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As an American.. 

The blacks slaves were purchased as goods. They were sold by their own countries often as a punishment for being criminals. 

The really horrible story is what Americans call Indians, or currently "Native Americans". Settlers from Europe killed them as fast as they could for their land, oddly enough it was the European immigrants bringing illness and disease from Europe that the "Indians" had no defenses against that killed the majority of them. 

If you want look to the one of the bigger lies and rewrites of American history look up one of our most popular family holidays "Thanks Giving".. Sure the Indians were just so happy to be wiped off northern America and what was left put on tiny "reservations". 

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19 hours ago, karibu said:

I would suggest  you download  (Thai Script app) which will teach you the Thai alphabet and tones with  audio.

also (Nemo Thai app) which teachers lots of Thai  phrases with audio so you can hear the tones . Both Free. 

If you want to take further  you can join a school with other  students which is more fun and you will make new friends. That's what I did and  I can speak read and write a little bit.    Good luck   Chokh Di โชคตดี

I'd love to help students learn english while I learn thai. How do I find that? I have entertained the idea of being a English school teacher to Thai,  if the pay wasnt so low I'd do it. 

New friends in Thailand I can help with english sounds great. 

Im interested in a online college course with live instructors that are available 00:30 (5:30pm MDT, American). I know its a long shot. English is my native language.

Also what is the best site that breaks down thai like this site?

http://www.koratmagazine.in.th/thai/travel/lesson1/esect4.htm

Even better if they have audio clips of saying it in Thai

Kun Sabai Dee Mai Krap (Male)

Kun Sabai Dee Mai Ka (Female)

(Click on the word above and you can hear it in Thai.)

[Explanation]

Meaning = How are you?

A literal translation is above. You can easily understand meaning by separating word-by-word.
Kun = You
Sabai = to be well, happy
Dee = good
Mai = interrogative
Krap = to be polite.

 

 

Willing to pay for it

8 minutes ago, RichardColeman said:

Maybe he was advise you to head to exit Gate 2 for a taxi ? 

Is that a joke? I dont know

6 minutes ago, glegolo said:

Thnks for yr answer, yeah there are stupid idiots all over the world obviously....

 

glegolo

I'm a firm believer in "Live and Let live". Which is also very Thai

9 minutes ago, SteveK said:

It's a bit like an immigration officer in the UK calling you a "poofter" - extremely unprofessional and in the UK he would have lost his job over it.

In the USA they would lose their job over it as well. A good movie about a great "Poofter" who saved millions of lives. 

1 minute ago, Ventenio said:

What do you think about ladyboys?

 

 

I think many of them are beautiful after a surgeon gets ahold of them. I have no interest in men, pre or post surgery. 

2 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I'd have thunk that was just common sense.

 

Everything I''d read to the point said show your paper work. 

9 minutes ago, DrJack54 said:

Katoey for the record refers to trans "ladyboy". If a guy was gay Thai would refer to him as gay.

Anyway as others have advised never offer anything to imm officer unless requested.

 

I thought to this day it meant gay. I didnt know it was specific to LadyBoy. I certainly never dress like a trans. Just your average heterosexual USA guy.  Now that situation makes even less sense. 

29 minutes ago, neeray said:

It seems like "Need to Know" basis may work best.

I think thats true, next trip passport only. To much information is not good for immigration. 

50 minutes ago, glegolo said:

I dont mean to defend him saying that to you, but is it not possible that you were like walking femininly? And that might cause his stupid remark.... Do you walk like a guy??

 

glegolo

I'm a bigger hairy guy with no gay tendencies.

Go to a foreign country and not obey the laws. They should have put him jail. 

We have a problem with this in the USA. Foreigners from EVERY country. 

26 minutes ago, BobinBKK said:

These people are worthless scum and will get what's coming to them.

These people who?

I brought all of my paper work with me, my hotel and return flight 28 days later. At immigration I wouldnt say I had a hard time but the officer asked me a lot of questions I thought were not needed. At the end he approved me and said "katoey" as I walked away. I didnt know what that meant at the time and thought it was odd and remembered it because he said it with disgust. I had flow from San Francisco CA is the only reason I today can think of him saying that. I am not gay and couldnt care less if he thought I was gay, but his disgusted tone for a government official was unprofessional. 

Anyhow my last trip I brought nothing but my Passport for Immigration, no hassle and not a lot of questions. Just here you are and on my way. 

Has anyone else noticed immigration might be easier by providing the minimal information needed?

As as American Ex-Army I own many weapons. Weapons that have would and have put me on the FBI watch list. 

I can say I have a few bags I take to the gun range with me with lots of Ammo. Still you'd have to be an idiot for this to happen. My travel bags never carry ammo of any sort. I did get stopped in China with a Key Knife on my key ring I forgot was there. 

Accidents happen. 

Complainers dont care where they are or what they are doing. They will find something to complain about where ever they go. Sure every place has its problems, dwelling on it makes it your personal problem.

Miserable people will be miserable where ever they go, I look for the good.

I'm not a complainer. If I step in dog shit once I blame the dog owner for not picking it up. If I step in the same dog shit twice I blame myself.

If you dont like thailand leave and find somewhere you do like. I happen to love thailand and all its faults. If it was perfect and completely wonderful I wouldnt want to visit.

My next trip I plan on sending money to myself via western union. If you wait for the right time and amount is small enough you can do it for free. It also doesnt matter if you lose your bank card.

And further lower Thailand's economy? Could have an interesting effect on Tourist Destination Hotel/Travel costs...

http://theantimedia.org/3-trillion-gone-as-chinas-stock-market-plummets/

Forget Greece. No, really. As you might have heard by now, China’s stock market is hemorrhaging without a sufficient tourniquet to stem the massive loss—now $3.25 trillion and counting. To bring it into perspective, that figure is more than double the annual GDP of Canada—and there doesn’t seem to be a way to stop it.

Does thailand have an Embassy in his country? You can apply for a Visa at the Embassy and save the expense of flying there only to be turned away.

http://www.buylifestraw.com/en/

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You cant fix starvation. Its a dream that will never come true. The people who are starving are generally uneducated and poor. If you feed them and their kids they're just going to have more kids. Who will have more kids to feed....

In America we have huge families on welfare that havent worked in 4 generations. The more kids they have the more money they get. All they do is sit around doing drugs and having unprotected sex which results in more kids...

I carried around a photocopy of my US State ID, Passport and International Drivers License all on one paper. Passport always stayed in the hotel safe, didnt want to lose it.