anarchist23 wrote:The pervert is on the beach in public view. Why didn't the police bust him?
Probably because it's not illegal be sitting on a beach with someone younger than yourself. That's not a crime. You can't judge that based on a picture, either(as Verv said).
anarchist23 wrote:Sex and middle aged men in Thailand is a profitable industry and it is about time Thailand cleans up its act.
It's a profitable industry
all over the world. Prostitution, while illegal in Thailand, is culturally accepted(unlike in the West), so cleaning it up really isn't on the list of priorities. Ethnocentrism, is what you are demonstrating here, very clearly. Your Irish Catholic morality doesn't apply in Thailand.
Also, your source doesn't say what "underage" is. Is it 17 years old? 16? 15? 14? Age of consent laws are not universally the same. Thai laws are a bit convoluted(
http://www.thailandlawonline.com/laws-i ... lation#276), with 16 being the official age of consent, unless money is involved, and then it's 20. If marriage is involved, then there is provisions for marrying if a girl is 14+. As I said, it's a different culture, but you fail to see that again, because of your bias.
anarchist23 wrote:And what are the the Thailand police doing.
Arresting them, deporting them, imprisoning them, beating them, and sometimes killing them. To quote you... "WAKE UP!", anarchist23!
The police DO arrest pedophiles and people who do human trafficking. I posted examples and proof that the police ARE doing something about the problem. You chose to ignore it because it shows you are wrong. It's a big problem, but they are doing things to stop it.
Human trafficking is a crime. The police AND the military are clamping down on it, as well as police corruption(something that is hurting the tourism industry, incidentally as some bars are forced to close at midnight, instead of staying open til the sun comes up).
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson