Don't forget that the Thais are some of the most proud of the proud and have never been colonized.

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MacDonalds colonized Thailand in 1986

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I think the very subject of this thread is a bit misleading - it implies that so far Thailand haven't shown goodwill to Farangs, which is obviously not true.

and then - does the showing of good will mean letting foreigners to own land or whatever? I think - not necesserily.

funny, more then often it seems like some people want to come to this country, own the land and other things, and tell people in this country what and how to do, and in general - only to have this country itself - but not its people. or to make these people to adopt to their ways and style and values etc. hmmmm....

With the aid that has been provided from farangs around the world, finacial and otherwise, would it not be a show of appreciation to reciprocate.

How about the laws being changed on home/land ownership for example.

The king under these circumstances has been known to pardon prisoners in Thailand for any gratuitous help to its country. So why not the goverment?

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I think in this disaster that Thailand has done itself proud, and taken exceptional care of all nationalities affected. I say they have every reason to be feel good about the compassion and courage they've shown, and have no idea why they should need to pardon some scumbag drug dealer on top of it all.

The aid was to help people who were suffering, not to get something in return. I suggest you look up charity and compassion in a dictionary.

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I agree

I think the very subject of this thread is a bit misleading - it implies that so far Thailand haven't shown goodwill to Farangs, which is obviously not true.

and then - does the showing of good will mean letting foreigners to own land or whatever? I think - not necesserily.

funny, more then often it seems like some people want to come to this country, own the land and other things, and tell people in this country what and how to do, and in general - only to have this country itself - but not its people. or to make these people to adopt to their ways and style and values etc. hmmmm....

The operative words here are your first two, "I think". Thinking does not of course mean saying. And from what i have read here nothing whatsoever has been said what YOU are saying, or "thinking".

How about the laws being changed on home/land ownership for example.

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Any change to those laws will be extremely slow and gradual. i.e. Something like surviving foreign spouse with children who are Thai nationals can temporarily inherit until the children come of age.

Even then, that's only likely to happen after a string of scandals where the family of the dead Thai sell the property out from under the farang spouse and children (on quiet news days, so it makes it into the papers)...

The only way the law is likely to change beyond that is if other countries introduce reciprocal laws. As it stands, Thailand has no real reason to change the law.

i.e. If the US introduced a rule where property ownership in the US was restricted to nationalities where US citizens could buy land in their home country, THEN it might happen. (or Oz, EU, etc.)