Guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 The Nation certainly does seem to have very good knowledge of the situation compared to Bangkokpost etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlazingStarz Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 The Nation tends to be anti govt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 If what the Bangkok Post is reporting is true, closing at midnight. This truly sucks a big fat ripe mango. This will be demise of the "nightlife" as we now know it, without a doubt. Chok dee, HOKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Suck it up lads. Maybe ChiangMai (without any restrictions yet as it is unzoned) will be destination again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrX Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Several on Thaivisa think organised crime becomes a winner as women are laid off are less 'protected' by having semi-legitimate employment (go-go bars and the like) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belem Posted February 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Shortly after I started this thread, I changed my trip to October to see what would happen with the closing times and such? Even though the airline ticket I have is nonrefundable, I do have the option of cashing in the ticket with the airline to go somewhere else at a higher fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrownFox77 Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Well we can only hope reason may yet prevail. Whatever does ultimately happen I'm glad we have the board as if there is any night life left somewhere I'm sure we'll all learn of it here, where ever it might be and what the "new areas" are like. Not too familar with Thai law, could be lawsuits could hold this off for awhile... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasdave49 Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Sounds like it is the end of an era. The 2am closings seemd to usher in more violent street crime (go figure) the drug war seems to have ushered in more violent street crime, (go figure) Now with the 12am closing I am would think there will be more violent street crime. Hmmm I may have struck on a major sociological concept. Maybe the reasons some muslims seem oriented towards the ultimate violent street crime (blowing themselves up). May be because they have completely eliminated any and all sanuk. Hmmmm wait a minute isnt the interior minister muslim. Think I might be on to something here. At any rate I will watch with bated breath, looks like that trip to PI is going to happen sooner than later. My feeling is that in many ways LOS is LOS-T. Not just the nightlife but its easy going out look, and relaxed approach to doing things. My heart goes out the the 10's of thousands of people who will be out of work throughout the kingdom. The trickle down in the tourist industry will be pretty dam intense. Not many people on vacation want to go someplace that can't just relax and have some fun. Sorry fun isnt perminted any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaimaisabai Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 vegasdave49 said:Now with the 12am closing I am would think there will be more violent street crime. Hi dave, I agree. In England there is a closing time of 11.00 that has very few exceptions - certainly outside the big cities. Walking through the centre of a normally peaceful small town at around 11.30 - when drinks have to be finished and doors close - is not a wise thing to do. Khwai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 PSILVERS here... The confirmation of midnight closing is awful news. I can imagine the number of tourists will go down and so will the spending in the tourist areas. The impact of this decision could be tremendous to the workers. What are the chances that the disaster can be avoided? PSILVERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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