Bday Prang

Indeed we are all a lot wiser after the event,

I have clearly stated that I do not condone his behaviour, but your uncontrollable urge to virtue signal and join the lynch mob seems to have clouded your judgement. Yes Thai beaches are public land, but many accesses to the beaches are private property and legally not accessible to the public. The house he lived in was on private land. But any body with half a brain would assume the steps were built on private land as the Thai authorities are not in the habit of constructing private beach access to beach side properties, Any access from a private property to the beach would be constructed by the property owner and should have been located on the private land. The fact that the steps encroached onto public land was not known at the time by anybody involved in the incident, Thai people, contrary to what you think do not inherently know where land boundaries lie that is a matter for the land department and would be established by a surveyor When she sat on those steps she would have assumed they were private property but chose to do so anyway. Immediately after the incident the police even suggested she could be charged with trespassing which actually carries a more severe punishment that the minor assault that occurred. Of course this was before either the land boundary, her occupation, and the identity of her father was established Now you can stop making excuses for her too

I actually agree with you, but in the same way that some people get a bit territorial regarding land boundaries others can show scant disregard for what they think is private property. At the time , in his mind, "allegedly" these were people he had already recently chased off his property I don't condone his behaviour but to a degree I can understand his frustration if, as he claims this had happened before.

At the time of the incident nobody involved was aware that the steps had been "illegally" constructed on public land, as far as they were all aware they were private property, This does not excuse the swiss guys behaviour, even though he thought he was in the right, but neither does it excuse her sitting on what she would naturally assumed was private property

But at the time she must have assumed they were private property, who wouldn't?

Even with glasses they all look similar, especially at night

Due to the excessive media coverage of this I doubt any court would deliver a sentence considered as "standard" for this sort of incident. Whether that works for him or against him remains to be seen

But she could not have known that at the time.

That is when hideous looking men dressed as and claiming to be women are referred to as "Mr" or " him" I believe its actually a criminal offence in some countries

But anybody, with a modicum of intelligence would naturally assume that the steps belonged to the property they lead to The fact that they were on public land was only established later. So as far as the presumably degree educated saintly doctor was concerned, the steps would indeed have more than likely been private property, but she still decided to sit there in the full knowledge that she was probably trespassing Whilst Kicking her was obviously unacceptable , to claim post traumatic stress as a result of what happened, really makes a mockery of those people who are genuinely suffering that condition as a result of a real traumatic experience , Like those who have been "misgendered" for example ! I shudder to think of the living hell those poor unfortunate souls must be going through

You don't know much about cats do you?

A porn film with impotent actors ? You have to be kidding

Why would you hope that ?

I'd say it was an irrefutable fact, Is it not a matter for the Thai authorities? Is there a reason( that I'm unaware of ) why elderly expats are getting so worked up over this, ?

Don't hold back now, tell us how you really feel,

Well that would be a matter for the Thai authorities, Its hardly something for the elderly ex pats to get themselves all worked up about,

just go back to sleep

"Deport and ban" nas now become the virtue signalling war cry of the saintly geriatric keyboard warriors on here. Personally I find it rather pathetic.

You are only calling them scum and screaming for deportation because you have assumed they were white and straight, if they had been identified as black or LGBGT you would have remained silent.

does anybody really care what nationality it was?

No shortage of speculation in your post either, One thing I will concede is that the number of short term tourists smoking it has obviously increased dramatically, as they undoubtedly form the majority of customers in the over priced weed shops that have sprung up in the tourist areas. The population of Bangkok is if I am not mistaken around 10 million, but how many of those are "middle class" I have no idea, and how many of those middle class were just waiting for the legalisation before becoming full blown pot heads is even more difficult to ascertain but I can pretty much guarantee its nothing like 10 million Personally out here in the village in darkest Surin I have not seen any evidence of kids or youths or anybody else for that matter openly smoking weed in public or staggering round wacked out of their heads. Any article claiming that 1 in 7 of the Thai population are regular cannabis users is in my opinion totally incorrect but if it is true then from what I have (not) seen they must all be doog it responsibly in the privacy of their own homes, If that's the case then really , what is all the fuss about

A lot of guessing and estimating going on, How was the number of people using cannabis before legalization arrived at ' did they knock on doors or just accost people in the street and ask them to answer truthfully regarding their use of cannabis, bearing in mind the potential punishments for using cannabis , its a wonder anybody admitted to it. would a similar survey regarding Pedo's or wife beaters also provide accurate results? Of course not, i don't think anybody has a clue how many people are or aren't using it. They are just pulling statistics out of thin air

If we all stopped responding to items like this maybe we would see a lot less of them

And due to the peculiarities of Thai law they could still be sued even if their wild allegations turned out to be true

Have there been any reports of cannabis use being the proven sole cause of, or even a contributing factor of a traffic accident, I certainly have never heard of one,