Originally Posted by
behuman
One day the Thai apologists among fellow FTalkers may change their stance and join my camp
. You are welcome dear
binsabai when ready not to tolerate anymore and to accept those absurdities. Springtime is nice with a fresh clean wind on lake Geneva this afternoon. And a bottle of Champagne is in the fridge. That's civilization.
Oh, and my lovely Thai spouse (a connoisseur of fine wines) just said that living in Thailand is like living in jail and this kind of rules actually can land you there (if not bribing enough). And no, he is not an alcoholic.
An awful lot of Thailand haters (mainly Westerners here in Thailand) are taking the opportunity to give Surat Thani a good kick for this poorly written declaration, but it's not hard to see the idea behind it. Surat Thani city is struggling with repeatedly uncomfortably high Covid numbers apparently because of a large number of house parties and so they've decided to give the police power to address them for a few weeks. If this is the worst thing that you could ever imagine a govt doing, then you have no imagination and do not watch the news. I have had to remind several Brits declaring this to be the end of possible life in Thailand for them that the rule is a lot less severe than the UK's regulations that you couldn't have anyone around to your house at all which lasted for months.