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The statement was clearly made in relation to the main argument a few punters here are making; that somehow Asians are being ripped off when they're paying willingly.

Also, to address your largely...

You could just buy a refundable ticket and refund it after you get past immigration.

How does police corruption have any bearing on what's being discussed here? Is that causing Japanese men to pay more for prostitutes than Western men? The Japanese are paying because it's a good deal...

The underlying mechanism for pricing in any given transaction in a capitalist society is supply and demand, by default. If you're going to make the claim that it's more than supply and demand, then...

Never said I'm worried or bothered by it, neither side was forced into making the transaction; it's a simple function of supply and demand. And now, the rising price is always due to simple supply...

Let's be honest. Thailand and most of Asia was exploited by the West, one way or another, because of a disparity in military and economic power. Now that Asians themselves have enough wealth to prop...