opebo Week: A Celebration of His Life & Times

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

There was no semblance of consent in what he described. It's rape, plain and simple. If you don't think so, then you're a vile piece of filth and I have nothing else to say to you.

Uh, did you actually read what was posted? He did not have sex with the girl.

Tony and Gully are having fun. Facts don't matter.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

It's hilarious how convinced you all are that third world prostitutes are totally consensual happy whores doing what they want. No way could they have been coerced into this and no way are they being abused by their customers.

The lengths some of you will go to is pretty bizarre.

Thailand experienced rapid economic growth between 1985 and 1996, becoming a newly industrialised country and a major exporter. Manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are leading sectors of the economy.[17][18] Among the ten ASEAN countries, Thailand ranks second in quality of life[19] and the country's HDI had been rated as "high". Its large population and growing economic influence have made it a middle power in the region and around the world.[20]

Thailand is not the backwater you think it is, Staf.  Especially around Bangkok where opie slinks about.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Well, I mean, it's also hilarious how convinced some people are of that regarding First World prostitutes, so...

[Lief 🗽]

Ah yes, "progressives" once again pushing the mysoginistic and anti-worker position that the state should be able to tell women who they can and cannot have sex with.

[Insula Dei]

It's hilarious how convinced you all are that third world prostitutes are totally consensual happy whores doing what they want. No way could they have been coerced into this and no way are they being abused by their customers.

The lengths some of you will go to is pretty bizarre.

Thailand experienced rapid economic growth between 1985 and 1996, becoming a newly industrialised country and a major exporter. Manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are leading sectors of the economy.[17][18] Among the ten ASEAN countries, Thailand ranks second in quality of life[19] and the country's HDI had been rated as "high". Its large population and growing economic influence have made it a middle power in the region and around the world.[20]

Thailand is not the backwater you think it is, Staf.  Especially around Bangkok where opie slinks about.

lol

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

It's hilarious how convinced you all are that third world prostitutes are totally consensual happy whores doing what they want. No way could they have been coerced into this and no way are they being abused by their customers.

The lengths some of you will go to is pretty bizarre.

Thailand experienced rapid economic growth between 1985 and 1996, becoming a newly industrialised country and a major exporter. Manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are leading sectors of the economy.[17][18] Among the ten ASEAN countries, Thailand ranks second in quality of life[19] and the country's HDI had been rated as "high". Its large population and growing economic influence have made it a middle power in the region and around the world.[20]

Thailand is not the backwater you think it is, Staf.  Especially around Bangkok where opie slinks about.

lol

So I can assume you've never been?

[Insula Dei]

It's hilarious how convinced you all are that third world prostitutes are totally consensual happy whores doing what they want. No way could they have been coerced into this and no way are they being abused by their customers.

The lengths some of you will go to is pretty bizarre.

Thailand experienced rapid economic growth between 1985 and 1996, becoming a newly industrialised country and a major exporter. Manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are leading sectors of the economy.[17][18] Among the ten ASEAN countries, Thailand ranks second in quality of life[19] and the country's HDI had been rated as "high". Its large population and growing economic influence have made it a middle power in the region and around the world.[20]

Thailand is not the backwater you think it is, Staf.  Especially around Bangkok where opie slinks about.

lol

So I can assume you've never been?

I've been to Thailand, actually, and it isn't a Third World country, allright. But you have to admit that your post is sort of besides the point. I just thought I'd register my physical reaction.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Mostly he was (is?) based in Pattaya rather than Bangkok.

[memphis]

Ah yes, "progressives" once again pushing the mysoginistic and anti-worker position that the state should be able to tell women who they can and cannot have sex with.

Not so much with whom (pedo laws notwithstanding) but under what terms. For the sex negative types, women desperately need the government's consent. The government knows better than you do if you really want to have sex. That the negs call sex workers "third world whores" tells you all you need to know about their attitudes and values.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

It's hilarious how convinced you all are that third world prostitutes are totally consensual happy whores doing what they want. No way could they have been coerced into this and no way are they being abused by their customers.

The lengths some of you will go to is pretty bizarre.

Thailand experienced rapid economic growth between 1985 and 1996, becoming a newly industrialised country and a major exporter. Manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are leading sectors of the economy.[17][18] Among the ten ASEAN countries, Thailand ranks second in quality of life[19] and the country's HDI had been rated as "high". Its large population and growing economic influence have made it a middle power in the region and around the world.[20]

Thailand is not the backwater you think it is, Staf.  Especially around Bangkok where opie slinks about.

lol

So I can assume you've never been?

I've been to Thailand, actually, and it isn't a Third World country, allright. But you have to admit that your post is sort of besides the point. I just thought I'd register my physical reaction.

I was actually directly addressing Gustaf's classification of Thailand as part of the 3rd World.  And it is quite relevant, since opie often described his girls as college students or middle class girls looking for extra cash (reasonable in a developed country) whereas his detractors would have you believe they are all desperate sex slaves. 

[Beet]

Citing the Asian Miracle era as representative of the Thai economy is like citing 1968-80 to claim Brazil as a first world country.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Ah yes, "progressives" once again pushing the mysoginistic and anti-worker position that the state should be able to tell women who they can and cannot have sex with.

Not so much with whom (pedo laws notwithstanding) but under what terms. For the sex negative types, women desperately need the government's consent. The government knows better than you do if you really want to have sex. That the negs call sex workers "third world whores" tells you all you need to know about their attitudes and values.

It's less that there's any relevant state interest in preventing sex from being sold (the morality of doing so aside--'it's immoral' isn't really sufficient reason to ban something) and more that there are any number of reasons to be skeptical of allowing it to be bought. Also, the word that Gustaf used was 'prostitute', not the best word in the world but one which neither insults nor euphemizes. (There are grounds on which to criticize the term 'Third World' but that's a separate issue.) You're the one who brought the word 'whore' into this conversation. The fact that you've done this tells us all we need to know about your integrity and sincerity.

[Boris]

If prostitutes in Thailand are engaging in unprotected sex for more money (something that would be illegal in, say, the Netherlands), they've probably been forced into prostitution through poverty or coercion.

[Boris]

In any case though, I don't understand why the viewpoints "opebo was a funny and entertaining poster" and "the Thai sexpat community is creepy and depraved" are so mutually exclusive

[memphis]

Ah yes, "progressives" once again pushing the mysoginistic and anti-worker position that the state should be able to tell women who they can and cannot have sex with.

Not so much with whom (pedo laws notwithstanding) but under what terms. For the sex negative types, women desperately need the government's consent. The government knows better than you do if you really want to have sex. That the negs call sex workers "third world whores" tells you all you need to know about their attitudes and values.

It's less that there's any relevant state interest in preventing sex from being sold (the morality of doing so aside--'it's immoral' isn't really sufficient reason to ban something) and more that there are any number of reasons to be skeptical of allowing it to be bought. Also, the word that Gustaf used was 'prostitute', not the best word in the world but one which neither insults nor euphemizes. (There are grounds on which to criticize the term 'Third World' but that's a separate issue.) You're the one who brought the word 'whore' into this conversation. The fact that you've done this tells us all we need to know about your integrity and sincerity.

Let's look at the transcript

It's hilarious how convinced you all are that third world prostitutes are totally consensual happy whores

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

In any case though, I don't understand why the viewpoints "opebo was a funny and entertaining poster" and "the Thai sexpat community is creepy and depraved" are so mutually exclusive

They are not.  I personally understand why people like to engage in depraved and seedy ****, and therefore all at once like opie, like his posts, and understand that he is in some ways a sexual degenerate.  Not only this, but of what I've read that he has personally posted, there has not been anything yet that would persuade me into disliking the guy.  The NAMBLA defense is a bit disturbing, but I always believed he was being an ironic troll throwing out a weird perspective, and that was waaaaaay back in the day when I didn't even so much as visit the Forum Community board where he was often his most funny.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Ah yes, "progressives" once again pushing the mysoginistic and anti-worker position that the state should be able to tell women who they can and cannot have sex with.

Not so much with whom (pedo laws notwithstanding) but under what terms. For the sex negative types, women desperately need the government's consent. The government knows better than you do if you really want to have sex. That the negs call sex workers "third world whores" tells you all you need to know about their attitudes and values.

It's less that there's any relevant state interest in preventing sex from being sold (the morality of doing so aside--'it's immoral' isn't really sufficient reason to ban something) and more that there are any number of reasons to be skeptical of allowing it to be bought. Also, the word that Gustaf used was 'prostitute', not the best word in the world but one which neither insults nor euphemizes. (There are grounds on which to criticize the term 'Third World' but that's a separate issue.) You're the one who brought the word 'whore' into this conversation. The fact that you've done this tells us all we need to know about your integrity and sincerity.

Let's look at the transcript

It's hilarious how convinced you all are that third world prostitutes are totally consensual happy whores

You're aware that 'happy whore' is a set phrase, right?

[King]

I blame Islam for all of this.

[memphis]

Ah yes, "progressives" once again pushing the mysoginistic and anti-worker position that the state should be able to tell women who they can and cannot have sex with.

Not so much with whom (pedo laws notwithstanding) but under what terms. For the sex negative types, women desperately need the government's consent. The government knows better than you do if you really want to have sex. That the negs call sex workers "third world whores" tells you all you need to know about their attitudes and values.

It's less that there's any relevant state interest in preventing sex from being sold (the morality of doing so aside--'it's immoral' isn't really sufficient reason to ban something) and more that there are any number of reasons to be skeptical of allowing it to be bought. Also, the word that Gustaf used was 'prostitute', not the best word in the world but one which neither insults nor euphemizes. (There are grounds on which to criticize the term 'Third World' but that's a separate issue.) You're the one who brought the word 'whore' into this conversation. The fact that you've done this tells us all we need to know about your integrity and sincerity.

Let's look at the transcript

It's hilarious how convinced you all are that third world prostitutes are totally consensual happy whores

You're aware that 'happy whore' is a set phrase, right?

Here comes the walk back. Oh goody....

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Ah yes, "progressives" once again pushing the mysoginistic and anti-worker position that the state should be able to tell women who they can and cannot have sex with.

Not so much with whom (pedo laws notwithstanding) but under what terms. For the sex negative types, women desperately need the government's consent. The government knows better than you do if you really want to have sex. That the negs call sex workers "third world whores" tells you all you need to know about their attitudes and values.

It's less that there's any relevant state interest in preventing sex from being sold (the morality of doing so aside--'it's immoral' isn't really sufficient reason to ban something) and more that there are any number of reasons to be skeptical of allowing it to be bought. Also, the word that Gustaf used was 'prostitute', not the best word in the world but one which neither insults nor euphemizes. (There are grounds on which to criticize the term 'Third World' but that's a separate issue.) You're the one who brought the word 'whore' into this conversation. The fact that you've done this tells us all we need to know about your integrity and sincerity.

Let's look at the transcript

It's hilarious how convinced you all are that third world prostitutes are totally consensual happy whores

You're aware that 'happy whore' is a set phrase, right?

Here comes the walk back. Oh goody....

So, is your position here that there are certain words and, presumably, images that are always offensive and inappropriate regardless of context or rhetorical intent? Because if that isn't your position, then, well, the accusations of quote-mining basically make themselves, now, don't they? Boy, you must be reallllly ticked off at the Charlie Hebdo people, then!

Side note: My admitted habit of occasionally making and then walking back faulty points is better than your habit of never apologizing for or admitting to being wrong about anything that would make you look the least bit bad.

[Tetro Kornbluth]

It's hilarious how convinced you all are that third world prostitutes are totally consensual happy whores doing what they want. No way could they have been coerced into this and no way are they being abused by their customers.

The lengths some of you will go to is pretty bizarre.

Thailand experienced rapid economic growth between 1985 and 1996, becoming a newly industrialised country and a major exporter. Manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism are leading sectors of the economy.[17][18] Among the ten ASEAN countries, Thailand ranks second in quality of life[19] and the country's HDI had been rated as "high". Its large population and growing economic influence have made it a middle power in the region and around the world.[20]

Thailand is not the backwater you think it is, Staf.  Especially around Bangkok where opie slinks about.

Except it's not true that opie restricted his activity to Bangkok - a huge number of posts on the mongering board appear in the threads dedicated to the Isaan (i.e. The Thai North East) and the 'other areas' (i.e. dedicated to areas of Thailand not Bangkok, Isaan, Phuket...) and those places are not that developed by any means.

[Simfan34]

Mostly he was (is?) based in Pattaya rather than Bangkok.

I feel like he was somewhere up north, maybe Phitsanulok...

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

In the U.S. Gully would be arrested for stalking.   When will he be banned?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Mostly he was (is?) based in Pattaya rather than Bangkok.

I feel like he was somewhere up north, maybe Phitsanulok...

Quite possibly he moved that way, though he was in Pattaya for a while; he wasn't in the capital anyway.

[Хahar 🤔]

He was in Isan, I know. I want to say it was Nakhon Ratchasima, but I can't recall.