tropo

tropo, on 2012-01-17 12:50:06, said:

Yes I am proud of the language. I would say justified and for good reason too. Are you not ? Are you not proud of that fact that you can go to many countries in the world and not only get by but also live and conduct business with this language. With the world getting more connected everyday would not agree at least one international language is needed.

Whether your correct on the dialects or not I don't know. We all know there are many types of English. In fact English even varies within England let alone worldwide. You are right but I'm not sure how your point is either relevant to the generic discussion of English speakers vs Russians or even a point against what I said. I personally havent met a single fellow English speaker from anywhere in the world that I could not understand or they understand me. Are you suggesting that because there are different dialects of English that this somehow doesn't count or something ? Are you saying its actually only "the Queen's English speaking people" vs the Russians ? Are we to now speak about British English or Indian English or T'english or Sin'glish as seperate entities ? Its all English, just changed a bit to suit certain cultures. Sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick but I'm confused about your real point on this.

In regards to Central, yes I suppose they are there for that reason and thank goodness for Central they are as not sure anyone else shops there...lol, sorry perhaps when the American sailors come to Laem Chabang they pop in as their bored in the daytime. Again though my reference to Central was to try an illustrate it as being a "concentrated area" where you will find Russians and not to use it as a benchmark for the whole of Pattaya. The cheap joke about sushi was perhaps not needed. Sorry if I inlsulted anyone with shares in Central...lol

Well, my views on this matter will not be popular amongst the "Hang Em High" brigade that's for sure.

I have no time for drunk drivers, but it's hardly surprising that this kind of thing happens because drunk driving is tolerated in Thailand.  I was at a new year party once and my wife was expecting the arrival of her uncle from Ubon, he called to say that he would be late because the police stopped him and found he was drunk, they made him drink coffee for a hour and then fined him 200 baht before letting him go on his way still drunk!

So, thousands of people drive drunk every day in Thailand and nobody even raises an eyebrow, unless of course there is a fatal accident/incident.

The law and the police need to be clear on the issue, I'm sure that many many Thai's dont know for sure if it's illegal to drive drunk (I'm not sure myself).

My absolute condolences to the victims and their families, and this drunk driver needs to be punished.  But let he who is without sin cast the first stone so to speak, because I myself used to occasionally drive after a few drinks (not drunk) which I would never do in the UK where the law is much more clear about such things.

The driver was drunk and as such incapable of thinking the situation through, unless he was drinking alone his mates watched him get into his car drunk and said nothing, so probably did the bar owner where he was drinking.

Anyway, I stopped driving after a few drinks when I fell off my bike and broke my arm, just goes to show how your judgement is impaired after just a few drinks.