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What a stupid fool! He made his bed, now he can sleep in it.
#5160701 Friend Busted With Marijuana On Khao San
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on 2012-03-24 11:17:53
#5156775 Friend Busted With Marijuana On Khao San
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on 2012-03-22 21:52:02
what a moron, buying weed in thailand, he got what was coming
lesson learn
maybe next time he should go to singapore and paint some graffiti
leave the drugs at home moron
lesson learn
maybe next time he should go to singapore and paint some graffiti
leave the drugs at home moron
#5105964 Fire On 7th Floor Of FICO Building, Asoke Area: Bangkok
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on 2012-03-03 22:01:55
Petesear, on 2012-03-03 21:17:45, said:
I love the way all the experts come out to play when there is something to criticise..
If you are not happy in Thailand with the way things are done then the right answer could be to go somewhere you would be or do something positive to help. But negative comments posted on an anonymous internet forum is not helping anyone or anything.
So all you budding town-planners and fire fighters why not make constructive criticism in the right channels to the right people. Or go home.
If you are not happy in Thailand with the way things are done then the right answer could be to go somewhere you would be or do something positive to help. But negative comments posted on an anonymous internet forum is not helping anyone or anything.
So all you budding town-planners and fire fighters why not make constructive criticism in the right channels to the right people. Or go home.
that in many things what we took for granted at home does not apply here.
So should you just shut up and let the status quo continue?
Even if it is DEADLY?
No, so don't go home, say your piece and if someone doesn't like it That is THEIR problem.
The best way for things never to change for the better,
is to never acknowledge that there are ways you have seen that clearly work better.
It isn't racist to say so, it is simply logical to say so.
No doubt the Thai firefighters in Bangkok know their job...
They have NO CHOICE, fires forgive no mistakes.
But there are aspects of society that make that job harder.
#5105787 Fire On 7th Floor Of FICO Building, Asoke Area: Bangkok
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on 2012-03-03 19:59:01
RichardinBKK, on 2012-03-03 16:38:51, said:
Really, the Farang do not have fires? Really? Wish I knew that, since I lost two dear friends in one...in the USA.
Who said that? Who even implied it in anyway? Don't get hysterical...
Oh, and the guy who says we should be funding the firefighting services or else not complain? That's hilarious. (By the way, our taxes?)
I've said essentially the same thing so many times over the years but I'll say it again:
I'm continually amazed by and somewhat contemptuous of the folks (here and other places over the last couple decades) who always rush to make any possible criticism of Thailand and will interpret everything in the worst possible way or even distort the facts to perpetuate their prejudices.
But I am as amazed by and contemptuous of -- or perhaps more so -- those people who refuse to accept any possible criticism of Thailand no matter how valid.
The fact that other places have the same faults or others is completely irrelevant unless the person making the criticism of Thailand claims that only Thailand has faults.
The fact that the person who is making the criticism is not Thai but lives here is completely irrelevant unless that person claims there is nothing good about Thailand.
Get a grip people. I don;t have any current facts at hand but -- or even old ones -- so I can't claim to prove it and people can dismiss it if they like but I remember a Thai study done some time back about how the fire department was way underequipped and undertrained and in particular in regards to high rises. Pointing out such things and bemoaning them is perfectly reasonable and just.
Thailand is my home. There are many reasons why I live here and many things about it I'd not like to change. The country of my birth is not pwerfect (or even close) and neither is Thailand.
