Thread: "Why wasn't Thailand colonized?"

Originally Posted by DrB0b

What Thais generally say is that Thailand is the only country "ในภูมิภาคอุษาคเนย์ที่ไม่ได้ตกเป็นอาณานิคมของต ะวัน ตก" (shouldn't be a space before dtok but I can't get rid of it) which is not the same thing as saying it's never been colonized.

Is quite correct. A region of SE Asia which was never colonized by a Western power.

No one wanted it

I mentioned that to my Grandfather when I returned from my first visit years ago, he just laughed and said "There is nothing there, thats why"

More like he knows that is what the bunch of idiots who have no idea about anything will use to try and twist the truth to their narrow little way of seeing things.....

Anyhow, many Thai history books were written by westerners, I doubt many on here have read them though.

Originally Posted by Periphiral Vision

"There is nothing there, thats why"

Apart from some of the best conditions to grow rice in surplus of the population.

How can you colonize something that is already a colon ?

Colonized by the Chinks and then the Japs then bcak to the Chinks. Still colonized today, Thais are just too stupid to know.

Ethnic Thais are little more than slaves and whores to their Chinky colonist masters.

Has anyone noticed the massage place called Colonize, it has big neon lights and you can see it if you get a taxi to the airport via the tollway

I think its a massage place.

Anyone know ?

Apparently the OP's definition of colinization requires annexation.

Thailand has never been annexed. They've just gave away parcels of land instead.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

I doubt many people on here have read any book that didn't have the author's name in 4-inch-high silver letters on the front. .

You really are a condescending knob Bob.

The Chinese, Japanese, French and British all realised, in turn, what the women were like and though better of it.

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Originally Posted by DrB0b

I doubt many people on here have read any book that didn't have the author's name in 4-inch-high silver letters on the front. .

You really are a condescending knob Bob.

True. That really irritates you, doesn't it, little man?

Why not be condescending when faced with wanton ignorance and stupidity. Condescension and sarcasm is a hell of a lot better than what I really want to do when faced with one of TD's many geniuses who believe that their combination of ignorance, bigotry, and egomania is a substitute for knowledge and understanding, which is gas them.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Originally Posted by DrB0b

I doubt many people on here have read any book that didn't have the author's name in 4-inch-high silver letters on the front. .

You really are a condescending knob Bob.

True. That really irritates you, doesn't it, little man?

Why not be condescending when faced with wanton ignorance and stupidity. Condescension and sarcasm is a hell of a lot better than what I really want to do when faced with one of TD's many geniuses who believe that their combination of ignorance, bigotry, and egomania is a substitute for knowledge and understanding, which is gas them.

DrBob - You're a very bright person who has brought invaluable knowledge and insight to this forum, particularly regarding Thai history. However, you have a chip on your shoulder larger than Mount Everest. You might want to work on this.

^Nah. Don't care enough about the opinions of most on here. I get on fine with the people here that I have respect for, as for the rest, meh. Taking advice on improving my online personality from most of the freaks on here is like taking advice on babysitting from a paedophile.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

the people here that I have respect for

That's Butterfly innit?
Meh on you too!

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Originally Posted by DrB0b

I doubt many people on here have read any book that didn't have the author's name in 4-inch-high silver letters on the front. .

You really are a condescending knob Bob.

True. That really irritates you, doesn't it, little man?

Not at all. It amuses me greatly to see you displaying a trait that is almost the hallmark of Thai academics. An inability to accept questioning. You attitude of "how dare you question what I say" is displayed in classrooms and lecture halls across Thailand daily.

The Thai attitude basically stems from insecurity - they often have a thin veneer of knowledge, but no real depth of understanding. Questioning risks showing just how thin that veneer is, and so they stomp on questioning as hard as they can. Its one of the greatest defects in the Thai education system.

To see you display the same trait is, indeed amusing.

So Bob, just how thin is your veneer?

Originally Posted by nidhogg

how dare you question what I say"

What are you talking about? I always respond to questions. As far as giving reasonable responses to sensible questions about Thailand I've done at least as much of that as almost anybody here. What sensible questions have I dismissed? List some for me, sensible ones, with links to where I just dismissed them out of hand.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Originally Posted by nidhogg

how dare you question what I say"

What are you talking about? I always respond to questions......

..while heaping abuse and ridicule upon the person who has the temerity to disageee....

same same but different.

Well I learned something. My Mrs is very proud of her understanding of Thai national historical heritage. I don't think Ill tell her that the only reason her homeland was'nt overrun by us lot was that no one could be bothered.

Seriously some good perspectives..........some,,,,,?

Originally Posted by nidhogg

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Originally Posted by nidhogg

how dare you question what I say"

What are you talking about? I always respond to questions......

..while heaping abuse and ridicule upon the person who has the temerity to disageee....

same same but different.

Sure So, as usual you leapt in to do your disgruntled gnome routine and started firing off accusations. But, also as usual, when challenged to back up your direct statements it turns out, as always, that you're making these accusations up because you're too much of a little man to just admit you don't like how I post. Man up and just say that I piss you off, there's no need for you to fictionalize in order to justify it, you don't need any justification. Yes, I'm an asshole to people I think are dumb, but don't accuse me of being a universal asshole, I'm one hell of a lot more helpful on here to people in general than you've ever been.

Originally Posted by DrB0b

I'm one hell of a lot more helpful on here to people in general than you've ever been.

Prove it.