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Four Alleged Ugandan and Tanzanian Prostitutes Arrested in Patong
My question is which foreigners?? How can any of those four possibly make a living competing with Thai women for customers? -
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The major backers of "populist" trump
Payback! Anything else would be stupid! And who is going to pay? Anyway, been ridiculous many treads about America and American politics now, and it seems to never stop. Maybe time to find a new forum with Asia as priority -
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Bone-chilling discovery: Thai couple ‘dig up’ mystery in old freezer at abandoned farm
Intriguing story. Wonder who owns the place. Peelaws, spirits, duppies are everywhere in Thailand. Even in freezers. Now, the important thing is; will the winning lottery numbers emerge from the freezer? -
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Republicans win control of the US House of Representatives
So be it. No one party can satisfy everyone. -
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Sticky situation re co-dependency
Correct. Another thread about Western mugs patting themselves on the back by being in a paid relationship. If you are paying it ain't a relationship. Also asking a Farang mug to help with medical bills while the entire Thai familly sits on the azz is a huge red flag. The money went to someone to buy a new truck. -
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Joseph Conrad and my Heart of Darkness: Otherwise...Why would we be here?
I saw no reason to be limited geographically by the accident of my birth, so early on in life I decided I was going to test out a host of countries in which to live. One needs at least two years in a land to develop at least a minimal understanding of it, so I divided the average lifespan by 2 and figured I'd get to experience at least that many countries. A few became more interesting than I expected, so I broke the 2 year rule. I was also never religious, at least after about age 12, but the various widely subscribed superstitions of humanity made me curious. Why did some superstitions catch on so well in some places, and fail in others? What in each culture made something click, whereas it would fail miserably in another? Is existence fate, or something where humans have 'dominion' and a bit of control? How might that be reflected in a land's development? (That's another whole thread for you, Gamma.......no way Francis Bacon could have been anything but from a Judao-Christian background.) I've had two careers, and both allowed for extensive travel and a peripatetic lifestyle...a 'diplomat' and a hedge fund manager. The first sent me lots of places, the second became much more flexible as the internet took hold. In terms of the favored national superstition, I've lived in lands where folks embraced Jesus, Yahweh, Buddha (and its associated religions like Shintoism and Daoism), Allah and Shiva/Krishna and the other 10 million deities of that belief system. I developed my own way of describing 'morality' in ways particular to each faith. For example, in Buddhism and probably Hinduism, if a person does something wrong, and nobody else knows you did it, then it's not wrong. In Islam, if one does something wrong and isn't instantly struck down by Allah, it musn't really have been wrong. In Christianity, if one does something wrong, punishment will be meted out after death, when one learns that it really was wrong, although most rules are pretty clear. In Irish Catholicism, one is punished even if they don't do anything wrong, just to remind them they can never get away with anything. In Judaism, what does this Yahweh guy know about wrong? I've now settled in Thailand, where the ostensible faith is Buddhism, but it's really that old fashioned paganism with a thin coating of Buddhism spread on top, like marmalade on toast. It IS, contrary to what foreigners who embrace it say, a religion every bit the same as the other few thousand belief systems humans have concocted to make sense of existence and provide hope for a better and endless future. At the retail level, every religion is the same: false hope. I have found that the most honest faith is Hinduism. Ideally an adherent eschews all worldly goods and needs, but in my experience the majority of believers want first to experience great wealth, admiration, and endless babes "just so Krishna knows I'm sincere when I say I don't want these things, as how would I really know unless I've had them?" Excuse me, Gamma, for describing my own journey in terms of faith (in reality I'm just endlessly curious about everything, which is why I'm now here), but the thing that baffles me the most is the concept of good and evil as reflected in the Christian god and Satan. Growing up in the US, I was taught it is that ultimate bad guy Satan who makes us do things like lie, cheat, steal and engage in infidelity or maybe even put our appendages in forbidden places (I never have put it anywhere except where nature intended). Oddly, all of those are minor peccadilloes compared to tsunamis, earthquakes, child cancer and other maladies inflicted by an "all loving" and omnipotent deity. A marital infidelity can get one eternal damnation, but killing 400,000 humans via a tsunami is either a "mysterious way" or part of a "Master Plan". The Christian god is a great job if one could land it. Maybe next life, eh? My final comment about religion is that most of them place great importance on female virginity. This is something I really don't get, as I remember the few times when I dallied with virgins, back when I was one myself or shortly thereafter, and I do no recall them as particularly entertaining. I'm happy to leave virgins to the pious; give me a woman who knows what she likes from experience! Now THAT is heaven/Nirvana. Oh, and welcome to Thailand! -
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Shocking cruelty: Child abuse claims haunt Chiang Mai orphanage
Ban Dek Dee Orphanage? -
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LTR Visa is Now available for Long Term Residency
Great, thanks for your help. In my case I have a rental contract, proof of ownership and bank statements showing rental income. I hope this is enough. I am currently gathering all documents and will submit my application next week
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