alanrchase Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Woa! Is Thailand becoming an Islamic state? Ever lived in one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueLeader Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Does anyone have a score card with the number of crack downs currently running? Do they really think that the things outlined here are actually going to have much effect on the hard core drinkers here in Thailand, that's going to be a long up hill battle. They have time and resources. This is going to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 But but but but...... all my Chang vest collection will be useless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INV Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Why would this be announced in Chiang Mai and nowhere else? A bit like the carrying your passport law (no copies) announced in Hua Hin and then quickly retracted! Maybe there was the first meeting to explain the new implementations.Start in the north and work its way down. It does say: "The Government has warned that it intends to enforce harsh measures regulating the advertising and promotion of alcohol, in a move that will affect thousands of businesses throughout the country." So it will be in the whole country the way I read it, just started in CM with the first information meeting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Posts containing comments that can be construed as being negative about the imposition of Martial Law or the Coup have been removed and will continue to be removed without notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoli Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 A good friend works for Diageo putting together launch events in bars, discos and hotels around and about. I guess she will be NOT be out of a job then. Tax the stuff by alchohol content and this whole discussion becomes moot. Whisky would become too expensive and everyone would drink beer and wine. Problem solved. Already done this year. Alcohol is now taxed by volume. Apparently it did not solve the problem. This discussion is still alive. You can look up the new law if you would like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhamBam Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Ridiculous idea. Has someone been sniffing the glue or something to make up an idea like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 If you wear a T-shirt or apparel with an alcohol logo on it and happen to be serving in a bar at the same time, it is considered an advertisement, and that is illegal. ...and when we are sober again we include Marihuana T-shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonMrPics Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I'll happily hire all the beer girls -No idea what I'll do with them, but see it as my national duty to help, and Im sure I can find something for them to do! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Looks like the end of all kinds of sponsorship, sport etc, individual fun and the procedure of sending folk to boredom and sending tourists elsewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bapoboy Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 yes, in 2020 they will have sharia law here. Woa! Is Thailand becoming an Islamic state? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eliot Rosewater Posted August 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2014 Honestly... What the <deleted>! As a bar owner, if they actually enforce these laws, I will have to throw out all of my current stock. No warnings and ingredient labels on old stock, so they won't be allowed. Nevermind bar owners, think about warehouses also. Ridiculous! After a <deleted> terrible current year for the tourism industry due to political problems, they are going to turn away many tourists for next year. Do you want to come to a Thailand where ALL drinking must stop at midnight? Not just sales, ALL drinking in bars. I'm fuming with this decision. I am a huge supporter of the coup and all the good that it has done/is doing for Thailand. When they say they want to encourage tourism, and then they come up with stupid ass decisions to discourage tourism it makes me really angry. It's like they don't understand what brings people to Thailand. It feels like the leadership of the country doesn't communicate with all of the other parts of the government. For instance, tour guides reported Russian tour agents to the government and this was dismissed because it was decided that these Russian tour guides provide a good service for tourists. The next day they are talking about inspecting all tour agencies to make sure they are in compliance with all laws. It just makes me shake my head. The same goes for immigration crackdowns and then loosening because it was a bad decision. Please can we just understand that this crackdown is a bad decision before they implement it? Please. Please Please. Then stop whining like a little bitch. A military government means they can do WHATEVER they want and you can't say a word about it. In fact; I think you are in breach of the law already as it is illegal to criticize the junta. Get smart; do what you are told or leave Thailand. Full stop. Word of advice; get rid of your stock and follow the law. As a foreigner no one will have sympathy for you if you don't Their country, their rules. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 No more "beer girls" Haha...I guess may here misread the first line at first and thought..... <deleted>!!!! Beer Bar Girls....banned!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipperylobster Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Wondering about all the girls standing on walking street with happy hour/2 for one placards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 what about Thai beer sponsoring UK football, Chang is Everton anywhere else?will make sure i wear my everton shirt every time i go to a bar, Everton who are they I'll be wearing an AUFC shirt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellred Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 This will surely put a dent in the bar and gogo scene no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metapod Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 im not even a big drinker but this is <deleted> stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 About time, alcohol causes more deaths than illegal drugs and legal drugs like cigarettes which have warnings already. What a rubbish. It's not rubbish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Honestly... What the <deleted>! As a bar owner, if they actually enforce these laws, I will have to throw out all of my current stock. No warnings and ingredient labels on old stock, so they won't be allowed. Nevermind bar owners, think about warehouses also. Ridiculous! After a <deleted> terrible current year for the tourism industry due to political problems, they are going to turn away many tourists for next year. Do you want to come to a Thailand where ALL drinking must stop at midnight? Not just sales, ALL drinking in bars. I'm fuming with this decision. I am a huge supporter of the coup and all the good that it has done/is doing for Thailand. When they say they want to encourage tourism, and then they come up with stupid ass decisions to discourage tourism it makes me really angry. It's like they don't understand what brings people to Thailand. It feels like the leadership of the country doesn't communicate with all of the other parts of the government. For instance, tour guides reported Russian tour agents to the government and this was dismissed because it was decided that these Russian tour guides provide a good service for tourists. The next day they are talking about inspecting all tour agencies to make sure they are in compliance with all laws. It just makes me shake my head. The same goes for immigration crackdowns and then loosening because it was a bad decision. Please can we just understand that this crackdown is a bad decision before they implement it? Please. Please Please. Then stop whining like a little bitch. A military government means they can do WHATEVER they want and you can't say a word about it. In fact; I think you are in breach of the law already as it is illegal to criticize the junta. Get smart; do what you are told or leave Thailand. Full stop. Word of advice; get rid of your stock and follow the law. As a foreigner no one will have sympathy for you if you don't Their country, their rules. I think I have rode that sentence already a few times here. I just repeat it. Thailand political situation reminds me more and more about North Korea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted August 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 26, 2014 Honestly... What the <deleted>! As a bar owner, if they actually enforce these laws, I will have to throw out all of my current stock. No warnings and ingredient labels on old stock, so they won't be allowed. Nevermind bar owners, think about warehouses also. Ridiculous! After a <deleted> terrible current year for the tourism industry due to political problems, they are going to turn away many tourists for next year. Do you want to come to a Thailand where ALL drinking must stop at midnight? Not just sales, ALL drinking in bars. I'm fuming with this decision. I am a huge supporter of the coup and all the good that it has done/is doing for Thailand. When they say they want to encourage tourism, and then they come up with stupid ass decisions to discourage tourism it makes me really angry. It's like they don't understand what brings people to Thailand. It feels like the leadership of the country doesn't communicate with all of the other parts of the government. For instance, tour guides reported Russian tour agents to the government and this was dismissed because it was decided that these Russian tour guides provide a good service for tourists. The next day they are talking about inspecting all tour agencies to make sure they are in compliance with all laws. It just makes me shake my head. The same goes for immigration crackdowns and then loosening because it was a bad decision. Please can we just understand that this crackdown is a bad decision before they implement it? Please. Please Please. Then stop whining like a little bitch. A military government means they can do WHATEVER they want and you can't say a word about it. In fact; I think you are in breach of the law already as it is illegal to criticize the junta. Get smart; do what you are told or leave Thailand. Full stop. Word of advice; get rid of your stock and follow the law. As a foreigner no one will have sympathy for you if you don't Their country, their rules. Wow, a good goody gum drops............. ........... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalbo123 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 (edited) Another law that is never going to be enforced. I give it 2 weeks before the General on Friday announces that we should not take it all too seriously. I the mean time I will enjoy panic and disorder by a lot of TV members. Edited August 26, 2014 by kalbo123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert24 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I wonder what Thaibev and Singha think about this. Let's just wait and see how this pans out. You will have many Thais opposed to those laws so definitely not something to win popularity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryfrompattaya Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 To all those who claim Thailand is not a "nanny state," how do ya like them apples? This is great on Sundays in my Church we have been praying laws like this ti save many souls Amen Brothers and Sisters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacky54 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Honestly who gives a shit, as long as i can buy my 5 large LEO a day i dont care. So i dident even bother reading the post. "Im 4 down one more and "good night" That's one thing that should be banned, leo is utter muck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgemandm Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I like it more of it good for thailand hop Australia could do the same as Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliot Rosewater Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Honestly... What the <deleted>! As a bar owner, if they actually enforce these laws, I will have to throw out all of my current stock. No warnings and ingredient labels on old stock, so they won't be allowed. Nevermind bar owners, think about warehouses also. Ridiculous! After a <deleted> terrible current year for the tourism industry due to political problems, they are going to turn away many tourists for next year. Do you want to come to a Thailand where ALL drinking must stop at midnight? Not just sales, ALL drinking in bars. I'm fuming with this decision. I am a huge supporter of the coup and all the good that it has done/is doing for Thailand. When they say they want to encourage tourism, and then they come up with stupid ass decisions to discourage tourism it makes me really angry. It's like they don't understand what brings people to Thailand. It feels like the leadership of the country doesn't communicate with all of the other parts of the government. For instance, tour guides reported Russian tour agents to the government and this was dismissed because it was decided that these Russian tour guides provide a good service for tourists. The next day they are talking about inspecting all tour agencies to make sure they are in compliance with all laws. It just makes me shake my head. The same goes for immigration crackdowns and then loosening because it was a bad decision. Please can we just understand that this crackdown is a bad decision before they implement it? Please. Please Please. Then stop whining like a little bitch. A military government means they can do WHATEVER they want and you can't say a word about it. In fact; I think you are in breach of the law already as it is illegal to criticize the junta. Get smart; do what you are told or leave Thailand. Full stop. Word of advice; get rid of your stock and follow the law. As a foreigner no one will have sympathy for you if you don't Their country, their rules. Wow, a good goody gum drops............. ........... Hey, you asked for it....you got it. Did you really think it would end up otherwise?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brain150 Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 As we [maybe] all know the ban on alcohol has proven as very effective in history. Main example to be the US where the so called "prohibition" is remembered as one of the most happy times in US history. Crime was down to 0.00% and morality was on an all time high. We should respect the decision of the new Thai Government that historically proven as very good things are implemented to the greater good of the overall population. It is NOT the education of the people that will change things for the better but it needs to be stated that the population can only be FORCED to it's own greater good. The ban on alcohol is hereby a very good way. The people can not be trusted with free will or the ability to create its own future !!! [... if this would be my opinion I would have shot myself a long time ago] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiggiCM Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 so no live football on TV no selling footballshirts with Chang advertising, no Heiniken, no Jack Daniels shirts, no foreign magazins to buy because advertising of alcohol, no duty free sales in airlines, because of promoting alcohol, yeah, let see all all abrs and discos shut down in Thailand at midnight, this will have a big impact to tourists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neeranam Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 The man behind this is Dr Udomsilp Srisangnam, who is a former Deputy Minister of Health and now the Chairman of the Thai Health Promotion Foundation. He is the "expert" on alcohol abuse in Thailand. Well rather he is powerful so everyone believes what he says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFarAndNear Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Wondering hat happened to all the Singha and Chang tank top wearing tourists... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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