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Friday, 06 April 2007


In part four of his 10-part travel diary throughout Thailand, Mathew Polly of Slate discusses the history of prostitution in Thailand, how working women from the North claim to use their earnings to purchase buffaloes for their family farms, the Thai concepts of bun kun (honoring debts) and naam-jai (generosity) and how they fit into inter-racial relationships,  the book "Thailand Fever," and bar scams involving the game Connect Four.
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written by book, April 06, 2007

I read that book Thailand Fever. Pure crap.

My Connect Four Experience
written by Ralph, December 14, 2007

Was in a beer bar in Patong with my wife, we wanted to party with a Thai woman on the town and it was fun (we didn't party with this woman after we left though). The woman always lost to her (twice) and always won against me(twice). Growing up in NYC and losing money at Three Card Monty at the age of 12 I knew this was purely a scam but hey it was something to do. We didn't play long and quickly moved on after one round that I was going to buy anyway. BTW this guy is blogging for a liberal website Slate and really throwing out a lot of harsh morality at the Thai's. I thought liberals were embracing of other cultures? I think the writer is a homosexual (or a prude) and didn't want to be honest in his writings, I'm sure he had a good time while there (sexually). Just makes me confirm why I dislike liberals who frown on the sex business in general when it's outside their countries, hypocrites.

About The Thai Womans Picture Here
written by Ralph, December 14, 2007

The writer if you go to his blog said he thought the woman in this picture was at least 20 years older then the man pictured and well past her money making days. I mean, this guy is some young liberal snob. He made sure to say in a disrespectful manner how the man had sex with this "old hag" later. His 10 part series only got 5 segments in (its finished), I wonder if he got off his soapbox and had a good time after that, explaining the shortened entry amounts. Hell, I would lose at connect four to her and love it!

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