can someone rationally explain this to me, and i have been here 8 yrs now...

http://www.pattayaone.net/pattaya-news/113281/controversial-pattaya-water-safety-festival-begins/

sorry i dont know how to actually upload article without haveing to click on it,,,

but please look at this,, can you imagine how family members must feel,, or am i missing something

I am hoping for a "lost in translation" type of explanation... otherwise it's just plain stupid.

Wow! That is good news. The authorities must be doing one hell of a job in that place. Gives me a huge amount of confidence about going to Pattaya for a holiday. I hear the jet skis are now free and the worst of the ladyboys have been driven out of the city.

Wow! That is good news. The authorities must be doing one hell of a job in that place. Gives me a huge amount of confidence about going to Pattaya for a holiday. I hear the jet skis are now free and the worst of the ladyboys have been driven out of the city.

I hope the Best of the Ladyboys remained then ...

They're Fun.

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This topic deserves to be bumped.

I'd like some journalist deserving that appelation to go to interview some of these "officials" to ask for a clarification.

Wow, that is pretty impressive.

I wonder how they justify it to themselves? What goes in inside their heads? Surely as you are making the glorious announcement you must be thinking "oh crap, I hope nobody listenning has any more than a single brain cell, please don't let any of the relatives of those that did die be in the audience"

or would the thoughts look more like this " "?

If a boat sinks because it is overloaded, it is not an accident, it is criminal negligence.

If a boat sinks because it is overloaded, it is not an accident, it is criminal negligence.

reminds me of the Thai joke about 12 people in an elevator that dropped from the 20th floor.

question: how many wounded?

answer: none - they are all dead.

You misunderstood what they are trying to do. All the explanation of what they are doing can be found here or at http://www.manager.co.th/Local/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9560000158380

I am not going to do any translation since many people here can already speak Thai. Doing any translation would otherwise offend them.