Comments on: My Name Lon - You Like Me?

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By: Shaun McCullagh

Shaun McCullagh — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:54:36 +0000

Not Convinced wrote

“She was never forced into prostitution, she opted for it for the money.”

According to the narrative Lon was abducted by a Thai man within days of arriving in Bangkok where she was initially gang raped by four men and then forced to perform sexual acts until she managed to escape, which took two attempts.

She was a 13 year old child when this happened. I think there is some connection between this brutal treatment and her behaviour thereafter.

For once I feel proud to be British in that Britain has offered a refugee some solace from a life that is difficult for any Westerner to comprehend fully.

I’m inclined to believe what she says about Thai society, which is profoundly shocking.

By: william quartz

william quartz — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:48:55 +0000

I read it once and i suspect it is also book about Thai economics, the nature of Thai culture, and human nature.

By: Not Convinced

Not Convinced — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:46:36 +0000

While there are some financial opportunists who choose to swindle foreigners, I might clarify that there are thousands of exploited sex workers in Thailand, many who are literally held as prisoners and forced to work in unbearable conditions. They deserve our pity and our help. Lon is not one of them.

By: Not Convinced

Not Convinced — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:38:11 +0000

This book should be called “My Name Lon, Show Me The Money”. This woman who claims to want to help other bargirls has quite a dubious resume in that area, including brokering the sale of another girl’s virginity and convincing other bargirls to move into pornography, all to receive a cut herself, of course. She was never forced into prostitution, she opted for it for the money. She is cold and calculating throughout the book but bemoans her mother and society in general as the cause of it all, when it suits. Her reasons for opting for bigger bucks in prostitution are no different to some Western girls who might choose the same life for the same reasons. They don’t like harder work for less pay in duller, more “respectable” jobs available to them, such as retail or reception work. Every man she follows to Europe she hopes will bring more money and she bails whenever this doesn’t bear fruit. She expects her husbands to continue to pay her for sex, forever the ambitious prostitute governed by the desire for money rather than love. There is never any discussion of what she might emotionally or financially provide to them in a partnership, beyond her “prettiness” and sex. They are never a partnership in her eyes, just a prospective financial opportunity. But even her economic pilgrimages to other country end not in gratitude to the nation that accepts her but with her seeking better destinations that might bring even more cash. Her stated aim is to get to Las Vegas. That about sums up her character. She does Thailand and its women a disservice by defaming their entire character and culture. She claims all her countrymen are as deceptive by nature as she is and devalues the simple agricultural life that some Thai people might find preferable to her seedy materialistic pursuits. I don’t doubt the hardships of poverty in her native region but deplore her justifications for her chosen field and manipulative ways. Early in the book, she is offered the choice of a nanny job or a working in a bar and her choice sums up all later decisions. And yes, they are personal choices. I’m sure not all women in Thailand are as money-grubbing, sleazy, deceitful and heartless as she is.

By: Not Convinced

Not Convinced — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:24:12 +0000

It’s a captivating story but full of inconsistencies. Lon spends a lot of time talking up the virtues of her high-paying job and then will drop back to victim mode. She is a lying swindler to many men, some who she admits are just naive and kind travellers rather than seedy perverted tourists. She has a vicious racism towards her own culture, based partly on her quest for gold. Everything she does is for money, including marriage. She has no qualms about deceiving one and all for a buck and does not quit her job as respectable jobs don’t pay her enough. It doesn’t follow that one who is so heartlessly mercenary is a victim of her mother. I bet her family has another side to the story. She shows no compassion for other bar girls throughout the story - in fact, constantly boasting of how they jealous they could be because she was so petite and pretty - and then claims she will retire to help their cause. Only because she sees a buck in it, one suspects. Money has motivated every move in her life. She has plenty of opportunities to escape this prostitution and stripping in other countries but gave them all up in her greedy search for more money. She had a despicable background but that doesn’t change the fact she is a truly selfish, deceitful, despicable person herself. A whore in every sense of the word.

By: Nicolas

Nicolas — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 08:33:20 +0000

I bought this book during my stay in Thailand. I’ve read it in one w-e while I spend most of my time visiting the countryside. This book really touched me. I couln’t put it down. I never doubt that this was a real story and that Lon really existed. Thanks for the comments from “eljeque”. I really hope that Lon can recover from her mental problems. The fact that the book end up sadly just represents in my view the harsh reality. Most of the gogo girls in Thailand dream about a nice life afterwards; very very few will have that chance. I’ve giving this book to a Thai friend after finishing it. She also couln’t put it down. Great book and thanks to Lon for telling her story.

By: simon

simon — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 11:09:17 +0000

I bought this book when leaving Thailand after my first visit. I was spell bound by it and if Lon and what she says is true then this girl is quite astonishing and has shown remarkable courage. As a result of my visit and this book using the skills I have I am looking to return to Thailand and do voluntary work. If Lon or the author can give me some advice on this I would be grateful. This has really made me realise how much I have.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 02:54:53 +0000

How can I go abouts finding more information on Lon’s work? Does she have any kind of contact posting in England? I’m a law student in the USA who is interested in learning more about the NGO’s that work to prevent the lifestyle that she endured.

By: Priscilla

Priscilla — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:10:24 +0000

I hope you post a short summary of the story here in your website.

I really need it as much as possible. I would just like to copy it and then print.

Thanks.

I think this would help other student who study cases like this, and whose purpose is to tell whether cases like this are moral or not.