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In your experience men publicly declare (in writing) that other men are pedophiles and child rapists who only move to Thailand to have sex with 11-year-olds "al

In your experience men publicly declare (in writing) that other men are pedophiles and child rapists who only move to Thailand to have sex with 11-year-olds "all the time"? Where do you live so I can make sure to never visit there.

WalterBright 7y ago
May I interest you in seeing the movie "Gran Torino"? Granted, it is a movie, but it wouldn't be funny if there wasn't truth to it.
- variaga 7y ago
  I've seen it. If you're referring to the barbershop scene, yes, it does have two men who have a long-established friendship insulting each other - and then when an unknown (to the barber) 3rd party uses the _exact_same_language_ the barber pulls a gun on him. The lesson you should take from that scene is that what might be acceptable banter between friends is not acceptable public discourse with strangers. Actual dialog (https://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Gran-Torino.html https://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Gran-Torino.html): WALT Jesus Christ, Tao, you don't walk in and insult a guy. What are you, an idiot? TAO But... but that's what you said. That's what you said men say. WALT Not if you never met the guy. If you say that shit to the wrong stranger, they'll blow your goddamned ---- head off!
  - WalterBright 7y ago
    It may indeed not be acceptable public discourse, but that does not make one entitled to money via the courts, any more than Trump was entitled to money from Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib for accusing him of having sex with his mother.
HarryHirsch 7y ago
He's an American, they have strange notions about free speech and completely disregard the idea of public peace. This is precisely at the heart of the case. No one gets to be the target of a lynchmob when someone tells him to stick a large object up his bum. But someone might well believe that someone moved to Thailand because they have certain proclivities and join the lynchmob.
- WalterBright 7y ago
  You'd have a legitimate claim against said lynch mob.
  - HarryHirsch 7y ago
    The goal of the law isn't to catch criminals, it's to prevent crime. That's why some countries really come down hard on those that would disrupt the peace.
DuskStar 7y ago
> In your experience men publicly declare (in writing) that other men are pedophiles and child rapists who only move to Thailand to have sex with 11-year-olds "all the time"? Would I declare that a specific man I had no knowledge of did that? No. Would I declare that at some point in recent history at least two men have moved to Thailand for the purpose of sexually exploiting children? Yes, because I'm pretty sure it's true. Like, here's two examples from two minutes on Google [0][1] true. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paul_Neil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paul_Neil 1: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-paedophile/thai-police-arrest-man-for-procuring-boys-for-suspected-american-pedophile-idUSKBN0KI16420150109 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-paedophile/thai-...

WalterBright 7y ago

May I interest you in seeing the movie "Gran Torino"? Granted, it is a movie, but it wouldn't be funny if there wasn't truth to it.

variaga 7y ago
I've seen it. If you're referring to the barbershop scene, yes, it does have two men who have a long-established friendship insulting each other - and then when an unknown (to the barber) 3rd party uses the _exact_same_language_ the barber pulls a gun on him. The lesson you should take from that scene is that what might be acceptable banter between friends is not acceptable public discourse with strangers. Actual dialog (https://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Gran-Torino.html https://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Gran-Torino.html): WALT Jesus Christ, Tao, you don't walk in and insult a guy. What are you, an idiot? TAO But... but that's what you said. That's what you said men say. WALT Not if you never met the guy. If you say that shit to the wrong stranger, they'll blow your goddamned ---- head off!
- WalterBright 7y ago
  It may indeed not be acceptable public discourse, but that does not make one entitled to money via the courts, any more than Trump was entitled to money from Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib for accusing him of having sex with his mother.

HarryHirsch 7y ago

He's an American, they have strange notions about free speech and completely disregard the idea of public peace. This is precisely at the heart of the case. No one gets to be the target of a lynchmob when someone tells him to stick a large object up his bum. But someone might well believe that someone moved to Thailand because they have certain proclivities and join the lynchmob.

WalterBright 7y ago
You'd have a legitimate claim against said lynch mob.
- HarryHirsch 7y ago
  The goal of the law isn't to catch criminals, it's to prevent crime. That's why some countries really come down hard on those that would disrupt the peace.

DuskStar 7y ago

> In your experience men publicly declare (in writing) that other men are pedophiles and child rapists who only move to Thailand to have sex with 11-year-olds "all the time"? Would I declare that a specific man I had no knowledge of did that? No. Would I declare that at some point in recent history at least two men have moved to Thailand for the purpose of sexually exploiting children? Yes, because I'm pretty sure it's true. Like, here's two examples from two minutes on Google [0][1] true. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paul_Neil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paul_Neil 1: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-paedophile/thai-police-arrest-man-for-procuring-boys-for-suspected-american-pedophile-idUSKBN0KI16420150109 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-paedophile/thai-...