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In Topic: British Furniture Shop Owner Caught With Large Quantity Of Drugs In North Pat...

Yesterday, 20:46

johnlandy, on Yesterday, 20:05 , said:

If it's proven he should be fitted up with a 'concrete overcoat' and consigned to the bottom of the Chao Phraya.

Steady on old boy.........

If you feel that strongly about it, perhaps you could buy a cannon and tie him over the barrel.

Except you have to clean up the mess..................

In Topic: 1988 Lockerbie Bomber Al-Megrahi Dies In Tripoli

2012-05-27 02:55:59

chuckd, on 2012-05-26 19:56:00, said:

KhaoNiaw, on 2012-05-26 18:38:45, said:

koheesti, on 2012-05-26 17:39:34, said:

My original statement above about this isn't meant to be cryptic. I haven't read about the Lockerbie case in great detail (since the 1980;'s anyway) but until this thread, I never read that Megrahi was innocent.

I think there were always questions from the beginning. You don't have to believe in wider conspiracies to see Megrahi's innocence in this case.

If you watch the documentary I posted earlier, you'll see that the Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission, an independent body, produced a report which pretty well exonerates Megrahi - but basically no-one is allowed to read it.

Scientific evidence regarding the timer used in the bomb is proved to be false. Other evidence regarding the identification of Megrahi doesn't stand up.

A senior police officer believes the process and conviction were completely flawed.

If this was all presented at his trial, it's rather unlikely that he would have been convicted.

"If this was all presented at his trial, it's rather unlikely that he would have been convicted."

But it wasn't...and he was.

So that makes it an unsafe conviction, does it not ??

In Topic: Thai Law Voiding Verdicts To Be Tabled

2012-05-26 18:38:36

Skywalker69, on 2012-05-26 18:03:15, said:

Buchholz, on 2012-05-26 17:11:35, said:

Time Traveller, on 2012-05-26 15:11:29, said:

hellodolly, on 2012-05-26 15:06:13, said:

Seems to me like they are setting a precedent. Rob steal murder and then pass a law to make it all OK

1973, 1976, 1992, 2010 .....yes murder is legal when the killer is in uniform. For everyone else your life has no value.

add the police in uniform for 2003 and 2004 and 2008

or actually any year...

Also add +2500 peoples in Thaksins war on drugs.

Think you need to research this a little deeper.............

In Topic: Bangkok: Huge Turnout Expected At Red-Shirt Rally Today

2012-05-26 08:36:23

yeeowww, on 2012-05-26 04:20:05, said:

jayboy, on 2012-05-25 18:57:21, said:

yeeowww, on 2012-05-25 15:34:14, said:

matter of fact[/u] that business sales consistently take a deep plunge in complete sync with malicious Red activity and acts of stupidity from the government. Following the horrifying taking hostage and subsequent burning of Bangkok in 2010, there has been a continual downward spiral of Middle to High income people making holidays in Thailand. Reds, PTP equal bad news for business... period. Mishandling of the floods, ineptness in taking care of the field burnings causing extreme and sickening air pollution, perpetual Red rallys to inconvenience and intimidate... it just goes on and on. Nobody wants to put down thousands of dollars to come on holiday to a place literally rampant and riddled with bad news & bad scenarios. I have friends who run touring businesses out of many different countries and they all say the same thing, Thailand has a bad name and people are now booking holidays to Vietnam, Angkor Wat, Laos and Bali. Thailand has shot itself in the foot and as I mentioned previously, I can no longer tolerate it and too will be leaving this stupidity shortly.

Your comments do not reflect the reality namely that the hospitality sector in Thailand is doing extremely well, and after the setbacks of the airport occupation and redshirt protests is achieving excellent results.Naturally the global economic difficulties are a challenge but overall Thailand and its tourist oriented businesses are doing extremely well.

Your suggestion that your unnamed business is suffering from the current government's policies is rather strange - and apparently deeply felt.This is not the common experience and perhaps you should consider whether your problems are caused by other factors.The fact that you dismiss all statistics and rational evidence suggests that the problems you face are related to poor management or other micro factors rather than the wider environment.

I have generated millions of dollars in past decades in my capacity as manager for previous companies I was employed at. I now have chosen to move back to Thailand to run my own business. So please do me a favor, either back up your claims with some substantiated and accountable facts or quit making juvenile cheap slurs against my management capabilities and shut up.

What is it about some of you people who feel compelled to spew out unsubstantiated claims and unfounded statements in an effort to simply put down and deny that which I and many, many fellow business owners have personally suffered and experienced? Your empty claims of the hospitality business doing just fine is absolute crap. You try palming it off on ANY thing else instead of accepting the fact of how destructive this whole Shinawatra episode has been to the country and those trying to eek out a nominally decent standard of living.

Sure, world economic hardships have added to the challenge but I know plenty running businesses in China, Vietnam and Siem Reap along with friends in Europe who are thriving & all reporting decent numbers. I have 3 shops in Chiang Mai including one in a high profile hotel in the city. And I can tell you with absolute certainty that over the past 3 years, starting with the invasion of the Pattaya ASEAN meeting and continuing to date, the malicious activities of the Thaksin support groups has done nothing but destroy the fabric of this once wonderful, beautiful country and has directly contributed greatly to the deterioration of the allure and the failure of countless businesses in this country.

I personally know dozens who own and operate businesses that run the gamut from retail souvenir spaces, classical & folk art galleries, bars and restaurants to hotels and guest houses, and I can guarantee you with no hesitation that things are NOT faring well for ANY of us these past 3 years since Thaksin decided to turn up the heat with his group of sub-par IQ lackys doing his bidding. Thapae Gate which normally thrives with vitality was a ghost town throughout the entire previous "High Season"! Hotels in this city are anemic at best and have been and still are struggling the past year! This goes for all the way from the Shangri-La & Le Meridian to the standard 1000 Baht a night spots. Numbers are WAY DOWN and I challenge you to produce some back up to your obviously dreamt up statement in an egotistically blind effort to try and put me down because you simply can't handle the truth.

I also live and work in Chiangmai and to some extent agree with you, however, you cannot blame "the reds" for the bad business models and over supply that clearly exists in Chiangmai.

As a manufacturer and exporter I struggle with my business, not because of anything to do with the government of Thailand, the reds, yellows, blues, whatever, but because i compete with China, Vietnam, Eastern Europe and everywhere else.

I think your blame is very misplaced.

In Topic: Brit Accident Students Mother Call For Foreign Office To Issue Warnings On Th...

2012-05-25 18:06:01

Semper, on 2012-05-25 11:22:16, said:

There is nothing dangerous about the roads in Thailand. It's the drivers that couse the accidents.

Actually, that is complete nonsense.
Very many roads, intersections, junctions etc etc are very badly designed.
I also think the standard of Thai driving, particularly HGV has improved greatly over the last 10 years or so.

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