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eyecatcher, on Today, 09:17 , said:

Sorry boss, I have a life outside Thaivisa. I am unworthy

F1fanatic, on Today, 12:54 , said:

Good post.

You ignore a source of anti-immigrant and anti-foreigner sentiment that is even closer to our hearts - TV itself.  We have threads today talking about the filthy habits of the natives, for example.  We regularly get diatribes from little Englanders moaning about immigrants invading their country, totally oblivious to the irony that they themselves are guests in this country.

Many Hi-So take pride in owning exotic dogs.

koheesti, on 2012-05-01 13:01:25, said:

The caring countries,like to identify their dead.These soldiers faught for their Country and were Heroes,so why shouldn't the family and friends know what happened to them,its the decent thing to do!

TommoPhysicist, on 2012-04-11 14:38:16, said:

i find it sad that you find it sad.

are you going to tell us now that the 8 year old was using it in a derogatory manner?

The Ron Paul contingent have been  very quiet. Might be because the old loon has sort of been pushed aside. LOL.

If I could vote in a Republican primary I'd vote for santorum since his special link to  the heavens will guide the USA and create jobs so much better than the Obama administration. What's better than someone who will use the bible to guide US fiscal policy.
No offense to the other guy in the magical undergarments, but I don't think the Bain philosophy of  gutting companies works.
As for Newt, well he  gets his money from a Las vegas gambling baron. That's a sin so  I condemn him heartily.

The Democrats have a coherent fiscal policy, while the Republicans have a mish mash of regurgitated failed policies. As a fiscal conservative, i have more confidence in obama to deliver the economic results and tackle the debt crisis once the Democrats achieve their majority in November courtesy of the  wackos in the Republican party.

chuckd, on 2012-03-30 17:45:40, said:

What makes you think people voted for Obama to prove they weren't racists? They voted for Obama because he was tons better than McCain/Palin.

theblether, on 2012-03-29 16:14:06, said:

You're quite right theblether.  There is a disgusting element on TV that can't avoid being snide about such things.   If the police don't catch them, they're inept.  If they catch them, they took too long to do so.  If they want to extradite them back to Thailand, they want the bribes.  If they don't want to extradite them, they''re letting the perverts get away without doing time in a Thai prison.

WTF do people want?

And why are so many Thaivisa members so miserable all the time?

David48, on 2012-03-26 05:16:26, said:

When I was growing up I had an Ant Jean........she had a moustache and I was terrified of her

I'm just sitting back and waiting for the torrent of abuse and childish inane remarks from the resident chauvinistic, over achieving, superior farangs on TV

The entire belief that Thais generally want Falangs to go home is a myth and is not based on reality...it comes from disgruntled Falangs posting on Thaivisa.   If you think about the reality of the situation, the majority of the Thai population do not necessarily have alot of interaction with Falangs, and really don't have alot of sentiments that Falangs should go home...because they simply don't deal with Falang.  I know members of my family rarely have interaction with Falang.  Why would they either hate Falang or want Falang to go home when they don't really notice that you're here?

For the posters who claim that Thais have made a comment to you, there may be the possibility that a particular Thai may not like YOU in particular, not necessarily all  Falang.

P.S. Naboo, please don't take this as a dig at you.  Sometimes people don't like other people for whatever reason.  If she's saying go home to you by the shop, it may not be a thing against all Falang.

I love being called farang, I take it as a compliment. It's a recognition of thousands of years of my heritage, but more importantly a recognition of the inate beauty of our pale skins in the eyes of Thais.

If you want proof of that watch Thai TV, every second commercial is for skin whitening cream. Thai ladies spend half their lives either buying it or applying it. If you have ever sat in the company of Thai ladies when one of our pale skinned beautiful girls walks past you will find them imitating meerkat behaviour. Silence descends ( except from me, I keep blethering, it-s what I do ) and the Thai ladies eyes follow said beauty down the street with a mix of admiration and jealousy.

There normally follows a mad rush to 7/11 to clear the shelves of skin whitening cream.

Even when I know I'm being double-priced I take it as a compliment,
To paraphrase Ali G, I say 'is that cos I is white'. I then make a point of showing off my milky skin and cause a minimum of embarrassment, a maximum of humour, and an overload of jealousy resulting once again in a raid on 7/11.

So instead of banging on about it negatively use some humour and piay up to it. Thais don't like confrontation and don't like losing face but they love a laugh and love a good sense of humour.

Just a spoonfull of sugar helps the medicine go down. So don't get your knickers in a twist, use your humour and don't forget, Thais are jealous of your skin colour.

I'm away for a blether, it's what I do.  

hyperdimension, on 2012-03-09 14:11:27, said:

while I am not partoicularly a fan of Yingluck, we must realized she is very new to Politics while Anwar (whom I have respect for) is an old hand and was at one point even on course to be the next Prime Minister after serving lng years under Mahahtir. Surely this cannot be an apple to apple comparison?

I would suggest if one must judge, do it after the next flood season. Only then will there be  concrete measuremeent as to wherher she has learnt from the last experience. Put yrself in her shoes - do u seriously believe you would be able do much beeter?

Do you know Anwar when he was a young poltician? He was radical and even threaten to jump onto the railway track at an oncoming train to protest at that time the visit of the Israeli PM to Signapore? That was the affairs of another coutnry! Whether it was out of the anger at heat of the monent or a show, one will ever know (but it was election time . But certainly he did mature over time (many years) to earn my respect/

chrisinth, on 2012-02-15 20:06:30, said:

There is no need for fanciful conspiracy theories because the M.O. has been previously established. No one  wanted to believe  that the Russians would send a Bulgarian to London to assassinate a dissident by using a poison pellet fired from an umbrella. No one wanted to believe the Taliban were  prparing poison gas attacks until the videos of  Taliban testing the gas on dogs were publicized. No one wanted to believe that Al Qaeda beheaded   kidnap victims until the terrorists posted the videos and too credit. In this case, the Iranian agents were assembling  their bombs and   fortunately had a mishap. How can anyone deny that the  people named were implicated? How  does one explain away the explosive tossing iranian now legless, or the Iranian  arrested while attempting to flee to the safe haven of Malaysia?

David48, on 2012-02-14 14:50:17, said:

Waiting for the OP to have clear thoughts?

We could be here a while . . . . .