• News: Heroin scandal rocks Thai military as 18 officers probed

    From patnida2@outlook.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 31 23:50:09 2019
    Now 2019 Patchara (Thammanat) Prompao is becoming a deputy minister in the government of Thailand.

    [ Author was AFP ]
    [ Posted on Wed, 9 Sep 1998 8:43:48 PDT ]

                                                 
       BANGKOK, Sept 9 (AFP) - Eighteen middle-ranking Thai military  
    officers are being investigated for links to an international heroin  trafficking operation, the supreme commander of Thailand's armed 
    forces said Wednesday. 
       General Mongkol Ampornpisit said the officers had been  
    re-admitted into the military in the past two years and the scandal, 
    the latest in a series to rock the Thai military, had prompted him 
    to order that all recently re-admitted officers have their 
    backgrounds checked. 
       "I have submitted the names of all re-admitted officers for the  
    last two years to have their criminal backgrounds checked with the 
    police," General Mongkol told reporters, without elaborating on the 
    heroin trafficking allegations. 
       He said he hoped the move to vet officers would help contain one  
    of the biggest scandals to hit the Thai military establishment in 
    many years. 
       The revelation of the heroin investigation follows another  
    scandal involving an army captain at the centre of a murder probe, 
    who had previously served a jail term in Australia for drug 
    trafficking. 
       Mongkol conceded the military had been lax when re-admitting  
    Captain Patchara Prompao into the armed forces after he was fired 
    twice and convicted of narcotics trafficking. 
       Patchara is now in detention awaiting trial in a civilian court  
    after he surrendered to police on Monday to face charges that he 
    raped and then beat a male academic to death. 
       In June, amid a drive was to make the armed forces more  
    accountable, the government demanded the military disclose the 
    contents of secret bank accounts they had been allowed to keep. 
       Earlier this year the armed forces were accused by opposition   politicians of involvement in vast illegal logging operations in 
    northern Thailand. 
                         


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    Quote of 09/09/98: Every successful person has had failures but repeated failure is no guarantee of eventual success.

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to patnida2@outlook.com on Mon Sep 2 22:10:38 2019
    On 1/9/19 4:50 pm, patnida2@outlook.com wrote:
     "I have submitted the names of all re-admitted officers for the
    last two years to have their criminal backgrounds checked with the
    police," General Mongkol told reporters, without elaborating on the
    heroin trafficking allegations.


    LOL

    Best drugs and guns in Thailand - just see the boys in brown!

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  • From John B. Slocomb@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 3 05:39:04 2019
    On Mon, 2 Sep 2019 22:10:38 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 1/9/19 4:50 pm, patnida2@outlook.com wrote:
     "I have submitted the names of all re-admitted officers for the
    last two years to have their criminal backgrounds checked with the
    police," General Mongkol told reporters, without elaborating on the
    heroin trafficking allegations.


    LOL

    Best drugs and guns in Thailand - just see the boys in brown!

    Out of curiosity do you make these "news blurbs" up? Your reference
    indicates that you are quoting a news agency post of "BANGKOK, Sept 9
    (AFP)" but a check of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) postings didn't
    show any such news item..

    But than, I suppose that AFP on the date line is more dignified than
    "ITAL" (I told a lie ) :-)

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    Cheers,

    John B.

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  • From Patnida Official@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 3 05:14:34 2019
    I heard his news about heroin by myself in 1993. This is the true story that has already happened. Thammanat Prompao must accept the consequences of his past actions.
    Thammanat was name Manat Bophlom in 1993. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34047701/the_sydney_morning_herald/

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to Patnida@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 4 05:46:26 2019
    On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Patnida Official
    <Patnida@hotmail.com> wrote:

    I heard his news about heroin by myself in 1993. This is the true story that has already happened. Thammanat Prompao must accept the consequences of his past actions.
    Thammanat was name Manat Bophlom in 1993. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34047701/the_sydney_morning_herald/

    Yes, there are a great many things that have happened.

    Thailand, for example, once selected a know dope dealer as prime
    minister. A previous P.M. encouraged the Thai Government to sell a
    very valuable piece of property to his wife (documents published in
    the Bangkok Post - front page)

    History it is called.
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    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to Patnida@hotmail.com on Wed Sep 4 06:01:00 2019
    On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Patnida Official
    <Patnida@hotmail.com> wrote:

    I heard his news about heroin by myself in 1993. This is the true story that has already happened. Thammanat Prompao must accept the consequences of his past actions.
    Thammanat was name Manat Bophlom in 1993. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34047701/the_sydney_morning_herald/

    So, the question is, was he convicted?

    I believe that under the remnants of English Common Law one is still
    considered innocent until proven guilty... in a court of law not by
    innuendo :-)
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to John B. on Wed Sep 4 12:03:49 2019
    On 4/9/19 9:01 am, John B. wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Patnida Official <Patnida@hotmail.com> wrote:

    I heard his news about heroin by myself in 1993. This is the true story that has already happened. Thammanat Prompao must accept the consequences of his past actions.
    Thammanat was name Manat Bophlom in 1993. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34047701/the_sydney_morning_herald/

    So, the question is, was he convicted?

    I believe that under the remnants of English Common Law one is still considered innocent until proven guilty... in a court of law not by
    innuendo :-)
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

    Thai law John is corrupt. Forget English precedents.

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to John B. Slocomb on Wed Sep 4 12:02:39 2019
    On 3/9/19 8:39 am, John B. Slocomb wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Sep 2019 22:10:38 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 1/9/19 4:50 pm, patnida2@outlook.com wrote:
     "I have submitted the names of all re-admitted officers for the
    last two years to have their criminal backgrounds checked with the
    police," General Mongkol told reporters, without elaborating on the
    heroin trafficking allegations.


    LOL

    Best drugs and guns in Thailand - just see the boys in brown!

    Out of curiosity do you make these "news blurbs" up? Your reference
    indicates that you are quoting a news agency post of "BANGKOK, Sept 9
    (AFP)" but a check of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) postings didn't
    show any such news item..

    But than, I suppose that AFP on the date line is more dignified than
    "ITAL" (I told a lie ) :-)

    --

    Cheers,

    John B.

    That story wasn ot posted by me, John

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 4 10:45:57 2019
    On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 12:02:39 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 3/9/19 8:39 am, John B. Slocomb wrote:
    On Mon, 2 Sep 2019 22:10:38 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 1/9/19 4:50 pm, patnida2@outlook.com wrote:
     "I have submitted the names of all re-admitted officers for the
    last two years to have their criminal backgrounds checked with the
    police," General Mongkol told reporters, without elaborating on the
    heroin trafficking allegations.


    LOL

    Best drugs and guns in Thailand - just see the boys in brown!

    Out of curiosity do you make these "news blurbs" up? Your reference
    indicates that you are quoting a news agency post of "BANGKOK, Sept 9
    (AFP)" but a check of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) postings didn't
    show any such news item..

    But than, I suppose that AFP on the date line is more dignified than
    "ITAL" (I told a lie ) :-)

    --

    Cheers,

    John B.

    That story wasn ot posted by me, John

    I see. You made it up your self?
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 4 11:05:10 2019
    On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 12:03:49 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 4/9/19 9:01 am, John B. wrote:
    On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 05:14:34 -0700 (PDT), Patnida Official
    <Patnida@hotmail.com> wrote:

    I heard his news about heroin by myself in 1993. This is the true story that has already happened. Thammanat Prompao must accept the consequences of his past actions.
    Thammanat was name Manat Bophlom in 1993. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34047701/the_sydney_morning_herald/

    So, the question is, was he convicted?

    I believe that under the remnants of English Common Law one is still
    considered innocent until proven guilty... in a court of law not by
    innuendo :-)
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

    Thai law John is corrupt. Forget English precedents.

    Ah, but the story seems to about the appearance in court of four
    lads, two Australian and two Thais. The court remanded the four until
    "27 May", and there the story stops.

    So what are you claiming? That the Australian court was corrupt?

    That somehow, the Thai Courts, who apparently from the posted
    reference, weren't involved at all, are also corrupt.

    The reference seems to be a "clipping" from the April 16 1993 issue of
    The Sidney Morning Herald.

    Did, somehow, Thai Courts, become corrupted at long distance from
    this single quote from a newspaper some 7,500 km away?
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From Patnida Official@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 4 06:44:39 2019
    I am a friend of his friend. I knew that the Royal Thai Army had helped him.

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  • From Schweik@21:1/5 to Patnida@hotmail.com on Thu Sep 5 05:18:43 2019
    On Wed, 4 Sep 2019 06:44:39 -0700 (PDT), Patnida Official
    <Patnida@hotmail.com> wrote:

    I am a friend of his friend. I knew that the Royal Thai Army had helped him.

    And I knew a guy that was cousin to a fellow who was sitting in a bar
    on Sukumvit Rd. that said that the guy on the next stool said that it
    was the Thai Navy that did it.
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    Cheers,

    Schweik

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to John B. on Thu Sep 5 10:20:36 2019
    On 4/9/19 2:05 pm, John B. wrote:
    Did, somehow, Thai Courts, become corrupted at long distance from
    this single quote from a newspaper some 7,500 km away?


    LOL for someone who us claiming - probably falsely - to have lived in
    Thailand foe a huge number of years, your are either extremely naive, or
    pig ignorant. Maybe both?

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 5 08:05:46 2019
    On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 10:18:38 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 4/9/19 1:45 pm, John B. wrote:
    I see. You made it up your self?


    No.

    I didn't post the original story. Hard to get this through your head?

    Typing this really slowly so you can understand.

    And when you understand also how NNTP works, come back then?

    NNTP?

    Well I looked it up
    https://www.allacronyms.com/NNPT
    and apparently that it means "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty"
    I do believe that Thailand was a signature to the treaty... although
    frankly I can't see the association of the NNPT and corruption in
    Thailand. Unless, of course you are arguing that there was corruption
    in Thailand signing the treaty.

    Or maybe you just made something it up and called it NNPT. You very
    own acronym to clutch to your heart .
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to John B. on Thu Sep 5 10:18:38 2019
    On 4/9/19 1:45 pm, John B. wrote:
    I see. You made it up your self?


    No.

    I didn't post the original story. Hard to get this through your head?

    Typing this really slowly so you can understand.

    And when you understand also how NNTP works, come back then?

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to John B. on Thu Sep 5 18:41:44 2019
    On 5/9/19 11:05 am, John B. wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 10:18:38 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 4/9/19 1:45 pm, John B. wrote:
    I see. You made it up your self?


    No.

    I didn't post the original story. Hard to get this through your head?

    Typing this really slowly so you can understand.

    And when you understand also how NNTP works, come back then?

    NNTP?

    Well I looked it up
    https://www.allacronyms.com/NNPT
    and apparently that it means "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty"
    I do believe that Thailand was a signature to the treaty... although
    frankly I can't see the association of the NNPT and corruption in
    Thailand. Unless, of course you are arguing that there was corruption
    in Thailand signing the treaty.

    Or maybe you just made something it up and called it NNPT. You very
    own acronym to clutch to your heart .
    --
    cheers,

    John B.



    Very inept of you John.

    First thing that comes up in Google https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/NNTP

    Nice troll, or are you just plain stupid? Rhetorical question.

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to Henry Briggs on Fri Sep 6 05:47:54 2019
    On 5/9/19 6:41 pm, Henry Briggs wrote:
    On 5/9/19 11:05 am, John B. wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 10:18:38 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 4/9/19 1:45 pm, John B. wrote:
    I see. You made it up your  self?


    No.

    I didn't post the original story.  Hard to get this through your head?

    Typing this really slowly so you can understand.

    And when you understand also how NNTP works, come back then?

    NNTP?

    Well I looked it up
    https://www.allacronyms.com/NNPT
    and apparently that it means "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty"
    I do believe that Thailand was a signature to the treaty... although
    frankly I can't see the association of the NNPT and corruption in
    Thailand. Unless, of course you are arguing that there was corruption
    in Thailand signing the treaty.

    Or maybe you just made something it up and  called it NNPT. You very
    own acronym to clutch to your heart .
    --
    cheers,

    John B.



    Very inept of you John.

    First thing that comes up in Google https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/NNTP

    Nice troll, or are you just plain stupid?  Rhetorical question.

    LOL waiting John! <sound of crickets>

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 6 06:21:36 2019
    On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 18:41:44 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 5/9/19 11:05 am, John B. wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 10:18:38 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 4/9/19 1:45 pm, John B. wrote:
    I see. You made it up your self?


    No.

    I didn't post the original story. Hard to get this through your head?

    Typing this really slowly so you can understand.

    And when you understand also how NNTP works, come back then?

    NNTP?

    Well I looked it up
    https://www.allacronyms.com/NNPT
    and apparently that it means "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty"
    I do believe that Thailand was a signature to the treaty... although
    frankly I can't see the association of the NNPT and corruption in
    Thailand. Unless, of course you are arguing that there was corruption
    in Thailand signing the treaty.

    Or maybe you just made something it up and called it NNPT. You very
    own acronym to clutch to your heart .
    --
    cheers,

    John B.



    Very inept of you John.

    First thing that comes up in Google >https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/NNTP

    Nice troll, or are you just plain stupid? Rhetorical question.

    Ah Henry, you and the other computer nerds came along in about 1986
    and wrote a news protocol and called it NNTP....

    Apparent not knowing that the "term" was already in use by the Treaty
    on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and had been for some 20
    years.

    And now you claim it as your own? And slander others who don't know
    about your Johnny-come-lately scheme?

    Pitiful.
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 6 06:23:01 2019
    On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 05:47:54 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 5/9/19 6:41 pm, Henry Briggs wrote:
    On 5/9/19 11:05 am, John B. wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 10:18:38 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 4/9/19 1:45 pm, John B. wrote:
    I see. You made it up your  self?


    No.

    I didn't post the original story.  Hard to get this through your head? >>>>
    Typing this really slowly so you can understand.

    And when you understand also how NNTP works, come back then?

    NNTP?

    Well I looked it up
    https://www.allacronyms.com/NNPT
    and apparently that it means "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty"
    I do believe that Thailand was a signature to the treaty... although
    frankly I can't see the association of the NNPT and corruption in
    Thailand. Unless, of course you are arguing that there was corruption
    in Thailand signing the treaty.

    Or maybe you just made something it up and  called it NNPT. You very
    own acronym to clutch to your heart .
    --
    cheers,

    John B.



    Very inept of you John.

    First thing that comes up in Google
    https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/NNTP

    Nice troll, or are you just plain stupid?  Rhetorical question.

    LOL waiting John! <sound of crickets>

    Over eager? Just can't wait?

    See my reply before getting too excited.
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to John B. on Sun Sep 8 12:26:43 2019
    On 6/9/19 9:23 am, John B. wrote:
    See my reply before getting too excited.


    Now see it, hardly an admission of defeat, but being a nice sort of
    person, your apology is acceptable, just!

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to John B. on Sun Sep 8 12:18:29 2019
    On 6/9/19 9:21 am, John B. wrote:
    And now you claim it as your own?

    LOL. Nice troll!

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to jbslocomb@fictitious.site on Sun Sep 8 10:35:14 2019
    On Fri, 06 Sep 2019 06:23:01 +0700, John B.
    <jbslocomb@fictitious.site> wrote:

    On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 05:47:54 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 5/9/19 6:41 pm, Henry Briggs wrote:
    On 5/9/19 11:05 am, John B. wrote:
    On Thu, 5 Sep 2019 10:18:38 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 4/9/19 1:45 pm, John B. wrote:
    I see. You made it up your  self?


    No.

    I didn't post the original story.  Hard to get this through your head? >>>>>
    Typing this really slowly so you can understand.

    And when you understand also how NNTP works, come back then?

    NNTP?

    Well I looked it up
    https://www.allacronyms.com/NNPT
    and apparently that it means "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty"
    I do believe that Thailand was a signature to the treaty... although
    frankly I can't see the association of the NNPT and corruption in
    Thailand. Unless, of course you are arguing that there was corruption
    in Thailand signing the treaty.

    Or maybe you just made something it up and  called it NNPT. You very
    own acronym to clutch to your heart .
    --
    cheers,

    John B.



    Very inept of you John.

    First thing that comes up in Google
    https://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/NNTP

    Nice troll, or are you just plain stupid?  Rhetorical question.

    LOL waiting John! <sound of crickets>

    Over eager? Just can't wait?

    See my reply before getting too excited.

    I see, as I pointed out above NNTP seems to have been used as an
    acronym for "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty" which if my sources are
    correct was Opened for signature in 1968.

    Then some computer nerds came along 18 years later and hi-jacked the
    term and now it belongs to them?

    So, apparently computer nerds don't know history, and are deemed to
    repeat it, or perhaps will simply be viewed as the poorly educated
    nerfs that they obviously are.)

    So keep insisting, "NO! it is mine, It is Mine, It is Mine, and you
    can't play in my sandbox any more!

    A pity how the western education systems have
    deteriorate in recent years.
    .
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 8 12:02:03 2019
    On Sun, 8 Sep 2019 12:18:29 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 6/9/19 9:21 am, John B. wrote:
    And now you claim it as your own?

    LOL. Nice troll!

    Ah Henry, I must confess to a small charade.

    You see the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons was
    never referred to as the NNPT.... it was referred to as the "NPT" and
    every reference I find referring to the treaty clearly states that.

    You see when one "meets" another on the Internet it is, perhaps, a bit difficult to determine whether one is communicating with a normal
    individual, or some perverted little twerp. So I usually propose some
    slightly obscure example to try and determine whether my opposite is
    an individual who actually tries to determine the truth of the matter
    under discussion or just makes some grandiose statement in an
    attempt, one might say, to overcome the opposition with bull shit (as
    it were).

    And you failed.

    And your defense, rather than factual statements to prove your point,
    is simply the cry "troll, troll".

    Rather like the 3rd grader crying "They are MINE, MINE." "You can't
    play with my toys!" "You can't play in my sand box!".

    And you, with your so very obvious lack of knowledge are going to
    educate us about the corruption in Thailand"?

    Pitiful!
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to John B. on Mon Sep 9 16:05:46 2019
    On 8/9/19 3:02 pm, John B. wrote:
    And you, with your so very obvious lack of knowledge are going to
    educate us about the corruption in Thailand"?


    John Boy

    Been on both sides of the fence in Thailand for nearly two decades; now thankfully out of the shithole; well qualified to what I have seen,
    seen documented, proven, etc.

    But if you are blinded by Thai pussy, good luck; to each his own.

    BTW just interested. In your opinion, no corruption in Thailand? If
    there is, to what extent?

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 9 13:37:42 2019
    On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 16:05:46 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 8/9/19 3:02 pm, John B. wrote:
    And you, with your so very obvious lack of knowledge are going to
    educate us about the corruption in Thailand"?


    John Boy

    Been on both sides of the fence in Thailand for nearly two decades; now >thankfully out of the shithole; well qualified to what I have seen,
    seen documented, proven, etc.

    But if you are blinded by Thai pussy, good luck; to each his own.

    BTW just interested. In your opinion, no corruption in Thailand? If
    there is, to what extent?

    Hardly. No, I haven't said that there was no corruption in Thailand,
    or Australia, or the U.S. or anywhere else as it certainly does exist,
    and based solely on my experience it exists everywhere.

    To date I've lived in Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia (short term),
    Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and the Good Old USA. And, strange as
    it may seem to you I've found corruption in everyone of those
    countries. And I would point out that corruption in the U.S. probably
    out values, in dollar terms, any two or three, or maybe four,
    countries in S.E.A.

    So why single out Thailand? And why did you spend 20 years in a
    country that you describe as a shithole (well unless you are a turd,
    of course :-). Why not just get up on your hind legs and leave? Were
    you in prison? Couldn't leave?

    But, I suppose that this is your shtick. You are not much of an expert
    on anything so you rant and rave about corruption. Oh! Look at me.
    Look at me. (see, he reads the newspaper)

    As I previously said, pitiful.
    --
    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to John B. on Tue Sep 10 04:43:09 2019
    On 9/9/19 4:37 pm, John B. wrote:
    And why did you spend 20 years in a
    country that you describe as a shithole


    Well paid job etc.

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 10 05:34:26 2019
    On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 04:43:09 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 9/9/19 4:37 pm, John B. wrote:
    And why did you spend 20 years in a
    country that you describe as a shithole


    Well paid job etc.

    And you couldn't get another job in a, to you, nicer place?

    I find that strange as since I retired from the USAF, in 1972, I've
    never had a problem finding a job, and (perhaps it was the economy)
    but every one was at a higher salary than the previous. In fact I even
    had folks "head hunting" me. A company in Bangkok contacted me while I
    was on leave one year about managing their section that bid contracts
    to the Thai Government (I think).

    When I started asking about housing allowances and transportation
    allowances, etc. I thought that they were rather reticent and I
    finally got one of the so called "managers" to tell me what his base
    salary was... I hadn't worked that cheap in ten years.

    My supposition from that episode was that salaries in Thailand were substantially lower than what I was used to in the oil business in
    Indonesia. Certainly low enough that I would never take a job in the
    Kingdom.

    --
    cheers,

    John B.

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  • From Henry Briggs@21:1/5 to John B. on Tue Sep 10 10:33:37 2019
    On 10/9/19 8:34 am, John B. wrote:
    And you couldn't get another job in a, to you, nicer place?


    You di tend to assume things John.

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  • From John B.@21:1/5 to All on Tue Sep 10 08:35:39 2019
    On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:33:37 +1000, Henry Briggs <HJBriggs@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On 10/9/19 8:34 am, John B. wrote:
    And you couldn't get another job in a, to you, nicer place?


    You di tend to assume things John.

    Not so, I read what you write and comment on it. You said that you
    lived for two decades in a shithole and I asked you why and you said
    because you had a well paying job, or words to that extent.

    I than commented that I had looked at a job in Thailand and it paid
    something like the salary I had received ten years earlier.

    Then I asked you why you couldn't get a job somewhere that you
    preferred over Thailand and you say I assume things"?

    So what did I assume? I admit that I did assume that you were telling
    the truth, but other than that....

    But maybe I was wrong.
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    cheers,

    John B.

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