[vladekad]

The food?! I can imagine some not liking the government, no government ever has made 100% of the people happy, the infrastructure is certainly not to Western standards, but that is what makes it Thailand. The cost of living? How about the farang who live in Thailand and have experience with more Westernized traffic law and enforcement quit the high paying jobs or life of leisure they lead, and work for the police department, or Ministry of Transportation and work for the bountiful Thai wage of 7,000THB per month. Otherwise be content, since a farang can not cope on Thai wages.

By the way FaranginPhetch, I spent nearly 20 minutes in your photo album. Very fascinating, I appreciate your candor and encourage all members to check it out! You have some great pictures and a lovely family.

There is nothing wrong with having differing opinions and even speaking out. But being so familiar with Thailand I am sure you are aware of the idea prudent spech. The webmaster of this very forum, must be very cautious as to what goes on, considering it is based in Thailand. Please word your thoughts as you would in Thailand, and if this how you do in Thailand, then please word them in a milder manner than you do in Thailand. Please choose the wording of your opinions in a gingerly fashion as we do not want to be considered a questionable website by government standards. I mean this overall, not specifically on the postings here in this thread.

As for the traffic, we have all made fun of it long before he came here, and there was never any outright personalizing of the posts. Both sides have great points, and as with anything else in life both sides are probably correct to certain extents. there is no need for it to go to a personal level, the whole thread has been here with a sense of humor up to this point. Laugh and get over it, all is fun.