QUOTE (benja @ Dec 19 2010, 11:59 PM)

There is no such thing as mixed Thai/Lao. Lao and Thai are the same tribe, just different kingdom and king. Same custom, almost the same language and writing enough to be understood on both sides. Instead of infatuating with the Thai vs Lao sibling rivalry, why not discuss how we cooperate and trade with the world and bring prosperity to the Tai tribe overall.
Thai people have no problem working with Lao.
Actually, Thai people in Thailand have been helping Laos since the first day communist Laos openned the country.
Only a couple of Lao yankees here who think they don't need Thai and Thailand.

Despite the fact that these Lao yankee hate us, we still want to help them and I even posted the idea of unification which I think it's the best way for Lao people to survive the next decades.
Thailand and Laos used to be the same country before the French came and spliited us.
Thai and Lao people in Laos should have no problem being unified into one country.
But for Lao yankee, they are just outsider, they need to be trained first.
They are too American to even adapt to Lao people in Laos, let alone blended with Thai.
They are too different from Lao people in Laos.
I only saw these yankee posting about Lao silk, Lao food, Lao tattoo, Lao etc. but none of them talked about the true value of Lao people, street people. How they eat, how they sit, how they squat, how they walk, how they clean their arse in Lao style toilet etc.
That's why I had to post this topic
How to be a true Lao from head to toe.http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=248432