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These fools are incapable of engaging in anything resembling intelligent discourse. Instead, they contort facts like cheap circus performers, bending reality to fit their own pathetic, self-serving rhetoric. There is clearly a glaring absence of information regarding the trigger point in this incident - anyone with half a functioning brain can see it. But these intellectually bankrupt cretins rush to lap up every scrap of media narrative like obedient little dogs, never stopping to question the gaping holes in the story. Critical thinking? Utterly foreign to them. The original news commentary either deliberately omits or is too incompetent to capture what actually sparked the situation. But rather than ask the obvious questions, these deluded simpletons swallow it whole - blind, brainwashed, and utterly pathetic. To miss such an obvious gap in the narrative isn’t just careless, it’s staggeringly stupid. It's either a sign of wilful ignorance, unhinged delusion, or a bias so corrosive it’s eaten away whatever shreds of objectivity they may have once had.

He’ll twist, distort, and outright lie about anything you write if it doesn’t prop up his tired, blinkered rhetoric. It’s like watching a malfunctioning parrot squawk the same nonsense over and over. This inability to process even the simplest information without injecting his frothing, delusional bias reeks of something seriously wrong upstairs. We’re not talking about a minor lapse in judgment — this is full-blown mental rot masquerading as opinion. Yes, obviously - blindingly obviously - the foreigner in the video behaved like a complete idiot. No one is defending him. No one. But it takes more than a rabid keyboard warrior to pretend that’s the entire story. Anyone not suffering from terminal idiocy can see there's a gaping hole in the narrative - the 'trigger point' is conspicuously absent. But acknowledging that would require critical thinking, and for this clown, that's clearly asking far too much. He doesn’t want the truth - he only wants to troll with his delusions to fuel whatever festering little fantasy he’s living in.

Of course, the eye witness statements are 100% reliable... or someone of your bias certainly believes so... No person in such a situation ever misrepresented the facts or truth, right ? It has been said by everyone - the foreigner behaved terribly... You are refusing to accept that the Thai guys 'also' behaved terribly. You 'wish' to believe that the foreigner attacked the Thai guys for no reason, with no provocation and that the Thai guys were simply innocent victims. Your delusion & your bias is extremely idiotic - no surprises.

100% – 'the' dim-witted little troll has only one pathetic goal: to spew negativity. He’s clearly nursing some warped obsession with slandering foreigners in Thailand, like a broken record. Yes, everyone with a functioning brain recognises that some foreigners misbehave in Thailand — but the likes of MalcolmB, with their laughably one-eyed, brain-dead prejudice, can’t even begin to acknowledge that plenty of Thais behave atrociously too. He clings to cropped, context-free videos like a drowning man to a twig, desperately flogging them in his twisted crusade. He latches onto any half-baked headline or offhand quote that supports his ridiculous narrative and parades it as gospel. It’s not just idiotic - it’s impressively stupid. And... to be clear: while the foreigners in these videos should be called out for their actions, anyone with an ounce of critical thinking can see that the “trigger” - the part that actually explains what caused the incident - is suspiciously missing. But not our frothing little friend. His bias is so rabidly entrenched that he’d deny the sun was out if a foreigner told him so. Even more revealing? The thunderous silence from these bigoted clowns when it’s Thais attacking foreigners - suddenly they vanish, slinking away like cockroaches when the lights come on. Because acknowledging that doesn’t fit their bitter, hate-driven script. Its pathetic.

It sounds like despite the video evidence of the farang starting it you are trying to blame the Thais? You are consistent. Underlying issues. No it doesn't - it just reads as though I've outed your unhinged pile of utter rubbish yet again... Its clear to other posters that my comment was irrational and flawed. As correctly stated by Dan O (below) - we have no idea what led up to the event, but we have every idea of your bias now, you've made your conclusions based solely on the video report without any critical thinking as to what may have happened leading up to the confrontation. As I wrote: it 'takes some mental discipline not to immediately believe everything we see and read' - in lieu of pushing your delusional rhetoric, you clearly have none. I completely agree with you Dan... my comment outed the halfwits bias...

In simple terms no - with existing technology short-term predication of a pending earthquake within months or even years is impossible. Probabilistic forecasting might tell us there is a xx% probability of >6 Mw magnitude earthquake occurring within the next 20 years etc...

Boomer comment - not really worth discussing. Social media makes the information more available to us with videos etc - takes some mental discipline not to immediately believe everything we see and read. Overweight part - yep, I get your point... thats not a new thing, its just easier to eat poorly these days - too much cheap junk food about. (nice try) I'm not sure about that - he wasn't drink driving.

They reported he was on drugs ?... There was a Brit throwing bottles (plural) and throwing kids (children) off motorbikes (plural) ?... Agree though - a complete ayhole, a particularly extreme event even without your exaggeration. Agreed - idiots have always been around... of all nationalities, local and foreign - I see them acting superior, or just rude, or drink driving etc... The drunk blond foreign woman dancing in the street as if this was a party after rolling the car (a couple of days ago) springs to mind. Watched both videos... no indication of what triggered the drunk drugged up violent foreign thug walk up to two innocent skinny Thai guys and just slap them for no reason... ... must have been the meth he was on... it happens... just happened in Phuket with a Thai guy attacking a western woman - it was the drugs (no deflection - to quote you: << A lot of idiots around these days. >>)

The trifecta !

I know what started this whole thing. The Fat Farang hitting the Thai who was sitting down. Any idea why the fat farang thug kicked off and slapped the two harmless innocent Thai guys across the face ?

Indeed - I’ve always called it the ‘eff-you’ switch - as if some get into a car or onto a motorcycle & the ‘eff-you’ switch is flipped on….

I hope this receives the same national outrage as the ophthalmologist who was killed on a crossing in Bkk a few years ago…

& it’s still the same - just not on these areas where idiot tourist frequent. Lets face it, these area’s attract the worst of both foreign and local characters. Elsewhere, in Thailand, blending into the polite culture & harmoniously interacting with the Thai’s is the norm. These examples we see are newsworthy but ultimately outliers of the real experiences here - which is why you, I & many of us who live here, trouble free & have many genuine Thai friends.

Interesting how some are strangely absent from the thread below that doesn’t fit their anti-farang delusional bias…

That, I think is an excellent idea… I completely agree… I’ve been to KC numerous times, but for longer trips - even this week we’re away elsewhere because we don’t fancy the unpredictably of long weekend traffic - Any measures to ‘ease’ the traffic & congestion on & getting to the island is always a positive.

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Doubt that with that stupid bridge you're gonna spend three hours a day in traffic jams and finding parking space. Those who know the island will understand. Best if you read the whole comment...

Its a smart move and a natural process in the development of a country / area. This effectively knocks an hour or more off the Journey from Bangkok to Koh Chang. Turning what can be 6 hour car journey unto a 4.5 hour car journey. The wait for the ferry at key periods - longs weekends etc is a key decision making factor for us (our family) in going to Koh Chang or not, we don't want to wait 1-2 hrs for the ferry - as it adds too much to the journey. I'm sure many others are making similar decisions - from an economics point of view this infrastructure development potentially provides a massive longe term economic boost the local economy of Koh Chang - although, there needs to be improvement in local infrastructure if the Island is to welcome more traffic as an express way onto 'narrow single lane roads' is going to cause gridlock on the Island, this the main road infrastructure also needs major development. "Bye bye Koh-Chang" as one poster put it - This certainly would change the character of the island, but, not everywhere can remain the same, development and growth is natural everywhere as the world gets smaller... ... and, as the world gets smaller it opens up greater access to further Islands such as Koh Kood and Koh Mak etc... which again, some people won't like... ... then again, we'll always have the people who comment "Pattaya was a nice fishing village 50 years ago"..... or "Phi Phi was once a paradise until mass tourism"... Their comments won't matter in the slightest in 30 years time... everywhere grows and develops.

He did show restraint - it’s only in his delusional imagination that he smashes women (both contexts)….. 🤫

This post is evidence that you’re ‘nearly’ as unhinged as the attacker…

Its not about the money - and In the Ops shoes, I would hope the rumours do travel far and wide... People respect a firm hand here... and the Op showed that. I don't see any loss of face on his part - I didn't lose is temper, get angry or upset - he just put a busy-body in line, someone who'd stepped outside of her responsibility. Perhaps one of the other Mums should have told her to calm down and take a step back - but it appears this woman was behaving without any respect or regard for the Op... he has no reason to try and 'maintain face' in the face of such behavior. No face lost - respect earned by other others around... That might night be the case, but whenever I've experienced similar behavior, thats what I have witnessed.

I'm not a condo seller and live in a house - no vested interest in such rhetoric etc. There are no significant plate boundaries close enough to Bangkok to cause an earthquake significant enough that it manifests itself with a localised amplified magnitude greater than we witnessed on Friday. Liquefaction would play a factor in monsoon season due to a raised water table, particularly if a longer duration quake were to happen, however, the actual localised magnitude (ML) is very unlikely (Geologically improbable) to be higher than we saw on Friday. We can 'argue there is / there isn't' but we're going round in circles. For the purposes of interesting debate, I'm interested in is why you think 'why there is'... (I'm open to interesting debate particularly in this field). I've explained that the Sagaing Fault, is not a direct boundary between two major tectonic plates, it forms part of a broader plate boundary and the stresses varies along it - This is why this boundary has never caused a a major quake as far south as Bangkok - closer to Bangkok the slip rates are not significant enough to cause a quake powerful enough to be greater than the quake experienced on Friday (from the perspective local magnitude in Bangkok). Thats not to say, other 'similar' sized quakes from the Sagaing Fault complex can occur in the future (usually a major quake very 30-50 years or so - the stress / energy takes time to build up based on the slip rate (of the strike-slip fault).

Could you please clarify the location of this 'closer' major plate boundary? Friday’s earthquake was not a mere precursor; it was as intense as it can realistically get in Bangkok in terms of localised intensity. While the onset of the monsoon season might raise the water table and potentially influence liquefaction, this would only occur if the earthquake were of sufficient magnitude. Thailand's geological landscape is marked by numerous minor faults, but these are generally inconsequential. The most significant earthquake to have originated within Thailand was the 2014 Chiang Rai earthquake, which registered a magnitude of 6.1 (equivalent to VIII on the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale). The closest significant fault structure to Thailand is the Sagaing Fault, which runs approximately north-south through central Myanmar, where last week’s earthquake was centred. Although not a direct boundary between two major tectonic plates, it forms part of a broader plate boundary region situated between the Indian Plate and the Southeast Asian (Sunda) Plate. From an earthquake risk perspective, the most hazardous major plate boundary affecting Thailand is the Sunda Megathrust. This boundary, located between the Indo-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate, is relatively close, particularly to the southern and western regions of the country. It was responsible for the 2004 tsunami. However, major earthquakes from the Sunda Megathrust have not affected Bangkok, as it lies too far from the city. Conversely, major earthquakes originating from the Sagaing Fault, such as the recent 7.7 Mw quake, have had an impact on Bangkok (as witnessed Friday). The largest recorded earthquake from the Sagaing Fault was a magnitude 7.9 event in 1912. Other significant quakes affecting Thailand from this fault include a 7.3 Mw earthquake in 1930 and a 7.1 Mw event in 1956. To summarise, while longer-duration earthquakes might be possible, the localised intensity of the tremor experienced in Bangkok on Friday is as severe as it gets. It is unlikely for the city to experience a magnitude 9 earthquake due to its geological setting. Any event of that scale would indicate a catastrophic occurrence elsewhere, rendering the impact on Bangkok a side story by comparison.

The epicenter of this quake was 10km deep on at 1200 km fault line…. Fill it with concrete ? Seriously.., There’s a fundamental flaw in your understanding of tectonics, plate boundaries & faults…. There’s nothing to be filled. This strike slip fault is shear - no gaps - just two masses of land sliding / trying to slide past each other (layman’s terms)…. … But, even without that understanding… filling one bucket of cement at 10km depth is rather impossible (due to geothermal gradient alone).

No there cannot. This is about as strong as the Local magnitude (ML) in Bangkok could get as it sits too far away from any major plate boundary. Soft sediment / basin amplification was a major factor in the Magnitude experienced in Bkk, nevertheless this was as high as it gets (reasons explained in other threads I can link to later) The Sagaing fault hit hits highest ever magnitude - previous to that was in 1912 when 7.9 Mw was recorded.