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    Telemarketers outbound B2B (no sales !) Dutch native

    By pascalonli, Created on: 15/10/2015, Last updated on: 15/10/2015

    » Telemarketers outbound B2B (no sales !) Appointment setting on the phone for our Chiang Mai office We are a BOI approved Outbound Call Center in Chiang Mai We serve clients in Europe, especially Germany,Switzerland, France, Netherlands and soon UK/ Ireland For our new project, we are looking for...

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    Appointment setting on the phone for our Chiang Mai office

    By pascalonli, Created on: 15/10/2015, Last updated on: 15/10/2015

    » Telemarketers outbound B2B (no sales !) Appointment setting on the phone for our Chiang Mai office We are a BOI approved Outbound Call Center in Chiang Mai We serve clients in Europe, especially Germany,Switzerland, France, Netherlands and soon UK/ Ireland For our new project, we are looking for...

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    World Leading Universities from 20 Countries Joining ...

    By prnews, Created on: 29/09/2015, Last updated on: 29/09/2015

    » [b:1i42bcxw][size=150:1i42bcxw]World Leading Universities from 20 Countries Joining The OCSC International Education Expo 2015[/size:1i42bcxw][/b:1i42bcxw] [attachment=0:1i42bcxw]The-OCSC-International-Education-Expo-2015.jpg[/attachment:1i42bcxw] The Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC)...

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    Ericsson ConsumerLab

    By prnews, Created on: 30/10/2014, Last updated on: 30/10/2014

    » [b:1ykc6vap]Ericsson ConsumerLab: streaming closing in on traditional TV as users want “anywhere access”[/b:1ykc6vap] • Streaming closing in on linear TV with a gap of just two percentage points in terms of weekly consumption • 25 percent increase, in just two years, of consumers prepared...

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    America bashing at Esplanade Mall

    By gohmer, Created on: 09/05/2010, Last updated on: 11/06/2011

    » I putting this post up because it is related to international relationships with American citizens living and visiting Thailand. It illustrated to me that little is known about America by most people in Thailand, in fact, I think that few in the world truly understand what America is about and how...

    • gohmer commented : [quote="Hard_done_by":3mn3j5ld][quote="Na Fianna":3mn3j5ld] ... I would tend to consider your comments in line with the brain washed anti-communist rhetoric of Senator McCarthy and others, again i dont intend that as a personal attack, more the left over feeling of a lot Americans who were raised in a time of constant propaganda. I think if you read some more S.E. Asian history you shall discover that Ho Chi Minh himself came to The United States and the UN in order gain support for a democratic Vietnam, a chance that unfortunately due to France's standing was never grasped. What did happen was that Vietnam defeated an ex-colonial, weak, overstretched France to gain a semblence of freedom until America meddled in affairs(in the name of stoping the reds of course) with puppet governments that infuriated even the south Vietnamese to the point of rebellion. ...[/quote:3mn3j5ld] Well posted.[/quote:3mn3j5ld] This is another example of how Europeans view Americans, which is just as ignorant as you all claiming we are ignorant about the rest of the world. First, the vast, vast majority of Americans today believe McCarthy was an outright idiot. You'd have to dig hard with someone over 65 to find a believer there, and there's a crap load of documentaries shown on American TV daily about that era and how wrong crazy he was. Second, I too am Irish (1 of the 30 million that choose America over the 5 million that chose to stay in Ireland). Third, I actually believe that communism is a quantum leap forward for countries like China and Vietnam compared to the brutal colonialism of the French or the greedy, power hoarding land-owners of China during the various dynasties. I will tell you also that I think, despite his completely idiotic policies that led to millions dying, Mao is a hero of China. He ended forced marriages and brought love to China for the first time in its history, an unintended consequence of shipping millions of youth off to co-ed work camps. Forth, regardless of past brain-washing, it is historical fact that the Soviet Union took over eastern Europe, lied to the allies and had its own agenda for extending its power. If you read Harford MacKinder's essay on Geographical Politics (1904) - [url:3mn3j5ld]http://www.mindef.gov.sg/safti/pointer/back/journals/1998/Vol24_3/8.htm[/url:3mn3j5ld], which is credited for being one of the most influential theories of world dominance, and what guided Hitler's military agenda, and later Stalin's, you will see that McCarthy actually had good cause for worrying about communism. Fifth, there are small countries around the world that America is credited for having a bad reputation due to intervention, Chile, El Salvador, Iran, etc; however, all of these are unfortunate collateral damage due to the bigger picture of the conflict with Stalin and other Soviet leaders. For those affected in these countries, America will always be view as the bad guy, but bottom line is that every western country was dependent on the US for stopping them (Soviets). And, I would argue that had the Soviets not been a world threat for 50 years, there would have been drastically different agendas in Asia. Consider the fact that the Marshal Plan completely rebuilt Japan - and Germany - after WWII. That was to bring peace and stability. Fighting the Soviets was the end game, and thank god we won.

    • Na Fianna commented : Ok Gohmer, Just a couple of things this time, this thread is supposed to be about your horror and disgust at a T-shirt on which the stars and stripes are insulted. [quote:tvr0fnb6]You'd have to dig hard with someone over 65 to find a believer there, and there's a crap load of documentaries shown on American TV daily about that era and how wrong crazy he was.[/quote:tvr0fnb6] Absolutely correct. However the ideals of this man and many many more like him shaped US foreign policy for some time and in at least one instance still does(Cuba). To put this in the same context of your (remarkably Bush-like) collateral damage statement, expect blowback! [quote:tvr0fnb6]Second, I too am Irish (1 of the 30 million that choose America over the 5 million that chose to stay in Ireland). [/quote:tvr0fnb6] Is that supposed to be disaparaging remark regarding Ireland? I think the choice made was mainly between the potato and the not-potato and then work and no work. [quote:tvr0fnb6]McCarthy actually had good cause for worrying about communism[/quote:tvr0fnb6] Of course he did, perhaps even rightly so. It did not excuse his and his country's paranoid, undemocratic internal and external behaviour however. If you're ever talking to Vietnamese people ask them who they would rather run their country, China? Soviet Union? France? USA? each and everyone will tell you that they will only ever be Vietnamese! I think you regard the American way of life as something everyone on earth, either overtly or secretly, aspires to. If people had paid attention to this many moons ago countless innocent lives could have been saved, however America's paranoia regarding Communism led to it invading a land literally on the other side of the world and getting a very bloody nose doing so. [quote:tvr0fnb6]Mao is a hero of China. He ended forced marriages and brought love to China for the first time in its history, an unintended consequence of shipping millions of youth off to co-ed work camps.[/quote:tvr0fnb6] He ended a lot more than forced marriage, however here is another example of what good, staunchly enforced propaganda can do! [quote:tvr0fnb6]Fifth, there are small countries around the world that America is credited for having a bad reputation due to intervention, Chile, El Salvador, Iran, etc; however, all of these are unfortunate collateral damage due to the bigger picture of the conflict with Stalin and other Soviet leaders.[/quote:tvr0fnb6] Well it seems in this case you're part of the collateral damage in that America's 'bad reputation' has led to a (slightly) offensive T-Shirt being printed and ended up offending an American. [quote:tvr0fnb6]And, I would argue that had the Soviets not been a world threat for 50 years, there would have been drastically different agendas in Asia. [/quote:tvr0fnb6] I think it Ironic that Russian history can use this exact phrase, with justification, substituting 'Soviets' for 'Americans'. Anyway, as you've admitted in your post America has a bad reputation(regardless of whether you agree with the reasons why) in a lot of places around the world. So why whine when you see something as ridiculous as an American flag being slightly insulted?

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    Living in an Isarn Village

    By Anonymous, Created on: 01/01/2008, Last updated on: 17/04/2010

    » I have been several times visiting my girlfriend’s village in Isarn, near Mukdahan. First time I was there I felt in love with the place and immediately wanted to build a house and spend part of my time living there. The place appeared to me so nice and authentic, the rice fields, the vegetation,...

    • Anonymous commented : Hi Roaster, I am a Spanish national. Born in the Basque country near the border with France. As you probably know we had there a conflict similar to Britain in Northern Ireland. I have been traveling and living abroad for a big part of my life, specially in Manchester (England) where I was married to a local lass. I used to have an identity crisis, but not anymore, just got to terms with the fact that probably I don’t belong to anywhere. I travel to Thailand every few months to visit my girl friend, and try to organize things so that I can spend in Thailand a good part of the year. At the moment I live in sunny South Spain. Nice place by the way. Regards Juan

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