Interesting comment from Drummond - seems he has already made up his mind.I do not think now I even need to see the original CCTV videos.
I would have thought the CCTV video (if it exists) is central to determining what actually happened.
Interesting comment from Drummond - seems he has already made up his mind.I do not think now I even need to see the original CCTV videos.
Improvements are changes, is that not a good thing, laws and regulations change and are improved constantly, thats the job of Governments to improve the system, or do you just lie down and cop it up the ar-e. I dont.bumper wrote:My oldest daughter recently. read some of the Thai laws thought they were really strange. My answer that is what it is and if yuo want to be here you adhere to their laws, simple as that.
An extract from Wikipedia on the chewing gum ban in Singapore:bumper wrote:... Is it Singapore that you can't chew gum?
While there are some Thai authorities that may sometimes be a little OTT when it comes to breaches of laws, rules and regulations they would appear to be mere amateurs when compared to the draconian enforcement of laws, rules and regulations that can be experienced in SingaporeThe chewing gum ban in Singapore was enacted in 1992 and revised in 2004 and 2010. It bans the import and sale of chewing gum in Singapore. Since 2004, only chewing gum of therapeutic value is allowed into Singapore following the United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (USS-FTA).
This law was created because people disposed of gum incorrectly by sticking it under places like chairs or tables. Chewing gum is banned in Singapore under the "Regulation of Imports and Exports (Chewing Gum) Regulations." Except for chewing gum of therapeutic value, the "importing" of chewing gum into Singapore is banned.
.... according to the set of Regulations, "importing" means to "bring or cause to be brought into Singapore by land, water or air from any place which is outside Singapore ..." any goods, even if they are not for purposes of trade. The set of Regulations also does not make any provisions for personal use of quantities to be brought into Singapore. Therefore, bringing chewing gum into Singapore, even small quantities for whatever purpose, is prohibited.....
Full article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewing_gu ... _Singapore
Who is the "perpetrator" in your hypothetical question?Asiaphile wrote: Also, another thing that entered my mind, would we have the same discussion, here and on other fora on the web, if the perpetrator had been Black/Indian/Arab? Just a curious tought ...
Asiaphile, Just to clear this up for you. That is not the Irish Police Force in the youtube video. In Ireland they were the same type of clothes but instead of police on the back they have Garda. It could be Northern Ireland, which is a different country of course. Of course the Garda have been caught doing similar things however and are not immune to this typer of thing.Asiaphile wrote:What would our Gaelic teacher do if he'd been stopped in Sweet Eire? Just try to bulldoze his way through the 1.50 cm/4'10" guard that was trying to prevent him from entering? I don't think sooo. Watch how they deal with troublemakers in the Land of Molly Mallone. Maybe the Thai garda could take a leave out of their book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbqtb1dSbR8
Also, another thing that entered my mind, would we have the same discussion, here and on other fora on the web, if the perpetrator had been Black/Indian/Arab? Just a curious tought ...
Of course the Garda have been caught doing similar things however and are not immune to this typer of thing.
So is the school he works at if they take him back. All for a few balloons or was it Farang pride?bumper wrote:Saw in the news the farrang family is getting threatening phone calls.
I don't see anything that was worth all this mess here.