Odysseus123

Great photos Owl! Yes...my wife informs me that Songkran was kinda quiet in her village this year. I miss the hardy annuals..Songkran,the Buddha parade..Loy Krathong..

Well..Julian Jaynes postulated in his essay 'On the Origins of Conciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind' that the left side of the brain influenced the role of logic and rational thought and that the right side was utterly insane-almost in a state of chronic schizophrenia.. Judging by the people I know-including my good self-and taking a peek at history and social anthropology,that seems to be a judicious judgement????????

I think that we all miss Pluto and it would be a great pleasure to have it back..

Absolutely brilliant.Thanks for posting.

All you have to do is look next door to the west...

Heavily influenced by you, perchance? Crazy American Libertarians.

Only 200,000 baht? ......chicken feed..

Not if your name is chang..???? I guess Singh and Leo has got it covered too!

No..definitely not..that one died a miserable internet death aeons ago!

As the Grand Orange Pumpkin says-"This is fake News.." The QR response is to state.."You have been such and such" and gives location. It then advises that if you are experiencing symptoms to go have a test, and if not,then to continue monitoring your general health. The testing stations are full of fools who instantly took their masks off,danced in the streets,went to Xmas parties,spruiked "libertarianism" and now have gone screaming to the various State Gov'ts for tests. An internet nation.Dumb as they come.

Oh Dear,I am not a thai basher.. But if I was the Thai Gov't reading the endlessly obsessive repetitive crud here generated by Ozarkians or wide boys from Lower Piddlington I would simply scoop you up and send you back to the Gorbals or Cloacaville,Alabama where you belong..

Oh dear..yet another emissary from the semi-psychotic Land of the Orange Pumpkins.. Kicked off Farcebook,Twatter,Tik Tak and a host of other social media they find their places in "free to air" forums such as this..

Yes indeed. A most interesting topic and one conducted with a great deal of civility. The entire thread is a pleasure to read. As for the parade of the generations they all seem to have developed their own versions of "millenarianism" as they shovel the old folks into their graves whilst preparing to detest the new oncoming brood. And detestable they are????!

Yes indeed. A Happy New Year to Owl and everyone and best wishes to all for 2022.

Bizarre...

The OP states sexual assault as well as "mugging".

If that is the case then I presume ALL adverse events would have been fully documented and a copy kept in your medical records. All "Allergies" are noted and colour coded. I still have "Allergic to Penicillin"plastered all over my records from an adverse event that occurred 58 years ago. The Thai medical authorities (very correctly) added the warning to their documentation.

I think the Thais are doing rather well -they have been hit hard but are bouncing back. I have no interest in Western Caucasian Lord Jim's ands their less than stellar intellectual performances. Fakirs in the UK Libertarians and anti-vaxxers from the land of addled American pie.

...And neither should they..

I second that-and look at that sky!

Very,very,true.

I don't see how much of the technology (that some say is simply fantastic) is of any use to the vast majority of humans.. Okay..that is a different kettle of fish altogether..3,4,5G et al.. ..and one very worthy of debate. However I like your photographs and where would we be without the internet? Not to mention the Lord Indra.

That is interesting.. Most of my internet career has been covered by either 3 or 4 G-I would assume that the same goes for most of the world-tho' 5 G is creeping up.. Why would 3 or 4 G (which I assume you were/are using up to now) not have the same impact?

That's not apposite to a Thai defamation case and has nothing to do with academic "disputation" In this case there are five defendants in a court of law .. 1 for writing a thesis 4.For approving or passing it. How can you do your job with the ever present fear of a defamation case looming over your head? In a country that is so far behind the curve, educationally speaking, this form of tyranny has kept Thailand in check for many a long year.

This is a very serious problem amongst academic circles in Thailand and trammels any form of free and independent debate especially in the study of History and politics.Step out of line and you can be financially ruined by the elites (any single one of them)bringing a defamation case against you. This lady should have been protected by her academic institution-otherwise why do the job? Just be quiet and keep your head below the level of the parapet-which is why the Thai education system is the complete dog's breakfast that it is.