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The Road To Pattaya’s Pedo World Is Easy To Find

Jabba The Butt has put his foot down along with his iron fist and declared no more pedo threads on his board. Well, kinda, sorta. Those already posted will remain. And you can still sing the glories of young boys to your heart’s delight on existing threads . It’s just new threads about Pattaya’s pedo population that won’t be allowed. At least “for the time being.” And it’s not a total ban either. Jabba informed his band of merry men that “there may be an exception or two if it is truly appropriate.”

Which begs the question: Just when is pedophilia ‘truly appropriate’?

For some reason I have a feeling that while Jabba may not allow new threads with the P word in them to be posted (for a while), the numerous threads that pop up on his board referring to ‘young boys’ will still pass muster. Because Jabba does not seem to get that pedophilia is wrong. In fact, that’s not the reason behind his ban. Jabba’s putting an end to those posts (except for a few occasionally) because he has been convinced that a message board filled with pedo posts paints an unrealistic picture of Pattaya. His concern is that the volumes of pedo posters on his board are “making people who don’t live here think there must be pedos by the bushel virtually everywhere in Pattaya.”

That’s not true. Most of them hang out in Sunee Plaza.

To be fair, many of the posters who enter a comment on the anti-pedo threads deplore and condemn Pattaya’s pedo population. Though even some of those do so with crocodile tears. Others give the town a congratulatory pat on the back for ridding known pedo haunts like Sunee Plaza of the majority of underage boys . . . not all of them mind you, just a lot of them. Because a few places offering up illegal booty is still acceptable, I guess. They must follow the ‘little bit pregnant’ line of thought.

There has always been a debate among the gay Thailand message board posters over the use of the word ‘boy’ in Thailand because though it is not used to mean children, that it is is an easy assumption to make. Jabba’s board removes that bit of confusion; thread after thread uses the designation ‘young boy’ to clarify just what the topic is about.

When you walk down the street in a touri area in Thailand, touts regularly approach offering, “You want girl?” That’s quickly followed by, “You want boy?” If they still haven’t gotten a bite they quickly follow up with, “You want young boy?” Even non-native English speakers understand just what that term means. But I’m sure on Jabba’s board it has some different meaning. Wink, wink.

Sunee Plaza Bar Boy

Sunee Plaza Bar Boy

While Jabba’s latest ruling is a step in the right direction, it’s a baby step. And a tentative one at that. Jabba claims that he “and this board take a vehement stance against pedophiles.” Great. Commendable. Then why would you continue to allow those discussions to take place? How can you take a vehement stance against pedophilia while allowing threads to be posted about the joy of sex with young boys?

Jabba is quick to delete posts he does not like and rid his board of posters who fail to measure up to his posting guidelines. You are not allowed to call another poster a jerk on Jabba’s board. But you can post about pedophilia as much as you’d like. And looking at his board it appears his posters like that subject a lot.

SGT has always had a rule banning any sort of discussion about men who like children. And that board is far more successful than Jabba’s. So his allowing those type of posts can’t be in fear of lower visitor numbers. It may be instead that even though Jabba doesn’t want to admit it, the town he calls home is still a mecca for pedophiles. And it appears his board is too. And it appears Jabba’s stance isn’t against pedophilia, but rather out of concern of the picture his board paints of Pattaya. Perhaps his concern should be a bit closer to home. The picture those threads paint of his board are much more damaging than the minor impact his board has on a town whose reputation is not a wholesome one to start with.

Sure, allowing pedo posters free reign on your board doesn’t help Pattaya’s rep, but it certainly isn’t responsible for it either. Even Saint Boo Hoo admits that he lies to Thai Immigration about where he will be staying during his visit to the country, too ashamed to admit he’s headed directly to Sin City. But then I guess if you feel dishonesty is the best policy, Pattaya is a perfect fit. As one of Jabba’s board members put it: “If there is anybody who is not here for young boys then I do not know what they are doing here.”

Jabba often posts about things in Thailand that he just doesn’t get. Guess he can add one more to his list: plain and simple, pedophilia is wrong. Banning pedo threads is not censorship. The deleting of posts that disagree with Jabba on a daily basis is censorship. Time to quit enabling the pedos amongst us. And time to quit making excuses for doing so, too.

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Will the last pedo to leave Pattaya please switch off the lights.

It truly is unfortunate that Jabba has allowed his board to sink to such a disgusting level. His is a fairly active board and numerous posters start threads about their trips to Thailand. His board can be entertaining and informative. Sure he can not resist adding his two cents on every topic and in response to every post, but if it were not for the sleaziness of the high percentage of pedo posts, he’d still get active participation.

People still post on SGT even with Beachball’s non-stop flooding, ridiculous claims, and abusive posturing. I’ve no doubt they would ignore Jabba’s posturing too. But when you click over and see thread after thread about pedophiles and sex with young boys, those who are not sick, twisted, and demented quickly flee in disgust.

Jabba once posted that he detested this blog. Not that he ever actually bothered to read it. He declared that Dancing With The Devil In The City Of Angels was everything his board did not stand for; that it was the antithesis of his little corner of the internet. Considering his board’s rep, that’s the highest compliment this blog has ever received.

That it is not Pattaya’s rep but the pedo posts on his board that are the problem, Jabba just doesn’t get. So what he does get, is a WTF!? Award. I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt and not honoring him with a full blown Turtle Ass Award. Yet. Jabba can be a bit obdurate about his board, it’s possible he’d come down harder against pedo threads but hates to have others tell him what to do.

So for now, his board wins a WTF!? Award for not getting the difference between banning posts about a despicable and sick group of people, and attempting to not further tarnish the already bad reputation of Pattaya. I hope his board is cleaned up. And soon. Allowing those kinds of posts is a disservice to all of us who love Thailand. At least to all of us who love Thailand for the right reasons.

WTF!? Award Winner: Jabba The Butt