The history of Patpong - Bangkok

[PeteC]

A tame article with many photos. Nothing really overly risqué, an interesting history.
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https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/ ... index.html

Bangkok (CNN) — Prostitution, the CIA, the Vietnam War and Chinese immigration are all on display in a new museum dedicated to one of Bangkok's most famous red light nightlife zones, Patpong Road.

Alongside "Triple X," "fetish" and kinky cabaret exhibits are tamer displays highlighting David Bowie's 1983 visit to Bangkok, as well as other bits of pop culture, including a nod to "The Deer Hunter" -- a 1978 war drama starring Robert De Niro that included scenes reportedly shot in former Patpong bar Mississippi Queen.

But documenting Patpong's unofficial ties to the US Central Intelligence Agency's deadly activities in Laos during the US-Vietnam War in the 1960s until 1974 is the museum's most fascinating purpose.......

[lomuamart]

Love those cartoons.

The red bit might just have spread a little since then but I bet the mind numbing, repetitious indoctrination is still going on in the schools. From whatever side of the political spectrum, that is still alive and kicking.

[Nereus]

To confirm that his Hmong rebels were killing Pathet Lao, Poe ordered them to start "cutting off people's ears and heads," says Messner.

Hmm, Poe wasn't the instigator of this practice, he just copied what was being done by regular US ground forces!