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**movlabc** · 09-21-2012, 11:45 AM

What Common Courtesy is to Readers Digest is what they have been conditioned to think.

There is where this survey is flawed, it is full of western concepts of 'courtesy'. ie.. turning down the music for respect of your neighbours privacy or saying thank you to the waitress etc....

It is rude in this article to write 'lack of civility', that's typical of the usual western and especially American mentality of 'We are better than you - you are weird'.

Farangs lack courtesy in plenty of ways which Thais would consider 'lack of civility' ie..walking along a street shirtless while scoffing a hamburger in 3 bites and then sticking a toothpick in yer mouth for everyone to see.

Did Readers Digest think about these 'vulgarities' when making the survey? Of course not!

What a loada crappo!

09-21-2012, 11:45 AM	#28
movlabc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 431 Senior Member	What Common Courtesy is to Readers Digest is what they have been conditioned to think. There is where this survey is flawed, it is full of western concepts of 'courtesy'. ie.. turning down the music for respect of your neighbours privacy or saying thank you to the waitress etc.... It is rude in this article to write 'lack of civility', that's typical of the usual western and especially American mentality of 'We are better than you - you are weird'. Farangs lack courtesy in plenty of ways which Thais would consider 'lack of civility' ie..walking along a street shirtless while scoffing a hamburger in 3 bites and then sticking a toothpick in yer mouth for everyone to see. Did Readers Digest think about these 'vulgarities' when making the survey? Of course not! What a loada crappo!
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