Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
For people who seem all smiley and nice, they do seem to be quite keen on heavy-handed authoritarianism, I must say.
Yes. The banner that greeted you at the old Don Muang airport which spelt out, in letters 10 feet high, 'The Penalty For Drugs Is Death' rather focussed the mind. On the other hand, there really are very few rules - or very few that are enforced, anyway. It must be about the most free and laid back society one can imagine.