I completely agree that the OP's assertions about her motivations, at least at this point, are no more than speculation, perhaps paranoid speculation. And I understand and respect your position on publishing her photo, though I don't wholly agree. If she's some bumbling amateur building a stock of interesting faces, rude but fair enough. I'm still not sure that it would be morally wrong to post her photo so that we might figure out why she is behaving so suspiciously and causing people discomfort and concern, and maybe even as a gentle nudge to have a little respect for people, but I understand how one (including myself) could fall easily on the side of not potentially shaming somebody simply for being a bumbler. (Though K440 has published and maintains photos on its website of male expats whose only crime was to look stereotypically unkempt. For example: http://www.khmer440.com/k/2014/04/14-mo ... siem-reap/). OTOH, if she is some misguided do-gooder wannabe looking to build a catalog of suspicious characters for unknown use, or worse, plans to publish and/or distribute these photos with ill-intent, then I have no sympathy for her. She is dangerous and should be outed, or 'named and shamed' as you put it. That said, I grant that it is a judgement call.scobienz wrote:'LTO wrote:IMO there are enough credible reports of this woman's dubious activities to put her photos back up. Her intentions are still unclear, but she has done this to enough people and made enough of a nuisance of herself to justify trying to ID her, if for no other purpose than flushing her or her friends or her org out to explain her and her questionable activities...and if her intentions are nefarious as has been suggested, give her a taste of her own medicine and disuade her, or impede her activities, or at least as a warning to others to watch out for her.
The picture no longer exists on our database. Even if it was, I'm not convinced she has done anything wrong - it is certainly NOT illegal to take pictures of people without their permission in Cambodia, despite the OP's ridiculous assertion otherwise - nor am I convinced we are on a good moral footing in publishing her picture unless we are sure she is up to something dodgy. And all we have is speculation and conjecture. It's one thing for Khmer440 to name, shame, ridicule and picture people like Boyle and the Russian counterfeiters when their activities are bringing the expat community into disrepute. It is something else where we attempt to name and shame people who at best are misguided amateur photographers and at worse are on a misguided mission to identify sex crimes where they don't exist.
The OP took the picture of that woman. If another photographer took a picture of him taking a picture of the woman taking pictures of people in bars, would he feel comfortable having that photo on the forum too?
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I'm not entirely comfortable posting this, but given the views and concerns stated, I'll go ahead anyway. Thanks to the poster who sent me this privately.
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My guess is she's the author of the next "My SE Asia voyage!!!!1!1" travel blog to blather on about sex trafficking.
No doubt this restaurant will be called a "brothel" full of "young girls held captive to satisfy the desires of foreign clientele" with her images illustrating the "waiting room full of perverts" and a tuk tuk delivering more "victims".
No doubt this restaurant will be called a "brothel" full of "young girls held captive to satisfy the desires of foreign clientele" with her images illustrating the "waiting room full of perverts" and a tuk tuk delivering more "victims".
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I think if you're rude enough to go around photographing people who don't want to be photographed and have creeped out this many expats doing so, you deserve to have your picture up. Taste of her own medicine. I was originally in favor of taking them down because we had no way of verifying the story OP presented us with. But now several prominent 440 members have indicated that they saw her engaging in this behavior of that they have associates who saw her, making this a newsworthy event. That, for me, is a green light.
Thanks for putting the photo back up!
Thanks for putting the photo back up!
Oh come on. Fat people are funny, whether they be hes or shes; often smelly too.scobienz wrote: she's fat and that's funny.
I think it's because their limbs and torso rub together and their clothing pinches and rides up.
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Apparently I'm fat. I thought I had lost all this weight gained after I quit smoking, but when I got to Cambodia, I was told by one particular woman (every tiime she saw me) that I'm fat and need to lose weight.
I was so proud, but alas...
I was so proud, but alas...
I'm sure she just mixed up the words "fat" and "American" and you're doing alright under the circumstancesMekongMouse wrote:Apparently I'm fat. I thought I had lost all this weight gained after I quit smoking, but when I got to Cambodia, I was told by one particular woman (every tiime she saw me) that I'm fat and need to lose weight.
I was so proud, but alas...
How is your weight since you gave up smoking?RobW wrote:Oh come on. Fat people are funny, whether they be hes or shes; often smelly too.scobienz wrote: she's fat and that's funny.
I think it's because their limbs and torso rub together and their clothing pinches and rides up.
Hahahahahaha haven't heard that one for a whole day!johnny99 wrote:She is not fat. She is big boned.
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Has none of you got to the bottom of this mystery yet???
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LTO wrote:(Though K440 has published and maintains photos on its website of male expats whose only crime was to look stereotypically unkempt. For example: http://www.khmer440.com/k/2014/04/14-mo ... siem-reap/). .scobienz wrote:'LTO wrote:
The OP took the picture of that woman. If another photographer took a picture of him taking a picture of the woman taking pictures of people in bars, would he feel comfortable having that photo on the forum too?
Or to further beat down somebody who is possibly mentally ill and has just nearly been beaten to death:
http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/view ... k&start=15
SQUAWK!!!!
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Yep, the very same...scobienz wrote:I'm not entirely comfortable posting this, but given the views and concerns stated, I'll go ahead anyway. Thanks to the poster who sent me this privately.
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metaleap wrote:Hahahahahaha haven't heard that one for a whole day!johnny99 wrote:She is not fat. She is big boned.
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^marksman...?
Don't mention the Giant Panda in the room.
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