natee1

Switch your brains on, badnews, I wonder why you chose this name?

Anamore, I also see visiting friends having the same problems. Speaking slowly, using simple, short sentences helps a lot.

Also do not ask either -or questions, as in 'will the shirts be ironed in one hour or do you need more time?'. The answer will always be 'Yes".

mince tattys and gravy, fish and chips, cornish pasties and marmite - thanks England for your contibution

You forgot chip butties and Yorkshire caviar. It wouldn't take much out of your dole cheque to have both on your plate.

Has he got a secret stach of baked beans?

The truth hurts...

Please enlighten me what is 'linnit'?

He is still in our minds like a recurring nightmare.

Fantastic.

you are so right!! but how dose one tell them? they obviously didn't read that part in their lonely planet.

Sextourist tend not to read Lonely Planet, they spend more money on more up to their interests literature. It is not so difficult to spot them, they hang around certain areas known in the West as red-light districts.

More damaging however are the long-term sextourists, also more difficult to spot, other than by their postings on this forum, because they give themselves the appearance of having a family life in Thailand.

PLONKER!!!

How did you arrive at these conclusions, Herr Johann?

Shouldn't it read:

1.All white woman and asian prostitutes are bad

2.Men are victimised by bad women and radicals

3.men are to blame for nothing

4.the bad women are taking all the money away from the men

But this all is not so in interracial marriages.

Upps, forgot: 5.women retire earlier in Austria than men

I raised my son; my ex-wife paid zip. Does that make america an anti-male society? Boys are abused in Thailand as well as women. Why do you insist on making it a feminist issue? It's not; it's a human issue. Your notion that Thai men don't pay maintenence is no truer than the notion that american women deny ex-husbands visitation....and it has NOTHING to do with gender, it has to do with (typically) vindictiveness, which, the last time I checked, wasn't a solely male trait. We can agree that exploitation is wrong....what we apparently cannot agree on is that men are to blame. Have you ever seen european women in Thailand/Kenya/Jamaica acting exactly like the men you so vociferously decry? If so, how do you feel about that? I believe the forum would like to hear an answer to this question, but I doubt that you'll hear a lot of strident ranting about the terrible lot of the abused men and how they are used and discarded.

Maybe I should ask you now to stop ranting and use logic and reason to have a civilised discussion.

I think you understand now, why someone might loose their patience on this topic.

Arguments turn quickly to attaqcking the other to prove oneself right, with a few remarkable exceptions of posters, not including myself.

Enough said here, maybe start a new thread.

great avatar, where did you find this?

1. It is not only the questions, but also how and in which context they are made. I tried to explain this already.

2. My point was not about men enjoying legal prerogatives, my point was much wider, including everyday 'cultural' differences, it's not about a law or statistics, but an argument of observation, logic and reason. Read my posts again, before I refused to take certain comments seriously.

But to give an example of what you ask:

A Thai man may still purchase land after he married a foreign national, Thai women may not. This is the law.

Many Thai fathers who do not live with their children do not pay maintainance. This is not the law, but it is a fact.

This in response to your question, but to understand issues of inequality, one needs to look further than the law and its application.

I am glad you acknowledge that some folks disabuse others. What I believe we discuss in this thread is more specific than this, for example how privileges might be used to disabuse, how the social structure and culture in a country contributes to make it vulnerable to forms of abuse such as sextourism or childpornography. (I know farangs didn't invent prostitution in LoL, but they do use it)

Even more specific, how you getting your rocks off in a Thai brothel may not be the very best contribution to our host country.

(Please excuse me, I do not speak about you personally, Walker, neither am I innocent))

My question to you:

Why do you think it is that Thai men get away with not paying?

Laws are in place, and they can't be all without money.

There are 3 different things here:

1.not feeling full:

Yep, being German I make a point of having bread for breafast, crave milk products and the occasional french fries. Rice does not satisfy the same as our starchy, greasy fillers, innit?

2.cramps in yer legs

I had this in my twenties and was told to take calcium + vit.D tablets- it worked.

3.concerned about getting the right nutrients:

I was informed by a dietitian modern day diets contain too much salt (sodium oxid), but too little of everything else. The other kind of salts that are depleted in hot climates are in electrolyte-sports drinks and powdered rehydrating salts sold in pharmacies. I wouldn't take these regularly as part of my diet, though.

One might well suspect the veges to contain a lot of agricultural chemicals of the very unhealthy type, and the meat as well...

People who are seriously bothered by this eat organically grown products (no chemical fertilizers or insecticides), you'd have to grow your own in Thailand, I guess.

I believe vitamin supplements are sensible, but not to be taken instead of a balanced diet. I take vit.C and vit.E, since they aid the body's defense system.

Really, diet (as in what you eat or not) is an individual thing, should get a few dietitians to comment, they tend to disagree with each other.

When they'll get no more money, the targetted countries will finally boot the Yanks out. Good one.

Still plenty of dosh from more educated donors than the US...

Ms/Mr Natee.....Only one person...I think not. And were the questions unreasonable? I think not. Can you answer them? I think not. As to your gender.....why should anyone believe your latest assertion? You initially, purportedly, were female, now claim to be male; one is clearly (well, maybe not so clearly) a lie, and how are we to know which one? One of the dangers of internet correspondence is the ease of subterfuge, half truths, misrepresentations and misdirections, none of which are generally obvious to the casual reader. Can you blame anyone for not believing you self-rightous assertions/pseudo-facts? Back them up, answer reasonable questions with reasonable answers and you'll gain credibility. You remind me of a child at a playground shouting "oh, yeah?" at an adversary. I think you need to learn the rules of civil discourse.

My response to Yohan's questions were an explanation and an invitation to clarify further privately, neither were accepted by him.

Which question do you want to ask me?

Information about members is available at the push of a button. I am one of the few with a foto to look at. I never said or implied I am a woman, get your facts right!

Again, I get upset when people deny that men have privileges women do not have and question whether sexual exploitation exists in Thailand.

It is like saying the earth is not really round, I cannot see it bending from here.

...and big-mouthed Yanks.

The perception of old, fat, sweaty, bald, and smelly definitely does not describe the expats I know who go to AC.  Most of them are in their late 20's and early 30's, have money to blow.  The girls in my bar seem to think any guy with any other color hair than black and any other eye color than black/brown is handsome.

Are you trying to advertise Angeles?

I've just been to the shhithole 2 weeks ago, nothing but coffindodgers hoping to exit on top of whatever talent is to be found...

most interesting thing in AC is the intrigueingly large stock of antiseptic mouthwash in Johnnie's supermarket, I guess running water is hard to find in Santos street bars?

You may have any opinion you like, but you should get your basic facts right.

For example there has been only one person who's questions I have not answered to his satisfaction, and that is maybe not entirely due to my "self pity'.

Also, it is not difficult to obtain the information whether I am a man or a woman, why have you not done this before you posted?

Does she have teeth ?  

Unfortunately, yes

Mine hasn't, any volunteers to help befriending her?

In fairness, I should mention the hairs of her moustache are pretty long and pointed.

QUOTE (Yohan @ Fri 2004-05-07, 09:08:04)

I consider the RISK out of a marriage one rather important reason, that a man prefers to relay more on happy hours with some girls, and pays per hour.

Sounds so respectless, but makes sense to me....

Johann

I thought it would.

The psychoactive medication you get from your doc in Japan should be taken with caution, Herr Johann !

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Hey,hey, I managed to cut and paste this from another thread, my computer skills are quite formidable these days...

I consider the RISK out of a marriage one rather important reason, that a man prefers to relay more on happy hours with some girls, and pays per hour.

Sounds so respectless, but makes sense to me....

Johann

I thought it would.

The psychoactive medication you get from your doc in Japan should be taken with caution, Herr Johann !

natee 1:

Exactly what has your panties in a twist about my post?

If you don't like it, just say so. You might offer some constructive remarks but from what I have seen, you are only capable of the one liners.

I am a relative newbie to posting on this site but we can start a flaming war if you wish. If you decide to have a little get-together, try to use two or three syllable words. They make you appear so much more intelligent.

Sorry, I was just cracking a joke. Your posting was a joke, too, wasn't it?

I am not capuble of spelling 2 sylabule words when I am chuking with laughter.

O.k., maybe you were not joking, then you are right, I do not like what you said.

Post sensible, thought out arguments and you will get a serious reply.

It is always the man's fault.

OH NO! WHAT WILL ERCO SAY?

Sad losers, get a normal life!

Learn how to quote correctly!!