Elon Musk calls British diver in Thai cave rescue a 'pedo' in baseless attack

[pegman]

4 hours ago, Eligius said:

I don't know the details of Musk's family life, etc., but he seems to come out with some seemingly VERY extreme statements - even about his own father. This is something he has said, for example, about his dad:

 

'"My dad will have a carefully thought-out plan of evil. He will plan evil. Almost every crime you can possibly think of, he has done. Almost every evil thing you could possibly think of, he has done. It's so terrible, you can't believe it," said the man who harbours plans to create habitable colonies on distant planets.'

 

Pretty strong stuff!
 

 

His father spend any time in Thailand? May explain things.

[carmine]

13 minutes ago, tropo said:

Have a close look at both countries. That should explain why so many Brits can't wait to leave. A cold, damp, miserable country with millions of complainers. The problem is, once they leave they don't stop complaining about their new place of residence either.

Oh God, here we go    Another Australian bashing the Brits.......i presume you are chums with Old Croc!!!

 

Try and stick to the subject matter, theres a good chap.

[Puccini]

12 minutes ago, connda said:

If Mr. Musk is still in Thailand ...

 He left Thailand long before making his defamatory post about Unsworth on Twitter.

[retsdon]

4 minutes ago, Inepto Cracy said:

Manners maketh man. Vern went from hero to zero and class to ars€ in an international interview.

He might have been a bit blunt, but I think he was angry at what he saw as the Elon Musk distraction. The thing is about billionaires like Musk is that they live in a world of free passes. Because of their wealth and influence, nobody ever calls them out on anything soafter a while they end up believing their own propaganda - and nobody ever disabuses them of their illusions.. But your man Vern isn't press, isn't a corporate insider, doesn't move in those circles, couldn't care less really,  so he just called what he saw as a spade a spade. For Musk that must be like being bitten by a rabbit - it's not supposed to happen. So he lost his head.

[Elkski]

 Disappointed in EM.  I halfway defended his sub as a valid attempt at trying to be useful but now  I I'm not sure at all.   As for Americans with passports,. I think 100% of the Americans I know have passports except maybe my parents.  There is some sort of stigma associated when thing Americans you have been traveling to Thailand.  All this comes from some child smuggling shows that aired on TV in the last few years.   I know no other Americans who have traveled here except divers from my dive club 20 years ago.  The " scuba" diving has declined in quality from what I have seen. 

[Radar501]

Elon could have tested his sub on a few tight bends.

 

[theguyfromanotherforum]

I'm gonna open my own perfume line and call it "Musk". I think it's a great name. And it will be used only on certain parts where Sun don't shine.

 

I don't think the name will be a problem. It's not like he asked a Serbian government if he could use Tesla for his failing car line.

[theguyfromanotherforum]

I'm gonna open my own perfume line and call it "Musk". I think it's a great name. And it will be used only on certain parts where Sun don't shine.

 

I don't think the name will be a problem. It's not like he asked a Serbian government if he could use Tesla for his failing car line.

[tropo]

1 minute ago, carmine said:

Oh God, here we go    Another Australian bashing the Brits.......i presume you are chums with Old Croc!!!

 

Try and stick to the subject matter, theres a good chap.

LOL> bashing is the subject matter here.

[carmine]

6 minutes ago, tropo said:

LOL> bashing is the subject matter here.

 

Another Aussie with a massive chip on the shoulder....the land of bitters!!!!  Grow a pair, old chap!!

[tropo]

4 minutes ago, carmine said:

 

Another Aussie with a massive chip on the shoulder....the land of bitters!!!!  Grow a pair, old chap!!

No chip whatsoever. What you need to do is grow a sense of humour. It is you with the "massive chip on the shoulder"... and stick to the subject matter, which is what you were harping on in the first place, please...

Edited July 16, 2018 by tropo

[ChiangMaiLightning2143]

1 hour ago, mikeymike100 said:

Musk should not have said what he did say, but Vern Unsworth should not have said Musk can stick his submarine where it hurts in the first place. However what your proposing is ludicrous about suing for defamation. Musk is in the USA and not Thailand, so not subject to Thai law, he is also a billionaire, so even if he was sued guess what happens in Thailand, remember Red Bull heir???

Musk was in Thailand. So he left already? File the charges and arrest him upon ever again entering the Kingdom! I don't like these Silicon Vally tech barons they have ruined the San Francisco Bay area and need to be taken down a notch. Arrogant to the core.

 

"The evil will fall in front of the good and the evil will come to the door of the righteous".

Proverbs 14:19
 

[helloagain]

6 hours ago, RotMahKid said:

What a looser, one more reason for me Not to buy any of his products and of course share his tweet and the post in the Guardian.

His name sounds like a bad aftershave 555555 idiot

[KhunFred]

What a terribly defamatory thing to call someone...and on WHAT grounds?? I understand that Tesla wants to promote their product, but this kind of statement is unprofessional in the extreme.

[Mark mark]

Yes F' him. If you will excuse my Trumpian French.

 

And yes. Time to stop buying his products. The publicity stunt submarine should go in to a museam of ridicule. Dosn' t he know any thing about  wild caves ? ... No he knows about publucity. And not manners either.

 

I was looking at buying some Tesla stocks. Well realisticly they are a bad buy any way I think, but I will not even consider them now. ... ( on on ? Ali baba for people with manners. ( And brains ?) )... Buy them instead.

[Time Traveller]

38 minutes ago, retsdon said:

He might have been a bit blunt, but I think he was angry at what he saw as the Elon Musk distraction. The thing is about billionaires like Musk is that they live in a world of free passes. Because of their wealth and influence, nobody ever calls them out on anything soafter a while they end up believing their own propaganda - and nobody ever disabuses them of their illusions.. But your man Vern isn't press, isn't a corporate insider, doesn't move in those circles, couldn't care less really,  so he just called what he saw as a spade a spade. For Musk that must be like being bitten by a rabbit - it's not supposed to happen. So he lost his head.

I like o'l Vern, but he sure doesn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed either. Insulting rich and powerful people in a media interview. What did he expect was going to happen? 

[dirtynomad]

What I can't understand is why supposedly grown men worship Musk like an internet god.

 

they have no shame in doing this either.

 

 

[dirtynomad]

3 minutes ago, Time Traveller said:

I like o'l Vern, but he sure doesn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed either. Insulting rich and powerful people in a media interview. What did he expect was going to happen? 

 

Vern was just telling the truth.

 

only trump and musk would be offended by that

[drewbonce]

Up to 5 minutes ago, and my reading this item, Elon Musk was someone I admired and respected, but not any more

[Cake Monster]

What an egotistical prat.

[malcoml]

To defend this guy.

 

The Brit attacked him first and then he produced emails that made the Brit out to be an idiot.

 

He was asked for any assistance he could provide.

[Kinnock]

9 minutes ago, Time Traveller said:

I like o'l Vern, but he sure doesn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed either. Insulting rich and powerful people in a media interview. What did he expect was going to happen? 

I see what you mean ..... but why would we expect a cave explorer with the determination to launch an international rescue operation to be a polished PR expert?

 

Vern said what he thought - and in a world of carefully crafted sound bites delivered by PR trained politicians -  I admire him for that.

 

Musk on the other hand should know better - he's a public figure with a PR team behind him - his comments were outrageous and shameful, and the only consolation is that they will help his inevitable downfall.  The Washington Post has a great report on him today.

[carmine]

5 hours ago, harrycallahan said:

What would the hero divers have done if one of the kids was incapacitated? Elon's plan was viable and his presence was potentially life saving. The divers (some) were unnecessarily antagonistic from early on in the piece, so now it's come to this. 

A five foot six inch rigid object was viable was it, to go through 15 inch gaps!!!!?  

 

It was nothing more than a ludicrous PR stunt.

[Mark mark]

I think that when Elon Musk called the British cave diving and rescue expert, who just stated how quite obviously optuse his product was for cave rescue ... and the truth that it jusy was another publicity stunt,  "Pedo, Guy" ...  he was in directly, implying all of us Expats in Thailand are Pedos. ...

 

So I think that he and his products should be Austricised.

[Kinnock]

3 minutes ago, malcoml said:

To defend this guy.

 

The Brit attacked him first and then he produced emails that made the Brit out to be an idiot.

 

He was asked for any assistance he could provide.

He was asked by who?   The Washington Post reported today that one of his 'twitter fans' suggested he could help - that was not exactly a request from the Thai team.  He invited himself to the party ... turned up late and with the wrong gift.

[Mark mark]

So do you think that Elon Musk will be coming to Thailand again and bucddying up to, and bullshiting the PM again ? I hope not ! ... Or a sutable "Not Welcome" greeting ceremoney can be aranged.

 

And time to forget him and his malicous Pig Ignorance.

[mercman24]

thats a pity he is not going to sue this idiots ass off, if that tart can sue TRUMP, (who was paid off and signed the deal) then, this guy should have gone to town, 

[BigC]

Jealous because he wanted the boys first 

[balo]

Musk is attacking not only Vern for being a pedo , he is attacking all of us who choose to call Thailand our homes.    Maybe Musk was thinking about the reputation of Thailand being a paradise for sexpats and also some men looking for underage sex.   

 

In my opinion Vern should take this further , find a good lawyer and sue his arse for a few milion dollars.  Vern like me been living in Thailand for many years and using the word pedo is a big insult .  

It's a big insult to all of us and Thailand. 

 

 

Edited July 16, 2018 by balo

[KiwiKiwi]

 

It was only a bid for publicity. Probably his Mum didn't love him.