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Definitely not a New Zealander - more likely American or Canadian.
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I had a discussion along these lines with my Thai sister-in-law some years ago. The attitude seems to be that it's in a man's nature to be a sexual predator and there's not much that can be done about it. On the other hand, she regarded girlie magazines as the height of perversion!
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'Free and open elections' - run along the same lines as all the lies told in the run-up to the Brexit vote, perhaps? And who was it who found millions to bribe the Irish so that she and her mob could hang on to power?
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Population control in action...
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She's very modestly dressed - not at all what you'd expect if she was looking for customers!
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A useful lesson was learned. They're unlikely to do it again.
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17 minutes ago, HLover said:
Or at a foot massage parlor.
Going in for the Half-Price Special, no doubt.
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He was pretty quick to jump across and sit looking innocent before Mum turned up!
Lucky escape and lessons learned.
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A very sensible way to stay cool...
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39 minutes ago, mok199 said:
why would you call the woman a prostitute....that is just ignorant ...
She made her living through selling herself for sexual services. What else would you call her - Social Worker, perhaps?
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He's said to be riding pillion on a bike driven by an accomplice - the photo shows him driving a motorbike with a full description of it.
Could it be that someone is confused? Surely not!
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I'm sure they mean well, but have the students learned to say 'I'm sorry, I don't understand' without losing face? It is typical of earlier generations to give the assurance 'Leave it to me, I can fix it!' when they haven't a clue what they're doing, but then they can't back down without suffering humiliation, sometimes risking a disaster. More information is required.
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2 hours ago, Prbkk said:
But of course it doesn't act as a deterrent, proven time after time around the world. It might meet the need for vengeance, might make people feel safer...but it will not serve any useful purpose .
If it makes people feel safer, then it's serving a useful purpose.
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6 hours ago, stubuzz said:
You can legally film government officials.
Try telling that to the cops in America!
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Among the Five Precepts, there is an undertaking 'not to take that which is not freely given'. Perhaps she's never heard of it...
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On 1/25/2017 at 8:32 AM, boomerangutang said:
Men with wives and girlfriends pay for it also. Probably a lot more than Bt.2,500 a pop. An extreme example: James Cameron, director of blockbuster movies, was married for several months to Linda Hamilton, but when they divorced, she strolled away with a cool $50 million.
That's <deleted> extortion
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"Market Forces" translation: We do it because we can get away with it.
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10 hours ago, EnlightenedAtheist said:
The 2014 poll revealed that Britons were generally clueless, but I don't want to spoil the party! Well! No worries! By now, everyone should be under the table signing "I've Got a Luvverly Bunch of Coconuts"! WOW! Coconuts! I didn't know!
- Teenage pregnancy: the British think one in six (16%) of all teenage girls aged 15-19 give birth each year, when the actual figure is only 3%.
- Muslims: we hugely over-estimate the proportion of Muslims in Britain – we think one in five British people are Muslims (21%) when the actual figure is 5% (one in twenty).
- Christians: in contrast, we underestimate the proportion of Christians - we think 39% of the country identify themselves as Christian compared with the actual figure of 59%.
- Immigration: we think 24% of the population are immigrants – which is nearly twice the real figure of 13%.
- Ageing population: we think the British population is much older than it actually is – the average estimate is that 37% of the population are 65+, when it is in fact only 17%.
- Voting: we underestimate the proportion of the electorate that voted in the last general election - the average guess is 49% when the official turnout was much higher at 66%.
- Unemployment: we think nearly 24% of the working age population are unemployed when the actual figure is much lower at 7%.
- Life expectancy: we overestimate our life expectancy by three years, thinking the average for a child born in 2014 will be 83 years, when the actual estimate is 80 years.
- Murder rates: we are however one of the best informed countries on the murder rate: 49% saying it is falling (which is correct), and only 25% think it is rising
Then you should ask: do these results indicate ignorance or simply that the population is misinformed as to statistical data? Where are they supposed to get their information from - can they trust the media? If they can't, then what are they supposed to do?
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10 hours ago, bimmerbob said:
Sometimes, ignorance is bliss!
Some of these polls are stupid.
How about a poll for common sense?
My old Grandad used to say 'There's no such thing as common sense - if common sense was common, there'd be more of it about!'
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13 hours ago, tcris52 said:
Not at all surprised. The US elected Donald Trump. I'm a little surprised at the UK being rated so high after the Brexit vote.
The Brexit vote doesn't indicate ignorance - just gullibility!
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30 minutes ago, IMA_FARANG said:
As an American I know how blissfully ignorant many Americns are with knowledge of their own country and it's own real history and palce in the world.
I have to get used to that abd the silly questions I am asked by Americans when they hear I live in Thailand.
Quwstions like , "How much snow did you have in Thailand at Christmas this year?" and " Do they all speak Chinese there in Thailand?"
And questions like that gome from University graduates.
As an educated American , that kind of ignotance is dpressing to me.
That is one of the reasons I can not concieve of going back to live in the U.S. permanently.
I encountered the same sort of ignorance from a New Zealander who demanded to know how Thais traditionally celebrate Christmas. She simply refused to believe that Buddhists don't observe Christian festivals (except as a commercial event)
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99 times? Could this be an exaggeration? Who was keeping count?
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He will probably behave next time.
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I would too if she had been dropped off in the street somewhere etc..but at what's obviously her apartment she would be easily found and caught if doing a runner..this is discounting she says she left her bag in the taxi...can't prove that from behind a keyboard lol..I cannot believe I am saying this, but I actually believe the taxi driver.
Who is to say it's 'obviously her apartment'? She waited until his back was turned and went to recover her bag in order to do a runner - and still didn't have the money she owed. If her intentions were honest, she would have explained her situation to the driver before the journey.
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