Anonymous commented : AD. Labeling is a rude form of ignorant. As Buddhist, it is a form of sin to be ignorant. In today's political correctness, western women seemed to enjoy labeling and putting down men by labeling them while they are talking about men freely. You do not find men trying to label women as female chauvinists. In any cases, chauvinism is seemed as purely male. This western notion of chauvinism are being promoted here in Thailand also with significant corrupted western cultural influences; good influences seemed to untransmittable world wide for some reasons due to mostly profits. As I said before, Thai men have been getting the bad wraps from the faitures of our leaders and bad foreign agendas...indigenous Thais are getting bad wraps too. They are leisurely being labeled with names for profits and for advantages of others. We are third class citizens in our own land. Our young women are being catering as prostitutes, servants, export commodity, and etc.. In foreign countries in EU or North America, Asian prostitutes are portraying themselves as being Thais including in the internet. It destroying our social and cultural integrities. With muslims, chineses, and etc. wanting to make their own dominations over the expenses over our backs. As you saw and see in this past election, it seemed fair and right to label rural Thais and indigenous Thais as vote sellers. If I have my ways and resources, I wish to take all these Bangkok urbanites and politicians to court for slandering and etc..

Anonymous commented : Juan, you are not the first urban cowboy who mesmerized when they are first explore to real natural settings. Rural livings are the same everywhere whether it is in Thailand or in EU and North America. You have to have the real cowboy spirit to make it along with the efficient economic practices. If you are young and restless, you can not live in the rural and serene settings. Rural people living their lives according to seasons and having their fun activities with religious and cultural ceremonies. If you are truely wished to live in the countryside, you need to find a place to practice living in the farm in your own country first. Than save enough money and get education with skill before you want to return with your Thai girl to live in her rurual village. You can build a simple two bedrooms house for about $5,000 USD with mosquitoe screens on her family's land. You can combine the European farming practices with Thai farming practices to find the best practices for your situation, have a pot of vegetable garden and flower pots in front of the house, keep chickens for eggs, have small pond for fishes beside the ponds in the paddy field, and etc. You will be surprise and to tire to find extra time for clubing and chasing women. When the children are coming along, you will have your handful in keeping up with them and teaching them skills as you have learned yourself.

Anonymous commented : Ian, you sounded more and more pathetic to get your own way. Western countries like Europe, North America, and Australia do not need property laws. They already have immigration laws to keep out foreigners, especially, those from none European descendants. Most Asian immigrants are mostly women and rich Asians, or refugees recently. Hey, it is easier to keep them out before they get to the front doors. Anyway, the European descendants in the new countries already established themselves. So those properties are already owned by these original settlers and colonists. If you very want equality, every countries need to remove all immigration laws and adopt single universal monetary standard, no passport and no immigration police.

Anonymous commented : To get your own way is what YOU sound, you appropriately named Rooster. One reason why those countries you mention have ever-tougher immigration laws, is because when immigrants finally get in - they can own whatever they have the money to buy. Whereas in Thailand, your government still stops this. Eg. Mr. Thaksin, your billionaire PM, can buy anything in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand. But we can not even co-buy a small amount of land in Thailand - even if married to a Thai, with half Thai children. And you're wrong about immigration - there's far higher immigration of Asians into these Western countries than vice versa.

Anonymous commented : Why are you wanting to go to Canada? Are you not thinking about return to Thailand? If you want to live in North America, you might want to go back to California.

Anonymous commented : When you find someone you wish to get to know, speak up, let them know that talking with you will not be a problem. I and my wife find plenty of people that are interested in other cultures. I find people in other countries can also act distant or uncaring, France comes to mind. On the Paris metro, just speak English if you want a dirty look. Rad, it might be you not really wanting to communicate, not the people you meet. You say they do not care about your culture, do you try to participate in theirs? Remember, you came to their country, do not expect them to know or even want to learn about yours. Ignorance about geography is world wide and has been discussed in this forum. I do not expect Thais to know the map of the US or North America. Why should you expect the average person to know the Asian map. If you want them to know, take the time to get to know them and then teach them. Do not be dissgusted because they live in their own world.

Anonymous commented : When you find someone you wish to get to know, speak up, let them know that talking with you will not be a problem. I and my wife find plenty of people that are interested in other cultures. I find people in other countries can also act distant or uncaring, France comes to mind. On the Paris metro, just speak English if you want a dirty look. Rad, it might be you not really wanting to communicate, not the people you meet. You say they do not care about your culture, do you try to participate in theirs? Remember, you came to their country, do not expect them to know or even want to learn about yours. Ignorance about geography is world wide and has been discussed in this forum. I do not expect Thais to know the map of the US or North America. Why should you expect the average person to know the Asian map. If you want them to know, take the time to get to know them and then teach them. Do not be dissgusted because they live in their own world.