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- From: mrynders@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Maurice Rynders)
- Subject: Re: The Good Woman of Bangkok
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 04:31:19 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.025855.1@vxdesy.desy.de> godfrey@vxdesy.desy.de writes:
- >
- >beautiful, but so too are Chinese, Filipinas, Laotians, Cambodians, Malaysians,
- >Singaporeans etc - S.E. Asia is very fortunate in that respect. I think
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- I agree totally!
- >
- >Incidentally, you have ignored the very large amount of 'service boys' in your
- >text above - the country is a top favourite with homosexuals who use their
- >services, and underage boys are far more common than underage girls in the
- >sex market. You have also ignored the katoeys [ladyboys] [transexuals and
- >transvestites].
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- I wasn't aware of that. See, netting can be a very educational
- experience.
- >
- >
- >Most of us couldn't care less about what people might say. I agree that
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- Not according to some articles I read on sct.....
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- >
- >Any reason for visiting Thailand is a 'right' reason. It is neat and
- >convenient to divide tourists into 'sex tourists' and culture tourists, but
- >the distinction frequently becomes blurred within 24 hours of arrival.
- >
- I have a gut feeling that you may be right. Temptations of the flesh may
- be difficult to resist. I have no difficulty walking around in the
- red-light districts of Amsterdam, without my hormones going haywire,
- though. (I'm from Holland) But still: better play it safe and go
- together with my wife (which is the normal thing to do anyway, I
- think.), who is from China.
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- >laurence
- >
- Greetings,
- MCR 1/27/93
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