fattman wrote:

kittyboy wrote:

fattman wrote:

It might be of passing interest to people with little knowledge of Thailand, otherwise it contains nothing that is not already widely known, and has no real depth.

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Gee fatman thanks for your opinion. I am not sure if you are setting yourself up as the arbitrator of what is or is not interesting to other people.... Not all of the people reading this board are living in thailand and I suspect that at least one or two might have found the article interesting... Again thanks for your opinion but as I say... Opinions are like assholes everyone has one and they all stink... You are no exception.


Mark

Thank you for also expressing your opinion.

I bow to the majority view.

I just wish that when there is a divergence of views it does not have to result in abuse.
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No problem - and my opinions stink just like everyone elses. That is why I try to offer them sparingly.

I wish that you respected the divergent views of others and did not resort to snarky condesending comments.

is a main theme of John Burdett's books, beginning with Bangkok 8.  At the risk of igniting further abuse by a herein unnamed poster against Burdett's views of Thai society, it's worth a read to see how endemic the corruption might be.

Corruption is endemic. The most visible is payments by motorists into the pockets of traffic cops. But it of course goes a lot deeper than that. Strangely, it appears that the small amounts of tea money that used to be needed to oil the wheels in other public departments are now less required than before, as some parts of the bureaucracy become more efficient.

jimnbkk wrote:

is a main theme of John Burdett's books, beginning with Bangkok 8.  At the risk of igniting further abuse by a herein unnamed poster against Burdett's views of Thai society, it's worth a read to see how endemic the corruption might be.

Corruption is endemic; everyone knows that.  But Burdett's books are work of pure fiction, and the product of a mind that thinks he knows more about Thai society than he does.  It's like trying to gain an understanding of Southern Black culture from reading Uncle Remus.

Singapore Sexpat wrote:

  But Burdett's books are work of pure fiction, and the product of a mind that thinks he knows more about Thai society than he does.

Reminiscent of someone here me thinks.


George.

Reminiscient of, uh, me!  I posted those same comments a month ago, after reading Bangkok 8.

[quote="George"]

Singapore Sexpat wrote:

Reminiscent of someone here me thinks.


George.

Whatever you do, whatever you say, they all go along just believing only what they want to believe.

Thanks for the link Kittytcat but it's shame the Economist piece is so brief..there is so much more to be told.

How to end corruption in Thailand..? only the wisest man on earth could even begin to answer that question.

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