Sin is considered an act defying the accepted social morale.

Christianity listed the Seven Deadly Sins as Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. Sinners can commit this sins anywhere in the world, but for the past thirty years few places were better to offend the morality of squares than Pattaya, Thailand and I know this all too well having lived in the Last Babylon for most of the 21st Century.

Go-Go girls, rent boys, transvestites, thieves, scammers, steroid muscle-builders, fugitives from justice ad nasuseum sought solace in the bars and brothels scattered liberally throughout the notorious beach resort. City officials attempted to squash the sex trade only to be corrupted by the easy money. The police were equally human. Impoverished families of the Isaan Plateau achieved middle-class status on the sexual labors of their daughters and sons.

Where social initiatives failed to clean up the tired old whore of a city, the economic downturn has wrought considerable damage to the sex trade, as the legions of punters are decimated by the worldwide economic crisis.

The New York Times featured an article about the collapse of sleaze.

Thai families, Chinese tourists, and Russian vacationers have replaced British football louts, ladyboys, and drunk sailors.

Of course the New York Times reporter has never sat at the northern Pattaya bus station to witness the mass exodus back and forth to Pattaya.

Easy come. Easy go.

Like blood for a newspaper, sex sells and to the north 100 million Chinese males have no female companions.

Thai girls love the Chinese.

30 seconds and happy ending.

“Some finish before get in.”

Super happy ending.

Yesterday, today, and forever.

ps I committed all the Seven Deadly Sins in one day in Pattaya.

It was real easy, because unlike Las Vegas Pattaya is not all mirrors and bright lights.

Get on an airplane and go before the squares have their way.

It’s only a question of time.