Mr Meeseeks

A 65yo woman was beaten and kicked in the head. Doesn't matter who 'started it'. Get a grip of yourself.

Doesn't matter when someone dies as a result. There was malice and intent, therefore it is murder.

I had the same happen to me in Phuket once with two Finns. Must be 20 years ago.

To get respect you have to earn respect. I don't see much to respect about Thai men from that video. Fair play to the lassies though, they were trying to intervene because they know those guys are animals.

I tend to agree. They do far more harm than good. The ladies are more than capable of sorting out any issues, and if not, call the Police that they pay protection money to. Not manslaughter when the kick to the head was pre-meditated and deliberate. Definition: the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or otherwise in circumstances not amounting to murder. There definitely was malice and it wasn't an accident.

Khaosod reporting that the bar attempted to make the farang in the white pay another person's bill after he had paid his own. When they tried he refused, became annoyed and verbally abusive. Security arrived and then started fighting and assaulting the punters.

Even Thais cruise down there to see the sights. My ex from a good family used to love driving down there with her friends. So yes, a mix of different types of tourists go to see the attractions, not only sex-tourists looking for services.

The whole street is frequented by thousands of tourists, day and night.

Evidently, regulation is not something the Thais tend to do well.

I doubt the Mayor will be reprimanded, he is part of the mafia family that controls Chonburi.

None of the bars I drink in have bouncers or guards. They don't seem to need them. What you are advocating is vigilante justice, which is illegal and wrong. Remember, two wrongs don't make a right.

Who did these farangs hurt?

That is what businesses pay the Police for in Thailand. Protection money.

Just because you have never seen it doesn't mean it has never happened. Also, how is their behaviour obviously bad if you haven't seen any evidence? 🤡

Already happened several times, last time they killed some guy on Soi Buakow I believe.

Why are so many of the girls trying to protect the farangs if they broke a girl's nose? Wouldn't they be joining in? Odd.

'I'm a better expat than thou'

One or two miscreants aside, the vast majority of visitors do respect the laws of the country. It's the locals that seem not to.

Thaksin is back in control and he is notoriously anti-drugs. Remember his war on drugs, extra-judicial killings, etc.

More than once, several times in fact, over 34 years here. Had a gun waved at me, had a guy on a motorcycle get off and kick my mirror etc. Lost count of the amount of times of aggressive driving. Also saw a taxi driver take an iron bar from his cab and attack a bus driver at 5pm rush hour on Soi 22 in central Bangkok. Bus was full of tourists. So yeh, road rage is very common here.

Business was operating in a residential area. Didn't need to inform the authorities they were operating, and even if they did, would anything change? Guaranteed, that there was no risk assessment performed for their activities. Would be interesting to know if they were inspecting and testing their bottles, some of those in photos look old and corroded. Untrained and underpaid staff, probably working too long hours per day and per week. Lack of basic health and safety training for the staff. Probably not competent to handle these cylinders (refilling, manual handling, moving loads, dangerous goods etc.) either. Using unsuitable, poorly maintained and likely modified and overloaded vehicles for transporting dangerous goods. Etc. If this had happened in the UK, expect big fines and criminal prosecution for the business owner.

Once all the rotten rice begins to sell she’ll be back and all will be forgiven.

Road rage is extremely common in Thailand. I had an older Thai man block my vehicle, get out and try to open my vehicle door before trying to spit in the window, all the while hurling obscenities about foreigners. This was just for beeping the horn at him.

Is that why they throw plastic bottles and bags out of their vehicles on a regular basis? Flytip their rubbish anywhere they please? I see very little evidence of what you state.

Because the vast majority of them would then be living in fear of similar punishment.