Why Are You Even Here? The Surprising Attitudes of Some Expats in Thailand

[kaorop]

"The ministry will ensure their safe passage home along with their wages, under the direction of the 'Protect, Pay, and Bring Them Home' policy, whereby foreign workers of all nationalities are treated equally," he said.

that go for farang to?

awh yeah forgot

some are more equal than others

Bread eaters? Sub class so, sorry.

lol, well i say, its far more practical than rice

on the real issue

one problem is,

theres no work for a 50 yr old man from another occupation in those factories

becuase

he wont be bullied and cant work for 12 hrs 7 days week

Edited February 17, 2015 by kaorop

[Thaimaishoe]

A little less crying over trafficking as a criminal justice issue and more understanding of trafficking as a migration / population issue will be better in the long run. The real problem is a world population that will reach 8 billion by 2020 - and fewer unskilled jobs than ever before. Some families survive based on whomever can find some work will work. These workers under 18 might be orphans or have escaped - yes escaped - from a refugee camp. The factory owners / managers may have been kind in their own way by supplying some food and not expected a lot of physical labor. We don't know. We have to be careful to fully understand what is happening in each case. In the future we all face there will likely be many unusual arrangements that may appear horrible or look like slavery to the kind hearted suburban do gooders who have never missed a meal. But what looks horrible to some might be the best people can find for themselves in the poorest outposts around the world. While first world suburban housewives pitch in to save "victims" though NGOs and American demands, a rich history already exists of poor people being sent back to situations far worse than they were "rescued" from. The real story of trafficking is highly exaggerated and even distorted. Trafficking laws, like visas and fences, are used as a way to control people. Those people could some day be us!

Wow, I would really like to know what the hell alternate universe you live in! I have not ever, EVER, run across "owners / managers may have been kind in their own way... supplying food, and not expecting... physical labor." <deleted>!!!! When have you EVER come across this?!@?!?! Even the <deleted> POPE thinks people need to sacrifice for what they recieve, let alone some nameless, avaricious, unsuperviesed sack of shit!

"In the future we all face there will likely be many unusual arrangements that may appear horrible or look like slavery to the kind hearted suburban do gooders who have never missed a meal."

Well, if they appear horrible, or look like slavery... guess what... they are horible and or are slavery! Just because some housewife doesn't have to perform those tasks, does not make her incapable of judging horror / slavery.

You are an idiot and an appologist.