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The John Mark Karr story, now heavily into the media groupthink cycle - has entered a predictable phase. Various busibodies and know-it-alls in the media (yes even Fox News) and the meddlesome groups which hover around the media like pilot fish -- are beginning to circle around allegations of pedophilia in the Kingdom of Thailand. This poster acknowledges a certain unconcerned libertarianism in Thai society, which frankly is REFRESHING. But the fact is, Thais no more accept pedophilia than any other culture. In fact, snaring foreign pedophiles makes great press. Thai papers regularly run bits on middle-age European types looking...

I have recently joined "The Daily Kos". I have done so to pursue honest, reasonable, and rational debate. I have started posting on the site and became aware of an interesting and disgusting policy on. The troll policy is described as follows in the FAQ: "Dealing with trolls Trolling is a sad reality of internet life. Most trolls tend to be blatant, posting comments or diaries that are clearly intended to provoke an angry response. Other trollish messages are posted simply to disrupt the conversation in a diary. Directly replying to the content of a trollish message is usually a...