Bangkok Barry Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 17 hours ago, bodga said: Thats a blatant lie, FLORA has disappeared off Tescos shelves, been gone a while now☹️ Not true. I buy it regularly and have four in my fridge that I bought this week. Maybe your local store manager doesn't want to stock it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stouricks Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 58 minutes ago, Tchooptip said: And do we have the right to be a spectator????? Not the most exciting spectator sport! PML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKr Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 So, Thais living in Covid hotspots can come to run , but people with no Thai passport cannot. Sounds mixed up logically, however, as long as all go in quarantine and no exceptions are made, why not. however, people permanently in Thailand since before the Covid outbreak, and not having symptoms, should be allowed to run. That sounds fully Logical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy 4680 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I thought there was no CV here, only Thais returning, majority of Foreigners here either live here or stuck here, So must be Racism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 19 hours ago, webfact said: Bangkok Midnight Marathon 2020 bans foreigners Now put this on all social medias than the whole world can see that they Don't want Foreigners. They only want the money . See how this works to Keep all the tourists away. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expat Tom Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 On one hand, the Thais want me to spend money in their country and on the other hand, they ban farang from marathons and restaurants....no thank Thailand....I will wait until the CCP Wuhan Coronavirus is under control and spend my money elsewhere....and you can welcome back all of the stinking Chinese who brought the CCP Virus to your country.....completely stupid!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindfulness Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 and so the cycle of unhealthy emotion is compounded to the nation who feed on Nationalistic Xenophobia The oblivious nationalist, such a danger to humanity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caldera Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 That's an idiotic decision. Hopefully foreigners will take note and boycott the event in the coming years. Running a marathon in Bangkok's toxic air cannot be too healthy anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomer6969 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, chilli42 said: Well if racism was your criteria for where to travel then staying home is your best bet ... assuming you are the right colour in your home country. Why would you expect Thai’s to be any different than the people who live in your home country. It’s not like you were invited to come to Thailand to take up residence. Whats the point of beginning a post with an unfounded assumption, and ending it with another one? I was indeed invited to take up residence. Nevertheless white lives matter. Edited August 8, 2020 by Boomer6969 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) Since the marathon reversed its position, this is not longer an issue. Edited August 8, 2020 by geriatrickid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphus Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 It’s a real shame. This continued behavior of the Thais, will be the detriment of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 20 hours ago, webfact said: “For some reason, the organisers of this year’s Bangkok Midnight Marathon have decided not to allow foreigners to run. I hope this doesn’t become part of the ‘new normal’.” Stick there Expat tourism where the sun don't shine... this can cut both ways. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post umlungu2012 Posted August 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, chilli42 said: Well if racism was your criteria for where to travel then staying home is your best bet ... assuming you are the right colour in your home country. Why would you expect Thai’s to be any different than the people who live in your home country. It’s not like you were invited to come to Thailand to take up residence. One of the most simplistic and dumb comments ever. Name me a country that put a blanket ban on foreigners, visitors or residents, partaking in such a simple event as a few kilometre run. Pathetic. Even under covid. Maybe the squeaky diminutive locals can't win against foreign competition? Maybe they need to ban everything foreign here: factories, investment, airlines, education. Everything foreign. All bad. Btw, people who critique such racist attitudes here als do so in their home countries. Your dumb comment thus falls flat on its face. Edited August 8, 2020 by umlungu2012 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 19 hours ago, from the home of CC said: don't blame them a bit - when you look at the irresponsible actions and predictable outcomes of dealing with the virus in other countries foreigners have Thais concerned and if other nations hadn't of acted so stupid there would probably be reduced fear.. I'm a foreigner and lived here for 12 years without setting foot outside of the country.... yet you still consider me irresponsible? I cannot run in a race yet the powers to be are asking me to tour around the country spending money to help Thais... and this is how the repay me! Stuff you too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 I think they are actually doing the foreigners a favor. Who wants to get infected by an untested Thai. And should some people get sick afterward, they cannot blame the foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred110 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 We've all been here for months so we should be virus free. Must be some other reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holy cow cm Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Even though reversed the decision, the racism damage is done and out in the open. Shame on them and their stupidity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodomino Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Honestly it seems like a very American tactic....if you can’t beat them...ban them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peixotorms Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 time for #faranglivesmatter or should it rather be #farangwalletmatters ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heppinger Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 53 minutes ago, mindfulness said: and so the cycle of unhealthy emotion is compounded to the nation who feed on Nationalistic Xenophobia The oblivious nationalist, such a danger to humanity Then you should feel comfort in your knowledge that Thailand will fail due to their oblivious nationalism. Now you can enjoy a soy latte while advocating for the importation of even more religious zealots to assist you in your righteous fight to combat white male misogyny white privilege and white colonialism within your western country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudger1951 Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 "Its not the fault of the average thai" , but my ten yesrs living there tells me otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Older bolder Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 20 hours ago, PatOngo said: Maybe now a puny Thai will have a chance to win. They don't like foreigner just foreigners money....???????????????????????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunPer Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 21 hours ago, Thaiwrath said: And they wan't tourists to come back in their droves, yet continue with their xenophobic comments ? unbelievable ! Well, seems like the majority don't want tourists back – according to polls published a few weeks ago – and there aren't any tourists coming at the moment to run a Marathon, so it can't be a tourists-problem...???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 20 hours ago, PatOngo said: Maybe now a puny Thai will have a chance to win. My thought as well - "a dead cert" win for a Thai!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapeTown Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, Thaiwrath said: And they wan't tourists to come back in their droves, yet continue with their xenophobic comments ? unbelievable ! The Thai people are all the same and don't like foreigners. They have little experience of foreigners as real people, only customers. Their education system leaves them deeply ignorant of the facts about the world they live in. They are not able to think in a rational way, only deception and cunning and seeing foreigners as objects. And the government, the institutions, the law and the entire history and culture of this people encourages a profound dislike of the foreigner. And their country is a cheap Disneyland copy, compared with their neighbours. They are a rubbish people. Edited August 8, 2020 by CapeTown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 21 hours ago, VMKW said: It is simply called Racism. No, Marathonism...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldie Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 minute ago, CapeTown said: The Thai people are all the same and don't like foreigners. They have little experience of foreigners as real people, only customers. Their education system leaves them deeply ignorant of the facts about the world they live in. They are not able to think in a rational way, alldeception and cunning. And the government, the institutions, the law and the entire history and culture of this people encourages a profound dislike of the foreigner. And their country is a cheap Disney land compared with their neighbours. Would you like foreigners that often are just sex tourists and alcoholics? I see them every night here in Pattaya. I myself don't like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TKDfella Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 No problem! As that 'expat card' hasn't been issued yet I guess the entry fee would have been dual priced anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 2 hours ago, dallen52 said: I think a few foreigners are waiting to get back to And conduct their own midnight marathons... 20 hours ago, johng said: Pattaya used to have Bikini beach Marathons ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 26 minutes ago, CapeTown said: The Thai people are all the same and don't like foreigners. They have little experience of foreigners as real people, only customers. Their education system leaves them deeply ignorant of the facts about the world they live in. They are not able to think in a rational way, only deception and cunning and seeing foreigners as objects. And the government, the institutions, the law and the entire history and culture of this people encourages a profound dislike of the foreigner. And their country is a cheap Disneyland copy, compared with their neighbours. They are a rubbish people. Charming culture, is'nt it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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