[stephenr]

> I've never driven here or seen any Thais driving. I've never seen any Thais flaunt the laws, or eat spicy food.

You didn't claim to have "seen this". You claimed "everyone does it". This would be like me claiming all americans insist on cheese with every meal and get confused between Austria and Australia.

> Also I can't read or "work out" what smarter and better-informed people like stephenr mean, I need it spelled out, in English

I'm commenting on your posts, and my own observations of life in Thailand. Several times you've made broad generalisations about various topics in Thailand, all of which are demonstrably false.

When I called you on said generalisation, you proceeded to make ANOTHER generalisation. How do you expect people to react to that?