General Reports

[QUOTE=CorporateMalaya;1468429]Found this funny pic, which might lighten things around.[/QUOTE]I am pleased to say that I can put a cross against every statement!

[QUOTE=PinkPearl;1468360]Not all people or hookers are created equal. I like my chances with a "life respecting" Buddhist Thai girl rather than with a PI, Indo or African.[/QUOTE]You mean like the "life respecting" Buddhist Thai girl that drugged my friend the other day?

[QUOTE=Mr Enternational;1468472]You mean like the "life respecting" Buddhist Thai girl that drugged my friend the other day?[/QUOTE]If you RTFs or government travel advisaries, etc, you'd know this is commonly warned about.

It happens in countries around the world, not just in Thailand or with TGs.

Too bad your friend committed a rookie mistake.

He wasn't the first & won't be the last.

Funny thing is, if I came on here warning about it & how to protect yourself, like I do with other things, a few would whine about it in the usual ways. While others would learn something & could be guaranteed to avoid what happened to your pal.

[QUOTE=Paul Kausch; 1467981]Thank you the compliment; however, one of the things that surprised me when I first started reading the Thailand threads on this forum is how much I was able to learn about Thailand and the Thais beyond the sex industry. I think there are a number of you guys who have broad and deep knowledge of Thailand. As I've mentioned in the past, thanks guys.

There's no education like first hand. I try to learn something from every girl I'm with and my experiences get better and better. Especially when you go beyond the bed. As fucked up as it is, you are almost better off not going to get to know the men. Too many cultural differences.

Excellent point. I notice this in the nicer department stores in Bangkok as well. Perhaps not to the same degree as in the Philippines but there are many more clerks in Bangkok department stores than in department stores in developed countries. The people who control the economy tolerate inefficiency because it gives people a little income and something to do. You don't want too many hungry, ornery people sitting around with nothing to do. They might start talking and get some dangerous ideas in their heads.[/QUOTE]This was very evident in Jarkarta department stores and Traveler's explanation was a well written eye opener.

Not sure if this was shared yet:

[url]http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/06/01/bangkok-claims-the-worlds-no-1-tourist-destination-title/[/url]

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[QUOTE=Mr Enternational;1468472]You mean like the "life respecting" Buddhist Thai girl that drugged my friend the other day?[/QUOTE]Some people need to rely on stereotypes to justify their self-delusion and then fall back on blaming the victim.

What happened to your friend in the end, was he charged or did the police accept his explanation?

[QUOTE=Scorchin;1472736]But why are the pharmaceutical industries not investing in malaria drugs and new antibiotics. The answer; they are too busy investing in drugs to keep the old and ancient alive (because they are prepared pay to to stay alive)[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Mouse1; 1472728]That's fine and quite sensible. But I work in the pharmaceutical business, and I can assure you that pharmacists have a much bigger commercial interest in selling you any old snake oil that anybody working in the pharma business, since 99. 99% of us have absolutely nothing to gain whether you buy a Pfizer drug or a J&J drug or neither. On the other hand a lifetime working in the industry does give us a bit of knowledge.

I've always wondered why the pharma industry gets such a bad rap. Most guys on the R&D side come into it from a scientific background with a real desire to improve the world's health. The marketing side of the pharma business can be pretty dodgy, but no worse than any other business (automobiles, banking, law, IT, PR, airlines: they're all pretty straight guys, right?) [/QUOTE]Pharmaceutical companies are in business to make money, as are all businesses. R&D's function is to develop new products that will make money. Marketing and sales function is to make money for the company from existing products. Simple as that.

There are what the medical community calls orphaned diseases. These are diseases that get no attention because businesses can't make enough money off them to justify the R&D. This problem is not created by the companies. It is a moral issue at a societal level. At one time the US government funded considerable drug development. Scientists worked on problems that were deemed valuable (but not necessarily profitable) by the scientific community. That is no longer the case. In the US virtually all pharmaceutical R&D is done within the industry. If you're a US citizen and want more attention paid to these orphaned diseases, elect politicians who support adequate funding for the NSF and NIH.

My personal experiences are consist with what Mouse writes, the doctors and scientists I've known who work on R&D in the industry are as he describes them. My biggest problem with the pharmaceutical industry has to do with the way they go about getting products approved for specific applications. This discussion can get pretty technical and is so far removed from ISG's purpose, I'm leaving it at that.

[QUOTE=Syzygies;1472762]I wish we had some strict moderators at times to keep us all back to the topics of the thread. I admit to getting off track too. Some guys need to get laid very soon, I reckon.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Scorchin;1472775]You should be aware that 'sex in Bangkok' covers a bit more than immature men describing their sexual exploits providing vicarious reading for other immature males. Thus Bangkok Reports on viagra and testosterone are fully justified.[/QUOTE][QUOTE=Syzygies; 1472821]They do not relate to Bangkok Thread. We have a general thread for miscellaneous topics. Some deviation from thread purpose is to be expected. You could read up on the aims of the forum. Good positive experience reports are something that is generally accepted and desired by many readers.

On one hand you say reports on Testosterone are justified, and on the other you say you aren't going to give any credence to the opinions of others, no matter how well researched and knowledgable they might be. If your opinion differs, fine, state your opinion, otherwise why dump on the others? Instead of just knocking others, add some more value.[/QUOTE]This is a interesting issue. How much moderation is appropriate? Seems ISG gets almost no moderation. I know racial issues are taboo, to the point that I got my wrist slapped for paraphrasing some technical information in a scientific journal on genetics as it pertains to race. You have to be careful about criticizing ISG or you will also get a demerit point. The forum appears to give us a lot of room to attack each other. Maybe a little more policing is needed there, but then I'd have to tone down the foulmouthed, opinionated, ranting persona that manifests itself in some of my posts. I agree with Syzygies that getting off thread topic is a problem, and I'm one of the guilty ones. Problem is monitoring this problem would be work for the forum moderator. I'll leave that at that. I think the practical solution is for us to be more disciplined.

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[QUOTE=Paul Kausch;1472831]This is a interesting issue. How much moderation is appropriate? Seems ISG gets almost no moderation. I know racial issues are taboo, to the point that I got my wrist slapped for paraphrasing some technical information in a scientific journal on genetics as it pertains to race. You have to be careful about criticizing ISG or you will also get a demerit point. The forum appears to give us a lot of room to attack each other. Maybe a little more policing is needed there, but then I'd have to tone down the foulmouthed, opinionated, ranting persona that manifests itself in some of my posts. I agree with Syzygies that getting off thread topic is a problem, and I'm one of the guilty ones. Problem is monitoring this problem would be work for the forum moderator. I'll leave that at that. I think the practical solution is for us to be more disciplined.[/QUOTE]I don't think getting a bit off topic matters too much if it doesn't dominate the discussion. Some other forums like the German ones are much cleaner because they are strongly moderated by sensible moderators (not too emotional and not too sensitive). Moderators bring the discussion thread back in line as they have the power to delete posts that start going too far. Jackson has cleaned out stuff on occasions too, some of it trash and some of it sensible but off topic. Of course German forums have very few personal attacks, because the moderators do not tolerate it. Anyone misbehaving too much may get thrown out, I guess. In German forums, posters write much more freely with little fear of criticism, so get more candid opinions, and there is great toleration that different guys can find a particular place or girl has completely different appeal or lack of it. YMMV is the dominant belief. So there is no need to dump shit or vitriole on those merely holding a different opinion. If we had moderators to stop all the completely negative shit dumping posts, the forum would be better IMHO. There would be no need to counter-attack after receiving senseless attacks. However sometimes the moderators may need moderating too. They are certainly not infallible. LOL.

Good moderation requires finding someone good who is willing to do it regularly. Unfortunately that probably doesn't exist for the Thailand forum.

Unfortunately it is very hard to discuss anything that relates to differences in race, culture, religion, etc. Without some overly sensitive people raising the "racist" flag all the time, even if you write generally accepted facts. Neurosmyth claimed I was racist for thinking that black guys on average had bigger dicks (not a fact as such) , where I cannot see the harm, even if there was no scientific evidence behind my belief (brainwashing) and only observation and x rated movies. I don't see my comment was unfavourable to black guys in any way. Even the term "black" is not acceptable to all, even though my dark skinned female close friends call themselves "black" girls without any problem. Basically they are happy to accept that black girls are more horny (or less stodgy) and generally better at sex.

Someone wrote that certain establishments were refusing entry and the reason for refusal could not be proved to be racially based. That person was purely stating the status quo, but was immediately assumed to be in favour of the racial discrimination.

So yes, one has to be very careful not to offend the racially sensitive types, so certain topics are best avoided completely.

Kythera Biopharmaceuticals said a drug intended to treat double chins met its goals in two late-stage clinical studies. ATX-101 injection reached its main and secondary goals in the trials. The drug worked better than placebo at reducing fat in the submental area of the neck, which can create the appearance of a double chin. ATX-101 is intended to destroy fat cells while leaving other tissue largely unaffected. The company also said patients were happier after treatment with the drug than placebo! Bayer has applied for permission to sell it in Europe starting on 2014.

Another marvelous example of better living through modern medicine.

[QUOTE=by Jayant Bhandari]The problem of India is not its government. Government is only a symptom of the problem. The real problem is within the society, which is extremely superstitious and irrational. –[/QUOTE]See more at: [url]http://libertyunbound.com/node/1128[/url]#sthash. NJeVNUXP. Dpuf

Don't want to beat a dead horse on the India discussion of the past on this thread, but this excellent well written article by an educated Indian, who is clearly not racist, validates every statement I offered on the subject and explains in detail why I won't be going to India any time soon.

[QUOTE=Paul Kausch;1473422]ATX-101 is intended to destroy fat cells while leaving other tissue largely unaffected.[/QUOTE]Somehow the words "largely unaffected" do not give me much trust."Yes, your double chin has disappeared but so have your lips, largely."

[QUOTE=Wolvenvacht;1475123]Somehow the words "largely unaffected" do not give me much trust."Yes, your double chin has disappeared but so have your lips, largely."[/QUOTE]Ha Ha. That's good! They can suck fat out of your body, kill fat cells with cold treatments, and now this. Wonder what is around the corner?