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June 22nd, 2007, 12:14
In todays' Bangkok Post there is a review (sort of) of the book If Truth Be Told, which is apparently a collection of stories about male sex tourists who visit Thailand to have their way with boys. Without much preamble (we're pretty much left to our own devices to figure out what the book is about in the beginning) the reviewer, Bernard Trink, seems to focus on the issues of what is a paedophile and who is a child.
Sex abusers are near the bottom of the food chain. Paedophiles are even lower. Peter Murrell gets around this by calling the sex tourists (mainly British) gay and the youngsters they pay for their services boys, 16 years old and up. No girls. None are children by my narrow definition, neither are the gays paedophiles. ...money changes hands, so the boys are male prostitutes.
If you have the opportunity, I suggest you read Bernard's review in its entirety. It is probably one of the most incoherent, aimless bits of journalism you're likely to come across. The review title Gay, not paedophile experiences, seems to imply someone opened the door in the midst of an argument we didn't know was taking place. The third "sentence" in the above quote suggests that Mr. Trink may be under the influence of controlled substances when gluing together his thoughts.
Although it is out of place and illogical in this context, he does make a point which is often overlooked when LT relationships are discussed (hopefully with males a good deal older than 16)
Selfless mutual affection is rare. Often as not, it's the farang who is unfaithful.
Quite often when someone claims a LT relationship is bound to fail, the assumption is that it's the Thai who cheats on the ever-chaste farang.
Not included in the review or book, but based on some arguments I've read on message boards in the past,
it is also apparent that the definition of relationship means a lot of different things to different people. In some cases the crtieria sound like they came from a tribal tradition endorsed by the Taleban. I haven't yet heard of any farang insisting his LT friend wear the bourka and reside exclusively in a harem, but it sounds like some wouldn't find the idea too farfetched.
Sex abusers are near the bottom of the food chain. Paedophiles are even lower. Peter Murrell gets around this by calling the sex tourists (mainly British) gay and the youngsters they pay for their services boys, 16 years old and up. No girls. None are children by my narrow definition, neither are the gays paedophiles. ...money changes hands, so the boys are male prostitutes.
If you have the opportunity, I suggest you read Bernard's review in its entirety. It is probably one of the most incoherent, aimless bits of journalism you're likely to come across. The review title Gay, not paedophile experiences, seems to imply someone opened the door in the midst of an argument we didn't know was taking place. The third "sentence" in the above quote suggests that Mr. Trink may be under the influence of controlled substances when gluing together his thoughts.
Although it is out of place and illogical in this context, he does make a point which is often overlooked when LT relationships are discussed (hopefully with males a good deal older than 16)
Selfless mutual affection is rare. Often as not, it's the farang who is unfaithful.
Quite often when someone claims a LT relationship is bound to fail, the assumption is that it's the Thai who cheats on the ever-chaste farang.
Not included in the review or book, but based on some arguments I've read on message boards in the past,
it is also apparent that the definition of relationship means a lot of different things to different people. In some cases the crtieria sound like they came from a tribal tradition endorsed by the Taleban. I haven't yet heard of any farang insisting his LT friend wear the bourka and reside exclusively in a harem, but it sounds like some wouldn't find the idea too farfetched.