Article about Thailand

[kittyboy]

I saw this article in the NYTimes. I found it interesting.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/world ... .html?_r=0

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[Brad the Impala]

I thought that it was interesting, and sad. Consumerism Rules

[Khor tose]

I liked the article and see it as a new beginning for Thailand. As a secularist, I think the education children receive in school is far better then a religious education and would rather see state education expanded, made better and fully supported. Have you ever considered what all those temples and men in them cost to support and considered how that money could be better spent?

[Jellybean]

Thanks for posting the article Kittyboy.

I believe it was Benjamin Franklin who said, "The only things certain in life are death and taxes." I think this could be updated as follows:

The only things certain in life are death, taxes and change.

I know itтАЩs a bit of a clich├й, but nothing ever stays the same. So enjoy to the full the Thailand you see today for who knows how long it will stay this way.

[Thai Dyed]

I liked the article and see it as a new beginning for Thailand. As a secularist, I think the education children receive in school is far better then a religious education and would rather see state education expanded, made better and fully supported. Have you ever considered what all those temples and men in them cost to support and considered how that money could be better spent?

Khor tose, if you are such a great social engineer, why is your own country such a seething rat hole? Hot on the heels of yet another school massacre in the USA, your suggestions are at the least untimely and in reality patently absurd. Weren't you working for the government in the USA? What wasteland did you leave behind, and better yet, why the hell did you move to Thailand in the first place if you find the culture so misguided?

May I suggest, Khor tose, that you move back to Seattle and clean your own stables before pontificating about an ancient Buddhist culture which in fact stands head and shoulders above the very tawdy kind of society you are touting.

[Geezer]

A little overwrought are we?

[Khor tose]

May I suggest, Khor tose, that you move back to Seattle and clean your own stables before pontificating about an ancient Buddhist culture which in fact stands head and shoulders above the very tawdy kind of society you are touting.

You have got to be kidding. :sign5:

[Neal]

I think a little may be a characterization similar to the Titantic springing a leak. :sign5:

[Monte]

To this forum's moderator: I think that THAI DYED's comments are far out of line--and that they should be removed.

[Neal]

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