Is the PPP next?

timmydownawell · Post by **timmydownawell** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:27 pm

thePeck wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:27 am For expats it seems you've got to be really vocal and somehow get media or social media spotlight to get noticed. Maybe I'm naive, but your regular expat doesn't get a second glance.

Well maybe I'm paranoid, but I'm a guest in this country and would not like to have my visa cancelled (or be blocked re-entry) due to posting political views/criticism on FB in my real name. I think discretion is prudent.

L'Algerino · Post by **L'Algerino** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:36 pm

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 7:25 am this is even more true of facebook, people should be much more discrete

yeah I have this guy on fb who keeps commenting negative stuff about the government and the god emperor eehh I mean democratically elected president. Especially hes also doing it on public posts like from the daily and ppp. Just waiting for a fb posting from him about how he went on a visa run and now they're denying him reentry.

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 1:11 pm

personally i consider it bad form to comment on the politics of a country i am a guest in. i won't be voting anyway.

taabarang · Post by **taabarang** » Thu Sep 07, 2017 2:05 pm

"personally i consider it bad form to comment on the politics of a country i am a guest in. i won't be voting anyway."

I tend to agree by and large with your quote. I draw the line at offering advice. Whatever the Khmer perceive as a problem should be handled by Khmer alone. UNTAC exemplifies how foreign intervention was ill prepared to deal with the crisis at hand.

thePeck · Post by **thePeck** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:05 am

When I think of someone that would get their visa pulled or deported/banned is someone like Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson. I think the majority of expats are free to say what they want with the exceptions if you're in a business here and more of a player in the country instead of the expat that sits around a bar drinking beer all day. Also just having your name wouldn't generally be enough to get someone to track you down imo, unless you really pissed someone off high up.

I've had other expats tell me to watch what I say on certain facebook groups because of who may or may not be in them. I don't really care who reads what I write but then I'm a laid back guy and 1 eye doesn't bother me. Actually if you think about it, as expats he's good for us. Sure the CNRP is good if you're hoping on making the government better but really the CPP is who keeps the visa rules relaxed. The CNRP wants to tighten them up. If they gained the majority you would definitely see rules changes put into effect. But there I go spouting politics about a country I'm a guest in.

theghost · Post by **theghost** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:25 am

thePeck wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:05 am When I think of someone that would get their visa pulled or deported/banned is someone like Alejandro Gonzalez-Davidson. I think the majority of expats are free to say what they want with the exceptions if you're in a business here and more of a player in the country instead of the expat that sits around a bar drinking beer all day. Also just having your name wouldn't generally be enough to get someone to track you down imo, unless you really pissed someone off high up.

I've had other expats tell me to watch what I say on certain facebook groups because of who may or may not be in them. I don't really care who reads what I write but then I'm a laid back guy and 1 eye doesn't bother me. Actually if you think about it, as expats he's good for us. Sure the CNRP is good if you're hoping on making the government better but really the CPP is who keeps the visa rules relaxed. The CNRP wants to tighten them up. If they gained the majority you would definitely see rules changes put into effect. But there I go spouting politics about a country I'm a guest in.

The nationalists will make work visas and long term visas had to get , they are nationalists by the way and probly hate barang, there's a lot more of barang hatred going round last few years I already noticed.

thePeck · Post by **thePeck** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 8:02 am

theghost wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:25 am The nationalists will make work visas and long term visas had to get , they are nationalists by the way and probly hate barang, there's a lot more of barang hatred going round last few years I already noticed.

It'll slowly become like Thailand in most respects, it's inevitable, visas and as you say barang hatred. Just depends on how fast or slow that happens.

I'm generally with my wife so I get a free pass lol albeit I know they may not say anything but I know they're thinking it. A couple times in tourist areas, she's went off people there. Essentially they say, why are you taking care of a foreigner? Why don't you take care of Khmer and give me more money?

A strange thing is I see it more in the younger generation, the older generation still love token foreigners coming around the provinces.

TRM · Post by **TRM** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:09 am

I think that, just like Thailand did 10-15 years ago, the Government now really want their taxes paid. Some people object to that and find themselves in trouble. A lot of long-standing business here are simply worth nothing at the moment when one factors in the tax liabilities accrued and waiting to bite.

John Bingham · Post by **John Bingham** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:42 am

theghost wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:25 am ... there's a lot more of barang hatred going round last few years I already noticed.

Nah, that's just hatred for you, because you're an weirdo who eats crap food, drinks crap beer, stares at walls and complains. The hatred is coming from foreigners and locals.

bangkokhooker · Post by **bangkokhooker** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:00 pm

Ouch!

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