Thread: Is the future safe for expats?

Originally Posted by genghis61

Only paradise for those that pursue the sins of the flesh.

sometimes ya eats the bar, sometimes the bar eats you; what say you O Trolling Evangelist, I find I am pursued by the sins of the flesh, sometimes by several of them in cut-off shorts and halter-neck singlets, and very attrcative sinners they are too; am i weak, that I give in to this temptation?
Is there hope of redemption?
Can I be saved (but not just yet, this is too good right now) ?

Yes, but must first seek redemption, something I fear you are not doing.

redemption is in the eye of the beholder

Originally Posted by Prancing Beast

Originally Posted by Digitalwolf

I thought Cambodia was dangerous??

Wouldn't the Philippines be better?

For what? So you could spread your evil ways and corrupt the local populace?

Shame on you!

No Prance.


To help raise spell / grammar check awareness.

Originally Posted by Don Juan

One day, most farangs - except those near death - in Thailand will find you've crossed a river, turned around & found the bridge on fire behind you.

And it will be quite reassuring to feel protected from the hordes of desperates coming from bankrupted ex first world countries

Originally Posted by Prancing Beast

Only paradise for those that pursue the sins of the flesh.

Dude!?? I'm starting to wonder why you even read this forum. Is it so you can judge people and then feel better about yourself?? Really???

^ Don't feed the troll.

Thanks good info, good to know.

Originally Posted by PattyFlipper

No longer true. This one has been around for more than a year:

Great news thats is, thanks PattyFlipper

Originally Posted by Bangyai

Originally Posted by Butterfly

There are way too many farangs in Thailand, not good

Whatever the figures are, its clear that there are more foreigners living in Thailand than ever before and I agree with Butterfly that from the point of view of those of us living here its not necessarily such a good thing.

In the last couple of years we haves seen changes in the visa regulations making 1 month visa runs a no no for more than 3 trips. Then it was scrapped altogether and brought down to 2 weeks. Next we had limits on back to back tourist visas.
Clearly, theres a lot of fine tuning on immigration being done and there may be more to come.

These changes illustrate that someone in authority is concerned about the comings and goings of an ever increasing number of foreigners. They are perhaps also noticing that unlike the ' old days ' when foreigners were not involved in many crimes, things have moved forward enough that we are even seeing the odd bank job commited by a foreigner.

When an American TEFLer was suspected of being a paedophile killer, it was not long after that a crackdown on cowboy TEFL ers was forthcoming. I wonder what would happen if a foreigner were to murder a Thai person from a very respectable level of society ? I know from my own experience that whenever some dipshit falang does something stupid and ends up on TV, the guy in my local cornershop likes to rib me about it and say " One of your lot " so there is a natural tendancy to tar us all with the same brush.

I don't feel scared or apprehensive about living here but I can see that the bar for living here is likely to be raised and raised again. This will probably be the usual thing of requiring us to show an ever increasing amount of cash in the bank but I also think that one day in the not too distant future, back to back Non Immo visas will become a lot harder to get.

As for being fleas on an elephants arse ....... true. But its easier to swat a flea than wrestle with a monkey.

I've noticed it myself, what with the UK going down the shitter and more people discovering flight, then there's that Big Trouble show in Tourist Thailand show, which would attract the type of farangs over here that are only going to let the side down further and fuck it up for the rest of us.

Anyway, maybe Chas is right, I should just enjoy myself and now that I'm single again simply find myself a simple lass with a bulbous top half.

Beware of wimmin wiv big heads scampy.

Oh dear!

Let's go through it one last time - for the kiddies;

Only 5% of prostitution is for foreigners, the other 95% is for Thais. Prostitution was big business way before we came here.

Originally Posted by Prancing Beast

Originally Posted by puppy

Listen to the little Thai nationalist!

Get real. There are far too many immigrants in the U.K. Compared to that, there are hardly any farangs in Thailand.

Farangs contribute greatly to the Thai economy and should be made to feel welcome. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

For the last time Thailand - This is the 21st Century. GROW UP!!

Originally Posted by Butterfly

There are way too many farangs in Thailand, not good

Mostly by introducing a perversion on society.

Originally Posted by puppy

Only 5% of prostitution is for foreigners, the other 95% is for Thais. Prostitution was big business way before we came here.

Agreed - but there's always a lot of farang / expats that feel their sex life is such a significant contributor to the Thai economy, when they (and their contributions) are entirely insignificant.