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News Forum - Snorting urine will not cure sinusitis – official
Waiting for the wag that boasts he doesn't have to decant but does it directly. -
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News Forum - Indian tourist beaten by Pattaya nightclub guards
Maybe then local monks can moonlight for the job. -
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News Forum - Thai activists warn that new hair guidelines will allow schools to be more strict
May Bhudda help Thailand if Thailand is preparing for war. -
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News Forum - Chiang Mai ranked #1 city in Asia on safety index
The northern city of Chiang Mai in Thailand has been ranked as the safest city in Southeast Asia and 31st in the world, according to a recent report. The findings were published as the Crime Index and Safety Index by City 2023 by Numbeo, the largest crowd-sourced global database that tracks these statistics. Chiang Mai … The story Chiang Mai ranked #1 city in Asia on safety index as seen on Thaiger News. Read the full story -
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News Forum - Thai activists warn that new hair guidelines will allow schools to be more strict
Promoting uniformity (what better way than to use uniforms and identical hair-styles?) and conformity by instilling discipline from an early age on ("do as your elders do or at least say") is a great way to create new generations that effortlessly blend in with the previous one. That results in (or is at least aimed at) maintaining a stable, predictable and "known" society, which may look great at a glance. However, the down-side is that it results in a stagnated and closed society in which blending in is felt to be more important than standing out. On the one hand, Thailand isn't known for e.g. its serial killers or it's public unrest (although the latter has been seen to be brewing in recent years). On the other hand, Thailand doesn't have e.g. a single Nobel laureate or any particular expertise or product the world as a whole relies on/greatly appreciates. If Thailand as a nation would want to maintain the status quo, they'd first have to shut down internet. That's not going to happen, so it has to adapt (even though it's hard to let go of the way things have been done in the past). I believe Thailand is going through a painful transition period, but that at some point it will be recognized as a potentially positive shift and that an aim for excellence will be set and next managed. Accepting any culture for what it is now and assuming it'll stay that way forever would be naïve (both by onlookers as well as Thai themselves).
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