The Travel Thread

[afinalsin666]

Underground crime is underground. Russia is the biggest nation of heroin junkies on the planet. But average joe Russian probably isn't gonna be a needle sticker.

Statistically Thailand is the highest, i would imagine. But statistics are just that. Statistics.

 

[Misanthrope]

lol alright, not liking child prostitution is 'too PC' :roll: yeah, strong argument Coby has huh. I criticise a country for having a huge child sex tourism market and human trafficking offences and I'm 'too PC'.

Never said I'd stick to first world countries, just that visiting places known for child sex tourism isn't exactly on my bucket list. It doesn't interest me. It's the same reason I would rather not go to Brazil for the World Cup next year, it doesn't interest me and I doubt I'd enjoy it. Don't see how that's 'too PC'

Don't put words in my mouth. You not liking an entire country because of something you read about makes you small minded and entirely too PC.

 

[afinalsin666]

Not even PC, just putting a reason to xenophobia.

 

[Bazal]

That's pretty much spot on

 

[TooheysNew]

Mis, Sri Lanka is awesome btw. Not much of a party thing, but a gorgeous country.

 

[Misanthrope]

Mis, Sri Lanka is awesome btw. Not much of a party thing, but a gorgeous country.

I've heard that. A few of my cricket mates were there earlier this year and loved it. Would love to check it out.

 

[TooheysNew]

Let me know if you ever need a contact. I still talk to our tour guide and our driver that are locals over there. Top guys. Hope you like off-road driving though.

 

[Springs]

TBH your single minded fixation on an admittedly awful but incredibly small and completely illegal activity is f**ked...you're tarring an entire nation as child rapists and whatnot because of a few, do you not see how dumb that is?

What did you say? When the f**k did I tar an entire nation as child rapists? I said the nation is f**ked, yeah, a nation where that goes on is f**ked. People say America and even here is f**ked for much less. But in no way did I say all the f**king people are child rapists. You making that assumption is dumb.

It is not 'incredibly small', now that is small-mindedness.

I guess i am just trying to point out that thailand is full of so many other great things. It isn't just a nation made up of sex tourist

And that's fine, a reasoned response. I agree. I think all the sex tourism, human trafficking, drug trafficking, corruption and child prostitution is disgusting. That's fair, no?

Springs, sadly child prostitution happens everywhere, even here. There are sick f**ks the world over. I have never seen evidence of it anywhere I have been, but I know it exists

I know. The fact is that Thailand, along with Brazil, is the worst place for it (as in literally a million times worse than here). Is me not wanting to go to a place where that goes on, yet not judging those that go for the sights or the food or the countryside, really make me 'too PC' of a person?

Statistically Thailand is the highest, i would imagine. But statistics are just that. Statistics

Yeah, as in, they say it's the worst damn country for it. Thailand having 40% of their prostitutes be children isn't 'just a statistic' that can be swept under the carpet and not worried about.

 

[Bazal]

Stop trying to justify your xenophobia....because that's all it is. And it is incredibly small. Like anywhere, it's an incredibly small number of f**ked up people. You can argue all you like, but as someone who has never been there, your standing is fairly average in any discussion about it.

 

[Bazal]

And that 40% statistic is unmitigated garbage

 

[Misanthrope]

Let me know if you ever need a contact. I still talk to our tour guide and our driver that are locals over there. Top guys. Hope you like off-road driving though.

For sure, man. It's on my radar for next year if I go down the 'relocate to Thailand and just write' route.

 

[TooheysNew]

I wish this place had a Like button

 

[TooheysNew]

For sure, man. It's on my radar for next year if I go down the 'relocate to Thailand and just write' route.

I might even make a cameo...

 

[Springs]

Don't put words in my mouth. You not liking an entire country because of something you read about makes you small minded and entirely too PC.

Something I read, right, cause it might not actually happen no? Maybe I shouldn't like an entire person because I heard from a reliable source he engages in child prostitution.

I don't like child prostitution, I don't like what goes on in Thailand, I don't like the human rights abuses that go on there. I don't like the kind of place it is. What is wrong with that? I didn't say I didn't like the whole population, I didn't say I hated the whole countryside, I didn't say I hated every single damn person, shop, town etc that is in the whole damn place.

Maybe you shouldn't criticise Cliffhanger for making threads about herself. After all, it's only one thing she does. You shouldn't be so f**king precious about one damn thing. People don't like England because of the weather, do you go on and on about them being small-minded and too PC? No? Because that's f**king ridiculous. I didn't like Manchester because I found it a little dull. I'm sure there's places you didn't like as well. Me not liking Thailand as a place because of human rights abuses is perfectly legitimate. That's not saying I wouldn't like the people or I wouldn't like the towns or I wouldn't like the country. People don't like places, get over it. I have people come into my shop and tell me they don't like my town to my face over things like it's too small or too isolated, I don't get as offended as you do over someone not liking a f**king foreign country because of human rights abuses.

Honestly you guys call me too PC but f**k you're precious about something you like being criticised, and for such a thing as child prostitution! f**k me. Maybe no country should be criticised ever, no matter how awful the things that go on there are.

 

[Bazal]

Lol. I actually don't even like Thailand very much. But I dislike xenophobes and bigots more

 

[Springs]

And that 40% statistic is unmitigated garbage

Yeah it's an estimation from Thailand's Health System dumbass, like most statistics.
And that xenobhobia bullshit is just another stupid assumption from someone accusing someone else of being small-minded. Now that is stupid. I think I'll listen to human rights organisations and Thailand's own Health System over someone who thinks he's the utmost authority because he's simply been there. I've been to Melbourne, Sydney, England, Ireland and Wales and don't have the faintest clue about what prostitution goes on there. f**k I couldn't even tell you about prostitution in my home town. I don't think you have any more f**king clue than I do in regards to human trafficking in Thailand, my opinion is perfectly legitimate.

A lot of people in Griffith (near where I'm from) hate it. Because it's boring or because of some of the people or because of the (gasp) crime and drug trafficking it's associated with. Do I think they're small-minded or too PC? No! Because that's f**king stupid.

 

[Misanthrope]

I wish this place had a Like button

You're the admin. Can't you install one? :crazy:

I might even make a cameo...

In Thailand? Or Sri Lanka?

Something I read, right, cause it might not actually happen no? Maybe I shouldn't like an entire person because I heard from a reliable source he engages in child prostitution.

I don't like child prostitution, I don't like what goes on in Thailand, I don't like the human rights abuses that go on there. I don't like the kind of place it is. What is wrong with that? I didn't say I didn't like the whole population, I didn't say I hated the whole countryside, I didn't say I hated every single damn person, shop, town etc that is in the whole damn place.

Maybe you shouldn't criticise Cliffhanger for making threads about herself. After all, it's only one thing she does. You shouldn't be so f**king precious about one damn thing. People don't like England because of the weather, do you go on and on about them being small-minded and too PC? No? Because that's f**king ridiculous. I didn't like Manchester because I found it a little dull. I'm sure there's places you didn't like as well. Me not liking Thailand as a place because of human rights abuses is perfectly legitimate. That's not saying I wouldn't like the people or I wouldn't like the towns or I wouldn't like the country. People don't like places, get over it. I have people come into my shop and tell me they don't like my town to my face over things like it's too small or too isolated, I don't get as offended as you do over someone not liking a f**king foreign country because of human rights abuses.

Honestly you guys call me too PC but f**k you're precious about something you like being criticised, and for such a thing as child prostitution! f**k me. Maybe no country should be criticised ever, no matter how awful the things that go on there are.

I actually generally agree with most of what you post. Just not this time. No need to get all abusive over it.

 

[TooheysNew]

Griffith (near where I'm from)

Now I get it. Country thinking. ;-)

 

[Springs]

And I don't give a shit if other people like Thailand. Go have fun there, enjoy it whatever. All I did was state my opinion on it and say I didn't like it. You proceeded to belittle and insult someone simply because they didn't think the same as you. That is the very definition of small-mindedness.

If someone came to me and said they didn't like Australia, well I couldn't give a shit, it's their opinion and it's not hurting anyone.

 

[TooheysNew]

You're the admin. Can't you install one?t.

Sure can.

Sri lanka. Or thailand. Not sure yet.