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hellodolly, on 2012-04-29 01:28:33, said:
micksterbs, on 2012-04-28 22:38:31, said:
sadoc, on 2012-04-28 22:20:44, said:
At the end of the day not a lot changes , so we can all stay here !. Imagine if they were to actually stop corruption , uphold the law , put working cameras in the traffic/speeding cam boxes , arrest and actually charge people for speeding , jumping a light , going down a street the wrong way etc , resulting in fines , penalty points, increased insurance costs etc , hell we might as well go back to the countries we all got out of where most of us were too low in the food chain to be involved in Western Style Corruptuon which is only for the western elite ( politicians and corporations especially )
Yes it is corrupt in Thailand but not just for the Thai Elite
Yes it is corrupt in Thailand but not just for the Thai Elite
Not quite sure what you're getting at here. I think most western expats would be only too glad to see some facets of Thai life more resemble "home". An impartial, professional police force. An independant judiciary. A free press. State health/education that wasn't a complete joke. You make it sound as if we came here due to the absence of these things but maybe I'm simply mis-reading you...
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You make it sound like you want it just like you had at home. Only I would bet you would not like the measures they take to raise the money. TAX
No, not at all; I loved Thailand because it was so totally different. But the examples that Sadoc used, stopping corruption, upholding the law, etc, etc, are issues that I would suggest are quite dear to most expats' hearts and I'm sure that you, like most of us, could cite many examples of corruption and dodgy policing. You can love a country without being blind to its shortcomings just as we do with our own countries.
