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What's with the shirtless men walking around town and the topless female sunbathers?

Is there a reason Farangs completely ignore rules when they visit foreign countries?
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Yes, they are morons who should not be granted a passport!
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what i have never seen. a farang man with a tight, flab-free, well toned upper body, walking around without a shirt.
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Reminds me of a time some years ago. I was sat outside "The Boat" and a young blonde walked by in just a bikini. Very nice 'eye-candy'. All conversation stopped and a dozen pairs of eyes followed her up the road till she disappeared. The silence was broken by someone saying "That's bloody disgraceful!!!"
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That would've been exactly the sentiments of those that eyed her...just coz she didn't stay back for a drink :cheers:
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oakdale160 wrote:what i have never seen. a farang man with a tight, flab-free, well toned upper body, walking around without a shirt.
Nope . . . . . I always keep my shirt on around town :wink:
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RCer wrote:What's with the shirtless men walking around town and the topless female sunbathers?

Is there a reason Farangs completely ignore rules when they visit foreign countries?
Are you the farang police? With all that goes on in this country you concern yourself with that. What rules? Where are these rules? Are you British by any chance?
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Deep Blue wrote:
RCer wrote:What's with the shirtless men walking around town and the topless female sunbathers?

Is there a reason Farangs completely ignore rules when they visit foreign countries?
Are you the farang police? With all that goes on in this country you concern yourself with that. What rules? Where are these rules? Are you British by any chance?
How many Thai's do you see doing it? One should be able to get a clue from paying attention to what locals do.

As for the rules, I was informed of them in 2006 the first time I came to Thailand. I tend to check such things when traveling outside the US. Its called courtesy.
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RCer wrote:
Deep Blue wrote:
RCer wrote:What's with the shirtless men walking around town and the topless female sunbathers?

Is there a reason Farangs completely ignore rules when they visit foreign countries?
Are you the farang police? With all that goes on in this country you concern yourself with that. What rules? Where are these rules? Are you British by any chance?
How many Thai's do you see doing it? One should be able to get a clue from paying attention to what locals do.

As for the rules, I was informed of them in 2006 the first time I came to Thailand. I tend to check such things when traveling outside the US. Its called courtesy.
Why would I care if Thais do or don't, I'm not trying to be a Thai - Thais are not schooled in Western values of personal freedom, unfortunately for them. Maybe there's a liberating effect on them, I hope so, I despise their censorship.
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Deep Blue wrote:
RCer wrote:
Deep Blue wrote:

Why would I care if Thais do or don't, I'm not trying to be a Thai - Thais are not schooled in Western values of personal freedom, unfortunately for them. Maybe there's a liberating effect on them, I hope so, I despise their censorship.

It isn't 'censorship' - just a cultural norm. It is considered disrespectful to walk the streets without a shirt, just as it is disrespectful to enter a temple wearing a vest top. No one is asking farang to be like Thais, simply to accept their ways without offending them.
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its like taking off your shoes before or when entering their homes--easy for canadians we do that back home. Its not a 'rule' it is just good manners.
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Don't waste time responding to "Deepblue".
He is the classic troll.
Just put "it" in the ignore list and hopefully he will go away.
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margaretcarnes wrote:
Deep Blue wrote:
RCer wrote:

It isn't 'censorship' - just a cultural norm. It is considered disrespectful to walk the streets without a shirt, just as it is disrespectful to enter a temple wearing a vest top. No one is asking farang to be like Thais, simply to accept their ways without offending them.
Their censorship of movies, the internet and news sources. America was once like this, in the 1930s beach areas had police with rulers measuring women’s bathing suits. Should I change or should Thais adapt, who should be more grateful, I pay every year to a Thai bank that helps their country, what exactly do I get?
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oakdale160 wrote:its like taking off your shoes before or when entering their homes--easy for canadians we do that back home. Its not a 'rule' it is just good manners.
Those are religious and private spaces, not public places - an appeal to extremes fallacy.
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Felipesed1 wrote:Don't waste time responding to "Deepblue".
He is the classic troll.
Just put "it" in the ignore list and hopefully he will go away.
Please send me one of your hilarious PMs.
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