This is all getting a bit silly now. Yes the Swiss guy is a fool and deserves what’s coming to him but to surrender to the thinly veiled xenophobia that permeates Thai society is a sad display of the lack of emotional maturity at all levels. Whilst Srettha is trying to calm things down a bit as he is a reasonably well educated man and realizes the greater financial implications all the other publicity seeking clowns are jumping on the band wagon. Deputy P.M Anutin, the Phuket governor and all his acolytes all lining up to have a pop at foreigners who all appear to have been tarred with the same brush. If Big Joke wasn’t under a cloud and needing to keep a low profile whilst his own storm blows over I’m sure he would be front and center in this whole sorry mess.
We all know that there are a large number of foreigners in Thailand that would have difficulty passing background checks in most countries but the majority of us are just law abiding citizens who jump through all the hoops to make a life for ourselves in Thailand and contribute significantly to the economy.
Maybe it’s time for another “superstar” to mysteriously fall in a river to shift the public’s minute attention span to the next big story.
