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Off the Rails in Phnom Penh - Amit Gilboa


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Off the Rails in Phnom Penh - Amit Gilboa

 
Description: ISBN 9748303349 / Author: Amit Gilboa / Genre: Politics / Society / Philosophy / Publisher: Graham Brash (Pte.) Ltd

Newest Review: ... too hard - he had a job in Viet Nam and needed periodically to pop over the border to get his visa renewed. Hanging out at a ... more

 ... Phnom Penh hotel called the Majestic he decided to keep an account of the comings and goings of the ex-pats he met in the city. Most are not well-paid professionals on well-funded business expatriations; his people are the drifters who are drawn to the city by cheap drugs, cheap sex and an apparent surfeit of testosterone matched only in its extreme by their lack of brain cells. Most, somewhat shockingly, had picked up jobs as English teachers - including some who barely spoke the language themselves. Hence the grea...more

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Crowned Review Off the Rails in Phnom Penh - Amit Gilboa: A Nasty Book About Nasty People Doing Nasty Things (1550 words)
by - written on 19/03/08 (Very useful, 509 readings)
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One of life's eternal questions must be 'why do most people behave pretty much the way they should, pretty much most of the time?' Excluding the odd bit of swearing at speed cameras and folk who 'forget' a few little things on their tax returns, society gets along because the majority behave in line with the law and the norms of social interaction. You can put it down to it ethics, a desire to conform with the 'greater good' or even at its most base, a fear of getting caught. Even though our prisons are apparently bursting at the seams, one way or another, most people behave themselves most of the time. So what would happen if you took away most of the laws; ...  Read the complete review

 

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