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[Gazza]

OK, so the guy doesn't like word association games. So what?

hhmmm doesn't like word association games eh?

Tosser.

[BambinA]

i read the poster post b4..(yesterday) well it made me think about a guy here

Bambi

[bkkmadness]

Oh yes!!!  someone posts a little criticism and everyone rushing in to call him a moron etc.

read his diatribe, it does make a little sense!!!  were you searching for some direct link to yourselves in there...maybe we all were

the only thing he did not realise was that being in the forum is not compulsory, there are all sorts of people in here, and their views can be crap, or great, depending

so he can stay, he can criticise, but he cant change a thing!!

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Siamone, reread the original post. He did not only post this in the Thai Visa forum but sent it to Thai newspapers and the english language newspapers as well. If he has a problem with TV then he can just leave but he doesn't have to attempt to make trouble for everyone here by posting his criticisms far and wide.

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SBK, though I believe the guy is trying to make trouble for the site, I do think that if he does have genuine criticism then he can post it wherever he wants.

There are many crticisms wrote into the papers everyday of other organisations, I think thats a fair play.

I wonder if TV has penned a response to his criticism and sent that to the papers as well? That seems like a good response to make rather than just slagging the person off on here.

George, get a statement written up, expalin that this website is a massive help to all foreigners that wish to travel and move into the country and an excellent resource for both tourists and expatriates alike blah de blah. Not only a good response, but some good publicity as well I would have thought.

Edited September 12, 2005 by bkkmadness

[Boo]

Bkkmadness, he didn't actually post this in the forum, just sent it to the papers. The admin team decided to post this as a way for posters to express their views on it.

My thoughts are, if he doesn't like the site or the way it's run then he doesn't have to look. I think it's pointless. I wonder if it's the same &lt;deleted&gt; who threatened via pm to me to turn up at a tv meet up with thai friends, to do what I don't know? as most thais I know don't bother with pointless whining, it seems to be a farang trait.

[bkkmadness]

Bkkmadness, he didn't actually post this in the forum, just sent it to the papers. The admin team decided to post this as a way for posters to express their views on it.

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Yep, I got that Boo, I realised he just sent it to the papers and all that.

Just saying if someone slagged me bizzo off to the papers, I would have written a response to the critcism and sent that to the same papers. I think someone from TV's admin should do the same.

[rio666uk]

this guys rantings are very similar to a post not so long ago - where the guy said that 99% of postings and advice were inaccurate and gave everyone a slating... it was a long diatribe that started with young thai monks fighting over girls, then idiot farrangs and the TV site, he finished his post by saying something along the lines of

"if the all powerfull george wants to ban me - i dont care - i would laugh"

the thread's been deleted - thankfully - but it certainly seems that someone is feeling disgruntled.

ahh bless

[mouse]

I do not know who the guy was and do not totally undertsand his beef yet. But, I suggest that the mods tighten up a little and we all exercise a little self-restraint and common sense when critisizing the establishment and writing some of the things that we do. This forum been part of my life for a long time now and I do not want too loose any of the fun, priveledges and knowledge gained through it.

[bina]

it was a long diatribe that started with young thai monks fighting over girls, then idiot farrangs and the TV site, he finished his post by saying something along the lines of

"if the all powerfull george wants to ban me - i dont care - i would laugh"

the thread's been deleted - thankfully - but it certainly seems that someone is feeling disgruntled.

that would be some kid that we all kind of laughed at (he's part thai and part falang/euro something) he wanted to know what to study and etc so he could work and live in thailand in five years, so we all kind of tried to give him parental advice which he didnt like.... he took it as ragging on him....

not rod kalishnikov style i dont think

[BambinA]

nong neng nong klae...well who care you ... ohh wanna tell Thairath ... i reckon they re busy with The Mcintoch

[The_Eye_Of_Sauron]

Thai visa should start a weekly English language printed newspaper.

Senior Editor ....ME !

It could be called.....

'Thai Visa Times'

[bkkmadness]

Thai visa should start a weekly English language printed newspaper.

Senior Editor ....ME !

It could be called.....

'Thai Visa Times'

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I see you spent a long time working on the concept and the name EOS.

[The_Eye_Of_Sauron]

It would be like London's 'Big Issue'

Members could buy copies from a central depository, then sell them onward to punters.

Better than English teaching.

[kayo]

From the Thaivisa.com Postbag:

The following posted in Thai Rath news in Thai and the local english rags as well.

Thai Visa forum Blah BLAHG BLAH  BLAH BLURGH

does not change the facts losers seem to find their own

level of stupidity and this forum proves that fact.

**moderator edit.....I agree with the sentiment but not the words used to express it ***

Oh deary me someone is in a strop. Sending emails like that

With regard to the Word association thread..........get a life. It's a bit of light hearted banter.

Admin can quite easily ensure posts in that thread Do Not Count towards bumping someones post count.

< insert sarcastic female............who gives a flying pink elephants ear about post counts?>

edit 'cause my spelling book fell on the floor

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"Er... What....?", Says my finger pointing avatar....

Edited September 13, 2005 by cdnvic

[sriracha john]

Empty threats from a disgruntled poster...

To think ANY paper would go to the trouble to actually publish such rubbish is far too remote... certainly haven't seen it published myself.

Has ANYONE?

No responsive action is necessary on the part of TV, unless the McIntosh baby issue doesn't fill all the news someday.

Edited September 13, 2005 by sriracha john

[Neeranam]

What's going on with the most famous baby in Thailand having a Scottish name, McIntosh?

By far the most popular singer and superstar ,"Pee Bird" Thongchai McIntyre, whose father came from Glasgow.

Anyone know how I can hire myself out for stud?

[sriracha john]

Perhaps you can restore the pride to the Scottish clans after Kathaleeya's "outlandish behavior" soiled it so badly....

*edit*... it's fairly amusing how the amazing amount of retribution towards her mirrors 1950's Western ways.

baby out of wedlock?? SHOCKING!!.... FOR SHAME!!....

Edited September 13, 2005 by sriracha john

[Gazza]

I must confess that I don't know anything about this 'Mc Intosh' story.

I take it someone wealthy or famous has had a baby out of wedlock which would no doubt be tagged 'a love-child'?

One of my un-married neighbours had one of those a while back but that will get called a 'bastard'.

Strange old world isn't it?

[Neeranam]

I must confess that I don't know anything about this 'Mc Intosh' story.

Don't you read the newspapers or watch tv?

I take it someone wealthy or famous has had a baby out of wedlock which would no doubt be tagged 'a love-child'?

I think it is the fact that there is a farang involved. Once a farang is involved the rules change.

[Nickerelastic]

'I think it is the fact that there is a farang involved.'

A child is not being provided for

[Gazza]

Don't you read the newspapers or watch tv?

Not really. I follow the news less and less as the years go by.

[meemiathai]

Oh yes!!!   someone posts a little criticism and everyone rushing in to call him a moron etc.

read his diatribe, it does make a little sense!!!  were you searching for some direct link to yourselves in there...maybe we all were

the only thing he did not realise was that being in the forum is not compulsory, there are all sorts of people in here, and their views can be crap, or great, depending

so he can stay, he can criticise, but he cant change a thing!!

Siamone, reread the original post. He did not only post this in the Thai Visa forum but sent it to Thai newspapers and the english language newspapers as well. If he has a problem with TV then he can just leave but he doesn't have to attempt to make trouble for everyone here by posting his criticisms far and wide.

Exactly my point! Don't like it? Don't come! Come? Don't whinge!

[SiamOne]

Exactly my point!  Don't like it? Don't come!  Come? Don't whinge!

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oh but they do, don't they!!?

[sriracha john]

I must confess that I don't know anything about this 'Mc Intosh' story.

Don't you read the newspapers or watch tv?

I take it someone wealthy or famous has had a baby out of wedlock which would no doubt be tagged 'a love-child'?

I think it is the fact that there is a farang involved. Once a farang is involved the rules change.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

She's half-thai, half-farang having a baby out of wedlock with a Thai... the turmoil has mostly to do with her celebrity status...

like some 1950's Hollywood star.

///

It's mainly about her denying she was even pregnant until the FIFTH month and saying it came as a complete shock. The public was betrayed by her untruthfulness...

of course, it's not that I pay any attention to celebrity gossiping...

[cdnvic]

Exactly my point!  Don't like it? Don't come!  Come? Don't whinge!

oh but they do, don't they!!?

One could say the same thing about coming to a forum full of farungs talking about the joys and frustrations of everyday life. Just like they would in any country. Theirs, or otherwise.

cv

[sriracha john]

a bit , but

In the finest tradition of the 1950's-style public shaming... Kathaleeya's been drummed out of town:

Scottish actress flees Thailand

(interesting the UK press claims her Scottish heritage)

September 18, 2005

Kathaleeya McIntosh, 33, has been forced to leave the country where until recently she was regarded as one of its leading stars, appearing in a host of television soaps.

News of her pregnancy has outraged her legions of fans — in Thailand, woman are expected to maintain their “virtue” until they are married.

McIntosh was forced to convene a press conference amid growing speculation about her weight gain — initially blamed on an adverse reaction to a herbal remedy — and a relentless campaign by tabloid journalists.

When she revealed that she was five months’ pregnant, a newspaper columnist shouted “I hate you!” and one of Bangkok’s most popular websites crashed as people clamoured to log on and read her full statement. Television and radio programmes cleared their schedules of Hurricane Katrina and Iraq to devote air time to her.

The backlash has been so bad that McIntosh and her Thai boyfriend Songran Krajannet, a 30-year-old property dealer, have fled to Detroit to stay with relatives until the baby is born.

McIntosh’s appearances in top-rated soap operas including the bizarrely named The Pork Vendor’s Daughter and The Spell of Country Music have seen her popularity soar.

Her roles — typically a virtuous leading lady pursued by a hero who is thwarted at every turn by a cast of villains — have gripped audiences.

She was even appointed the country’s Unicef envoy. However, the backlash is now threatening her career.

[Neeranam]

She ain't Scottish!

She is half Thai, half American.

[Ricardo]

so 'diddums' doesn't like some of the posters/threads on TV.

'tough titty' as my mother tells me they say in the USA.

clearly diddums has a sense-of-humour defficiency

but it's unfriendly to try to stir up trouble for farangs, with Thai newspapers or people, and not what one would expect from someone who claims to have been around Asia for decades.

[sriracha john]

She ain't Scottish!

She is half Thai, half American.

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The controversy rages on :

Kathaleeya McIntosh, or Mam as she is often called, was born on November 10th, 1972 in Bangkok Thailand. This 170 cm tall English-Thai beauty was born to William and Yuraporn McIntosh.

http://www.wildaid.org/index.asp?CID=17&PID=343&SUBID=360

Kathaleeya Mcintosh was born on November 10, 1972. Her father is English while her mother is Thai.

http://www.stormloader.com/kathaleeya/biography.html

Real name Kathaleeya McIntosh

Nick name Mam

Birthday 10 November 1972

Race Thai-English

Nationality Thai

http://www.azcelebrity.com/s/view/Kathaleeya_McIntosh

Kathaleeya McIntosh, a half-Scottish model and television host, described in one local publication as "a wide-eyed, fair-skinned beauty." Her brother, Willie, is an actor and heart-throb as well.

http://www.thaisunday.com/news/blue_eyed_thais.shtml

Edited September 19, 2005 by sriracha john

[BambinA]

She ain't Scottish!

She is half Thai, half American.

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The controversy rages on :

Kathaleeya McIntosh, or Mam as she is often called, was born on November 10th, 1972 in Bangkok Thailand. This 170 cm tall English-Thai beauty was born to William and Yuraporn McIntosh.

http://www.wildaid.org/index.asp?CID=17&PID=343&SUBID=360

/snap...etc

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sriracha john , you must be FBI

Bambi

[AmeriThai]

Don't you read the newspapers or watch tv?

Not really. I follow the news less and less as the years go by.

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I hear ya Gazza. Most of the time there isn't much new in the news. It's usually the same old story, just a different chapter.