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Irrelevant. Should he apologise to the cart? She should have apologised for blocking his way, or at least said nothing at all. He did nothing wrong at that point. Shouldn't matter if he moved her cart in an angry way. It's just metal (which she left in the middle of the aisle)

Ultimately, he was more wrong than her for escalating it to violence. But, she shouldn't have left her cart blocking the aisle and she shouldn't have verbally confronted him for moving it......I mean he had to move her cart to get by, right? She, herself, was being impolite and confrontational. Then, she had the courage to throw a bottle at him as he was walking away. Well, then I must say, she was asking for a fight. She can only claim to be half the victim here, I think.

I think the latter is worse

Well, come on, an old Thai woman does a hit n' run on a falang, killing him.......you really think she is being prosecuted?

I don't think that's what they are saying, but rather certain cases get a lot more media attention and public outrage, usually due to the race of the perpetrator and race of victim. I don't think anyone suggested that either, but it would be nice if the legal system was fair to everyone without bias

You think I've never had a punch on the nose before? Virtually every guy has. It isn't newsworthy.

Yeah, it's bad what happened to her, but it isn't exactly newsworthy.

This genuinely made me laugh out loud. And we all know it's true. No F..s given.

But they are quite happy for foreigners to come across them, a redeeming quality.

Anyone got the video of the first fight?

Yeah, and not really any uproar with Thai on Thai violence either..... ....but when a foreigner does something to a Thai it leads to mass unrest. Rightly so, at least they take care of their country, unlike in the West.

What caused it?

💯 Definitely, the ones that choose to work in the tourist industry and the ones seeking out farang, but it probably extends far beyond that

But why make it sound like it's normal, rather than a sickness?

Uhm, no. I am just not a tourist, duh! Also, I don't think much of Thailand's tourism industry. For example, I work in a tourist area, and I was on my way to 7eleven today and I witnessed a tuk tuk driver calling a farang family (with young children), "farang kee nok" as they were walking down the street because they didn't accept his offer.

So, it was a hit n run? If so, he could be in deep trouble

That would really keep me up at night. I'd lose so much sleep if Thailand was no longer a tourist destination

Yeah, let's just boycott Thailand as a tourist destination. That'll be best for the locals. And there's better places to go anyway. No need to deal with all the scams, double pricing, and so on. Maybe go somewhere the people care of the environment. The people working in the tourism industry did great during the lockdown. Let's go another round. Makes you wonder where all the tourism hustlers and hussies would end up? The rice fields would certainly be more interesting

You know what wasn't in the classroom when I was a kid? Pornographic illustration books promoting anal sex, oral sex, and masterbation. Or storytime from a man in a g-string and twerk shows. And schools didn't have a policy to keep secrets from the parents about a child's gender dysmorphia, orientation, mental health and well being. Heaven forbid, if the parents found out they might take their child to speak to a therapist, rather than a surgeon.

In our countries, skin color is only mentioned when the perpetrator is white, otherwise they don't mention it. What the Thais are doing (putting an unruly foreigner in his place) is correct - the West could learn from that - but it completely lacks righteousness and integrity because they don't care at all when roles are reversed.

It's not really news. Two groups had an argument at a drunken Isaan coyote-dancer concert (in a temple, ironically) and they settled it with a shoot-out, 4 of them killed. Happens all the time in Isaan. I lived there long enough to know. But what doesn't happen all the time is a foreigner having the audacity to kick a Thai on the bottom. They'd lynch him for it. There must be some irony here, lol. And she is a respectable person too, a doctor, no less, so it's considered more important. Nobody cares about some Isaan hillbilly gangsters shooting each other.

But I don't think their reason is right. It isn't about what he did. It's about race. That's the only reason they are blowing this up. They wouldn't care at all if races were reversed (even if it was a serious crime, as we often see.) It's also about status. She is a doctor. They wouldn't have had a protest on the beach if he had kicked a beach hooker. It takes the righteousness out of what they are doing altogether.

Absolutely, there's no excuse for his behaviour. I'd say he was frustrated with entitled people sitting on his property, blocking the entrance every day, and he flipped. Of course, he was wrong though. It would be an absolute non-event though if it had been a Thai kicking a farang up the bottom for sitting on their steps. And I bet the Thai netizens would side with the Thai property owner and not really care at all even if it was a farang woman. She'd be considered wrong for sitting on his property and blocking the entrance. We don't even get as much media coverage when a farang is robbed, beaten, drugged, hanged, or murdered. It's just being sensationalised due to race. Though, I do commend them for taking care of their own. The West should do the same, but are too politically correct. Just another stupid farang in Thailand.

I am looking at it in a balanced way. He was wrong in the way he handled it, but nobody is pointing out that they were not exactly being considerate to others and Thai property owners would not be happy with that either,which is understandable. Thais even block parking spaces (on public roads) outside their shops so nobody can park there, lol 🤣 🤣 😂 Your picture shows them taking up most of the steps. And I don't know what makes you so sure they'd move. It's just as likely the guests of the resort would have to squeeze up the sides of them to get by. Ears. They most likely heard him coming from meters away - unless they are deaf - but just figured they left enough space for him to squeeze by the sides of them. If they had heard someone coming, they should have acknowledged they were blocking the steps and moved to let others by (as they were sitting right in the middle, not at the side) Of course, they didn't expect to be assaulted and nor should they have been. He deserves what he gets for hitting another person.

Absolutely nobody would care, least of all the locals. Yeah, I certainly don't condone his actions, that's for sure. He handled it poorly. The video I saw showed them right in the middle of the steps. Pretty much taking up the whole entrance. When he approached them they showed zero inclination to move for him as he walked towards the steps, then he went nuts. I wonder if they would have moved for others? Maybe. But respect for the space of others is not top priority here (e.g. pedestrian crossings, sidewalks etc. etc.) I don't justify his actions because he assaulted them. But he was right to tell them to move on. And I think Thais would have moved inconsiderate farang on too, if it had been the other way around.