Heavily Injured Foreign Man Found Near Pattaya’s Walking Street, Police Investigate

[Richard Hall]

6 hours ago, mfd101 said:

I was satirizing the use of the word 'Caucasian' to mean 'white man'.

 

If he were really from the Caucasus, his likely first language would be hard to find here in Thailand or indeed anywhere outside the Caucasus, and his second language would likely be Russian.

I reckon you are not Caucasian, are you?

[mfd101]

20 minutes ago, Richard Hall said:

I reckon you are not Caucasian, are you?

I am what is ridiculously called 'white', meaning a person of European origin (born as it happens in NZ of parents of English & Irish descent).

 

I have the impression that the use of the term 'Caucasian' to mean 'white person' is mostly a Usofan euphemism. It derives from C19th theories about the historical origins of Europeans (not that the Caucasus is very far from where modern prehistory and archaeology would place our Indo-European ancestors of over 4000 years ago).

[EVENKEEL]

Get well Bob.

 

Much love

[still kicking]

27 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Get well Bob.

 

Much love

[Skipalongcassidy]

19 hours ago, paul1804 said:

How do you know he is Western or is that your presumption?

I looked at the picture.... did you?

[Skipalongcassidy]

14 hours ago, jimn said:

Might be a Russian then he is from the east

Not really... try to imagine if you can that there is the concept of East and West... East is the Orient... West is everything else.  It is not just limited to a geographical location... What Exactly is “Western Culture”? - The Bottom Line UCSB

[wealthychef]

On 4/15/2024 at 7:24 AM, Freddy42OZ said:

So why did your comment make no mention of alcohol?

All you said was "Yeah , time to re-criminalize cannabis" 

I agree, they should do more to stop people drinking to excess.  Through financial education would probably be the best option, starting when kids are very young.

It's called "sarcasm" which is a form of "humor."