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reallifethailand
A focus on Thai politics from a long term farang resident and luk keug's father
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Thursday , March 13 , 2008
A TV show of hate
Posted by redandwhitestripes , Reader : 499 , 23:08:20  
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A fellow blogger has just drawn my attention to a  Palestinian children's TV Show  called "Pioneers of Tomorrow". I was informed that it featured cutesy characters wielding guns, extolling the values of martyrdom and issuing calls to violence and death threats against the infidels.Bearing in mind this was supposed to be a kid's TV show, I thought these details may have been exaggerated. I t....


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A place where most farang don't go
Posted by redandwhitestripes , Reader : 1790 , 19:44:25  
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Had Chaosamran (หาดเจ้าสำราญ) is less than twenty minutes drive from Cha Am Beach, but the pace of life is worlds apart.This is the third time my family and I have stayed on the same soi in Hadchaosanran. There are a handful of neighbouring resorts on the street, each with their own private stretch of beach.This time we stayed at the "Sea Sky" resort. I knew we'd made the right choice as so....


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The argument for legalised casinos
Posted by redandwhitestripes , Reader : 554 , 19:38:45  
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There's been a lot of debate in the media recently concerning Samak's suggestion that he may introduce casinos into Thailand. The main objection to this idea seems to be that it's "against Buddhism" or morally wrong in some other form.Well, I'm no fan of Samak of course but I actually support the idea of legalised casinos. Let me give my response to some of the objections.It's against Bud....


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