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by renton555
Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:01 am
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Cambodia: Photographer documents rapid change
Replies: 6
Views: 2430

Re: Cambodia: Photographer documents rapid change

I liked the photos. I was expecting some sort of time lapse of phnom penh going from a Tombstone type frontier village to the city it is now, though. It seemed to be more of a retrospective of important shit that happened.
by renton555
Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:21 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Standing your ground (an accident story)
Replies: 74
Views: 14279

Re: Standing your ground (an accident story)

Driving a motorbike in Asia is an implicit value judgment about your own life. You're trying to reconcile the fact that you value your own well-being much more highly than the average Khmer with the fact that you want to have the convenience and freedom that comes with driving a motorbike. Make a ju...
by renton555
Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:35 pm
Forum: Newsworthy
Topic: Thief Gets Brutal Beat Down Outside TK Avenue, Toul Kork
Replies: 38
Views: 10084

Re: Thief Gets Brutal Beat Down Outside TK Avenue, Toul Kork

I'm just not sure the mutually assured ass-whooping policy is going to do much to deter petty crime. So in the end its just brutality for nothing. I think its ridiculous to say that the very poor are forced to rob. I think it's slightly less ridiculous to state that the drug-addicted are forced to r...
by renton555
Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:54 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Standing your ground (an accident story)
Replies: 74
Views: 14279

Re: Standing your ground (an accident story)

My post meant to say "best case scenario." Yeah it sucks to yield to the locals in situations where you may be right, but its just the highest expected-value choice you have most of the time. Your singular act of protest might have had positive meta-game implications for the rest of us, bu...
by renton555
Fri Mar 06, 2015 7:47 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Standing your ground (an accident story)
Replies: 74
Views: 14279

Re: Standing your ground (an accident story)

Right or wrong, it was ridiculous for you to expect any sort of recompense, potentially dangerous to your well-being to escalate a scene like you did, and worst case scenario, a pointless attempt to improve your situation.
by renton555
Fri Mar 06, 2015 3:34 am
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 2078
Views: 538462

Re: Introduce Yourself

I quit my dayjob as an architecture intern in 2006 when poker was making 3x as much money as my salary. Finished up architecture school and haven't worked since. The hostess bar is Cool n Cozy on 118 near the river. We've been open for about two years after we took over for a previous bar that was t...
by renton555
Tue Mar 03, 2015 5:01 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Cambodia / Syria
Replies: 17
Views: 3976

Re: Cambodia / Syria

I'm not sure ISIS has such grand views for its subjects that the Khmer Rouge had. They seem to be attempting to antagonize anyone and everyone they can think of, so I think they would fit your basic example of a non-rational actor. I think radical socialist movements like the Khmer Rouge or the Grea...
by renton555
Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:55 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Race does not exist
Replies: 8
Views: 2761

Re: Race does not exist

I really don't think "phrenology" style racism is the issue anymore. The writer seems to be countering an argument that most racists of today do not even attempt to make. Few are trying to make a scientific argument that some races are inferior to others. Most of the racists of today are p...
by renton555
Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:35 pm
Forum: General Chatter
Topic: Introduce Yourself
Replies: 2078
Views: 538462

Re: Introduce Yourself

Hello, My name is Thomas and I'm an American professional poker player. I've been living in Cambodia for about two years, but I have been pretty much a hermit. I have a Cambodian girlfriend named Annie and we run a hostess bar (I won't spam and say which), though she does most of the running and I s...