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In Topic: Lime For House Plaster/render In Bkk?
2012-03-31 17:11:23
you might check with the various earth builders or eco groups as they prefer using lime to using cement.
In Topic: US Embassy Warns Of Possible Terrorist Attack In Bangkok
2012-01-13 21:10:39
TomTom55, on 2012-01-13 20:43:24, said:
TallGuyJohninBKK, on 2012-01-13 20:42:08, said:
nikster, on 2012-01-13 19:48:44, said:
So thanks for nothing, US Embassy. This is propaganda.
No Nikster....
At best, it's a government doing the responsible thing in trying to alert its citizens in a city where a lot of them reside to a supposedly imminent threat.
At it's not best, it's a government trying to cover its a**, so that in the event something big were to happen, no one later could come back (a la Wikileaks or who knows what) and point the finger saying, "You knew and did nothing to alert people."
Given the choice between the Thai approach and the U.S. approach, I'd take the U.S. approach every time.
If things were left up to the Thai government, the whole country would be flooded or terrorized before someone would pop up and say...."Uh... maybe... possibly, we have a small problem here. But don't worry, we don't want to do anything that would hurt our tourism."
In my view, it's a whole lot better that the U.S. Embassy issues the warning and nothing ends up happening vs. all the authorities know, they say nothing, and someplace filled with tourists gets bombed.
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the right in the US is very anti Muslim and nothing would make them happier than to have such an attack real or otherwise..and they have the money and connections to make it so. count me cynical
In Topic: US Embassy Warns Of Possible Terrorist Attack In Bangkok
2012-01-13 20:58:08
ThailandMan, on 2012-01-13 15:11:58, said:
Who would want to hits us over here in Bangkok? Doesn't add up. I wonder if the threats are indeed foreign or related to some recent foreign involvement/comments in the politics over here...
you forget there are elections to be won in the USA and fear is an election tool...used by both sides...and occasionally by actual terrorists
In Topic: New Thai Airline Launches Maiden Flight With Transsexual Attendants
2011-12-16 10:02:11
toenail, on 2011-12-15 21:44:12, said:
As an American, I would take the "third genders" (who work hard to look like a "perfect female") over the unsmiling, granny bully flight attendants they have on Delta and United Airlines.
