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Imho, most of your answers are too shallow.

I agree but would it not be more constructive to give some examples why you think they are shallow.

The poster is talking about perceptions and I think it is true that the average foreigner thinks of Thailand as a sex haven; where all the people are smiling happy and contented; the present king is so loved; a land of natural beauty; a country with beautiful temples, traditional dances etc; low cost of living; political instability; some tourist trip-offs; high respect for buddhism; relatively dangerous by global standards.

The thread is not about the reality. (To what extent is the country a constitutional monarchy, how free is the press, is the judiciary independent, is corruption a permanent factor in Thai lifestyle, are class barriers insurmountable, do education standards reinforce the present structure of society )

And those examples are not amongst a foreigner's perception of Thailand, in my view