jonclark

I'm with you on this one Bob. That is just plain funny albeit very inappropriate...getting a shower from the security guard while standing naked in a shrines water feature after being filmed taking a <deleted> on a busy bangkok street.

Fair play.

Surely a government offical accepting a bribe should be the focus, especially when they are charged with protecting Thailand borders.

But this is a minor road accident - not worthy of deportation - like taking a hammer to kill a fly tbh.

No..are you?

This website has been taken over by zealots who try to be more right-wing and extreme in their belief and parroting of the official line as they mistakenly believe this will somehow make them more Thai or more in touch with the locals. Its become an echo chamber of self loathing and hate sadly.

So should we strip Thais (like this one) who drink and drive and cause death and destruction on the roads of their citizenship and deport them too? Seems fair right? Chucking out the trash right!

LOL - A german tourist in the country for 1 hour who has a falling out with a taxi driver is the cause of all Thailand's woes - Hilarious. Please explain how Thailand's biggest problem - the extreme political polarization of the population, is the fault of foreigners? How have foreigners contributed the the vast inequality in wealth between rich and poor? - because obviously, probelms these fall under the "Every problem and hassle.." category you so elequantly refer to in your rant. BTW whats a farnung my little yellow friend?

You always know a country is having a tough time economically when it starts blaming foreigners for its woes. Classic political misdirection tactics - to keep the public from seeing what is really important and rally the citizens to the flag. It's important to remember that the 'crimes' that have been committed are minor,(no one died, no one was raped, no one was kidnapped, no one was sexually assaulted, no vast amounts of drugs were seized or pushed). Watch Thai national news on TV, even if you cannot understand Thai, and in a week you will see far more violent and frequent acts in a single week than all the foreign tourists will commit in a year. Yet Anutin remains silent on that. This is a political deflection to keep the public engrossed - remember Brexit - one of the main theme of the Brexiter's argument was that UK sovereignty was under threat from foreigners - and that argument, though wildly untrue won.

Here's an idea Mr. PM - How about raising tax on recreational cannabis even further. I think taxation on tobaccois between 25 - 42% depending on the packet size - There your 500 billion baht black hole is fixed and a huge chuck will come from tourists and provide a limited burden to Thai tax-payers....and it will continue to give taxation money long after the 500 billion is repayed. Suggested taxation threseholds. 1 - 5g = 25% taxation 5g plus = 42% taxation Now go forth and deliver on your election promise.

Sadly though it is not. There are a very high number of local Thai men who have predatory sexual relationships with underage girls. Often reported in local news, but it never makes it to English news channels. Very easy with the limited number of English news outlets, all parroting the same stories to think westerners are the only pesos in Thailand. They are most definitely not, in fact western pesos are the minority of reported cases.

Hope you'll be first in the line for the jail and deport. Thailand doesn't need your kind here.

Yeah...that'll teach em.

Really - I have three Thai bank credit cards and have never paid upfront, even when issued. Signed the documents and the cards arrived a few days later. Makes no sense as if you deposit does the credit card not now become a debit card?

Only 700 illegals. Thats a shocking number. The Cambodians, Laotian and Myanmarese are slipping. They need to get some advice on how to add to their illegal number. Maybe Thailand could give this advice considering there are over 100,000 illegal workers in South Korea. Thais seems to be experts at working illegally in foreign countries.

Awful analogue. Basically you have said one law for thais and one for foreigners. Which is not how the law works. BTW. Do you make visitors to your house pay tax, room and board or provide your family members with jobs??? Terrible analogue.

My comment was in response to the Swiss man and Dr incident on a Phuket be. Thanks.

If that's your best reply a; poorly structured insinuation based on nothing more than your imagination. You don't appear to have anything more of value to add to this thread.

Mike - I was refering to the Swiss / Dr incident in Phuket. But don't let that get in the way of your anger. IMO she should face the punishment as the law states for anyone who assaults another person, regardless of her nationality or ethnicity. I am sure however, that you will find many supporters for your POV here on the echo-chamber of farang loathing and hate that aseanow has become. Enjoy. No wonder Thais are starting to dislike us so much when we fan the flames of discontent ourselves.

Fine you believe in discrimination based on nationality and ethnicity. Do not be surprised (in fact embrace it) if it happens to you. I believe all people should be and are equal under the law and the law must be applied equally to all in all cases. Not unequally with minorities which we are, being unfairly treated by a disproportionate application of the law.

Sorry but you would never find such an extreme punishment if it were Thai on Thai. All punishments should be equal for all people, irrespective of nationality or ethnicity, otherwise your are condoning discrimination and racism. You may disagree with that but that says more about you than I.

That is a matter of opinion ...not fact. I do not think that a bit of swearing and a kick should result in a person's life being torn apart. I feel the punishment should fit the crime.

I don't wish to sound naive here but which of the recent 'crimes' committed by foreigners that have been in the news over the last couple of weeks targetted tourists? I thought the feigned indignation and outrage in the media was because the foreigners had 'targetted' Thais.

"Burgeoning Thailand" eh.... I thought Thailand was in an economic crisis, isn't that the reasoning behind the digital wallet and the PMs frequent request to the BoT to reduce interest rates. Or is the Thaiger once guilty of over stating the facts??

Kinda like saying I prefer dog sh*t over cat sh*t if we are honest. Trump is a lunatic bent on revenge and Biden can't remember what he had to eat for breakfast this morning. And these are the best the USA has to offer as leaders!! MAGA my arse. All Americans deserve a better set of choices than either Trump or Biden. I'd rather have Hussain or Gadaffi than either of these two tbh. At least they had character.