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Rumors and speculations have continued to percolate for half a century. Communists and CIA agents factor into the mix. I had the privilege of knowing a Welshman named John Fowler who made his business with Thai cotton as Thompson had done with Thai silk. Fowler and Thompson had known each other. One evening over Mekong sodas on the verandah of John's riverside house, I asked him what he thought had happened to Thompson.
"It was business, pure and simple," he said. "That was it. Disregard all the conspiracy theories. That shit is meant to sell books and cover up the truth. Thompson had a monopoly…a very profitable monopoly. Some Thais wanted in…he refused. So, they took him out. Look what has happened since. No more monopoly now is there? The Chinese-Thais have become big players. Where we come from they would have sued Thompson for unfair business practices. From what I [url=http://www.1855sacramento.com/peuterey.php]peuterey outlet[/url] know of his business practices a good lawyer would probably have won the case. Thais think differently. They figure a bullet is cheaper than a lawyer. And, there's no appealing the verdict of a bullet."
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Our tour guide was a pretty young Thai woman…both affable and informative. What I particularly appreciated was that she did not refer to the [url=http://www.rivaluta.it/css/moncler.html]moncler sito ufficiale[/url] common anecdote about Thompson occasionally entertaining some mysterious woman in his boudoir late at night. He may well have entertained [url=http://www.mansmanifesto.com]doudoune moncler homme[/url] mysterious guests in his boudoir on occasion but none of them were women. I couldn't care less about his sexual inclinations but why perpetuate a falsehood about them? He was well known to be gay as is the Georgia boy who wrote the most widely read book on Thompson. John Fowler was also gay but, unlike the other two, he never resorted to duplicitous means in order to deceive people. John was always honest. In fact, he became one of the most flamboyant 'gay queens' of Thailand in the 70's and 80's. Sadly, he died of AIDS not long after I last spent time with him in 1989.
He was one of the most colorful, intelligent and thoughtful men I ever met on this side of the planet. He was witty and marvelous fun to be with. Twenty years after his death I still remember him with great fondness. Someday, somebody ought to research his life and write a book about him. Somebody honest who's not ashamed about who he is or who John was because John thoroughly enjoyed himself and the world around him. He was a proud man with much to be proud about.
If a book worthy of John Fowler ever gets written it will place him right beside Jim Thompson in the pantheon of ex-pats who have made a glorious contribution to Thailand…the country they chose to make their home and a country that is better off because they did so.
I'll be looking out my window in the wee small hours tomorrow morning. Maybe I'll get lucky and see a flickering image of John's wry smile and sparkling blue eyes amidst the moonlit palms.
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