Lately I’ve navigated the internet for a Black Berry type http://www.frompo.com“ rel=”nofollow”>wifi internet search engine.

Google & the ordinary Search Engines unfortunately fail to work.

I’m looking for something similar to http://www.frompo.com“ rel=”nofollow”>FROMPO.com – apparently does the job cellular phone search engine – but I thought I’d ask anyway.

What is the best cellphone search engine?

personally i find your last line about having to give things up when you live in a new culture is bullshit. i too once thought this and bowed down to everything thai (“it’s thai culture”), but the fact is nobody is ever in a million years going to think that you are thai and they don’t expect you to act like it. by all means be respectful and observe the local customs but there’s no need to give anything up.. just add what you brought with you to what you’ve got now and you’ll be a better man.

on a side note, money also talks in thailand so maybe you’re just annoyed cos you have a crap salary?

cheers 🙂

Those of us who write in English, i.e., me, definitely practise a bit of self-censorship because the watchers are more likely to read the language. After all, what is the one thing we all want? Very practically, we want to be able to stay in/visit the kingdom, and retain the ability to choose our residence, or want to be able to re-enter and not be provided with a new residence upon arrival. All of which seems quite possible, given the recent number of ex-pats tried and convicted under the lesse majeste laws. And if you want more proof, re-read FrogBlog’s interview with Thaivisa.com founder George on the inanity of slander/libel “conditions”. Whoops, did that just slip out?

Last, our western view cannot avoid having the taint of a superiority complex. Long preamble thankfully removed . . . Thailand might not be Thailand if it overnight became a western capitalist democracy based on English laws. We’ll probably have booked our flights by noon the next day. 😉

You might already know(or feel) such thing.

Anyway, I am quite sure that I am the most person who chat about “such topic” in a very unique way. Well, including my fellows too.

Hope one day we could share for such topic

PS. Too many “such”?, Please correct them if you feel like I am still your student of ALT’s class, lol

Second, I am curious as to what sorts of websites you find to be censored? You were a bit oblique on that point…

Seriously though, the self-censorship here is terrible, whether borne of fear of legal reprisal or, often more terrifying, extra-legal reprisal. And coming from a free speech culture, it’s bad enough to cave to pressure but it really does erode your self-respect when you find yourself caving peremptorily. Plus, I remember well those service problems, so I really do sympathize with your self-censorship plight. Or should I say…self-ZENSEorship?

how does that make sense?

Who will decide who has freedom of speech and who does not?

either everyone or noone.

freedom of speech is a right, but it does not mean that laws agains hate speech and personal insulting suddenly disappear.

Thanks for posting that article it was terribly fascinating!! It reminds me of when I was in Estonia and our guides asked us to talk quieter and not gesture so much (we were at a restaurant / bar). Apparently the place was owned by some Russian Mafia type people and they were there and didn’t look to happy that we were having a good time. I remember feeling put out that I had to censor my good time and laughing with friends because of someone else’s stupid rules. But it’s better to concede and live to joke another day! Keep up the great writing.