No alcohol sales all day today: Jail for lawbreakers

[the guest 1,928]

I find this quite amusing, as I have always been able to buy alcohol regardless. Why this must be enforced is beyond me, given most can purchase the day before and consume on any Buddhist day.

[Orton Rd 7,102]

1 hour ago, Guitarzan said:

You should learn to respect the country you are living in and the Buddhist culture and traditions!  The more people like speak the worse it is for the rest of us. 

Buddhist culture are you serious? ask any Thai 'Buddhist' what the four noble truths and the eight fold path to enlightenment are and i guarantee you will get a blank look, they are the core of his teachings. What he did not teach was praying to statues, bribing god, selling amulets and banning peoplle buying a drink. I just bought two large changs!

[ThaiBunny 1,776]

Just now, Orton Rd said:

Buddhist culture are you serious? ask any Thai 'Buddhist' what the four noble truths and the eight fold path to enlightenment are and i guarantee you will get a blank look, they are the core of his teachings. What he did not teach was praying to statues, bribing god, selling amulets and banning peoplle buying a drink. I just bought two large changs!

Not to mention monks selling "lucky lottery numbers"

[ThaiBunny 1,776]

1 hour ago, Crustyhk said:

Australian Federal Police have just announced hefty fines and jail sentences of up to 6 months for anyone selling meat on Good Friday in 2020. Because it’s their job 

Sounds a bit fishy to me

[ThaiBunny 1,776]

31 minutes ago, DJ54 said:

Yes many countries do such but every other day up here in the NE is a holiday. Maybe do like the Chinese if given an extra day holiday then you have to work on Sunday the next week

When I first joined the workforce (in a Western country) we had someone on staff who had worked in Indonesia.  He said every religious holiday, no matter what the religion, was a holiday for everybody.  Mind you, that was a long, long time ago

[Orton Rd 7,102]

1 hour ago, ThaiBunny said:

What Buddhist culture? They're Animists with a thin veneer of Buddhism

Most of the roadside shrines are of Hindu gods, they like to cover their bases.

[Percy P 141]

5 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Not holier than thou, I enjoy a whisky or two myself on weekends. Just can't understand how people get so dependent on alcohol as a crutch they can't do without it for a single day, or can't plan ahead to have supply beforehand.

If it's their they'll drink it ,tomorrow never comes.

[Percy P 141]

24 minutes ago, the guest said:

I find this quite amusing, as I have always been able to buy alcohol regardless. Why this must be enforced is beyond me, given most can purchase the day before and consume on any Buddhist day.

This live for the day, theirs no tomorrow

[VincentRJ 638]

The ban for Visakha Bucha Day is in place from midnight last night to midnight tonight - a 24 hour period.

 

What! Only 'no alcohol'? These are less than half measures and not up to Buddhist standards. There should also be a ban on all food after midday, all lying, all killing of any type of animal, even ants, and a complete ban on sex for 24 hours. 

[Wilsonandson 5,009]

Hey, I've got an idea guys...

[overherebc 14,281]

45 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

Buddhist culture are you serious? ask any Thai 'Buddhist' what the four noble truths and the eight fold path to enlightenment are and i guarantee you will get a blank look, they are the core of his teachings. What he did not teach was praying to statues, bribing god, selling amulets and banning peoplle buying a drink. I just bought two large changs!

Don't forget asking the monk for lucky numbers for the lottery.

Edit.

Just got my daily two cans as well, ok, three today.

Edited May 18 by overherebc

[sambum 2,835]

4 hours ago, madmen said:

Yeah right never met a drinker who switched off when having a good time. Its always the alcoholics who try to hard to justify their drinking.

Alcoholics usually try to cover up their drinking, and I enjoy a few drinks but know when I've had enough, or my wife lets me know!

 

So you are wrong on both counts, but carry on thinking that way if it turns you on to have a go at drinkers and alcoholics - you probably hate smokers too!

[sambum 2,835]

2 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Er - isn't it supposed to be a holiday? Do liquor sellers here get annual leave? Probably not; however, 6 days mandated annual leave is not over-generous. I suspect the reason Thailand has so many public holidays is an example of Thainess in operation. Sorry, drifting a bit off topic.

 

Er - Is the holiday not on Monday in lieu of today?

Edited May 18 by sambum

[nauseus 9,960]

8 minutes ago, sambum said:

Er - Is the holiday not on Monday in lieu of today?

Yes. Today is Visakha Bucha Day and Monday is a substitution (public holiday) day.

[dotpoom 7,641]

7 hours ago, lemonjelly said:

Buddha would’ve let people decide for themselves; this is just another S.E. Asian country that has <deleted> in uniforms oppressing people.

Not sure that giving people a holiday is "opressing" them?