StevePIraq wrote:Are there really that many ex SAS guys here, I know I have sat next to some who say they are but I would doubt they could even run 100m let alone be SAS?
I thought once in the firm, always in the firm....
GN.
StevePIraq wrote:Are there really that many ex SAS guys here, I know I have sat next to some who say they are but I would doubt they could even run 100m let alone be SAS?
I never had a problem with Thais. treat others as you wish to be treated and there will not be a problem.I mean, its only fair right. We do not ask for much. We bring money, rent and most of all, a gleefuul cheery holiday spirit. Still i've heard a lot of ugly stories about how some would spit at your feet or turn their noses away in disgust, just because you've had a beer or two.
Is there some kind of racism going on? What do you think.
Just a little worried is all. You know, what with all the sudden deaths and horror attacks on the tourist population. Can't be good is what i am thinking.
Does it matter? Well yeah of course it matters. At least it matters to me because I have mixed emotions about this.
On the one hand i do love to get my knockers off in the proper. On the other i also try to respect and follow Thai customs and etiquette to the very best of my abilities. Just does not seem like theres enough. From what i've heard, anyways. What remains to be seen is for me to get down there in person. Can't believe it has changed that much. But what with all the news stories, you never know.
oakdale160 wrote:You ask--Is there some kind of racism going on? Of course there is. It is part of Thainess. In all fairness this is not justa Thai thing but an Asian thing--they feel no shame at having and expressing racist/xenophibic attitides-- In Japan, Korea and China it is much the same.
The Japanese, Chinese and Koreans really don't hate each other. It's all just friendly competition, superficial and distracting between them. If they had an opportunity to remove all the Whites, Blacks and Hispanics from this planet they would do it without even thinking twice.HHTel wrote:But the Japanese, Chinese and Koreans hate each other and each one believing they are superior. The differences are very subtle and their skin colour is the same!handdrummer wrote:racism is everywhere although it's really colorism. everyone looks down on someone who is different color.
Issue between Korea and Japan goes back to WWII.HHTel wrote:I have friends in both Korea and Japan and believe me it's far from 'friendly'. A couple of years ago a friend and his japanese wife were in the process of buying a house here. On discovering their neighbour had a Korean wife, the deal was off. Maybe an isolated case but I know one other which again was regarding Koreans and Japanese refusing to live close to each other.