This show is my biggest fear!
I've always had this fear of going to jail for something I didn't do.. I can't imagine not being free! I have a hard time watching this movie because of this.. Tho it's still a great movie!
shareAgreed. Still love to travel, though. I'd love to see Thailand. I'll just make sure I triple check my bags before getting on a plane.
shareThailand is an absolutely amazing place. I am moving there soon. The Thai people are some of the most beautiful people, inside and out, that you will ever meet in your life. You will have a wonderful time if you go there :) But just like when you travel to any other place, pack your own bags, and make sure they are in your sight at all times after they are packed. That's just a smart general rule for anytime you travel. Enjoy!!
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As long as you get lie on a beach with a cocktail why should you care about human trafficing, sex slaves, paedophiles and tortured prisoners?
What makes you think US doesn't have all that? Plus corruption? And do you know how many people here are in prison who aren't guilty?
I agree totally.. I saw in movies that Thailand is all about human trafficking, sex slaves and pedophiles.. I saw in other movies americans riding horses and shooting each other while drinking whiskey.. You know, everything you see in movies is absolutely true :)
On a side note, Thailand is absolutely gorgeous and the Thais are probably the nicest people on the planet..
Altho your point (we sholdn't assume that what we see in the movies is the whole story) is well taken, there's no disputing that Thailand is home to an enormous amount of sex tourism that exploits children and that Thai authorities do little about it. To me, that's a good reason to boycott a country and go somewhere else for my vacation. Hell, there are gorgeous beaches all over the world -- why spend money in such a place, which basically says "I condone your lax system, which allows for the destruction of children"?
Yes, every nation is flawed and every nation exploits some people -- but some nations are less icky than others, and a nation that does little to protect children is at the top of the ICKY list
"All you need to start an asylum is an empty room and the right kind of people."
"...Thailand is home to an enormous amount of sex tourism that exploits children..."
True, but so is America...
"Commercial sexual exploitation of children is a both a domestic and international problem. One count estimates sex trafficking to victimize more than 200,000 children in the United States annually (Bryan 2014; The Polaris Project 2012). An additional 244,000–360,000 children in the United States are at risk each year of being trafficked and sexually exploited (Bryan 2014; Adams, Owens, and Small 2010)."
[Source: http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/litreviews/CSECSexTrafficking.pdf]
It's even worse, unfortunately. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/top-five-countries-highest-rates-child-prostitution-1435448, it seems, any number between 1.4 to 2.4 million children are believed to be involved in underage sex-trafficking in the US. The thing is, American culture has a tendency to overlook its own problems and focus on other nations.
As for the previous poster, buddy, Thailand doesn't really "need" your money. Millions of tourists from all over the world visit Thailand yearly. I don't think the Thai population will starve and die because you didn't spend your $3k budget vacation there ;)
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
Too bad they treat animals so horribly
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