On a lighter note, best headline so far this year: "US man fingered over thumb theft".
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As I said, my 'data' is the Bangkok Post inside pages. My meaning was reports every day of missing billions, quite honestly the zeros are staggering. Would you be happier if I'd said 'every week'? Does it make the problem 'manageable'?London Boy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2018 6:56 pm Billions go astray every day is a bold statement. Agree corruption can be described as rife but where do you get your data
But you know, Herr General justified the coup as a stage for getting rid of corrupt politicians and forgive me if I am wrong, but there is a huge stink on Thai social media going on about various acts pf corruption taking place at the moment.handdrummer wrote: ↑Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:24 amThais like it this way as it allows them to bribe someone in order to obtain what they want. It's gone on in Asian societies for hundreds, if not thousands, of years and they see no reason to change. You know, if it's not broke, don't fix it. The problem only arises when Westerners try to change the system.
My comment about westerners trying to change the system has to do with the complaints about the system and puffed up indignities about bribery. I don't condone it or participate in it and I know there's nothing I can or want to do about it. It's not my country. I didn't know about the Thai social media stink.caller wrote: ↑Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:33 pmBut you know, Herr General justified the coup as a stage for getting rid of corrupt politicians and forgive me if I am wrong, but there is a huge stink on Thai social media going on about various acts pf corruption taking place at the moment.handdrummer wrote: ↑Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:24 amThais like it this way as it allows them to bribe someone in order to obtain what they want. It's gone on in Asian societies for hundreds, if not thousands, of years and they see no reason to change. You know, if it's not broke, don't fix it. The problem only arises when Westerners try to change the system.
I'm not sure what your reference to westerners is about in respect of corruption, but if you mean democracy, I thought the Thais tried to lay the foundations for that in 1932. It only seems a few and the army who seem intolerant of it?