[StitlyDute]

Thai people do love getting hammered and any excuse to break out the whiskey will be used. In that sense restrictive alcohol laws make sense because to do otherwise would be to condone rampant alcohol consumption. It seems fairly pointless, but it is the law of the land and should be respected by foreigners.

Personally, the image of the habitual neon-lit barfly farang is a hateful one and I don't mind seeing booted out onto the street for a few nights a year.