" Shapely"? Yes there's a juicy tidbit. Disgusting reporting...
Sexist f***king pigs.

Editor: Nonsense. We are trying to convey sufficient information about the victims so that friends and family can identify them. As one author is female and the other is male, are we both ''Sexist f***king pigs? You say it's ''disgusting reporting'' to describe the female victim as ''shapely'' but you make no objection when we describe the male victim as ''thick-set, shaped like a body-builder.'' Your abuse is illogical, misplaced and out of order.

Posted by Thai Wary on August 15, 2009 20:21

There seem to be an awful lot of deaths and murders in and around Phuket these days !

Editor: These things come in cycles everywhere. People will kill each other, even in holiday destinations, although it's rare to have a triple murder followed by a double murder. What's of concern are the unexplained deaths (Phi Phi guesthouse, dive boat capsize) and the ones that can be prevented (drownings, road mishaps.) There is no conspiracy, and no cause for paranoia.

Posted by elizabeth on August 15, 2009 21:53

An article telling others of the description of the two found killed is needed. How would the family feel if these facts where left out and it could have helped them to know where they where?
Good job on the reporting.

The only sad part besides the deaths, is the fact these two killings will go the way of the waste basket soon unless solved fast. Wish Thai papers would stay on top of them. Who else will be the deads' voice, if not you?

Best Regards

Posted by Carry on August 16, 2009 07:40

Referring to the female as, " shapely" denotes she was attractive, ( to whom I wonder, the police, the coroner? ) describing the male's physique has no such qualifying remark. was he handsome or "shapely?"
If you don't see the sexism in that...then you're either a whoremongering Sex-Pat or a stupid Thai girlfriend.

Editor: We won't shame you by revealing the rest of your comment. Fortunately the authors don't share your sad and troubling contempt for others, alive or dead. Political correctness seems the least of your deficiencies.

Posted by Thai Weary on August 16, 2009 09:57

How to contact Police Colonel Adisak Satapornkittakul?

Colonel Adisak's telephone number is 081 8925267. You will need someone who can speak Thai. The alternative is to go through one of the embassies.

Posted by Peter on August 16, 2009 18:20

Shame on you Thai Weary. You have been here too long, or you are a western woman with a forest on your shoulders ? Please, off to beach, watch the sun rise and be calm, rest awhile and stop being pedantic about sh%&. We can't write, she was a fat blob and her friend was a swollen splat. These are people and we describe people as attractive, shapely, handsome or stunning. Yes these are descriptive terms, deal with it. The use of fat, ugly, slob is only reserved for Thai newspapers. Back off ok ?

Posted by Mouse on August 16, 2009 18:31

Since when is "Political Correctness" a virtue ?
I know you have to defend your colleagues shoddy reporting but really , to call a murder victim, "Shapely.." is about as s***y reporting as possible.

Editor: I would suggest that anyone who resorts to racism and bigotry in making allegations of ''sexism'' is incapable of recognising the difference between a virtue and a deficiency.

Posted by Thai Weary on August 17, 2009 07:55

Good grief Morison, don't go so over the top when someone makes a comment you dislike. You appear to be less an editor and more of a blogger with, let's face it, all the decorum, style and compassion of The Sun newspaper. You are, however, well aware that sex sells, and that's all you're touting, in life, in death. Shame on you.

Editor: Any reader who thinks we are touting sex with a description of an unidentified body has lost their grip on the real world. We are simply trying to help identify two nameless, unfortunate murder victims. You, on the other hand, appear to be to be intent on mischief in the midst of a tragedy. Readers can determine for themselves where the shame lies.

Posted by J Franks on August 17, 2009 16:54

People who refer to others by their surname are almost always bullies. The use of the word ''shapely'' to give readers a sense of how a dead person must have appeared in life hardly seems to me to justify the authors being called ''sexist f***ing pigs'' or for that matter a ''whoremongering Sex-Pat or a stupid Thai girlfriend.'' And yet it's the editor who is accused of ''going over the top?'' To question the decorum of Phuketwan without seeing the shame in those comments shows a lack of discernment, J Franks. Too much time in the Sun, probably.

Posted by angelfire on August 17, 2009 17:42

Hint: I'm not Thai Wary, Weary is a little different word. You might know that if you weren't so keen to reply to reader comments in such an undignified manner, beneath the dignity of an editor for sure. Actually, beneath the dignity of an adult.
(Are you in seventh working in the office for credit?)
You play the " racist" card to retort in a ridiculous and transparent defensive posturing in reply to a comment on the quality of the reporting.
( FYI, Thais are not a race, though many seem to think they are..)

Editor: Both of those IDs tell us all we need to know. The facility to comment is for people who have something to add, not the unhappy few who always, without fail, detract. Comments are not here to cater to the unhappy few whose sole aim is petty point-scoring, and who wallow in bias and bigotry.

Posted by Thai WEARY on August 18, 2009 10:25

Hello thai w - w - whatever! Read your first comment and see how you signed yourself off. Go back to your homework and stop playing on daddy's computer, ok.

Posted by Mouse on August 18, 2009 12:15

Dear Tweedleweary and Tweedlewary, Let's see now . . . you expect the editor to respond politely to an inquiry about the quality of reporting.

The conversation actually started with this: " Shapely"? Yes there's a juicy tidbit. Disgusting reporting...
Sexist f***king pigs.

And there goes your whole ridiculous argument.

You'd have to be a dinosaur from the era of feminism at its worst to imagine that ''shapely'' in the context of a person who has been dead for 10 days has any sexist connotations.

Fortunately feminism has given way to equality. Most feminist dinosaurs have learned to accept that they need to be loved, too.

Posted by angelfire on August 18, 2009 17:50