I hope this didnt damage their tourism industry permanantly

I wouldn't go to Thailand anyway, not even if you gave me a free bloody two-way ticket. Enough foreigners/tourists have been killed and/or robbed there.

They had problems, have problems, and will continue to have problems. Border disputes, national upheaval, corruption and poverty, plus this sheet.

I read about protests in Thailand almost every other week, someone is always protesting something there ...

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Now the government supporters are going to protest.

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Originally posted by Krypton Now the government supporters are going to protest.

There's the example of the stupidity in the decision of the courts. I am sure there are many of the government's supporters.

But I think they should technically do elections here. Current government is illegal, as it was a result of the September 2006 coup, though monarchy is still present, but not much of a administrative role in the country. Yes, I do not think that the 2007 elections were proper and accurate since the leading party was banned by the junta.

Tourism industry is huge there, but I won't go until things are settled down.

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Originally posted by Magnetonium [COLOR=FF7F50] I wouldn't go to Thailand anyway, not even if you gave me a free bloody two-way ticket. Enough foreigners/tourists have been killed and/or robbed there.

dude thailand is one of the safest and most tourist friendly places in the world

i was in a train crash in the south of thailand, the front carriage was impaled on a 20 metre steel rail, only the driver was hurt

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Originally posted by Magnetonium There's the example of the stupidity in the decision of the courts. I am sure there are many of the government's supporters. But I think they should technically do elections here. Current government is illegal, as it was a result of the September 2006 coup, though monarchy is still present, but not much of a administrative role in the country. Yes, I do not think that the 2007 elections were proper and accurate since the leading party was banned by the junta. Tourism industry is huge there, but I won't go until things are settled down.

The court would have made its decision whether there were protests or not.

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Originally posted by tathi dude thailand is one of the safest and most tourist friendly places in the world i was in a train crash in the south of thailand, the front carriage was impaled on a 20 metre steel rail, only the driver was hurt

Couple of my Canadian buddies got robbed there last summer. This summer a Russian couple got shot there.

Police is really terrible when it comes to solving crimes like these.

Its probably not as bad there as I say it is, but I'd rather go to place like Cuba thats for sure. I'd rank Thailand alongside with Mexico for tourism - and there's plenty of Canadian media stories on the once-in-a-while tourist misfortunes there.

I recall that a few foreigners got jailed for a long time for drugs in Thailand. And the justice system is pretty dam crappy in dealing with the appeals and the process.

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fair enough, if you are in South East Asia i'd recommend going to Laos, much safer, a culture less spoiled by tourism, amazing scenery

in Cuba my drink was spiked and i ended up in the back of a police car

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Originally posted by Krypton The court would have made its decision whether there were protests or not.

If you don't me asking, why do you think this?

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