VIDEO: American attacks Thai at Bangkok airport "because his flight was cancelled"

[Russell17au]

From what I have read on the opening of thread is that the yank went to departures and was told his flight was cancelled he then went to the arrivals floor and went to the meeting area for the hotel drivers to pick up there passengers and the yank took the Thai guys board without permission which is theft and then the Thai guy went after the yank to get his board back and it is not until after this that there is any video. So the yank stole the Thai's board and the Thai found the yank and told him that he was a thief and he was being held until the police arrive and the yank through the Thai guy to the ground breaking his arm and grinding his head into the concrete and then escaping.

When the yank left the departures area he should have just gone up to arrivals and walked out the door and grabbed a taxi to wherever he was going to wait for his next flight, he had no right to interfere with any of the hotel employees signs. That Thai guy has the legal right to impede to progress of the yank until the police arrive and arrest him for stealing the Thai guy's sign, that is theft

[shy coconut]

4 hours ago, gerritkaew said:

i see the Thai talk to provoke the US guy and even see hands towards him. I don't believe nothing happened thats make the America guy just attacked him.

Why would a Thai "assault" a random man in the middle of busy airport? It's never happened

to me, or anyone I know. Hotel and taxi touts generally take my "no thanks" with good grace.

[Tchooptip]

23 hours ago, saakura said:

Complete idiot, the farang. Lucky he did not crack the skull of the Thai. The Thai should be compensated AND the idiot should be locked up for a few weeks.

I really hope he will be locked like you said for a few weeks, I cannot find any excuses for such a behaviour. The way he throws the Thai man on the ground look like someone who knows how to fight an "amateur" would never do that! 

[mixlis]

We all make mistakes, nobody is perfect.. Background check will show it all!!

[Tchooptip]

22 hours ago, tropo said:

Why wouldn't he do this in his own country? In most countries, if a person does what the Surasak did here (push a stranger in the chest), they risk a beating. If it was me I might have just pushed him aside, but if you do that to the wrong person you could cop a beating, anywhere.

 

 

 

Are you joking he was not even facing him and certainly did not "push him" But OK he  did that to a mad dog with a sick ego, following your comment anything could justify this kind of madness, a simple look, ah yes true, one should know if you look bad the wrong person you could cop a beating anywhere!

It was absolutely disproportionate and disgusting!

[tropo]

51 minutes ago, Tchooptip said:

Are you joking he was not even facing him and certainly did not "push him" But OK he  did that to a mad dog with a sick ego, following your comment anything could justify this kind of madness, a simple look, ah yes true, one should know if you look bad the wrong person you could cop a beating anywhere!

It was absolutely disproportionate and disgusting!

No, I am not joking.

 

You really should calm down and take a deep breath, and read what you're replying to before spouting off. I was not discussing what was deserved or appropriate. I too believe the actions he took were way over the top. I said things like this CAN happen (as opposed to WILL happen) anywhere in the world if you put your hand on someone's chest (pushing or just touching is irrelevant - it is still a form of aggression, apart from being condescending and rude). It was suggested in the post I replied to that this could only happen in Thailand. That's the point I was debating.

 

If you don't believe this, then walk around in any public place, anywhere in the world, placing your hand on stranger's chests. Sooner or later you WILL cop a beating. How serious that beating will be will depend on the person you're touching. This particular incident came out worse than expected because he broke his arm when he fell.

Edited April 18, 2018 by tropo

[malt25]

On ‎17‎/‎04‎/‎2018 at 7:20 PM, tolsti said:

It sounds like the airport needs some safe zone/comfort rooms for offended and stressed people. Maybe equipped with cuddly toys and anger management dolls.

Good idea. If they can offer prayer rooms & smoking rooms why not offer frustration rooms ????

[ostyan]

Has anybody told no buffalos in the USA?

[Chicken George]

He was startled and reacted! Medical reports needed. Must admit I wpuld push away anyone in an airport thst stopped me with an arm across my chest.. I wouldnt slam him to the ground though. Money will sort it plus a month in the monkey house.

[atyclb]

On 4/17/2018 at 7:17 PM, sanemax said:

There is a guy on forums who is impersonating a Judge , what should his sentence be ?

 

 

sentence him  to forced daily participation as a judge on tv forums for 10 years.

[atyclb]

5 hours ago, Essaybloke said:

What's her religion got to do with it? If there were any 'just' god in the universe, attacks like this (and worse) would never happen anyway.

 

if you are suggesting without religion or with just one god in the world therd be no aggression/fighting??

 

catholoics vs protestants . = . both believe to jesus and pray to jesus . yet kill each other

 

suni and shiite muslims both worship allah . yet kill each other

[atyclb]

looked at video. didnt see what happened before.  thai guy put hand on chest of other guy as to impede his walking

 

 

no need to tackle him though

[atyclb]

On 4/17/2018 at 7:20 PM, tolsti said:

It sounds like the airport needs some safe zone/comfort rooms for offended and stressed people. Maybe equipped with cuddly toys and anger management dolls.

 

had it been in the usa he could have went to his "safe space"

[manarak]

11 hours ago, JRUSA said:

Huh...more like he tapped him on the shoulder to get him to turn and talk. Hardly assault..

 

you need to visit specsavers

[Lokie]

Some crap being posted about this,

if anyone puts a hand on you unwarranted then it will provoke a reaction, now without knowing what exactly happened before the VT clip starts I can only comment on what I see and plainly the Thai man put his hand on the US guys sternum, myself I think I would have at least pushed him off instantly with a hand, but if really pi$$ ed off at the time I may have (without thinking) One arrowed him, especially in this day and age, it may have been a ISIS nutter with a kitchen knife etc, nope in a public place anyone crossing me like the Thai on the vid then I am going to do something, those who are saying hang the US guy high - throw away the key? Poor old Innocent Thai bloke, mmm?

 

Interested to know what you would do, invite him for a cup of tea, break some bread... lol 

 

Oh and I am not a bone specialist but normally don't they place a broken arm in a cast? Seems his is heavily strapped with bandages and in a sling. I'd wager bruised from the fall and weight of both on it, hopefully stop him attempting to stop other tourists by force in the future.

[BangkokReady]

What's with all the psycho yanks on here that say if someone touches you in any way you can batter them? Is that actually in the legislation over there?

 

"Well the guy put his hand on my chest so I broke his arm."

 

"OK. That sounds totally reasonable and proportionate.  No jail for you!"

 

No wonder you all carry guns and the cops shoot you for looking at them the wrong way. You're mental.

[free123]

5 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

What's with all the psycho yanks on here that say if someone touches you in any way you can batter them? Is that actually in the legislation over there?

 

"Well the guy put his hand on my chest so I broke his arm."

 

"OK. That sounds totally reasonable and proportionate.  No jail for you!"

 

No wonder you all carry guns and the cops shoot you for looking at them the wrong way. You're mental.

agree 100 %

[transam]

5 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

What's with all the psycho yanks on here that say if someone touches you in any way you can batter them? Is that actually in the legislation over there?

 

"Well the guy put his hand on my chest so I broke his arm."

 

"OK. That sounds totally reasonable and proportionate.  No jail for you!"

 

No wonder you all carry guns and the cops shoot you for looking at them the wrong way. You're mental.

I think that is something to do with the USA second amendment written a loooooooong time ago...

[Petchou]

That's  how Americans and America  resolve their problems.    

[JAZZDOG]

28 minutes ago, Petchou said:

That's  how Americans and America  resolve their problems.    

Just a wild guess, you're from Canada? Might be wrong but I don't think so. 

[Rimkok]

On 4/17/2018 at 5:47 PM, sanemax said:

Did you red the story ?

The American guy took the Thai guys belongings and wouldnt give them back

So they say!

[Rimkok]

Give him the same punishment the Thai would have got if the roles had been reversed.

[JAZZDOG]

1 minute ago, Rimkok said:

So they say!

Did you see the video? The Thai had his 30 baht board, the gringo had his hands in his pockets, the Thai had his forefinger in the guys chest. Whatever the Thai said after being body slammed is here say until collaborated. Fact is neither party was right. Gringo over reacted and Thai most likely has been and will be beatdown in the future. Gringo should get the same punishment as a Thai would if some punk attempted to make him " lose face " . Not likely and the gringo should have thought about that.

[Shouldhaveknownbetter]

14 hours ago, Lokie said:

Some crap being posted about this,

if anyone puts a hand on you unwarranted then it will provoke a reaction, now without knowing what exactly happened before the VT clip starts I can only comment on what I see and plainly the Thai man put his hand on the US guys sternum, myself I think I would have at least pushed him off instantly with a hand, but if really pi$$ ed off at the time I may have (without thinking) One arrowed him, especially in this day and age, it may have been a ISIS nutter with a kitchen knife etc, nope in a public place anyone crossing me like the Thai on the vid then I am going to do something, those who are saying hang the US guy high - throw away the key? Poor old Innocent Thai bloke, mmm?

 

Interested to know what you would do, invite him for a cup of tea, break some bread... lol 

 

Oh and I am not a bone specialist but normally don't they place a broken arm in a cast? Seems his is heavily strapped with bandages and in a sling. I'd wager bruised from the fall and weight of both on it, hopefully stop him attempting to stop other tourists by force in the future.

I do not know who is right or wrong, but as someone who has broken his arm a couple of times, I do not see how the Thai broke his arm.  A bruised elbow.  If I was the American I would demand to see X-Rays before paying for damages.

[Rimkok]

5 hours ago, JAZZDOG said:

Did you see the video? The Thai had his 30 baht board, the gringo had his hands in his pockets, the Thai had his forefinger in the guys chest. Whatever the Thai said after being body slammed is here say until collaborated. Fact is neither party was right. Gringo over reacted and Thai most likely has been and will be beatdown in the future. Gringo should get the same punishment as a Thai would if some punk attempted to make him " lose face " . Not likely and the gringo should have thought about that.

Yes Gringo I saw the video

[JAZZDOG]

Actually just a bit of tough love. The Thai assaulted the guy with his arm/hand and the guy broke his arm for him. He ended the situation quickly and just maybe the Thai will think first before poking people and avoid the next beatdown. Thai guy also needs to drink more milk, he's got weak limbs.

[metisdead]

Off topic posts and the replies have been removed. 

[atyclb]

7 hours ago, Rimkok said:

Give him the same punishment the Thai would have got if the roles had been reversed.

 

 

fair

[dave_boo]

22 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

What's with all the psycho yanks on here that say if someone touches you in any way you can batter them? Is that actually in the legislation over there?

 

"Well the guy put his hand on my chest so I broke his arm."

 

"OK. That sounds totally reasonable and proportionate.  No jail for you!"

 

No wonder you all carry guns and the cops shoot you for looking at them the wrong way. You're mental.

Let's be fair. Assume that the tout really had his sign stolen. In the limited clip we have seen the said sign is already back in his possession. He is, after getting his property back (assuming it was in fact previously on the Yank's person),  then putting his hand on the Yank. Obviously we can't hear what was said. Go back and watch the clip. Not only did the tout have the hand on the Yank, immediately preceding the take down he had brought the other hand into play. 

 

So answer honestly; if you were in the Yank's place and someone had a hand on you and was bringing their other around towards your person would you not attempt to protect yourself?

 

Furthermore I would like to point out the Yank took him down, bounced him once to drive the point home and exfiled. No punches were thrown nor kicks launched. This minimised the chance of grievous harm to all parties. 

 

The fact the tout went down on his right arm and then pushed himself up with the same arm raises questions as to the claimed damage. If his veracity can be construed as less than impeccable in this it raises questions as to the rest of his story.

 

And yes, there is a variety of legislation in various states that range from "you're screwed if you do anything to protect yourself" to "first exhaust all possible alternatives to extricate yourself from danger" to "stand your ground". I feel sorry for the Europeans who grew up in nanny states that indoctrinated their population against self defence. I feel more sorry for the US lives and monies spent over the time to provide the ungrateful condescending Europeans the possibility to have such a view.

 

Not saying that living in a world where we respected each other and there was no need for locks and unicorns farted cotton candy wouldn't be nice. But we as a species just aren't there yet. I can respect anyone's wish to be non-violent and depend on the authorities to provide them with all the safety and needs the have. But the converse should be true also.

 

And not everyone in the US carries guns. While there are almost enough guns for every single citizen (regardless of the age), I believe the estimate is 1/6 - 1/5 of the population actually lives in a gun owning household. And out of that a vanishingly small percentage have licence to conceal carry. The gangsta sideways shooting asshat you see in the movies is just a subset of the population which commit the majority of all the murders against their own ethnic group in their own enclaves. While it is a politically incorrect inconvenient fact to point out it does have bearing on your comment.

 

I hope that you are not a Commonwealth citizen living in Thailand. Because by defaming US citizens on the Internet (You're mental.) you have broken at least 3 statutes; defamation in two jurisdictions and computer crime acts in one.

 

Of course as an American I don't care. The First Amendment was written a loooong time ago just like the Second. As you didn't incite violence but rather sparked this conversation Voltaire's quote is very applicable. 

 

As an aside, in my case at least, you may be correct and I'm stark raving mad. But I've never been clinically assessed mostly because I'm afraid of the possible results.

[Spaniel]

On 4/18/2018 at 3:33 AM, balo said:

Americans eat drugs like its some snacks, not surprised they can suddenly snap, 

Balo,

 

I know you are a nice guy and enjoy your posts but where did you get that info that Americans eat drugs like it is snacks?    I am 73, American and have never used drugs and I know many other Americans that can say the same.