Why do you keep mentioning farang. Surely you don't believe farang are responsible for the sex trade in Thailand. That's pure Thailand that line of thought, everything's the farang's fault. The farang tourists are responsible for the sex trade, it used to be the GI's during Vietnam era were responsible, before that the Japs in WWII. Lord knows who was blamed before then.

No I don't think farang are responsible for the sex trade but I do think that the pingpong shows are mainly patronized by farang tourists.

Am I wrong?

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Not at all. I've been told back in the 60's & 70's it was mainly Thai men who patronized these shows but today they exsist virtually for tourists.
As Den mentioned back in Aust' (and in most countries I should imagine) these shows are considered a must for visitors to Bangkok, right up there with the Grand Palace and the Floating Market, and many travel agents include a ping-pong show as part of a Bangkok "After Dark" tour. But it does amuse me (and I make this comment in general; it's not directed at you Fio) to hear Thais claiming farang responsible for the sex industry. What we see, the farang-patronized go-go bars at Pattaya, Phuket & Bangkok, Patpong & the ping-pong shows is the tip of the iceberg of what's out there for Thai men: the bathhouses, the ST hotels, the rong-nam-chas, the karaokes, the shanty-town brothels, the Thai-style coffeeshops/bars, the escort services & dial-ups...
By the way, where did you catch the Frog Show? I've never seen that one.

I agree this thread is now way off topic. I've just deleted my reply to Bobmac.

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“Not all those who wander are lost.” Tolkien.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

likewise and have also deleted mine

Perhsaps we can get off on a better footing now.

Den