Missed this post. I have had glandular fever, just recovering now. On doctor's advice I was advised not to travel for several weeks after first getting the infection. Had to postpone my trip and re-schedule my airfare, fucking annoying. In Pattaya a bit later now. now.

I will be in Pattaya most of the rest of this year hopefully. I'm having my 49th birthday party on August 4 at "Ruby Club" and then "Butterfly Bar" in Soi 6.

Sure it will be a great fucking night, haha! Can't wait to see all my favorite girls, "Welcome back, welcome", "I miss you honey", 'my handsome sexy Shaun", hehe!

Those beautiful smiles and warm hugs and sexy long black hair, these women certainly leave the callous bitches in China and Australia for dead.

PATTAYA IS PARADISE FOR WHITE MEN, PATTAYA I LOVE YOU!

As you have lived in China for a long time you would know that certain provinces are more well known for having "cancer clusters".

I am not in China now and have no intention of ever living there again, but places like Shanxi are for sure not good places to live.

Taiyuan is an example of a city in China that should definitely be avoided unless an FT wants to get cancer or have serious health problems in the future.

I think we cannot tar the whole of China with the same brush re cancer rates of locals/long-term expats.

U can specify the particular areas of China where u came across expats with tumors. U almost lost count of the numbers!

That would be useful for expats when they choose where to teach.

As for the palliative care disagreement. This man whom you know well, or certainly know about is called Ian. When he returned to UK many years ago it was all too late. I have known quite a few Ians with problems ranging from cancer to weird poisoning. As it happened with Ian if circumstance had been right he could have stayed in China- he was happier in China. I have got most of his musical recordings, he was very talented.

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Oh, pity about the photo but I can fully understand why it was edited; I could well have had nasty intentions, the moderators don't know me from Adam.

I just wanted to labour a point. That is, in a country as badly polluted as China we should fully expect a large percentage of long-term FT's to succumb to illnesses as a result of the pollution and it should come as no surprise. When I say 'large percentage' I mean in comparison to most other countries. My very best to long-term in China FT's.

Right, no skin off my nose!

I am neither a China defender nor a China apologist.

And I am neither a Blighty defender nor a Blighty apologist.

I see that username UKIPer has posted a piece of crap very recently. Beware of him!

He hangs around every day, year in, year out. I think that was supposed to be a calling card as your name is not 'Alex' Not difficult to draw out.

Some things in China are better- like the health service; I have found that the Chinese doctors are more approachable and they seem to pull off complicated procedures. So if one has the money then for what I had done one may as well stay in China. My regret was the two weeks I wasted with all the warning signs. I could have had the stent at half the cost without having the attack.

As for the palliative care disagreement. This man whom you know well, or certainly know about is called Ian. When he returned to UK many years ago it was all too late. I have known quite a few Ians with problems ranging from cancer to weird poisoning. As it happened with Ian if circumstance had been right he could have stayed in China- he was happier in China. I have got most of his musical recordings, he was very talented.

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Ask Western men over 45 in the USA, Australia, or the UK if they feel privileged or not and see the reaction.

By what you wrote in your post it seems that you think women deserve special treatment although I can't be sure of that.

Let men remind you that the courts in the USA and Australia and other places are automatically biased toward women in the case of divorce settlements and child custody.

Men often lose more than 50 per cent of their assets when they divorce. Is that fair or just?

Personal responsibility is the key here. Everyone must work hard and provide for themselves, there are no excuses.

Wots the concern for my daughter, when a couple of weeks ago you suggested she was going to blow people up when she finds her feet!?

Not suggested by me, mate! I'm not off my rocker!

The photo is my best guess as to the identity of the culprit, and a brand of beer I seldom drink.

As long as people gain their power by
merit and not because they are women or because of their race I don't care.

The idea of meritocracy, of equal opportunity, of Rand's John Galt, of Horatio Alger is little more than a psychic balm for the wealthy and a justification for capitalism.

Hard work and intelligence often leads to short lives of poverty, illness and death. Stupidity, laziness and the accident of birth often lead to, well, the presidency.

Being born a woman is a handicap IN EVERY COUNTY. Being born a white male is still the best birthday gift anyone can receive in every Western 'democracy'.

Everyone was given life by a woman who suffered physical and mental anguish during pregnancy and birth. Once men are able to reproduce and nurture children independently they can begin talking about gender equality and what 'women deserve'. Prejudice about religion or race or nationality can be understood as a product of ignorance.

But all sexists had a mother. Hopefully their father chose to provide for their Mom during pregnancy and child rearing without regard to her resume or bank account balance.

400 knicker a week in 2017 wouldn't entice me to return to Blighty, had I property there or not! Fish and veg as a diet without fags and beer would drive me bonkers. Rather be dead, mate!

If I had a son/daughter half-Chinese, the last thing I would do is go back to Blighty to get him/her a Brit nationality. I wouldn't want him/her to suffer in the job market there after university coz of his/her racial background.

A Brit wed couple, who are teachers who can teach well and handle ill-disciplined pupils well can earn 44,000 GBP minimum a year. Now that's relatively stress-free work with a good income, but not in London, coz the house prices are too high there.

EACH TO THEIR OWN!

FYI I've never had a problem with women who have power. As long as people gain their power by merit and not because they are women or because of their race I don't care.

There are still those people who think even in 2017 that certain jobs should be given to women just because they are women or because they are black. Like that "affirmative action" nonsense you used to have in the USA.

Women, especially Chinese women shoot themselves in the foot everyday by asking men if they have a house and a car or expecting men to provide these things for them. If you want to see how sick Chinese society is just look at the women on Chinese TV dating shows like I've said before and you will see the "values" of these women.

If women want respect, don't be lazy, stop relying on men, get off your lazy arses and work hard for a living. That is how a person gains respect.

Men will choose prostitution or short-term casual relationships because it suits their lifestyle and needs. Most men divorced and over 50 don't want a serious relationship, certainly not marriage and kids. They've been there done that. It is selfish for women to expect men to re-marry, have kids again and have all the stress that entails.

Places like Pattaya and Bali provide older Western men with a stress free environment where they have everything they need and can just enjoy their life and forget about their previous hardships in the West. When we have reached a certain age we want stress free lives. Short term relationships and bar girls satisfy men's needs without all the problems and financial stress of marriage and long-term de-facto relationships.

There are some MGTOW's who don't want hardly any interaction with women apart from casual sex. I would remind you that there are many men never married over 50 who are extremely wealthy. The "family men" will never be able to compete with them.

Why you would come to the defence of the Chinese is quite astounding to me.

When I was in China a few years ago I used to meet a group of ex-pats at a bar in Nanning every Friday night. One night we tried to think of something good about Chinese people. I mean, what redeeming qualities do these people have? We tried REALLY HARD to think of something good. We just sat around drinking for an hour and nobody could think of ONE POSITIVE THING. Friendly? NO Willingness to help others? NO Any sort of social conscience or moral boundaries? NO Clean people with good personal hygiene? NO. I could only think of two good things , dumplings, and good one's are almost impossible to get in Nanning, and cold Liquan beer, that was it.

Then the negatives, there were so many we could not list them. Rude, racist, totally unfriendly, spitting/pissing in the streets, smoking anywhere, pushing in, throwing rubbish everywhere, loudmouths on mobile phones, women with an entitlement mentality and zero sense of any personal responsibility, etc, etc.

Interesting! Thanks for your input.

I just went to Breitbart.com and saw all the topics I had seen earlier today on the HuffPost, LATimes, NYTimes, WaPo and CNN but written from the conservative/religious perspective, like photos negatives, with inversed colors: Topics that were white on the HuffPost were black on Breitbart. It is hard to take, like being a fish out of the water, or a mammal inside the water. You are quite courageous.

Of course most lefties come from families that one or two generations ago were living in the country side, so we each have our inner farmer that can relate to the rural areas. But still, it's hard to take.

I looked everywhere for the discussion forum but could not find it. Yes, they have a lot of click bait, it's the equivalent of a tabloid with headlines about aliens and photo-shopped celebrities. They like to believe in those things. Yes faith is endemic in America. But we have to say that in countries where faith has not been allowed for decades (like China), people still chose to believe in someone or something that will bring them happiness. Faith has been part of the human nature for millennia.

Thank you to those posters who answered my request for suggestions. I read them slowly and carefully.

This morning, I am going to do one thing to try to control/corral my intense dislike for Republicans and conservatives in general, by saying the following:

Ben Sasse is one of the most conservative US Senators (Nebraska). He says so himself: according to his votes in the Senate, he says is the 3rd most conservative senator. OK, so he falls directly into the core of the 36-40% of Americans that I strongly dislike (I know, it's a lot - it' also the approval rating of trump).

But he said today or yesterday something with which I strongly agree: We can all disagree about what to do about the facts (that's the first amendment), but the facts themselves have to be established, they have to be certain, we have to agree on the existence of the facts. If we don't have firm facts on which to agree, then we no longer - as a nation - have anything in common and this divide will sink our "American experiement" as Sasse calls our nation. To find, define, establish firm facts, we need good journalism. Journalism is essential to our freedom, it is part of our first amendment, it is the expression of our freedom of expression. Then Sasse says that trump's (like some other posters on this board, I refuse to capitalise his name) attack on the media weaponizes distrust and is the enemy of the first amendment. I add: and the enemy of our constitution, and of our country.

So, that's it for today (and maybe for the whole week), I found something positive to say about a conservative.

Great post!

I have certainly found Trump's tenure to date as both disconcerting and entertaining.

Both are true for me too. The entertaining part has a small silver lining (small): A lot of people are now familiar with the constitution, the amendments, the most important role of each supreme court justice, the checks and balances, the role of the FBI in investigating the president for example which FBI reports to the AG who reports to the president and why it's like that (Ken Star's fault), etc etc. I don't remember a time when millions of people could talk about those things in detail.

On the entertainment level, I have been banned twice by Breithart.com for my Disqus assaults
on the their 'journalism'.

Ohhhhhhh..... Congratulations sister!!!! Ohhhhh would you mind sharing more on that topic???? Would be delicious to read.

They are blind to the way they have been manipulated by elites that are beyond national and party
identity, living in the world of global capital.

I think a lot of people are stating to see what you are referring to when for example they read about Jared Kuchner and his loan (without even any personal guarantees) by the Deutsche Bank whose criminal charges (for fraud, nothing less) in the US were settled right after the election. The Deutsche Bank had also been fined for having failed to report transactions with Russia. Can't wait to read the next leaks from Mueller's investigation about Kuchner (yes, this presidency IS entertaining).

They angrily believe that the reason for U.S. economic decline is Democratic 'libtard' policies and values.

Pure projection syndrome.

England, further along the down escalator of national power than the U.S. and arguably with a
superior educational system,

So, I believe what you say is that even with a superior educational system (which education secretary devos is fighting hard to prevent), the US can't be saved?

There are many Republican politicians that are younger, smarter and more devious than Trump who share his nationalistic racist views.
Fortunately they were not elected president.

An endless supply of trumps emerging in the foreseeable future? We better get used to it. An example of the young trumps is the students of Penn State U who want to bring back the statue of Joe Paterno.

Trump's presidency is an opportunity for each of us to do some 'mental housekeeping'.

trump made a lot of people think, that's for sure. One example is the fact that the EU is now "liked" by 20% more European poll respondents than 6 months ago: They see what leaders like trump can do, they don't like it, and they vote for people like Macron (bless his heart).

In the US though, the increased thinking has enlarged the gap between the left and the right: It's now wider than ever, with no signs of healing any time soon. The more people think, the more they develop defenses and find arguments in their favor. Personally, I find the US to be a toxic environment. A two minute chat with a table neighbor at a coffee shop for example spontaneously generates feelings of "I hate people like you" on both sides: the 2 customers might remain civil and stop talking or change the topic, but the hate is loudly present. According to your post, we better get used to it. I see the same phenomenon on this board: The posters on the right can be momentarily swayed when a very good point is presented by a poster on the left, but it lasts only the time of one post; right away, the poster on the right will come swinging full speed with his racist theories.

Just accept that life isn't always fair and move on with your life? There's some battles that you alone as an individual cannot win, but other opportunities will pop up, take advantage of those.

Trump isn't perfect and can be absolutely ridiculous at times, but those of you who are still crying about it need to realise that the world still hasn't ended yet. The world somehow survived both Bush and Obama, ffs. If you're still crying now, then how will you react if he wins a second term?