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[spidermike007]

BigRick, on 2012-05-25 12:28:57, said:

Actually fake watches in Thailand are complete crap! The ones in Vietnam at least have grades<8 year automatic Patek still runs like a charm> and you can pick up a very decent knock off for 2k Baht instead of what 2k gets you here. Most of the quality of pirated goods is inferior and higher priced compared to the surrounding region.

And now I know WTF a somchi is. I know the type especially high soc idiots that don't realize Thailand is not he center of modern enlightenment and a very small fish in a big world. How many westerners would live here if it did not have great weather great food great culture and nice women in most instances? People don't come here because its "Thai" they come here because it offers almost first world status and a lot of benefits that are not so readily available in other countries.

They should be happy that world class talent even comes to Thailand anymore look at the dates Thailand one day! Compared to the native media entertainment in this country she is a S U P A S T A! I wanted to take my GF to the concert but I know better with Impact Arena and two trade shows<Food show rocked 100's of tasty samples including Lardo>.

Bought two incredibly gorgeous fakes in Vietnam several years ago. Both stopped working in a few months. A friend of mine's father rebuilds watches for fun. He took this one apart. Said the parts were the lowest quality he had ever seen, including fakes from all over the world. So, not so sure your assessment is entirely accurate. Of course, you may have been buying the higher end fakes.

[spidermike007]

We are all just playing around. Who takes this seriously anyway, and if you do, my heart goes out to you. You need to take some laxatives. Lady Gaga did Thailand a service, by starting a dialogue, about a topic that many Thai people do not want to discuss. The underbelly. This country has a rather substantial underbelly, and if a Thai is too thin skinned to admit it, well is that our problem. It is not about not liking Thailand. Many of us love this place, and it's people. But, criticism is a natural response, and it hurts nobody, as long as it is not of the hateful sort. There is no room for that.

[spidermike007]

Roota, on 2012-05-25 13:40:50, said:

DP25, on 2012-05-25 11:48:04, said:

The posters here seem more upset about the idea of Thais being upset about this.  This is a manufactured story.  Write a story based on a few tweets that says Thais are outraged when 99% don't care at all . . .

Exactly. The problem is that too many people here like to swallow this kind of story at face value so they can get all righteously indignant. A quick look at Twitter or pantip.com very quickly reveals that the silly criticisms of this Gaga person are a very small minority. But then I suspect that the farangs who get most worked up by this kind of story are generally the ones who don't read Thai and have no interest in doing so.

My guess is that you are spot on. And the comments about boycotting a concert? Chances are, that most of the boycotts will be buy the same people who paid a fortune for the tickets. Let me get the facts straight. You spent a weeks salary to buy a ticket, and now you are not going? Who does that hurt? Certainly not Lady Gaga. What point does it make exactly if 200 people who have already provided the performer and the promoter with their fees, do not attend? Sounds like you may be doing Gaga a favor by not coming.

[easyas]

QualityTouristNumberOne, on Today, 07:08 , said:

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lujanit, on 2012-05-25 10:13:17, said:

This is hilarious.  The Land of the Fake being called The Land of the Fake and the inhabitants crying foul.

its the HUB of the fakes man for god's sake get it right!

You are so ignorant it's not funny.

Thailand was NEVER the HUB of the fakes. That honour used to belong to Japan, then Taiwan, but both have been surpassed over the last 10 years or more by China. It’s become so good at stealing other people's trade secrets it too is no longer the HUB - it's the entire WHEEL! It's conned the entire World into believing Germany, France, England and that most gullible country of all USA delivers their own original products. Turn the product over - sometimes it may say it's made other than in China - but who owns the factories where it is built? And who unwittingly paid for these factories - those same countries from which the original trade secrets were stolen! And how have they paid for them? With factory closures, huge levels of unemployment, plummeting house prices, collapsing currencies, totally insolvent countries, and the worst depression since 1929 getting worse by the day.

Thailand's role in all this is minuscule.

Let's put Lady Gaga into perspective - she's a nothing, a nobody - who the hell cares what she says about anything?

Let's worry more about who's cosying up to the Chinese!

your signature should be "I used to have sense of humour but I had it removed so I could take a comedy moment and twist it for my own political agenda"
good job sparky thanks for informing the free world about all the things we already knew,
and don't dare try and say you were being Ironic you humorless cnut you.

Some (very few in my opinion) "already know" but no one acts!
Perhaps you play the fiddle and hail from Rome?
As for your epithets, water off a duck's back - you fcuking ansu (just a humourless joke - how good are you Septics at taking one?)

Edited by easyas, A minute ago.