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"When wokeism declares that a woman can have a penis" It has always been true that a woman can have a penis. In fact if she is attractive enough she can have a different penis every night. You can't blame that on "wokeism".

"More formal ordination requires significant periods in training, with considerable religious and personal formation, and rigorous assessment. That makes it less likely that undesirable " dodgy" individuals will slip through and become clergy. " Right. Almost foolproof. Witness the international experience of sexual abuse by ordained Catholic priests. This involved hundreds of individuals who "slipped through and became clergy". I didn't "tar the entire Christian faith with the same broad brush, and hold it up as a principal feature of those faiths." You extrapolated that from what I said. Why those ideas entered your mind you are best qualified to answer. I just said "Christians take note" as I believe that Christian believers bear some responsibility when their leaders act like this. You describe the actions of this pastor as "the sordid little foibles of this fellow". Just to be clear, a foible is defined as a "minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character". As I said previously, Christians like to minimize these offenses because they revere their leaders. I doubt many people consider the sexual abuse of a 12 year old girl to be a "foible" as you do. Maybe Christians should take up the slogan of some national security programs: "If you see something, say something" as these people are not invisible.

Have fun with Apple but don't over invest emotionally or financially. There will be others, don't worry. Nothing wrong with a love affair (or whatever it is) not lasting forever. And remember this Bruce Springsteen lyric: "It’s just nobody knows, honey, where love goes But when it goes it’s gone, gone…"

Different question. You asked: "If it's not Phuket, then it's Pattaya. People with ill intentions seem to gravitate towards the two... Any particular reason why?" To even formulate your question about Bangkok and Samui would require a lot of thinking and fact finding. Apparently you are implying first and foremost that Bangkok and Samui don't have their share of bad actors. I don't know if that is true. Anyway, I think my answer to your question stands.

Every denomination has these and nearly very denomination has one that has been exposed. You are adorable, thinking ordained ministers are less likely to be predators. IMHO, part of the problem is that because Christians revere these creeps they say things like "the Pastor overstepped the bounds of propriety" instead of "the Pastor had sex with" or sometimes "the Pastor raped" that child. So the reality of what they do on a regular basis is masked. It's not a stretch, it happens in all denominations.

Every time there is a Pattaya thread the Pattaya bashers remind me of something. Wallace, Idaho, USA used to have a reputation for (as Popeye the Sailorman called them) "houses of ill repuke". Someone in Wallace used to sell bumper stickers that said "Honest, I've never been to Wallace Idaho".

All the cheerleaders for Christianity ought to take note.

Great idea. I feel like saying "doh" since I never thought of it. The big pain of getting defrauded for me has been going to all the auto payments I have set up and changing them while I wait for the new card. Thanks for this idea, I'm gonna use it.

So are you saying you have never been to Pattaya?

Not trying to troll you, serious question. Were you drunk or high? Seems like that is often a factor.

"Why would anyone want to go to Pattaya in the first place?" Cuz Pattaya is a fun place.

Uhhh, tourists with money?

I don't know if this kind of economic scoring is really absolute performance. It's the kind of stuff that MBA's make up.

Geez, when are straight white men gonna get a break in this world? Pathetic.

I think it just signifies that he has given up the dream of bing a Certified Public Accountant.

It's always a live option for a former bargirl. Easy way to make money and don't discount the appeal of getting some attention from men. She was used to that, big change to a one-man / one-woman relationship.

He didn't say anything about race. You were the first one to mention race.

If Scotland Yard didn't help you try this guy: S. Holmes 221B Baker St. London, England I have heard he is good.

CC company will reimburse. What is your problem?

Seems like a pretty good reason.

Note to self: Don't feed the trolls, Don't feed the trolls, Don't feed the trolls.

Playing innocent? You don't think the Obama's race had anything to do with it?

TLDR. Where is our yawn emoji?

Pathetic, both you and those who think it's funny. Both racist and miisogynist, sad really.

Don't mean to patronize you but sounds like you are unaware. There are extensive restrictions on foreigners working in Thailand. You must be able to do a job that a Thai person cannot do or you are considered to be taking a job from a Thai. Do you have unique specialized job skills? Otherwise you could start a business that employs Thai people.