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Originally Posted by brit
I think as with any other country people form nationalisitc or bigoted opinions without a personal involvement in whatever it is that's bothering them. Some old whisky-drunk guy in issan who's never even seen a farang may BS to his friends about all these no good farang coming here, meanwhile his daughter working in bangkok is falling in love with you and praying to buddha for bringing you to her. You just have to judge things on your personal relationships with people and the things that directly affect your life.
Same same with USA really and all the Bush voters - people could draw a similar conclusion that gays, muslims, women having an abortion, etc are completely unwelcome and disliked.
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Good point about dubyah- but, except for the multicultural/metropolitan hotspots, unfortunately that conclusion would be correct. If I was a enterprenereaul(sp?) person of Middle-Eastern descent, I definitely wouldn't move to Texas, or anywhere except a big city or coastal California. I'm not from San Francisco, I moved here because my hometown was far too conservative for me.
Also- I agree that it's all about your immediate reality and the people within that sphere... I guess TRT is attempting to appeal to the Thai equivalent of the US midwest. Thanks for the reminder.
So gotta stick to Patong, Patts, Samui, and BKK, na?