thanks for the info, fun4fun and KEdoubleNY. i know that many countries in modern days used to be a part of Pangaea (i appreciate ur sense of humor, fun4fun), and people of different ethnic groups used to belong together. but again, i quoted that person who said that Siam was part of Laos before the French colonized Laos. as Maya_Fantasy stated, that claim made by khamporchai was inaccurate. i don't know why no one was eager to correct that claim at all, but when i tried to correct it, i got history lessons. :huh: i did not say that Laos had always forever been part of Siam. i just wanted to point out that khamporchai's post was incorrect, and that Siam was not part of Laos before Western colonization. it was the other way around.
thanks for the suggestions, Maya_Fantasy. i know very well that i could look up information and read history books by non-Thai and non-Laotian authors now that the Internet is widely popular. but i was responding to ur post that requested links to the history books i first gained my information from, so i had to let u know that i had studied Thai history since elementary school; therefore, i could not post links of those old elementary school books because they're not available online. plus, they were of course written in Thai, not English. i could and i did study history taught by a non-Thai and non-Laotian professor, Professor Geoffrey Robinson (u can Google him), a professor at UCLA. i made a wise choice to take his course of Southeast Asia Since 1815 this past winter, and it's a well-known fact that Siam was not part of Laos before the Western colonization, but it was the other way around. i think "Southeast Asia" by Keat Gin Ooi and "Thailand: Buddhist Kingdom as Modern Nation-State" by Charles Keyes are credible sources.
u guys can also Google Pak Nam Crisis of 1893. Keat Gin Ooi wrote that the kingdom of Laos on the left bank of the Mekong and Cambodia were considered Siam's vassal states. in March 1893 France laid claims to the whole of the east bank of the Mekong. in April 1893, French troops were sent to take control of Laos. Siamese troops in Laos resisted the attempt which led to the death of a French officer. as a result of the Pak Nam incident, the whole kingdom of Laos was ceded to France.
again, Maya_Fantasy, fun4fun and KEdoubleNY, i did not claim that Laos had always been part of Siam since the dawn of time.
fun4fun, Pae could have said it better. but i remember reading and hearing other celebrities say that Thai men/women are more beautiful either in written interviews or TV shows. sorry i can't quote them right off the bat, but it's a common thing to say to reporters who present them with such a dumbfounded question (i mean, really, couldn't reporters ask celebrities something better than "Is your girlfriend afraid that you will fall for so-and-so?" or "What are your types? Do they have to be Thai or non-Thai?"). if the celebrities say they prefer or think people from a foreign country are more attractive than Thais, they'd get criticized almost the same way Pae is being criticized right now. they would be branded with "u don't have love/pride for your fellow Thais." regular people can say whatever they want (for example,
http://www.yelp.com/topic/fullerton-asian-girls), and not get bashed so severely. i personally think that Thai actors and actresses are more attractive than Korean actors and actresses because i prefer big eyes (i.e. P'Tik, Chakrit, P'Bird Tongchai, P'Nok Chatchai, Aff, Joy Siriluck, Janie, Taew, etc.) while other people prefer light skin complexion that Korean people have. but i don't get bashed by a large group of people because i'm not famous. Pae was not wise with his word choice, but i don't think he's actually prejudiced.
i wouldn't threaten to kill or call anyone ugly or unattractive (because that's just a personal attack, not an actual attack on their ignorance, bias or prejudice) if they say their own people are more attractive than mine. i would just think that they're missing out. plus, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. what's attractive to me might be unattractive to other people. if people in Laos or people of Laotion descent abroad feel very strongly about banning Pae and his movie, they should go ahead and make that known. i support their decision to send letters to the Laotian officials. protest near the movie set. send letters to the magazine/newspaper that published Pae's interview. ban everything and anything Pae is a part of. that might affect Pae's financial status as an actor, the movie studios' income, etc. and it might send him a message and let him know that he must be more careful with his words in the future because he's a famous actor, not a regular Joe.
