BEWARE !!!!!!

[dr dave soul monsta]

The Buddhist faith was built on the basis that you should only kill to eat.

so, if you kill a person you have to eat them ?

[DawnHRD]

The Buddhist faith was built on the basis that you should only kill to eat.

so, if you kill a person you have to eat them ?

Oh, no! Now Dr D and Jaime are going to get ideas!

[Guess]

The Buddhist faith was built on the basis that you should only kill to eat.

so, if you kill a person you have to eat them ?

To answer this seriously. The answer is that you can kill a man if that is the only way to stop him from killing yourself or your any of your family which in Thailand means anybody who is your friend. I believe though that the killed person still is required to have Buddhist cremation. I think that when someone is dead that all their worldly rights are restored unlike some very basic cultures like those found in Manchester or Liverpool.

[STEVE G]

Back on the subject of house-breaking, the fact that ever since I’ve been based in Asia I’ve noticed that wealthy locals protect their houses with steel bars, cages, barbed wire, ferocious dogs and security guards, I’m inclined to think that this is not a new problem.
Even in Issan where you would think rural communities would be free of this problem, robbery is quite common.

[Winkie]

Richard

I find this romantic twoddle!

In 7 years I've never seen a Thai Driver move a steering wheel 1 degree to avoid running over a reborn relative.

Reason the dog was allowed to die?

Life is cheap!!!!

And this statement is just incorrect. The Thais in general will avoid running over any animal.

Life being cheap is one of those statements that needs much discussion and means nothing as a one liner.

One of the reasons why there are so many stray dogs around, many of which just lie in the road, is because the Thais avoid them.

The Buddhist faith was built on the basis that you should only kill to eat.


Anyway I think we are sliding off topic a bit here.

Guess

Are you correct?

This whole thread is discussing thefts and break-ins. Material possessions are meaningless to Buddhists, therefore there should be no need for this thread. So the same can easily be true for the careless loss of animal life.

I'm quite certain that it was a Thai that chased deliberately my own dog, and only stopped when he was sure she was truly dead. I stand by my statement, that the life of a dog is meaningless, only yesterday in Cha Am, I saw a driver literally 'push' his pick up through a stationary cow in the road, a simple change in direction would have sufficed, but no, torment the animal and it will eventaully move. It did move.

Life is cheap, discuss if you wish, but I think that it is all that needs to be said. Its been said by so many on this forum.

Winkie

[Winkie]

Richard

I accept your comments as valid observations, just as mine are.

We've both experienced different parts of Thailand, but Thailand they both are.

Winkie

[Pundi64]

Our system here at home is endorsed by COLT, they say never misses intruders.

[Jockey]

My friend was broken into last week and had 3,000 Scottish pound notes stolen. That's the second time she's been burgled. Her next door neighbour has also been burgled as has 3 other houses close by.

[Roppongi]

What's the security set up around your home Richard?

As much as I love gardens and a yard, condos with proper security or fenced and guarded expat communities seem safer nowadays.

[yabz]

Security guards are worse than useless IMO. There were guards at the end of the soi where I lived in Bangkok and I was broken into 3 times. They didn't see anything. There was a strong possibility they may have tipped off the intruders.

Dogs are the answer and Dawn is the person to supply them. She knows the personalities of the dogs well which is important because not all dogs are equally good at this. I have a beautiful purebred Thai ridgeback, who looks very fierce but is too lazy to be a good guard dog. The dog that Dawn selected for me wouldn't have been the one I would have chosen but has turned out to be a wonderful guard dog, always on the alert, incredibly loyal, indefatigable in defending the property.

If you don't like dogs (or are Muslim) you could always try geese....

[richard]

Roppongi

I live in a quiet little soi not far from soi 51 on naebkehart

Most occupants are Thai with the ocassional policeman. Have grills and heavy duty padlocks. Most houses have dogs that are not noisy but alert and bark when strangers are about

However only just heard that a friend got burgled and his German shepherds had been sedated

Don't know the answer really. Keep a 3 iron by the bed maybe !!!

[Roppongi]

As you just said, the dogs can be poisoned, unless they're trained really well.

The prisoner bars are one option but look awful. A friend lives near the SP hospital and their neighbors had all got done.

Is a Neighborhood Watch scheme a viable option?

[richard]

Yet more break ins

In my soi (close to 51 on naebkehard) one went to take a shower and someone walked in and took his wallet and mobile. Fortunately he was appehended by the police and escorted to the monkeyhouse

He admittrd to other breakins on the soi and a failed one (mine I think)

Local building labourers (3 were involved)

BE WATCHFUL and VIGILANT

[lomuamart]

Never a truer word was spoken.
I live on a really quiet soi and the number of times I take a shower without locking the front door, even go to the shops down the road and leave everything unlocked, but closed, for 5 mins until I come back, well I can't count them.
Obviously, if my wife is here, I don't worry. But I'm talking about the times the house is unoccupied.
We've got good neighbours and I wouldn't do it at night. Still - maybe a bit too trusting. Plus there are not many people around during the day. I've been lucky, so far.