[quote=“JAS”][quote=“treetop”]
I’d rather see her in some country with less of an expat drug problem, like Singapore.
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Singapore has a much smaller population than Taiwan, but I would guess that the percentage of foreigners doing drugs would be similar. There was a high profile drug bust involving some foreigners a few months ago including the then editor of the Singapore Tattler, an expat Yuppie magazine.[/quote]
What happened to them?
[quote=“treetop”][quote=“JAS”][quote=“treetop”]
I’d rather see her in some country with less of an expat drug problem, like Singapore.
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Singapore has a much smaller population than Taiwan, but I would guess that the percentage of foreigners doing drugs would be similar. There was a high profile drug bust involving some foreigners a few months ago including the then editor of the Singapore Tattler, an expat Yuppie magazine.[/quote]
What happened to them?[/quote]
The Brit got two years (could be out in 15 months with good behavior). French chef Francois Fabien Mermilliod got one year.Two Singaporeans and Tunisian marketing manager Guiga Lyes Ben Laroussi are facing execution for drug trafficking in the case, in which 14 people were charged, among them artists, finance executives and others among the city state’s high flyers.
asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-s … ntid=18512
asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-s … ntid=18515
archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/200 … 183949.asp
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I’m Canadian, and I’d always thought that the flag on the backpack thing was an urban myth partly fuelled by that song by the Shuffle Demons. I’d never seen it before on any of my travels.
Until two weeks ago, that is. Getting off the train at the station in Granada (Spain) were two young guys and a girl with backpacks on front and back, and the girl had Canuck flag pins on her bags. I felt like I’d seen the dodo.
A little while later one of the guys made an appearance at our hotel asking about prices, and left a bit sheepishly as he explained, in English, that he was “just checking prices.” Gawd, every stop? I’m so glad I’m not 22 anymore. Europe is freakin’ expensive. Didn’t the whole “see Europe” thing kind of peter out back in the early 1990s, when Asia and South America became the preferred, and more economical, destinations?
[quote=“bobl”]maybe german or EU, but doubt if being french would help.
the french were part of the multi-national force in lebanon.
the hezbola attacked their barracks at the same time as the americans.
58 french were killed.[/quote]
You’re right; forgot about the Frenchies support for the Lebanese Christians, which should make them persona non grata for Hezbollah’s buddies in Hamas.
OTOH, the latest Pew poll shows that Chirac is the second most popular political figure among the Arab nations polled.
#1 is Hezbollah’s own Nasrullah, #3 is Ahmedinejad, #4 is Chavez.
They didn’t mention #5 but I heard it was a tie between Goebbels and Charlie Manson.
I’m Canadian, and I’d always thought that the flag on the backpack thing was an urban myth partly fuelled by that song by the Shuffle Demons. I’d never seen it before on any of my travels.
Until two weeks ago, that is. Getting off the train at the station in Granada (Spain) were two young guys and a girl with backpacks on front and back, and the girl had Canuck flag pins on her bags. I felt like I’d seen the dodo.
A little while later one of the guys made an appearance at our hotel asking about prices, and left a bit sheepishly as he explained, in English, that he was “just checking prices.” Gawd, every stop? I’m so glad I’m not 22 anymore. Europe is freakin’ expensive. Didn’t the whole “see Europe” thing kind of peter out back in the early 1990s, when Asia and South America became the preferred, and more economical, destinations?[/quote]
I see the canadian flag on backpacks at my uni in the US.
And travelling Europe is probably a lot less challenging than oh, say, here.
But here is more fun. 
I wonder if it would have happened if they would have been driving a beat up red '64 Chevy pickup with 2 shotguns in the back, a Georgia license tag and a [i]Confederate[/i] flag on the bumper…
Ok…it ain’t a '64 but you get the general idea…
I’m Canadian, and I’d always thought that the flag on the backpack thing was an urban myth partly fuelled by that song by the Shuffle Demons. I’d never seen it before on any of my travels.
Until two weeks ago, that is. Getting off the train at the station in Granada (Spain) were two young guys and a girl with backpacks on front and back, and the girl had Canuck flag pins on her bags. I felt like I’d seen the dodo.
A little while later one of the guys made an appearance at our hotel asking about prices, and left a bit sheepishly as he explained, in English, that he was “just checking prices.” Gawd, every stop? I’m so glad I’m not 22 anymore. Europe is freakin’ expensive. Didn’t the whole “see Europe” thing kind of peter out back in the early 1990s, when Asia and South America became the preferred, and more economical, destinations?[/quote]
No way is it an urban myth. How many threads have been on Forumosa where Canadians talk about how they wear their flags with pride? I’m not good at searches but I know they are there. I’ve seen Canadians wearing maple leaf flags all over Taiwan and Thailand, although usually in Taiwan they stop wearing them after a few months.