[Intoxicated British Man Beaten by Two Thai Men in Pattaya]

No one deserves being beaten up by twice their number, losing three teeth in the process.

[Like other convicts, further clemency for Thaksin possible on important occasions]

16 minutes ago, arithai12 said:

Correct, but it doesn't stop at Thaksin. It seems that a lot of people on this forum spend a lot of their time at the keyboard bashing and criticizing every aspect of the country they have chosen to live in.

Fortunately, there is a lot to criticize.

[Thaksin: Former Thai PM's prison sentence reduced to a year]

17 hours ago, bignok said:

What court has convicted him of anything given a fair trial? None.

 

So basically he is an innocent man accused of some white collar stuff. Pretty much all Thai politicians have been accused of such things.

 

So your so called high moral standards are chest beating and selecting the highest profile one cause it makes you feel better

 

 

 

 

 

Umm, I remember him for the 'shoot a dealer and small time user' campaign in which thousands were summarily shop. I don't need to moralise about anything else he is purported to have done. He is on the same low moral level already as Dutertes from the Philippines.

[Thaksin: Former Thai PM's prison sentence reduced to a year]

17 hours ago, bignok said:

You guys make me laugh. Rich guys all over the world do deals with other rich guys. Been happening forever.

 

It has ZERO impact on your life.

Just because the rich do deals the world over doesn't mean that ordinary folk have to accept it.

[High hopes: Public Health Minister plants seeds for ongoing medical cannabis policy success]

4 hours ago, JustinCredible said:

Make it a Prescription Only drug and ONLY Private Hospitals can dispense it, at 10 times the current cost.

Why 10 times the cost? It's already quite expensive. Medicinal ganja in Melbourne Australia is about $10 (115 baht) a gram. Why would anyone expect to a hospital in Thailand to charge 10 times the current prices.

[Facebook threatened with closure as it is linked to 70% of online fraud says outgoing minister]

I use Facebook regularly and use Facebook messenger to keep in touch with friends overseas. I have lots of criticisms of Facebook, largely confined to the lack of censorship or Reel's videos relating to animal cruelty - report an act of cruelty and FB inevitably says it falls within their guidelines and will not remove it. However, if there are scams occurring via Facebook, I am totally oblivious to them or how people get scammed via Facebook pages. Thailand would be placing itself in the same camp as China in banning Facebook and would be one of the very few countries in the world to ban it. Thais love Facebook and banning its use would be enough to bring down a government if done close enough to an election. 

[Petition submitted against Thaksin seeking Royal pardon]

1 hour ago, neeray said:

To demonstrate to the common folk that the law is applied equally to all, Thaksin needs to serve his 8 years. 

Ok, let him out in 2 or 3 years if good behaviour. That includes NOT meddling in politics.

 

To demonstrate that the law is equally applied to all, the Red Bull heir would be languishing now in a Thai jail. Thais are not particularly concerned and never have been at what appearances may suggest about the justice system. 

[Doctor Reveals Concerning Symptoms in Thaksin's Condition]

17 hours ago, dinsdale said:

This is terrible. The man is sick and should be sent to home detention. It would be interesting of course to know the death rate of prisoners in jail every year, month, week or day and how many have been helicoptered to hospital. It's all part of the deal.

Is that you, Yingluck? Don't worry! He'll be home soon!

[Thaksin helicoptered to Police Hospital at 3am after feeling ill says Department of Corrections]

6 minutes ago, mokwit said:

It's good to know Thai prisons have helicopters on standby to airlift any inmate who gets sick to hospital.

Also good to know they have access to wifi to keep in touch with family and friends. And laptops and phones.

[Thaksin helicoptered to Police Hospital at 3am after feeling ill says Department of Corrections]

1 hour ago, Tropicalevo said:

Good luck Thaksin.

A friend of mine was taken there when he had been shot.

He died after being there for 9 hours.

When I went to collect his body and pay the bill, it was only for bandages.

No surgery, no doctors fees. etc.

He had been left to slowly die on a trolley in a corridor.

Thai prisons could not care less if you are very sick - I know through having to fly from Australia to help a Thai friend receive medical treatment for what was TB. That said, it's a bit farcical that Thaksin becomes ill enough to be removed to hospital less than 24 hours after being detained. 

[Thaksin Has Arrived At Don Mueang Airport]

5 hours ago, TimeMachine said:

Good point.  Haha.such a snake like Thaksin chosen over dinosaurs. I prefer T although its unbelievable that a genuine guy P  comes into play and he has been told to go home to mommy. Newer tiktok generations will not have much ability to make any difference.  Looks like same same for eternity here. 

The military dinosaurs are bedfellows now of the Pheu Thai party. 

[Thaksin Has Arrived At Don Mueang Airport]

5 hours ago, retarius said:

I think the extrajudicial killings probably saved a lot of kids' lives. When I came here they had nowhere near the problem that exist today with yaba. Same thinking that led the Americans to nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that sometimes the noble end justifies the means. I don't necessarily agree with that line of thinking, but I don't think he should go to jail for anything. The trial was a politically motivated pig circus (in the words of Bob Dylan).

Please don't quote Bob Dylan and praise Thaksin in the same post. They are incomparable as people and public figures. Thaksin and Dutertes have a lot in common, and any close friend of Hun Sen is no friend of mine. 

[Thailand’s Digital Minister Seeking Court Order to Shut Down Facebook over Fake Ads and Scams]

1 hour ago, pepi2005 said:

Fartbook is very quick and effective in automatically detecting, filtering and censoring content questioning climate and corona propaganda (for example), yet for some reason, detecting scams, spam and left-wing extremism seems an unsolvable problem for this (and many other Silicon Valley) corporations.

I wonder why that is? Maybe the planet just hasn't enough computer power for that, dunno.

Getting them to take down any of the many gratuitous animal cruelty videos is an exercise in futility. Nothing you report seems to infringe their guidelines or is considered unacceptable. Not that I want to see Facebook banned but I would like to see the owners display some moral fibre. Get sick of seeing Chinese people dragging dogs destined for the dinner table behind their bikes and cars or videos of large animals and snakes throttling domestic animals to death etc. 

[Awaiting arrest, ex-Prime Minister Thaksin returns to Thailand amidst political unrest]

As someone who is perfectly happy with legalised marijuana, I don't want to see Thaksin back in Thai politics.

[Officials Inspect Cannabis Shops on Bangla Road in Patong After Viral Video]

32 minutes ago, wazzupnow said:

pottheads united

this disgusting habbit of smoking pott or even tobacco should be banned from public places

and it is so simple to enforce it at low cost and great happiness for the honorable members of the RTP

put a fine on it from 5000 bht

wich is collectable by the arresting officers and allow them to keep this money themselves

the last is what makes it effective and inspires our noble cops

now L.O.S  is turning in to a different meaning before Land Off Smiles now Land Of Stinking 

It is already banned from public places, including hotels. I seem to remember smoking in public can carry a 3 month prison sentence.

[British TikToker praises Thai gas man’s effort to master the English language]

4 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

Neeranam does have a point, even if his post came across as unappreciative of the young man's efforts to practice his English. The gas station attendant's English was barely beyond rudimentary and the Tik Tok's Thai appeared to be upper intermediate if not advanced. There's sort of an unwritten rule that you defer to whichever language both people have the highest proficiency in.

 

There are some Thais who barrel ahead in broken English or spend long moments trying to recall vocabulary blithely ignoring evidence that your command of Thai is vastly superior to their English. Worse still, are Thais who instantaneously try to bully you and act dismissively about your Thai and coerce you into speaking English with them by simply refusing to acknowledge your Thai skills or make any effort to comprehend your Thai.

 

Foreigners who speak Thai well are aware of this dynamic. They are confident about their Thai language skills because they have had countless successful interactions with Thais in Thai. They know when a person is simply refusing to speak Thai with them, versus having a genuine difficulty comprehending non-native Thai. As annoying as this can sometimes be, as Neeraman said, I do agree that foreigners should be reasonably tolerant of this behavior, especially around young people who are just trying to develop their English skills.

I think you are being generous to the tik-tok man describing his Thai ability to be upper immediate or advanced. Also think you are underestimating the gas attendant's English. What really happened is that both spoke a foreign language to each other. I don't think the gap in ability was that great.

[Tourist Police Explain "Skateboard Incident" at Don Mueang airport]

48 minutes ago, off road pat said:

The RTP showed remarkable restraint, I can only have RESPECT !!! for them

I must admit that I have seen Thai police show remarkable restraint with belligerent foreigners and go out of their way to help them.

[Tourist Police Explain "Skateboard Incident" at Don Mueang airport]

4 hours ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

The Chinese guy was swinging a skateboard around, attempting to strike the police. Should have been charged with attempted assault at the minimum.!

Totally agree, particularly after being kicked off a flight. Should have been arrested.

[Australian Tourist Causes Havoc at Pattaya Temple, Cannabis Blamed by Some Thai Media]

3 hours ago, Shocked farang said:

Trying to blame this on Cannabis is so unfair...Anyway, who is going to buy it?

Lots of ordinary Thais who don't use cannabis will buy it. Anyone who does use or has used cannabis will know it is total nonsense. Maybe cannabis was thrown in on top of drunkenness or hard drug use, but it alone sure as hell isn't the cause of this kind of destructive behaviour. Makes me ashamed to be an Australian as well as hate the guy for adding fuel to the fire of the anti cannabis campaigners.

[Corruption watchdog to appeal order to publish reports on Prawit’s wristwatch scandal]

Vomit-worthy stuff. Thai politics is a joke best ignored by anyone who wants to live in this country. The rich and famous escape punishment and scrutiny every time, aided by the very bodies and systems that should be investigating and punishing them. The Red Bull killer is still free to wander the world, as is Prawit to own $22m in watches and become the next PM. Meanwhile, the only guy who presents as a leader of substance is excluded over B42,000 of useless shares. This country has a long way to go before it has any chance to be a true and fair democracy. In fact, I think achieving this target is impossible.

[Corruption watchdog to appeal order to publish reports on Prawit’s wristwatch scandal]

9 hours ago, Edwin Cameron said:

Shades of 'Joey Biden and Hunter' here. Thailand,your much better than this,come clean with all the evidence against him,do something about it NOW or it will keep on festering.

You're not a Trump supporter by any chance!????

[Beach regulations: Pattaya considers time limits due to litter and noise surge]

2 hours ago, Zack61 said:

Enough of your common sense remarks. 
Give them enough time and they’ll think of it all by themselves. If it wasn’t for 7/11 there’d be next to no rubbish bins in Thailand. 

Yet Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai were spotless when I was there last month. Whatever is being done there to keep those cities clean needs to be applied elsewhere in Thailand.

[Skateboard skirmish between foreigner and police sparks stir at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok (video)]

1 hour ago, fredwiggy said:

Very good exercise, and who's against exercise but those that don't do it? Adults play badminton, a game usually thought of as a child's game.

I have never thought of badminton as a child's game.

[British father and son are brutally beaten by bouncerskicked out of a bar in 'Sin City']

The article clearly states that the father slap occurred AFTER his son was beaten, but just about everyone here has stated that was the act that incited the beating shown in the video. I also struggle to understand how anyone can defend the group beating and kicking by a security team who should be employed to defuse rather than inflame situations. Sure dad and his son may have acted obnoxiously to be kicked out, but that does not excuse the out of control and cowardly actions of the bouncers. Anyone who considers this kind of violence acceptable in the context needs to re-examine their own moral values. Thai bar and security staff thrive on using violence on foreigners when they are given an opening through circumstances. These guys should be charged by police for abusing the role for which they are paid.

[Sibling surprise: Thailand’s ex-PMs special guests at Cambodian PM’s birthday bash]

Any friend of Hun Sen is no friend of mine.