taxout Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Tasteless? Insensitive? Those words just don't seem strong enough to describe this: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/world/what-in-the-world/cambodia-retirement.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I don't find the article in any way insensitive. I do find this thread title (which is not the title of the actual article) to be somehwat offensive though. However the article is certainly misleading in implying someone could "fund “a relaxed and comfortable lifestyle” in Cambodia on nothing more than a $1,000-a-month Social Security check. ". Western-level accommodation alone runs that much in PP, and utilities are sky ghigh- one of the highest e=]costs for electricity in the world (with two tier pricing, local/foreigner, to boot). $2,000 a month yes; $1,000, no. And then there is the problem of health care - a big problem.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxout Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 It's not the article itself, but that illustration, tied in with the lead's reference to carpet-bombing. And attacking a temple, no less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmworx Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 $1000, I was hoping a holiday there would cost less than that a month, nevermind living there. Don;t want to stay anywhere near the paedos. Dreams spoiled.....booooo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaoboi Bebobp Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 I found the article tasteless with all the (irrelevant) war references and silly graphic, the sort of thing that might be turned in by a second-year journalism student with an inability to judge balance. Heavy war references far outweighed statistical backup ("thousands" LOL) and authoritative evidence (some frail quote from another media rep LOL). This could have been written from an internet cafe in Prague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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