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True, and well spoken

In Reply to: You forgot the heroin and slavery, Daddio posted by Nikhil Jaikumar on May 07, 1999 at 17:41:08:

: what else does Thailand have, daddio? You left out Khmer Rouge guerillas, Burmese warlords, bitter KMT nationalists, opium addicts, heroin manufacturers, child sex slaves, Burmese refugees, displaced tribes, prostitution, a rampant AIDS epidemic,paranoid military colonels, strict blasphemy laws against defaming the King, environmental destruction, hedonistic American tourists, air pollution....

: Thailand is a great country, but it ain't perfect. it's got as many proiblems as we have in America.

Very true, N. J., and well spoken, as usual. They've a different set of problems than we have in the states, but they are serious problems nevertheless. If you're looking for a utopia where everything is perfect, your only hope is a lobotomy and lots of television. Utopia literally means "No Place," and for good reason.
Personal utopias are in the mind, rather than on the map, I suppose; but the types of problems with which one is willing to deal play an important role in finding one's niche. If one prefers the KMT to traffic jams, maybe Thailand is nicer. Personal choice...
Thanks for the dose of reality, 'tis a heady and vile brew, but keeps us healthy nonetheless.
-Floyd

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