And how would all those "mature" farangs know where to go? Bad for the "tourist" industry is lovely Pattaya.

I assume the photo is a small percentage of the people they rounded up. The rest of them would be in a stadium somewhere close by.

Yes, I didn't see any door girls in that line up either. Oh the horror.

Leave the sex workers alone, arrest the Russian Mafia. Oh, I forgot, this is where the police make their living and they fight back.

I consider these sex show touts as pests. However, they need to earn a living. If you stop them doing that, what will they try next? I think you need to be Nepalese or something to do tailor touting.

Better to take the illegal sex guides off to a dog meat factory where they can do something useful for society and in line with their skills and aptitudes by serving as raw materials for delicious canine snacks. Everyone will be better off - specially the tourists and the dogs.

The foreign tailor touts can be simply deported.

So...., the sex touts are illegal ,but the shows and the premises that they advertise and the people operating them aren't ???

Advertising these shows may tarnish Pattaya's image ....allowing (for a kick-back), them to operate ,somehow doesn't ?

Two-faced and laughable .

People can choose to go to those shows or not. Walking down the street we don't need to hear about them every minute by having plastic cards with lists of obscene sex acts thrust in our faces. Not two faced in the slightest.

Some may try to paint these characters as passive innocents. But that's not what they do. They are extremely aggressive, obnoxious and pervasive. Like I said, they take value away from Pattaya as a tourist destination for the sake of increased riches for a FEW.

Don't get me wrong ...I despise these touts as much as the next guy . I also dislike the Nepalese/ Indian salesmen trying to shake my hand every 5 metres ,the guys supposedly thinking that I'd be stupid enough to want to buy hash from them ,or the ladyboys grabbing my arm ...or my wallet .

However , explain to me why is it that these particular touts are "illegal" when it would seem that those working in the same vein for go-go bars or discos are not ?

My take on it is that it is because of the obscene and rip-off content of these shows ...so why allow them to operate ? Completely two faced policing policy !

pattaya, ahh...

i always wonder, why one vendor can sell sex toys for women + big knifes on the street right there ....

other people claim they openly saw child porn dvd sellers + police walking just by or even grabbing a free copy of it or maybe another kind

Why do people feel the need to read about a place they don't like and then spread their sh_t. And its always the people that have been once.

Have you ever heard the saying,"if you have nothing good to say, don't say anything?"

Your obviously not happy with your life and feel the need to upset others. Maybe its time to review your life and consider a change.

Prostitution is illegal in Thailand but not enforced. We all know that. It is so not enforced here that police have been known to help sex workers get payment when payment is denied. Personally I wouldn't be bothered if there were no street walkers here at all, but I just see it as a thornier, greyer area than obnoxious pimp touts.

I used to travel more in the past so it's been awhile, but yes in my previous experience roving sex workers are a fact of life in many international beach resort cities. In my experience such places as Honolulu, Acapulco, Santo Domingo, etc.

Do we all know that? I see it repeated here many times, but it is actually not true: prostitution itself is only illegal in Thailand with regard to persons who solicit sex "in an open and shameless manner" or if "causing nuisance to the public". Even then, the fine is only 1,000 baht maximum. (Prostitution establishments, under-age prostitution, sex-slavery, etc are another matter.)

Why do people feel the need to read about a place they don't like and then spread their sh_t. And its always the people that have been once.

Have you ever heard the saying,"if you have nothing good to say, don't say anything?"

Your obviously not happy with your life and feel the need to upset others. Maybe its time to review your life and consider a change.

Have you asked why they have only been there once? Sounds like you are calling for strict censorship rules and trying to stifle freedom of speech. Aren't people allowed to comment on things in Thailand if they have a different point of view to yourself?

Some love the seedy side of Thailand and that is thier choice. Allowing just one side hardly makes a debate. Actually there is no need to review my life and to consider becoming another sex tourist.

I thought this was some new illegal "sex guide" as in sex education literature. Now I see it's the touts. What are they going to charge them with?

Illegal advertising?

I thought this was some new illegal "sex guide" as in sex education literature. Now I see it's the touts. What are they going to charge them with?

Illegal advertising?

jmccarty,

Couldn't have been charged with much, they were all back on the Street's last nite, Tuesday .Must be a joke. LOL.

BW.

To add:

On the beach road sex walker question, I think that is a lot more complicated. Most of them are not aggressive. People have the right to loiter on the beach. I think the aggressive ones should be checked and ideally I think the police are on the right track doing periodic sweeps to get pictures and IDs on all of them. But I wouldn't go so far as to ban them. Street walkers are more or less normal for an urban beach resort city.

"A place for everything, and everything in it's place".

Would have to disagree on your above JT as they have earned (rightly or wrongly) such a reputation that the (paying) average tourist is extremely uncomfortable with walking along the beach front. How do you differentiate between the aggressive and non-aggressive? How many 'quiet' ones have you known to explode for the smallest of reasons? Difficult to say the least.

The reason I wrote the quote is that back in the day when I lived in Pattaya I was always wary about the free-lancers. I often wondered why the good looking ones were not in the bars or go-go's where they would be getting at least a little protection and earning a lot more. I would then get to thinking that perhaps they couldn't due to AIDS or something like that. (This is where the doubt about free-lancers originates with me).

Of course there are a multitude of reasons why they do what they do, but as you stated in an earlier post in this thread, any man with a pulse knows how to buy sex in Pattaya. IMHO, keep it off the streets, it helps to give Pattaya a better image.

C

To add:

On the beach road sex walker question, I think that is a lot more complicated. Most of them are not aggressive. People have the right to loiter on the beach. I think the aggressive ones should be checked and ideally I think the police are on the right track doing periodic sweeps to get pictures and IDs on all of them. But I wouldn't go so far as to ban them. Street walkers are more or less normal for an urban beach resort city.

"A place for everything, and everything in it's place".

Would have to disagree on your above JT as they have earned (rightly or wrongly) such a reputation that the (paying) average tourist is extremely uncomfortable with walking along the beach front. How do you differentiate between the aggressive and non-aggressive? How many 'quiet' ones have you known to explode for the smallest of reasons? Difficult to say the least.

The reason I wrote the quote is that back in the day when I lived in Pattaya I was always wary about the free-lancers. I often wondered why the good looking ones were not in the bars or go-go's where they would be getting at least a little protection and earning a lot more. I would then get to thinking that perhaps they couldn't due to AIDS or something like that. (This is where the doubt about free-lancers originates with me).

Of course there are a multitude of reasons why they do what they do, but as you stated in an earlier post in this thread, any man with a pulse knows how to buy sex in Pattaya. IMHO, keep it off the streets, it helps to give Pattaya a better image.

C

I would say the vast majority of sex workers in thailand would be riddled with a smorgesborg of deseases. Those that travel to Thailand for them would have to be extreemly desparate individuals. I wouldn't touch one.

Just my opinion but others seem to like them and it's thier choice and no offence intended to them.

To add:

On the beach road sex walker question, I think that is a lot more complicated. Most of them are not aggressive. People have the right to loiter on the beach. I think the aggressive ones should be checked and ideally I think the police are on the right track doing periodic sweeps to get pictures and IDs on all of them. But I wouldn't go so far as to ban them. Street walkers are more or less normal for an urban beach resort city.

"A place for everything, and everything in it's place".

Would have to disagree on your above JT as they have earned (rightly or wrongly) such a reputation that the (paying) average tourist is extremely uncomfortable with walking along the beach front. How do you differentiate between the aggressive and non-aggressive? How many 'quiet' ones have you known to explode for the smallest of reasons? Difficult to say the least.

The reason I wrote the quote is that back in the day when I lived in Pattaya I was always wary about the free-lancers. I often wondered why the good looking ones were not in the bars or go-go's where they would be getting at least a little protection and earning a lot more. I would then get to thinking that perhaps they couldn't due to AIDS or something like that. (This is where the doubt about free-lancers originates with me).

Of course there are a multitude of reasons why they do what they do, but as you stated in an earlier post in this thread, any man with a pulse knows how to buy sex in Pattaya. IMHO, keep it off the streets, it helps to give Pattaya a better image.

C

I would say the vast majority of sex workers in thailand would be riddled with a smorgesborg of deseases. Those that travel to Thailand for them would have to be extreemly desparate individuals. I wouldn't touch one.

Just my opinion but others seem to like them and it's thier choice and no offence intended to them.

You wrote," the vast majority of sex workers in thailand would be riddled with a smorgesborg of disease......Those that travel to Thailand for them would have to be extreemly desparate individuals." And you have the audacity to say, "no offence intended." Why Chooka you have posted one of the most offensive posts in a month of Sundays.

I don't think you have any first hand knowledge of the issue under discussion. You should probably leave the subject to those who have some knowledge of the area.