking because apparently it's ok to be treated special if you're a jew, but when others make that assessment, it's called anti-Semitism. Same as it's ok to conflate Jew and Israeli when it suits, when it doesn't suit it's called anti-Semitism. 

 

Some of our members like Ezra and EP do so on a continuous basis.

What a bunch vile toxic generalizations. I reckon you see yourself as objective on this. Hilarious.

3 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   On other threads they are complaining about Israelis buying land and making businesses .

   Are they really rich or really poor ?

Some rich, some poor of course.

Another one of "funny" things about Jew hating.

It is ever adaptable and always irrational. 

If there weren't Jews, they would have to be invented.

The highest levels of Jew hating in the world are sometimes found in nations with no Jews.

 

2 hours ago, stevenl said:

Same as it's ok to conflate Jew and Israeli when it suits, when it doesn't suit it's called anti-Semitism.  

 

Some of our members like Ezra and EP do so on a continuous basis.

 

I call out antisemitism when I see it and that's fairly often on this board.  The mods then deal with the worst of it.   Whether this "Joe Six-Pack"  style of antisemitism depends on actual hatred of Jews, ignorance of Judaism or deliberate trolling to get a rise from Jewish members of AN and their allies, I don't know.  It's equally reprehensible whatever the reason behind it.

 

Any comment I've labeled as antisemitic has met the working definition of antisemitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. 

https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antisemitism

It's the most widely acknowledged definition of antisemitism in the world.

 

"As of February 1, 2025, 1,266 entities worldwide have adopted the definition. Among those, 45 countries have done so—including the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and France.  In the U.S., 37 state governments have done so, along with 98 city and county governments." 

https://ihra.combatantisemitism.org/

 

The European Union and the goverment of the Netherlands has also accepted the IHRA definition.  @stevenl and all other AN members:  Do you accept it?  If not- and I'm sure the answer will be "not" in numerous cases, what definition of antisemitism do you accept as valid?  If you can claim certain posts on AN aren't antisemitic, then you must have a concept of what antisemitism is.

26 minutes ago, Evil Penevil said:

 

I call out antisemitism when I see it and that's fairly often on this board.  The mods then deal with the worst of it.   Whether this "Joe Six-Pack"  style of antisemitism depends on actual hatred of Jews, ignorance of Judaism or deliberate trolling to get a rise from Jewish members of AN and their allies, I don't know.  It's equally reprehensible whatever the reason behind it.

 

Any comment I've labeled as antisemitic has met the working definition of antisemitism used by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. 

https://holocaustremembrance.com/resources/working-definition-antisemitism

It's the most widely acknowledged definition of antisemitism in the world.

 

"As of February 1, 2025, 1,266 entities worldwide have adopted the definition. Among those, 45 countries have done so—including the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and France.  In the U.S., 37 state governments have done so, along with 98 city and county governments." 

https://ihra.combatantisemitism.org/

 

The European Union and the goverment of the Netherlands has also accepted the IHRA definition.  @stevenl and all other AN members:  Do you accept it?  If not- and I'm sure the answer will be "not" in numerous cases, what definition of antisemitism do you accept as valid?  If you can claim certain posts on AN aren't antisemitic, then you must have a concept of what antisemitism is.

I'll expand on that in a way you may not like.

Have some Jews sometimes weaponized accusations of antisemitism in unethical ways to deliberately try to suppress legitimate criticisms of Israeli government policies?

Yes, absolutely, and that is very wrong. 

But that in no way follows that all accusations of antisemitism are about that.

Also, we're hearing lately from Israel demonixers / Jew haters (often the same people) that because of the actions of the Israeli government in Gaza which have been very legitimately condemned, it is now open season on Jew hating in general, and because of that Jews are somehow no longer allowed to call out antisemitism when it occurs. And coincidentally or not, it's occurring a lot more than it has in recent years.

Bottom line -- it's complicated.

On 10/28/2025 at 12:27 PM, MalcolmB said:

And the churches.

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion, too

On 10/27/2025 at 9:04 PM, Georgealbert said:

Four-Israeli-soldiers-arrested-at-Koh-Pha-Ngan-drug-party

 

Deport them and 10year ban sfter.