Hi,

"to find ways of punishing the culprits"

Inactive posts for the lot of them.

The punishment for corruption is laughable in most cases. Change that and *maybe* you can start making a change in the corruption culture.

Sanuk!
 

Hi,

There is no place for lese-majeste laws in the 21st century. And it is bloody obvious that they are used purely for political reasons here.

Sanuk!
 

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Not heard about this yet, but considering this is a Thai traffic law, I assume it will be enforced as much as all the other Thai traffic laws - not at all.

Sanuk!

Hi,

Putin said he would retire next year. Maybe Donald can move in with him?

Sanuk!
 

Hi,

Where are the women?

Sanuk!
 

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"Seriously, when were rush hour passengers NOT packed like sardines on the BTS?"

It was quite okay for a while actually, just after the lockdown restrictions eased up a bit.

Sanuk!

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"The pics show protesters packed like sardines."

Same as BTS/MRT during rush hour for the past several weeks, so unlikely gonna be an issue.

Sanuk!
 

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>I thought Delphi banned us?

Don't fully recall. I remember they started charging for access to the Delphi boards and used ours as one of the ones to test people's reactions.
Our reaction was to quit Delphi and setup our own board. This board is still here, no clue what happened to Delphi boards, but my guess they are no longer around.

Sanuk!
 

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While there are definitely regional dialects, I would think that a good teacher would be able to work around those and teach 'generic/standard' Thai.

Sanuk!

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Aren't you guys contradicting yourselves? Complaining that we shouldn't have changed the name (to make the site appeal to a larger audience) while also complaining that the board members were only interested in the nightlife.

Sanuk!

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Yeah, the defamation laws in Thailand are totally fucked up

Sanuk!

Hi,

Hadn't checked that site in some time. Not sure what happened. Will have to check with Jigger.

Sanuk!

21 minutes ago, Coss said:

Which one? Bangkok?

Hahahahaha, fair enough

Sanuk!
 

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"roke prajam tua"
"my limited understanding of congenital diseases, is that they are something one is born"

Not really the Thai definition. I have high blood pressure, and this is considered "roke prajam tua" when getting a check up for my work permit.
Of course, high blood pressure in no way influences my driving.

I do think the separate license for 'big bikes' is good thing though, but as usual the boys in brown will likely look the other way for a few hundred Baht.

I disagree that it is just the people that are the cause of the large amount of traffic deaths. The government is to blame for not providing adequate road safety (u-turns from fast lane to fast lane, WTF are they thinking!) and road safety education, the police for not enforcing the laws (only fining people for no helmet when they have a specific road block setup for instance) and the general public for totally ignoring the laws and lacking even the basic knowledge of traffic rules (how many people stop for zebra crossings here?).

I find that getting a license here is based on being physically able to operate the vehicle, which is NOT the same as being able to drive it in traffic. One of my staff got her license after spending 6 hours driving around on a parking lot. How the fuck does that prepare you for driving in actual traffic?

Sanuk!
 

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This sounds oh so familiar

Sanuk!
 

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And let's just end it there.

Sanuk!
 

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"Chose for yourself."

I have. I choose to believe the scientific community over some 'doctors' on Youtube.

Sanuk!
 

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https://www.sciencenews.org/article/covid-19-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-no-evidence-treatment

Sanuk!

Hi,

"If you are wrong, its an existential threat to human life. If you are right, so what? What are the consequences if we pursue this and later on down the road we find out you were right all along? "

This is exactly it! Climate change turns out to be wrong and we did all these measures anyway, we end up with a cleaner, more efficient, self-sustainable planet; climate change is real and we do nothing, we all die, end of humanity. How the hell is that a choice?

Sanuk!

Hi,

Kinda puts the 3M (I think) paid to the widow in perspective, eh?

Sanuk!
 

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"It won't happen but what I would beg the G8, the UN, all international bodies to do is treat the threat of a pandemic almost like they would if there was an alien invasion. Meaning a united front.  "

Should be the way this (and climate change!) is treated, but we all know it ain't gonna happen Way too many egos involved.

Sanuk!
 

Hi,

That last line ("The decision to drop the charges is exposed by CNN") is interesting. The court did not inform the public of this hoping people would not notice.

Sanuk!
 

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"About 74,600,000 results "

Won't make any difference

BTW, was any reason given why the charges were dropped?

Sanuk!
 

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Shit, I live in this city and had no clue this was happening yesterday. I fully agree with them though, the lese majeste law is a disgrace and does not belong on the 21st century. And this government came in power through corruption and deceit.

Sanuk!