Posts with links to a Conspiracy-Pseudoscience site and the replies have been removed.

 

Off topic deflection posts have been removed. 

3 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

maybe just maybe , something was lost in translation when that promise was made and the 72 virgins are actually elderly males. I'd love to see their faces when the truth was revealed ....ally akbar lol

 

You beat me to it

 

Only I was going to say there was a misprint. It should have been 'One 72 year old virgin'

1 hour ago, candide said:

His comment was sarcastic and referring to usual pro-gun rhetoric in the US.

Just thank your lucky stars these 2 thugs didn’t have assault weapons….it could have been worse much much worse….my condolences to the injured and I hope the perps rot in the penitentiary and are forgotten.

2 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

Also nothing to suggest it was terrorist-related, apparently. 

Only in so much as nobody was heard shouting Ally akbar, I am sure most people on the train were pretty terrified at the time of this "isolated incident" as the "authorities" are describing it 

    It was obviously pre planned and intended to cause terror so as far as I am concerned it was a terrorist attack , it does not have to have an islamist involved, they do not have the monopoly on terror.

    Furthermore if it really was an isolated incident why the need for an increased police presence across the whole rail network ?    Might there be something they are not telling us?  

2 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

What sort of cohesion is there from the Brits in Spain or Thailand? The vast majority of Brits i know in Thailand don't assimilate. They learn nothing of the culture, religion. They don't learn any of the Thai language (my friend has lived here 20 years and still can't speak a word of Thai). They want their British foods. They import some rather iffy tendancies - being sex tourists, drunk in bars at 2pm. Demanding copies of the Daily Mail. I'd argue they make no effort to assimilate either. 

 

Thats the vast majority of Brits 'you' know in Thailand..   I suspect that is also 'location and age specific'... 

 

In Bangkok, assimilation between foreigners and Thais feels far more natural and fluid. Most Westerners I know here have genuine friendships with Thai people, built on mutual respect and shared experience rather than novelty or convenience.

 

It’s perhaps also a matter of age - many of us (friends and I) arrived earlier in our twenties and thirties, still young enough to engage actively in local life, work alongside Thais, and form meaningful social circles beyond the expat bubble.

 

By contrast, in places like Pattaya or Phuket, integration seems more elusive. The dynamic there often skews toward transient tourism or retirement enclaves, where relationships between locals and foreigners tend to be more transactional or surface-level. It’s not hostility - simply circumstance. The rhythm of life in those areas doesn’t lend itself as easily to the kind of steady, organic friendships that grow through shared daily life.

 

So, both age and location play defining roles. Bangkok, with its professional diversity and cultural openness, offers a setting where cross-cultural connection feels both normalised and sustainable - a blend of worlds rather than a divide between them.

 

 

2 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

Same in Spain - they make no efforts to assimilate. 

 

Furthermore most of the violence in Thailand (especially Pattaya at the moment is coming from these Brits. 

 

A broad sweeping Brit-bash brush that !.. 

 

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Thats the vast majority of Brits 'you' know in Thailand..   I suspect that is also 'location and age specific'... 

 

In Bangkok, assimilation between foreigners and Thais feels far more natural and fluid. Most Westerners I know here have genuine friendships with Thai people, built on mutual respect and shared experience rather than novelty or convenience.

 

It’s perhaps also a matter of age - many of us (friends and I) arrived earlier in our twenties and thirties, still young enough to engage actively in local life, work alongside Thais, and form meaningful social circles beyond the expat bubble.

 

By contrast, in places like Pattaya or Phuket, integration seems more elusive. The dynamic there often skews toward transient tourism or retirement enclaves, where relationships between locals and foreigners tend to be more transactional or surface-level. It’s not hostility - simply circumstance. The rhythm of life in those areas doesn’t lend itself as easily to the kind of steady, organic friendships that grow through shared daily life.

 

So, both age and location play defining roles. Bangkok, with its professional diversity and cultural openness, offers a setting where cross-cultural connection feels both normalised and sustainable - a blend of worlds rather than a divide between them.

 

 

 

A broad sweeping Brit-bash brush that !.. 

 

You've based your findings on three locations. What about the rest of Thailand?

2 hours ago, JAG said:

Julius Caesar, whose demise was so dramatically brought to life by the great Kenneth Williams in the notable docu-drama "Carry on Cleo":

 

" Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me!"

 

 

 

Here on TV....I can fully sympathize.....

All on TV have it in for me, except one, or two....obviously....and NOT maybe....

 

Just now, youreavinalaff said:

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Thats the vast majority of Brits 'you' know in Thailand..   I suspect that is also 'location and age specific'... 

 

In Bangkok, assimilation between foreigners and Thais feels far more natural and fluid. Most Westerners I know here have genuine friendships with Thai people, built on mutual respect and shared experience rather than novelty or convenience.

 

It’s perhaps also a matter of age - many of us (friends and I) arrived earlier in our twenties and thirties, still young enough to engage actively in local life, work alongside Thais, and form meaningful social circles beyond the expat bubble.

 

By contrast, in places like Pattaya or Phuket, integration seems more elusive. The dynamic there often skews toward transient tourism or retirement enclaves, where relationships between locals and foreigners tend to be more transactional or surface-level. It’s not hostility - simply circumstance. The rhythm of life in those areas doesn’t lend itself as easily to the kind of steady, organic friendships that grow through shared daily life.

 

So, both age and location play defining roles. Bangkok, with its professional diversity and cultural openness, offers a setting where cross-cultural connection feels both normalised and sustainable - a blend of worlds rather than a divide between them.

 

 

 

A broad sweeping Brit-bash brush that !.. 

 

Expand  

You've based your findings on three locations. What about the rest of Thailand?

 

Perhaps it’s because those places are such stark opposites. Still, I know expats in Chiang Mai, Kanchanaburi, Hat Yai, Khon Kaen, and Hua Hin who live what could only be described as normalised lives - a healthy blend of Western and Thai friendships, comfortably integrated into the social fabric around them.

 

Not everyone will do so, of course. As Don rightly mentioned, some simply have no desire to mix beyond the expat circle - and that’s their prerogative. But in my experience, many do integrate, and often quite successfully. The brush isn’t nearly as broad as some make it out to be; there’s far more nuance and balance in how foreigners adapt and connect here than the clichés would suggest.

One of the men arrested, the 35 year old "of Caribbean origin" has been released without charge. The Police say he had nothing to do with the incident.

 

So now lone nutter, probably off his tits on something (or off his meds).  A conductor was among the injured; I wonder if he was conducting ticket inspections at the time. I've seen many times how ticket inspectors handle people traveling without tickets; they often seem drunk or something.

 

Witnesses say after he ran off the train, he continued to chase passengers.

 

That the police are now very quickly saying they are not looking for any other suspects, makes me think this character is another product of "Care in the Community".

 

https://youtu.be/Hm4iZaPQDgU?si=_PlbKw8ZwZnka-l-

 

2 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

    Furthermore if it really was an isolated incident why the need for an increased police presence across the whole rail network ?    Might there be something they are not telling us?  

Its called "precaution" - I would have thought that was obvious.

4 hours ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

Daniel Penney's ordeal was the death blow for bystanders coming to the rescue. Cheers lefties.

Sorry again Sunny.
 

"Detectives have reviewed the CCTV from the train and it is clear his actions were nothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved many people's lives," British Transport Police say of the injured employee."

He didn't check his Wikipedia about the American guy who choked a homeless guy to death. So just more nonsense from you.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm2zvjx1z14t

Two Black guys.  I’m not surprised.

13 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Its called "precaution" - I would have thought that was obvious.

Precaution against what exactly ?   Further  non terrorism "isolated incidents "  somewhat over the top to have  a heavy police presence over the whole network, do they even have enough officers ? and if any body was planning a similar act of terror elsewhere then now would be the time to do it

19 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

He didn't check his Wikipedia about the American guy who choked a homeless guy to death. So just more nonsense from you.

🤣 1st sentence is a wild distortion of what happened, pure nonsense in fact. 2nd sentence you rail against others posting what you consider nonsense. Liberals😂

4 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

🤣 1st sentence is a wild distortion of what happened, pure nonsense in fact. 

So he didn't choke him to death? What happened then? The medical examiner's office ruled that Neely's death was homicide by compression of the neck.

So what new evidence do you have?
 

Quote

 2nd sentence you rail against others posting what you consider nonsense. Liberals😂

Again your obsession.

21 minutes ago, Rocky Sullivan said:

Two Black guys.  I’m not surprised.

Why?

5 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Why?

They commit more crimes.

41 minutes ago, Rocky Sullivan said:

Two Black guys.  I’m not surprised.

 

One of whom was innocent. Why am Imnot surprised you didn't bother to read that.

 

Very racist of you.

39 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

Precaution against what exactly ?   Further  non terrorism "isolated incidents "  somewhat over the top to have  a heavy police presence over the whole network, do they even have enough officers ? and if any body was planning a similar act of terror elsewhere then now would be the time to do it

 

Copy cats, but also there are people out there who are attempting to whip up anti-foreigner fever (not just anti-Muslim, #remigration is trending). So not just the threat of an attacker, but because some dimwit things that elderly Sikh gent is the head of Al Qaida. In addition, have you no respect? Don't you know what's happening at this time of year in the UK, like it has every year for the last 106 year? Maybe you are German, and don't really understand.

 

The officers are from the British transport Police, not your regular beat Bobbies.

5 minutes ago, Roadsternut said:

 

One of whom was innocent. Why am Imnot surprised you didn't bother to read that.

 

Very racist of you.

Oh, breaking news.  Originally it was two.

 

I’ll rephrase.  One black guy.  I’m not surprised.

 

Are you happy now?

5 minutes ago, Rocky Sullivan said:

Oh, breaking news.  Originally it was two.

 

I’ll rephrase.  One black guy.  I’m not surprised.

 

Are you happy now?

 

Not breaking news, been announced a good while no.

Am I happy? Not about you, chum. Why do you care if I am happy or not?

 

 

2 minutes ago, Roadsternut said:

 

Not breaking news, been announced a good while no.

Am I happy? Not about you, chum. Why do you care if I am happy or not?

 

 

Because you were despondent over my post.

 

 

UPDATE:

 

Train Horror: British Man Arrested After Stabbing Spree

 

Picture courtesy of AP | via CNN

 

Britain is reeling after Saturday's shocking train stabbing incident en route to London left nine people critically injured. It has been labelled a "major incident" by British Transport Police. Currently, a 32-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder, while another suspect has been released without charge.

 

The high-speed train, departing Doncaster and destined for London, was just past Peterborough when chaos erupted. Passengers, including witness Wren Chambers, reported screams and fled through carriages as a man brandished a weapon. Police quickly apprehended two men after an emergency call, though one was later released, clarifying just one suspect remains.

 

Authorities confirmed there is no evidence to suggest terrorism, with the investigation ongoing. The sole suspect is a Black British national who boarded in Peterborough. According to Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Cundy, specialist detectives are working diligently to piece together the motive behind this attack.

 

The incident significantly impacted victims, with 11 people treated in hospital, including a heroic train staff member who remains in critical condition. His brave intervention is believed to have saved lives. Despite the horror, police rescinded an initial declaration of a "marauding terrorist attack" codeword, reaffirming the isolated nature of the event.

 

Stabbings are rising across England and Wales despite the UK's generally low crime rates. This year alone, 51,527 knife-related offences were logged, highlighting national concerns. The East Coast Main Line train service, one of the busiest in the UK, resumed after brief disruptions, reported CNN.

 

Responses have poured in from key figures, including Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles, expressing shock and condolences. An ongoing police investigation promises further insights, but for now, the public remains on edge, awaiting updates on the suspect's background and potential motives.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from CNN 2025-11-03

 

 

1 hour ago, Rocky Sullivan said:

Because you were despondent over my post.

 

 

 

Chum, I couldn't give a flying fig about you.

 

You're a racist. You instinctually associate criminality with race, hence your comment. The report could have also said "the suspect is a poor person", also a group associated with crime. I would not be suprised to find out the suspect is right handed. And, not suprised that a lunatic going around stabbing people is in fact a lunatic.

 

Race is not a cause of criminality, but racists don't see the world like that. There was a million things to say about this attack, but you latched onto race, like many others. Some racists are proud of the label, others try and deny it, claiming they were misunderstood. You haven't done that, so I suppose you are in the former group.

 

He's a lunatic. It will come out that once the police established his identity, he was already known to them, through the system. Hence they rapidly closed down the hunt, within 24 hours, for any other suspects or co-conspiritors. There have been no dawn raids on addresses in the Easts Midlands etc.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15251135/Huntingdon-knife-attack-suspect-Devil.html

 

Quote

 

A project manager described on Sunday how the knifeman told her 'The Devil is not going to win' as she begged for her life.

Dayna Arnold, 48, boarded the train with partner, site manager Andy Gray, 37, before the incident began minutes later.

The couple were in Coach J when she was separated from Andy as people ran for their lives.

She had fallen to the floor when the suspect stood over her with a 6in blade and she told him: 'Please don't.'

Dayna said: 'I was running and when I looked back I saw the knifeman running after me.

'I fell down and I just said, "Please don't". Something shifted in his face and he just carried on. He said: "The Devil is not going to win."'

She told The Mirror: 'We just feel very lucky today. If we had been sat at the other end of the carriage, we'd might not be here.'

 

 

 

 

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

UPDATE:

 

Train Horror: British Man Arrested After Stabbing Spree

 

Picture courtesy of AP | via CNN

 

Britain is reeling after Saturday's shocking train stabbing incident en route to London left nine people critically injured. It has been labelled a "major incident" by British Transport Police. Currently, a 32-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of attempted murder, while another suspect has been released without charge.

 

The high-speed train, departing Doncaster and destined for London, was just past Peterborough when chaos erupted. Passengers, including witness Wren Chambers, reported screams and fled through carriages as a man brandished a weapon. Police quickly apprehended two men after an emergency call, though one was later released, clarifying just one suspect remains.

 

Authorities confirmed there is no evidence to suggest terrorism, with the investigation ongoing. The sole suspect is a Black British national who boarded in Peterborough. According to Deputy Chief Constable Stuart Cundy, specialist detectives are working diligently to piece together the motive behind this attack.

 

The incident significantly impacted victims, with 11 people treated in hospital, including a heroic train staff member who remains in critical condition. His brave intervention is believed to have saved lives. Despite the horror, police rescinded an initial declaration of a "marauding terrorist attack" codeword, reaffirming the isolated nature of the event.

 

Stabbings are rising across England and Wales despite the UK's generally low crime rates. This year alone, 51,527 knife-related offences were logged, highlighting national concerns. The East Coast Main Line train service, one of the busiest in the UK, resumed after brief disruptions, reported CNN.

 

Responses have poured in from key figures, including Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles, expressing shock and condolences. An ongoing police investigation promises further insights, but for now, the public remains on edge, awaiting updates on the suspect's background and potential motives.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from CNN 2025-11-03

 

 

 

 

The author needs picking up on the choice of language. The other person is not a suspect released without charge. He is no longer a suspect. The police concluded he was an innocent bystander. "Suspects released without charge" implies they are still considered suspects.

5 hours ago, Roadsternut said:

 

Chum, I couldn't give a flying fig about you.

 

You're a racist. You instinctually associate criminality with race, hence your comment. The report could have also said "the suspect is a poor person", also a group associated with crime. I would not be suprised to find out the suspect is right handed. And, not suprised that a lunatic going around stabbing people is in fact a lunatic.

 

Race is not a cause of criminality, but racists don't see the world like that. There was a million things to say about this attack, but you latched onto race, like many others. Some racists are proud of the label, others try and deny it, claiming they were misunderstood. You haven't done that, so I suppose you are in the former group.

 

He's a lunatic. It will come out that once the police established his identity, he was already known to them, through the system. Hence they rapidly closed down the hunt, within 24 hours, for any other suspects or co-conspiritors. There have been no dawn raids on addresses in the Easts Midlands etc.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15251135/Huntingdon-knife-attack-suspect-Devil.html

 

 

 

 

 

“Chum, I couldn't give a flying fig about you”

 

You certainly do.  That’s why you keep responding to my post.

 

The rest of your leftist bleeding heart jibberish has nothing to do with my statement.

 

Proven fact:  They commit more crimes.

 

Now go have your pint at the Zebra Bar.

 

Racism?  You’re making it a bigger issue than it is.

It’s all in your head.

 

 

9 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

What sort of cohesion is there from the Brits in Spain or Thailand? The vast majority of Brits i know in Thailand don't assimilate. They learn nothing of the culture, religion. They don't learn any of the Thai language (my friend has lived here 20 years and still can't speak a word of Thai). They want their British foods. They import some rather iffy tendancies - being sex tourists, drunk in bars at 2pm. Demanding copies of the Daily Mail. I'd argue they make no effort to assimilate either. 

 

Same in Spain - they make no efforts to assimilate. 

 

Furthermore most of the violence in Thailand (especially Pattaya at the moment is coming from these Brits. 

I make no effort to assimilate either (nor am I an immigrant), but because I come from a civilized culture, I also have no urge to run around seeing how many locals I can stab.

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I make no effort to assimilate either (nor am I an immigrant), but because I come from a civilized culture, I also have no urge to run around seeing how many locals I can stab.

 

What is civilized to you (eg, Brits sitting in a bar at 2pm blind drunk, paying for sex with old ladies, before ending it with a donner kebab, and then going to smash someones head in) might not be civilized to others. 

 

You get good and bad eggs in every 'culture'. 

19 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I make no effort to assimilate either (nor am I an immigrant), but because I come from a civilized culture, I also have no urge to run around seeing how many locals I can stab.

Well not with a knife anyway.

36 minutes ago, DonniePeverley said:

What is civilized to you (eg, Brits sitting in a bar at 2pm blind drunk, paying for sex with old ladies, before ending it with a donner kebab, and then going to smash someones head in) might not be civilized to others. 

 

You get good and bad eggs in every 'culture'. 

So you equate stabbing people with getting drunk?