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How so?

Cognitive dissonance. There're people in this thread who are pretty much saying that the guy started everything and completely deserved it. You can even infer that their thought process is "Thais are all perfect, and if they did this they must have been made to do it by the foreign man, therefore the foreign man must have done something awful that forced the Thais to attack him, and he deserved it". The idea that there might be some bad Thai men looking for an excuse to attack a foreign man just isn't allowed to exist in their minds as it would challenge their essential belief that Thais are perfect and (other) foreigners are bad.

Because no Thai person would ever attack a foreign tourist unless that tourist was really out of order and deserved it? What do you make of the countless times that a Thai person has attacked a foreign tourist that wasn't out of order and didn't deserve it? It's quite amazing what your hatred of other foreigners does to your mind.

The title says that a male foreign tourist was attacked. How is that not the case? The title doesn't say that he was attacked because of his nationality or gender. Your deranged need to find a way to make Thais 100% innocent 100% of the time causes you to come out with some truly insane comments.

I'm sure it might seem that way sometimes, but the authorities take a fair amount of notice of public opinion in Thailand.

This just isn't true at all.

prostitution is mentally harmful (or a symptom of mental harm) and likely the women would not do it if they did not need the money. It's quite likely that they feel obligated to do it to support their parents. It's also going to be harmful to the kids of the prostitute.

They're doing what the public want them to do. They applaud giving kids jumping jacks and press-ups instead of fines and motorcycle confiscation. If they started arresting kids and parents and crushing their bikes, the public would soon kick up a fuss and say it's too harsh.

And parents, friends, etc., of course.

Could also do something about the Thai culture of it being considered normal to drive dangerously at high speed because it is fun. This would mean some serious education, attitude adjustment and learning that consequences have actions. I'm not sure if any of this is compatible with Thai culture, but it would certainly make the roads safer.

Those poor 50 and 60 year olds whose bodies would be perfect, if it weren't for the faded patches of ink on their upper arms...

Have certain guidelines in place that protect everyone?

"I'd rather have my kids taught by someone that might or might not abuse them than someone who definitely will" seems a little obvious.

And presumably the same as Thais as teachers? Since they also sometimes abuse children.

It seems bizarre that the schools are not being held directly responsible and made to stop it, or face further consequences. But this is the home of "what can you do?".

I thought 10-1 was the required ratio in order for these types to feel brave enough to cautiously run in, savagely beat one unsuspecting victim with weapons, then immediately run away. Impressive.

It's so strange, because Thai education supposedly has a reputation of being super-strict. It seems that the strictness is more around respecting seniors and following cultural norms, uniform, etc.. Then when it comes to actual behaviour the students seem to be allowed to run riot and the "don't offend anyone or make them feel bad" suddenly comes into play. It makes me worried about the future of Thailand. If the youth continue to demand more "rights", but fail to be given more responsibility, where is it going to end? Some sort of child-led dystopia perhaps...

It's also a fact that in the rankings Thailand is pretty corrupt compared to most other countries, particularly the not very corrupt ones.

Nah, there's way more corruption in Thailand. Just check out the world corruption index. https://www.transparency.org/en/cpi/2021?gclid=CjwKCAjw3qGYBhBSEiwAcnTRLrQRTHv-UcUv2dSFZ06CjTn_pPPQNKF2vf7CzGqa2R9K6ROhzg53nxoCmOkQAvD_BwE

Too many people ignore this and pretend that corruption happens only in Police and other government agencies, while the rest of the population are honest and hard working victims of corruption. The truth is, you aren't going to end corruption if you cannot admit that it permeates all levels of Thai society and all of Thailand needs to work to change it.

So if a tree smiles in a wood, but no one is there to perceive that smile as meaning the tree is hot for them, does it make a sound?

Thais smile for many reasons. They even have different names for the different types of smile. If you think that a "real" smile is defined as involuntary and a sign of being happy or pleased to see someone, then yes, a lot of Thai smiles will be fake.

So if someone smiles a genuine smile of being pleased to see someone, but that someone believes that the smile means the smiler is hot for them, it renders the smile fake, but only in the mind of the smile beholder? The smile would still objectively be a genuine smile though, right?

One way the government could help would be to have decent education to help Thai people manage their finances and be less vulnerable to predatory lenders.