Welcome to Hotel Thailand

[stephen_c]

you can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave ...


not fun for Canadian vacationers stuck in thailand
and definately not fun for news presenters.

Thai TV Anchor Shot At During Broadcast

Yahoo!

Thai TV Anchor Shot At During BroadcastbyMacsmind

[Dr. Ossobuco]

haha fuckin losers.

















the gunman. geeesshhhh.

[oddmud]

Actually Brendan, GNU151's parents were stuck in their hotel in Bangkok. They some how made their way to the Embassy and were able to talk their way in to getting a secure ride 700km's away from Bangkok to finally get a flight home.

[Grapes]

Glad to hear they made it back. I'm sure they'll have a story or two to tell.

(GNU..... lol)

[cubed]

Glad to hear B's parents made it out alright.

The civil unrest over there right now is frightening.

[Carrie]

thats great that they made it out, but think of the people who are still there.

my thoughts are with them

[stephen_c]

Ottawa must get Canadians out of troubled Thai capital: Liberal MP

[Grapes]

It doesn't seem like either side has any intention of backing down. Something's gotta give.

[SEAN!]

I blame the ladyboys

[Clayton.]

Akeel is stranded out there.

Poor guy, i'd be really homesick and frustrated in a situation like that.

[cubed]

^He's in Tokyo now.

[Clayton.]

Oh, that's good.

(Still bad for all the people still stuch there though)

[brit]

lol, poor tourists stuck in fancy hotels.

[Revolver]

i wouldn't mind being in thailand right now.

it would be very exciting and the ops for killer photographs would be insane

buy a t-shirt on the ko shan and take pictures/video of a full on revolution in the same day...that would be amazing.

[tiedye]

I'm with you on that one, Juan. I'd love to be there writing about the experience.

[Clayton.]

Originally Posted by brit

lol, poor tourists stuck in fancy hotels.

A fancy hotel can feel like a prison pretty fast if you're scared and/or can't leave.

[brit]

Scared of what....

Im getting the impression that you watch a lot of Fox News.

If I was desperate to leave Thailand I would hop on a bus or train to Kuala Lumpar, they cant be that worried if they arent willing to do that.

I find it hilarious all these canadians complaining that the cnd govt hasnt helped them, lol you are on vacation in almost zero danger, figure it out for yourselves chumps.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by brit

Scared of what....

Im getting the impression that you watch a lot of Fox News.

Given what happened in Mumbai, being anywhere amidst a place of civil unrest at the moment would be scary, wouldn't you say?

I'm not trying to fear monger, which is generally what FOX likes to try to do. But to say that it's not scary is just being blind to the risks going on out there.

[brit]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

Given what happened in Mumbai, being anywhere amidst a place of civil unrest at the moment would be scary, wouldn't you say?

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Comparing these two situations only furthur illustrates my point of how ignorant people can be.

The city of Bangkok is going on business as usual, if you could hop on a plane and leave you would have no idea anything was happening in the country.

People need to stop being afraid of everything, or atleast look into the situation before deciding its big, bad and scary.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by brit

Comparing these two situations only furthur illustrates my point of how ignorant people can be.

The city of Bangkok is going on business as usual, if you could hop on a plane and leave you would have no idea anything was happening in the country.

People need to stop being afraid of everything, or atleast look into the situation before deciding its big, bad and scary.

Just because a lot of people are carrying on as normal doesn't mean there's no risk. Particularly if they're still freezing flights out of the city. Mumbai has generally reopened too, are you saying people around there have no reason to be scared either?

I'm not saying that people should be afraid, I'm just saying that you shouldn't be surprised that they are.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by brit

Scared of what....

Government action like last week that led to 49 people being injured by hand grenades maybe...?

Or the car bombs that went off earlier this month injuring 71...

Saying, "whatever, everything's business as usual," displays a level of ignorance to world politics that's just staggering.

[brit]

People can be afraid if they choose to be. However, the best counter to fear is information. I know if were in a city where some big things were happening I would be researching the issues, if these people had done that then they would not be afraid.

My biggest issue with these people is their expectation that Canada should be there to fly them out in a jiffy as if they are so special, we arent talking about civil war here or terrorism, no tourist who stays away from demonstrations is in any danger.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

Given what happened in Mumbai, being anywhere amidst a place of civil unrest at the moment would be scary, wouldn't you say?

scary for people in bubbles, but the situation in mumbai and the situation in thailand are COMPLETELY different ball games all together.

in mumbai that is basically full on warfare between nations.

the situation in thailand right now is a domestic internal one and considering the amount of time ive spent and from what ive seen over there sitting through a political coup in bangkok dosent seem like the end of the world to me.

but i can certainly see how it would be for some.

[brit]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

Government action like last week that led to 49 people being injured by hand grenades maybe...?

Or the car bombs that went off earlier this month injuring 71...

Saying, "whatever, everything's business as usual," displays a level of ignorance to world politics that's just staggering.

Again, this is people taking what they hear on the news and freaking out without trying to understand the situation.

You call me ignorant by refrencing a situation that is entirely seperate from the current situation in Bangkok. The deep south of Thailand is not a particularly safe place, and not a lot of tourists go there. (This is where your bomb went off)

These provinces in the south are muslim and their grievances are entirely differant from the issues PAD are demonstrating for.

I think the only thing that is staggering is your condescending ego stroking and lack of any real knowledge.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

Government action like last week that led to 49 people being injured by hand grenades maybe...?

Or the car bombs that went off earlier this month injuring 71...

Saying, "whatever, everything's business as usual," displays a level of ignorance to world politics that's just staggering.

well,

Hand grenade attacks were specific to the protest groups holding the PM's office.

Even the most militant of thai revolutionaires would not harm innocent tourists on purpose.

Car bombings in the south is another Completely different case. The south of thailand has always been a pretty dangerous region rife with islamic extremists trying to break away the southern provinces.

I came close to visiting the southern provinces but I decided to take a diving course on ko-tao instead....a tough choice

its staggering the amount of insight you gain when you actually get out into the world and visit these places...