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Alternative view: they're fighting over money, not drugs. The money gained by selling illegal drugs, the price of which having been inflated by prohibition. You can fantasize about eliminating the drugs from this equation, but that won't happen, as the current situation shows. To address the issue you've raised, we need to eliminate the money

That's all fine, until they decide to give YOU the guillotine for your pint down at the pub. Much better to mind your own business than make what other people are doing your business, lest other people do the same right back at you.

Yeah, I figure he'd had a few beers. No harm done.

Pity, as your food and restaurant reviews were excellent.

Pattaya forum-ing. I was commenting that I was one of the people who "liked" that post (from 2012) you screenshotted.

It's obvious from your post I've been doing this far too long.

This thread has lots of quality info, and should be pinned.

My wife doesn't want to live in Thailand, but the old cliche "my girl is different" has always been true with her. She does miss the food, however.....

A nice report. Thank you, sir, for taking the time to enrich our forum experience.

Oops, "Bike porn" seemed the logical extension of Sateef's "Girls on Scooters" series. After a page or two I can see i was mistaken. I'll get me coat......

Yes, I'm well aware of the differences. We should be paying attention to the similarities. China will be.

Hong Kong is a dry run for Taiwan. If they crush dissent there, and the world stands idly by, wait for it......

Again..... how so?

From today's news, but don't worry, it's "An American Problem" https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49308016 Keep telling yourself that....

How so?

The stats are "per capita", which is why Norway's is off the chart.

France and Norway come to mind, in the recent past.

"It's just a prank, bro!"

After giving this some thought, I'm moving more towards the "something must be done" side, but maybe not what a lot of you Euro-weenies think must be done. I am reminded of a meme seen recently, "How many more killings are needed before you give up your guns?", with the response being "How many more rapes are needed before you cut off your dick?" I think this sums up the views of many Americans, enough to ensure a gun ban will never happen. So... what, then? I am also reminded of something a nameless Euro-weenie said years ago on some forum somewhere that stuck with me. "Your typical American kid will have seen 1000 murders on TV before they're 10 years old, but not a single tit", which I think strikes at the heart of the peculiar nature of puritanical America. Years later, an American child of 10 will have *committed* thousands of murders in increasingly realistic video games. I don't think it's a coincidence that the particular type of mass murderer we're talking about is usually in their teens or twenties.

I think it is more likely the rest of the world will move toward us, meaning increasing amounts of this particular type of violence

Six people were shot, two fatally, while in a car at a gas station. Police are looking for two suspects. Four people, including a 15-year-old girl were wounded, after two perpetrators opened fire in the Historic South-Central neighborhood Etc.....

Hardly, and... nope. But you're not listening, so whatever.

If you mean the problem of cowardly losers taking shots at unarmed people, doubtlessly that WOULD solve the problem.