Good Or Bad?

[Filipplenoir]

Taking an eighteen hour
flight from obese stricken US I found myself in Thailand. The ‘land of smiles’
as it was advertised to me by my travel agent.

And quite soon I saw what everyone was talking about....

Certainly prostitution has existed in Thailand for centuries,
but no one before has dared to shovel the problem into Thai faces, [not true,
really, there have been plenty of movies, punch lines from comedians, etc.]
that they are so scared to lose. Over the centuries Thais and other Asian
societies have coexisted with this cultural phenomenon, letting some members of
their society to be engaged in selling and others in buying sex. Sex for sale
and family structure were regarded as independent and not obstructing, perhaps
even complementing each other. Only in the 1930s was polygamy legally abolished in Thailand, but many men still
have 'second wives' at present. But the puritanical Americans whose men for lack of options at home are flocking to
Pattaya do see a problem with prostitution for that matter the whole society
where women are subservient to men (even though current Thai Prime Minister is
a woman). Americans whose righteous political leaders regularly plead with the
public and their wives for the sin of adultery certainly see a problem with sex
for sale and want to expose countries that harbor it. Henceforth it is only
natural for the Thais to be "aghast" that the Western media decided
to expose elements of Thai society that are not supposed to be discussed in
public. For Thais, it is just bad taste. As it is to criticize those in power,
even though they might be wrong or corrupt. As it was elegantly put by one
Asian leader (whose country is also on the itinerary of many sex seeking
westerners) "You call it corruption, but we call it family values". Will
the Thai government succeed in blocking the video from YouTube? certainly not!
Has the government lost face because of the
ridiculous comments? You bet they have! In this respect SNL was like the
young boy in Andersen's story who said what everyone knew but never dared to
say. Did the government have a choice of not reacting to the pun [it wasn’t a
pun]? They did not. They had to appear shocked and appalled that Thailand was
presented in such a bad light. But doing their duty they lost face even more
since now we, the Westerners know that
the Thai know, that we know that many tourists
come to Thailand not for beautiful beaches but for other more intimate
purposes . This year Thailand boasted of hosting 23 million foreign tourists. I
wonder - how much money did the sex industry get? There are estimates you could
have looked up. And who is in charge of that 'Disneyland' for adult men? This
continues to lose focus.

[LburtonL]

Welcome ..... captain obvious

I just can't find that thread about farang who think they are better and can change THAILAND for the best ....

OP for sure would like to read it

help .... thanx

Edited March 8, 2013 by LburtonL

[Swiss1960]

Did you come to Thailand because of the advertisements and movies about sex???

And... did you not read the statements from Thai politicians that prostitution does not exist???

[metisdead]

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[Filipplenoir]

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Ok then, carry on.

[weegee]

NO...please dont.!!!!! Keep it for your class....The last thing I want is, to have to go through another boring topic thats been covered a thousand times before you came along, and i am dam sure there will be a lot of others,who really dont want to either....

You obviously dont live here.....and this is what the Thai Visa Forum was created for...People who live and/or stay a long time.

Try the Asian forums , or one in the country where you are.....PLEASE...

[Filipplenoir]

NO...please dont.!!!!! Keep it for your class....The last thing I want is, to have to go through another boring topic thats been covered a thousand times before you came along, and i am dam sure there will be a lot of others,who really dont want to either....

You obviously dont live here.....and this is what the Thai Visa Forum was created for...People who live and/or stay a long time.

Try the Asian forums , or one in the country where you are.....PLEASE...

I do live here.

[mad mary]

NO...please dont.!!!!! Keep it for your class....The last thing I want is, to have to go through another boring topic thats been covered a thousand times before you came along, and i am dam sure there will be a lot of others,who really dont want to either....

You obviously dont live here.....and this is what the Thai Visa Forum was created for...People who live and/or stay a long time.

Try the Asian forums , or one in the country where you are.....PLEASE...

I do live here.

Ha.

I do live here.

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And you are correct! I missed it previously.

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