Not wishing to further complicate this, but theres 2 other factors not been touched upon yet, which may have some bearing.
Firstly, i'm under the impression that a majority of BG's originate out in the rural areas, where I would think the more traditional culture aspects, face, social standing, etiquette etc are probably very much in effect, which must cause a certain amount of internal conflict for the bg's when in the farang hotspots.
Secondly, no mention of buddhism as yet that ive seen. Surely after something like 2500yrs, thats got a huge cultural influence even if subconciously, moreso than even our anglo-saxon christian "values" (most people have them even if not slightly religious) and theyve had nearly a 1000yr headstart i think.
might be talking out me bum, but this threads got me thinking
