US couple arrested for taking naked selfies in Thailand have been released from jail

[attrayant]

3 minutes ago, AGareth2 said:

5 minutes ago, attrayant said:

I have to ask: in which culture is mooning acceptable?

gay culture?

 

Which there is no short supply of in Thailand.  That goes to show how hollow these "respect the culture" battle cries are.

 

 

Edited December 10, 2017 by attrayant
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[Rimmer]

A post with an off topic inflammatory picture has been removed

[attrayant]

3 minutes ago, ianuk06 said:

Their account was blocked by Instagram yesterday and now doesn't appear to exist. 

 

I can get to it just fine.  Butts and all.  The pictures in Thailand are also there.

[ClutchClark]

9 minutes ago, attrayant said:

 

I have to ask: in which culture is mooning acceptable?

 

From the support they have received from the US Gay community, it appears the LGBT Culture?

[atyclb]

2 hours ago, owl sees all said:

The whole thing was funny!! A little joke by a married couple. religious nuts got involved. Thailand; get a life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Sorry Miss Pinky; you already have one!

 

 

flashed their butts, no nuts involved.

[attrayant]

2 minutes ago, ClutchClark said:

 

From the support they have received from the US Gay community, it appears the LGBT Culture?

 

Already considered.  See post #61.

[hdkane]

These gays needed to go to jail...it's appalling to disrespect history and culture as they did...I"m sure they would get offended if someone pissed on the "gay pride" flag...

 

That being said, it would diminish Thailand's sanctimony and hypocrisy if they did not grant "work" permits to the scum that come here and film porn/fetish crap that only exploits the dismal life of poor Thais...as it stands now, being accused of cultural insensitivity in Thailand is tantamount to Kanye West criticizing one's grammar...

[sfokevin]

What I don’t get is why the Thai police did not make the removal of the photos (which are still on their Instagram)  a condition of their release 

 

Maybe be the Tourist Dept intervened and asked that the photo stay...

Edited December 10, 2017 by sfokevin

[AGareth2]

2 minutes ago, hdkane said:

I"m sure they would get offended if someone pissed on the "gay pride" flag...

they would be raving

homophobia

and start a lawsuit

[Oziex1]

Just wanted to  delete this post as it made no sense, don't know how 

Edited December 10, 2017 by Oziex1

[Oziex1]

3 minutes ago, sfokevin said:

What I don’t get is why the Thai police did not make the removal of the photos (which are still on their Instagram)  a condition of their release 

It's a bit like being fined for no helmet on a motorbike, once the fine is paid nothing else matters. You just ride off.

[Inepto Cracy]

And all this from a country whoes monetry system is called a  butt or bhat.  Shame such a sad state of things...  a bhat what???

Edited December 10, 2017 by Inepto Cracy

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

You mean like the guys who bar fine women, which is also against the law, an affront to polite Thai culture, and much, much more invasive than hanging a moon.

 

Once again, I get a kick out of the guys who want to see their preferred rules upheld, and a blind eye turned toward those rules they don't like.

 

Edit:  That last remark wasn't aimed so much at hansnl as at the general tone here at TVF.  His was just a convenient post to quote.  One of many to choose from.

 

Bar fining of women is not against the law, neither is it an affront to polite culture unless it is thrown in the face of polite society by being gratuitously photographed and published on social media.

[jacko45k]

2 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

" With their return to the United States imminent, the pair wasted no time in resurrecting their Travelling Butts Instagram account"

 

Is it too late to arrest them again?

Any bare butts in jail pics there?

Edited December 10, 2017 by jacko45k

[attrayant]

5 minutes ago, hdkane said:

These gays needed to go to jail...it's appalling to disrespect history and culture as they did...

 

Oh, now history needs to be respected?  If the tourists were women, would they be justified in walking around topless because Thailand has a long history of their women being unclothed from the waist up?  

 

5 minutes ago, hdkane said:

I"m sure they would get offended if someone pissed on the "gay pride" flag...

 

Maybe you should look up 'golden showers'.  In any event, a flag is just a piece of colored cloth - something else that doesn't inherently deserve respect.

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, impulse said:

 

True, but go to YouTube and Facebook and the torrents and look for guys bragging on picking up hookers in Thailand.

 

Then ask yourself which one damages Thailand's image more.  A couple of guys' selfie of hanging a moon at a temple, or a thousand guys posting up photos and videos of their cheap score?

Which one?  Definitely the queers' bare a_rses. 

 

Unbelievable that the faux-puritanical Thaivisa censors the completely inoffensive word a_rse. 

Edited December 10, 2017 by Just Weird

[dinsdale]

"Naked". Really? So all the Thai men I see without tops on, are they naked?

[taipan1949]

Sorry for all you bleeding heart Liberals from California, the land of fruits and nuts but I was praying for a very long jail sentence for these ba444444$. I guess I didn't pray hard enough then again Trump got the thieves in China released???? Still can't figure that one out? Will never figure out how these two bare assed bas$$$$ got out of here.

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, Bill Miller said:

Homophobic much?

Nothing wrong with that.

[Just Weird]

1 hour ago, jenny2017 said:

You do not have to like gay people. But live and let die, please. 

"Live and let die"?

Trying to work out whether you're just being very vindictive, or sarcastic, or whether your English has been too heavily influenced by Bond or McCartney.  Perhaps you meant live and let live, who knows?

[taipan1949]

4 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Nothing wrong with that.

I lived for 30 years in Thailand with never a problem and loved the place and these disrespectful faggots should have gone to jail.

[Just Weird]

45 minutes ago, attrayant said:

 

I have to ask: in which culture is mooning acceptable?

Don't ask me, I didn't say it was acceptable.

Edited December 10, 2017 by Just Weird

[Just Weird]

32 minutes ago, hdkane said:

These gays needed to go to jail...it's appalling to disrespect history and culture as they did...I"m sure they would get offended if someone pissed on the "gay pride" flag...

 

That being said, it would diminish Thailand's sanctimony and hypocrisy if they did not grant "work" permits to the scum that come here and film porn/fetish crap that only exploits the dismal life of poor Thais...as it stands now, being accused of cultural insensitivity in Thailand is tantamount to Kanye West criticizing one's grammar...

You're very wrong if you believe that work permits are granted for porn producers!

Edited December 10, 2017 by Just Weird

[beetzy]

Ash holes

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[richard_smith237]

Ok... So a Jail term would be extreme overkill... But these two guys were a pair of daft fools for doing what they did, it seems they haven't really learnt from their mistake in re-opening their juvenile instagram account...  it would appear that they may intend to continue taking such photographs. 

 

Perhaps they haven't learnt their lesson at all. 

 

 

[owl sees all]

2 hours ago, AGareth2 said:

not sure the world agrees with you

do you have any data to back that up with?

Yes!!!!

 

Half the topics on TVForum make fun of and ridicule the Junta's actions and words. The sheer stupidity of some of their statements and press releases is well monitored.  When the millions who visit Thailand get back they talk and joke to their families and mates.

 

There are various human right groups keeping a close watch on the LOS. Also freedom groups; reporters without borders for instance.

 

Anyone who has spent time living here will notice the 'don't do as I say; do as I tell you' attitude of the authorities.

 

I live in Isaan - have done so for a few years - and these impoverished people deserve better than what they get.

 

Allowing people get away with killing someone while locking up mushroom pickers for 30 years is NOT a joke; I ask you????

Edited December 10, 2017 by owl sees all

[Just Weird]

10 minutes ago, taipan1949 said:

I lived for 30 years in Thailand with never a problem and loved the place and these disrespectful faggots should have gone to jail.

I agree with you, I was saying that there is nothing wrong with homophobia.

[attrayant]

6 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

Don't ask me, I didn't say it was acceptable.

 

But you implied that it's unacceptable for Thailand's culture, despite the country's long history of culturally accepted nudity.  The implication is that they ought to go somewhere else where such antics are acceptable.  Hence my question.

[taipan1949]

1 minute ago, richard_smith237 said:

Ok... So a Jail term would be extreme overkill... But these two guys were a pair of daft fools for doing what they did, it seems they haven't really learnt from their mistake in re-opening their juvenile instagram account...  it would appear that they may intend to continue taking such photographs. 

 

Perhaps they haven't learnt their lesson at all. 

 

 

When do you stop being a "daft fool" and start answering for your mistakes? You are the problem of the world today, people acknowledged for failing, thieves released with no penalty?, killing with being released (illegal immigrant murders girl in San Francisco).  Where exactly do you draw the line? By the sound of you and your "daft fools" you are English....look at the mess your country is in when you don't have any Law or people who answer for breaking the law. The muslims crap all over you and your Laws to no avail. Real people need to stand up for what is right and wrong and these two were WRONG. They should continue their holiday around America where there is no culture and respect is a long gone commodity.

[Destiny1990]

I doubt that the local inmates have shown them appreciation for what they were in for.