Walking Street & Khaosan Road believed to be targets of ISIS in Thailand

[SoiBiker]

Never been to any of those places,, am i missing something?

Yes.

You're missing out on being able to speak only English and eat inferior versions of Farang food for inflated prices.

555

That's not entirely fair.

They have inferior versions of Thai food, too.

[thaibeachlovers]

I'm taking this one with a pinch of salt. I find it hard to believe that ISIS gives half a toss about Thailand.

If they hit the obvious targets in LOS it probably won't be because of Thailand, but because they're a soft target in Thailand and the objective is to kill/ maim infidels.

That's why they hit Bali- lots of infidels and little security.

Just to be a bit cynical, if that photo is of KSR, the best thing that can happen to it is that it is removed from the face of the planet. It's always been a 'hole, but now it looks like something in the circles of hell.

[thaibeachlovers]

Never been to any of those places,, am i missing something?

Yes.

You're missing out on being able to speak only English and eat inferior versions of Farang food for inflated prices.

555

You forgot to add being able to see endless repeats of "The Beach" while eating inferior overpriced western food.

[lovelomsak]

If they want Russians I think they simply need to bomb condos full of Russian families. Do it in the middle of the night Take out first 2 floors and no where to go,quite simple really. Why go out in public with other people all around.

[thaibeachlovers]

If they want Russians I think they simply need to bomb condos full of Russian families. Do it in the middle of the night Take out first 2 floors and no where to go,quite simple really. Why go out in public with other people all around.

It's the publicity they want. A building full of Russians would not gain as many outraged responses as a street full of revellers.

The terrorists are not stupid, though our leaders would like us to believe so.

[cgphuket]

"Walking Street & Khaosan Road believed to be targets of ISIS in Thailand". So ISIS is in the garbage disposal business now?

[soalbundy]

If they go to the Khaosan road they will think someone else has blown themselves up before they got there

[billd766]

Probably be Nanaplaza or Patpong then

All that needs to happen is to block the entrance to Nana Plaza and there is NO other way out that I can remember.

[billd766]

I'm taking this one with a pinch of salt. I find it hard to believe that ISIS gives half a toss about Thailand.

It's not Thailand they care about, at busy times in high season, Khaosan Road and Walking Street are full of Brits, other Europeans, and Americans all bunched together.

A perfect target for suicide bombers and shooters.

Just imagine Songkran in Khao San road full of tourists and a number of IS suicide gunners and bombers.

[smotherb]

If the men get 47 virgins,what do the women get for blowing themselves up?

47 feminist men to serve them day and night.

You don't really understand feminism, do you?

Hell no. I've resisted successfully.

SoiBiker, please explain. Are you saying a feminist man could not please a woman?

No, not at all. Just that feminism is about equality, not about men being subservient to dominant women as some seem to believe.

On reflection, though, I think a discussion of the nature of feminism is perhaps beyond the scope of this forum.

I think DrTuner's analogy is credible even though his accounting is suspect. Men who believe they are not superior to women would be rather good servants of women.

If a discussion of this nature was beyond this forum, it would not stop the discussion.

[SoiBiker]

If the men get 47 virgins,what do the women get for blowing themselves up?

47 feminist men to serve them day and night.

You don't really understand feminism, do you?

Hell no. I've resisted successfully.

SoiBiker, please explain. Are you saying a feminist man could not please a woman?

No, not at all. Just that feminism is about equality, not about men being subservient to dominant women as some seem to believe.

On reflection, though, I think a discussion of the nature of feminism is perhaps beyond the scope of this forum.

I think DrTuner's analogy is credible even though his accounting is suspect. Men who believe they are not superior to women would be rather good servants of women.

If a discussion of this nature was beyond this forum, it would not stop the discussion.

Equality doesn't mean being someone's servant, though.

[rogeroc]

No, not at all. Just that feminism is about equality, not about men being subservient to dominant women as some seem to believe.

Seems like you believe in equality, so do i. That makes us Egalitarian not Feminist.

[soalbundy]

No, not at all. Just that feminism is about equality, not about men being subservient to dominant women as some seem to believe.

Seems like you believe in equality, so do i. That makes us Egalitarian not Feminist.

Whats with all these labels, run out of jam jars? Why can't people simply have opinions without some school boy coming up screeching ''That's not PC'', or ''Racist'', or whatever.

[SoiBiker]

No, not at all. Just that feminism is about equality, not about men being subservient to dominant women as some seem to believe.

Seems like you believe in equality, so do i. That makes us Egalitarian not Feminist.

Seeking equality is the very heart of feminism. Although I'm scarcely surprised to find the idea so misunderstood here.

[Dibbler]

yep, just a matter of time, so many other very busy targets that could be hit too and you only have to look at how the cops handled the last incident here eg giving themselves the reward a week after one person was caught etc. The difference between the Paris incident and here and how the police handled it was like night and day

The difference between Paris police and Bangkok police is that the former are an agency concerned with public security and law and order and go through training to deal with situations like what was presented by the eight terrorists recently. The latter are mostly a revenue generating agency whose officers are expected to pay for their uniform, weapon and boots, and sometimes their positions, and then must find ways to collect revenue to pay it back. Very different recruitment and training processes.

[DrTuner]

No, not at all. Just that feminism is about equality, not about men being subservient to dominant women as some seem to believe.

Seems like you believe in equality, so do i. That makes us Egalitarian not Feminist.

Seeking equality is the very heart of feminism. Although I'm scarcely surprised to find the idea so misunderstood here.

Here's a nice little poster from a leading feminist publication in Finland for you:

Loosely translated it says: "Shoot them in the balls, enough of male activism!". Pretty hard to misunderstand.

[SoiBiker]

Tulva appears to be the quarterly publication of the Feminist Association Unioni in Finland. An interesting organisation. On their rather informative website, they describe their aims as "to promote political, economic and social equality of the genders and to achieve its goals of a human society based on equality and tolerance".

http://www.naisunioni.fi/english

Edited December 11, 2015 by SoiBiker

[DrTuner]

Tulva appears to be the quarterly publication of the Feminist Association Unioni in Finland. An interesting organisation. On their rather informative website, they describe their aims as "to promote political, economic and social equality of the genders and to achieve its goals of a human society based on equality and tolerance".

http://www.naisunioni.fi/english

And their method of doing so seems to have a parallel to current Thai leaders, namely at gunpoint. Here they call it democracy, there they call it equality.

[lvr181]

Tulva appears to be the quarterly publication of the Feminist Association Unioni in Finland. An interesting organisation. On their rather informative website, they describe their aims as "to promote political, economic and social equality of the genders and to achieve its goals of a human society based on equality and tolerance".

http://www.naisunioni.fi/english

One of the first benefits for those promoting gender equality would be requiring them to serve in a country's Army on the front lines so that in the event of war they can die, equally, alongside those with whom they wish to be equal. Some countries already do this - Kurdish fighters? And also daesh terrorists.

Actually, men and women can be equal but will always be different. It is the last part of that sentence that those who are into "political correctness" do not seem to understand. The world is not "gray/grey" as some would like us to believe.

[jaidam]

yep, just a matter of time, so many other very busy targets that could be hit too and you only have to look at how the cops handled the last incident here eg giving themselves the reward a week after one person was caught etc. The difference between the Paris incident and here and how the police handled it was like night and day

The difference between Paris police and Bangkok police is that the former are an agency concerned with public security and law and order and go through training to deal with situations like what was presented by the eight terrorists recently. The latter are mostly a revenue generating agency whose officers are expected to pay for their uniform, weapon and boots, and sometimes their positions, and then must find ways to collect revenue to pay it back. Very different recruitment and training processes.

True, but remember in Paris the gendarmerie were happy to allow the islamists to create their own mini caliphates where only Sharia applies, and a uniformed police officer walking in such an area would be beheaded in seconds by allahu akbar chanting religious nuts. Compared to Bangkok where the utterly clueless police have still managed to keep full control of all population sectors(except the v rich). The muslims will have an easier job attacking in France than here - where nobody in Bangkok except for a few liberal demented foreigners support their evil plans.

[lvr181]

yep, just a matter of time, so many other very busy targets that could be hit too and you only have to look at how the cops handled the last incident here eg giving themselves the reward a week after one person was caught etc. The difference between the Paris incident and here and how the police handled it was like night and day

The difference between Paris police and Bangkok police is that the former are an agency concerned with public security and law and order and go through training to deal with situations like what was presented by the eight terrorists recently. The latter are mostly a revenue generating agency whose officers are expected to pay for their uniform, weapon and boots, and sometimes their positions, and then must find ways to collect revenue to pay it back. Very different recruitment and training processes.

True, but remember in Paris the gendarmerie were happy to allow the islamists to create their own mini caliphates where only Sharia applies, and a uniformed police officer walking in such an area would be beheaded in seconds by allahu akbar chanting religious nuts. Compared to Bangkok where the utterly clueless police have still managed to keep full control of all population sectors(except the v rich). The muslims will have an easier job attacking in France than here - where nobody in Bangkok except for a few liberal demented foreigners support their evil plans.

"...in Paris the gendarmerie were happy to allow the islamists to create their own mini caliphates where only Sharia applies,..."

Really? I thought the French Police are servants of the Government? Paris IS NOT in Thailand.

[impulse]

Tulva appears to be the quarterly publication of the Feminist Association Unioni in Finland. An interesting organisation. On their rather informative website, they describe their aims as "to promote political, economic and social equality of the genders and to achieve its goals of a human society based on equality and tolerance".

Getting one's balls shot off would be quite an equalizer. But not a very good model of tolerance.

[SiSePuede419]

"...in Paris the gendarmerie were happy to allow the islamists to create their own mini caliphates where only Sharia applies,..."

False.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/nogozones.asp

Why do "Conservatives" get caught repeating lies, over and over again? Because they never confirm if its a lie or not. Because they like the lies. Even after they are corrected, they keep repeating the lies.

Conservatives prefer lies, because The Truth has a well-known "liberal bias".

555

[impulse]

"...in Paris the gendarmerie were happy to allow the islamists to create their own mini caliphates where only Sharia applies,..."

False.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/nogozones.asp

Why do "Conservatives" get caught repeating lies, over and over again? Because they never confirm if its a lie or not. Because they like the lies. Even after they are corrected, they keep repeating the lies.

Conservatives prefer lies, because The Truth has a well-known "liberal bias".

Truth is subjective, and often multi-faceted. In other words, complicated.

Lies can be as black and white as the messenger wants.

They like simple, black and white.

"With us, or against us." comes to mind.

[Nomyai]

"...in Paris the gendarmerie were happy to allow the islamists to create their own mini caliphates where only Sharia applies,..."

False.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/nogozones.asp

Why do "Conservatives" get caught repeating lies, over and over again? Because they never confirm if its a lie or not. Because they like the lies. Even after they are corrected, they keep repeating the lies.

Conservatives prefer lies, because The Truth has a well-known "liberal bias".

Truth is subjective, and often multi-faceted. In other words, complicated.

Lies can be as black and white as the messenger wants.

They like simple, black and white.

"With us, or against us." comes to mind.

Name some lies conservatives keep repeating. Balance budget is good. Balance budget is good. Balance budget is good.

Socialism is bad. Socialism is bad,etc.

[thaibeachlovers]

No, not at all. Just that feminism is about equality, not about men being subservient to dominant women as some seem to believe.

Seems like you believe in equality, so do i. That makes us Egalitarian not Feminist.

Seeking equality is the very heart of feminism. Although I'm scarcely surprised to find the idea so misunderstood here.

Germaine would disagree with you. She was rightly condemned for her comments regarding transgender women recently.

[soalbundy]

Tulva appears to be the quarterly publication of the Feminist Association Unioni in Finland. An interesting organisation. On their rather informative website, they describe their aims as "to promote political, economic and social equality of the genders and to achieve its goals of a human society based on equality and tolerance".

http://www.naisunioni.fi/english

by shooting mens ball's off ?

[Bluespunk]

No, not at all. Just that feminism is about equality, not about men being subservient to dominant women as some seem to believe.

Seems like you believe in equality, so do i. That makes us Egalitarian not Feminist.

Seeking equality is the very heart of feminism. Although I'm scarcely surprised to find the idea so misunderstood here.

Germaine would disagree with you. She was rightly condemned for her comments regarding transgender women recently.

Germaine prefers her eunuchs to be female.

Edited December 24, 2015 by Bluespunk