Ex pat based web sites in thailand have more histrionics than the country they write about.
Recently I discussed the Death of Mangosuace This was my personal favourite and one I regually commented on. There are strong rumours that there is some sort of comeback under the guise of another equally funny site Bangkok Girlfriend. At the moment Bangkok Girlfriend just says under construction on its home page. I really hope it comes back!
The biggest spat is between a Guy called Stickman, who amongst many things is an english teacher come PI come man about town sort of dude. For many years he as had a website about living in Bangkok, I wont say about thailand because most of his anaqdotes only apply to life in Bangkok. Well he really pissed off a bloke called Keith Summers, something about a review for Keiths Mates Bar which was not that good. So Keith who labels himself The Great Galt started a web site called Not stickman Bangkok. The whole thing got out of hand very quickly when Not stickman Bangkok (NSM) printed a picture of Stickman Bangkok (SM) and also people that he worked with. (SM) hasn't retaliated as such, but it seems that several of his friends are now having a dig at (NSM). Very confusing! The up shot is that all this I believe is giving the wider expat community a bad name with the Thai Authorities. Its worth reading the whole torrid business, just goes to show what blokes get up to when they have too much time on their hands.
Personally I don't have any sympathy for either of them and should they stop posting on the internet then I doubt anyone would notice in the long run.
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