Old Croc

So, you're living (voluntarily?) in a country that you find too hot for your comfort, you find chlorinated swimming pool temperatures not to your liking, and are even afraid to venture onto the roads, You decided to start a thread on a local expat forum to whinge about the aforementioned and reacted with anger because you got the inevitable advice to leave for somewhere you'll find more suitable. If you were looking for platitudes and God blessed wishes you should become an American YouTuber, not seek it on AseanThaiger.

My marriage extension date is looming again forcing me to visit the worse part of scenic Chiang Khan. The IO. Checking their somewhat chaotic website it appears they MAY have moved offices, but as usual, information is unclear. I would ring, but they're closed today and rarely helpful anyway. Can any residents in the province advise if this is so, or is the old rundown premises on the river road still the place to go? Also, does anyone use the on-line appointment system with them. I tried a couple of years ago, but they had no clue what I was talking about when I fronted. Thankyou.

I know which piece of trash I would deport first. A clue - it wouldn't/couldn't be the victim who will be in hospital for a long time with grievous injuries. It wouldn't be the crazed attacker who must face Thai justice and should be incarcerated here for a long time before deportation. Which piece of trash, named in the quoted post, could I be thinking of?

You really do have the intellect of a 5-year-old. I think there's a chance you are the f--wits vacant faced offsider in the blue shirt.

Come on mate show us all the level of your intellect with some juicy Biden conspiracies.

Do you think the seemingly high crime rate on this small island could be related to the fact that Phuket gets millions more international visitors than the entire population of your country of NZ? Of course, there are other factors, such as the sometimes-hysterical reporting of relatively minor incidents, and the open-door policies for people fleeing wars started by despots in their country.

As part of my former job, I've had some training in human phycology, but you don't need qualifications to know that the assessment in the OP is spot on. To me the real sickos, and I started voicing this opinion in 2015, are the senior members of his political party who catered to him in the pursuit of personal wealth and power. This, despite some also having personal bias against the man. They have only become more rabid and conniving as they've discovered their form of conservative government is unpopular with much of the younger generation of voters. Their hypocrisy and willingness to lie, cheat and site their gods to achieve this power is disgusting. I don't really blame the massively stupid, costumed morons who turn up for the rallies. While their lack of even a basic form of intelligence can be amusing, they are a product of their leader's policies of keeping them ignorant and unable to form opinions of their own. I don't think Biden should be running again either for different reasons. He was there for a specific purpose in 2020, but now is too old for another term. He seems selfless and genuinely working for the country, and has improved almost every aspect of the economy, despite the Right's conspiracies against him. There is a low age qualification for Presidents. I think there should also be an upper limit, perhaps 70. This should also apply to the Judicial and House reps.

Unfortunately, huge numbers of visitors result in associated increases in criminal activity. Phuket is one of the most attractive world destinations for tourism despite the opinions of a few disillusioned expats with a grudge. For those proposing selling, sinking or sectioning off the Island, have you considered the impact on Thailand's economy? "Before the Covid-19 pandemic in 2019, Phuket had welcomed 14.5 million foreign tourists, generating revenue of 422 billion baht, ranking second after Bangkok. The province's gross domestic product was 251 billion baht"

People dob in others for many reasons. Stealing girlfriends, stealing money, stealing jobs, stealing food out of the fridge, refusing to do their share of cleaning the house, personal hygiene, attacking neighbors with an axe, having an obnoxious personality, boasting at the pub about how clever they are, etc., etc. To stay off the radar you have to maintain a very low profile and be cleverer than most.

Agreed, no drunken idiot should abuse anyone. However, in the real world, not your fantasy one, it happens all the time. The English have a reputation as a world leader for such behavior. The police, whose job is to restore the peace often wear the brunt of this abuse. They have to desensitize their personal feelings to be able to effectively do that job. Now who's the racist! For information, the Kerr family have Anglo-Indian and Philipine roots. Australia is ranked 12th (of about 190) in the current FIFA rankings. They are ahead of many European countries, and Scotland, about which this thread originated. They finished 4th in the latest World Cup and have beaten England in the past. Admittedly, the money there isn't great, which is why Kerr is an in-demand international player who has been nominated for the World Player of the Year award. Chelsea extended her current contract which is an indication of how they view her value. Trying to denigrate her playing career when the discussion is about hate crime issues is fairly pathetic. The Australian cricket captain is probably crying because his actions had him kicked out of the game for a year when an English captain (Atherton) received a slap on the wrist for the same offence. Whatever the result of the charge against her I think the copper may be wondering in a few years why he is always overlooked for promotion. Anyway, done with it now, you're just being argumentative for the sake of it, and have exposed your hypocrisy on the subject.

OK. Be warned, agreeing with one of my sarcastic posts could expose you to the same flood of confused emoji posters I attract.

I had to supply a Federal Police clearance for my O-A (At high cost). However, I believe most of the criminal element coming into Thailand currently are entering visa exempt with stays of up to 90 days. Insisting on police clearances for all tourists would not be practical IMO.

You did realize my post was sarcasm? The concept is pie in the sky thinking and could never be practically introduced.

Well trained, professional law Enforcment officers don't racially abuse clients. So now you're reverting to attacking the drunk. I'm not defending her; she should be charged with any drunken offences regarding her behavior on the night short of bringing serious hate crime charges to because she called a policeman white! As usual you're completely ignoring any practicalities, or reasonable disagreement, and advocating for police to dissect drunken language in order to upgrade charges against any idiot they interact with! Let's hope the police don't mishear or misreport comments made in the heat of the moment. Your little country will have to build more jails. You can't export your prisoners to us anymore. And if you next call is for deportation, I think Chelsea needs her more than the other way around.

Every country should demand that. It would kill off most of the massive world tourism industry very quickly. What would be the parameters for travelling, a completely clean record, would a childhood error decades earlier rule you out, what about a fine in the courts even for a minor matter? Who would adjudicate, the airline check-in clerk or would everyone have to apply for a visa and be vetted at the embassy? That would kill visa free travel. What if the onus was on the pax to produce his own crim record, would anyone commit document fraud? Some might consider it couldn't even be slightly practical to expect this sort of vetting of the 1.3 billion international tourists worldwide each year.