rooster59 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 'I'm just sorry for what I did': Alberta woman arrested in Thailand returns home Andrea Ross Canadian tourist Brittney Schneider, 23, returned home Friday after she was charged with vandalism for spray painting graffiti on an ancient wall in northern Thailand. (Brittney Schneider/Facebook) A Grande Prairie, Alta., woman who faced a decade in prison for spray-painting an ancient wall in Thailand has returned home and says she is eager to move on from the ordeal. Brittney Schneider was vacationing in Thailand in October when she was charged with vandalism for her role in spray-painting Tha Pae Gate, the main entrance to the old town of Chiang Mai. Furlong Lee, a friend from the U.K., was also charged in relation to the incident. The pair, both 23, faced a fine of about $40,000 Cdn and up to 10 years in prison. They were initially given a two-year prison sentence, but a judge ultimately gave them a fine of $4,000 each and a one-year suspended sentence. Full story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/brittney-schneider-thailand-vandalism-1.4919709 CBC: 2018-11-25 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Longcut Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 What motivates people to do such stupid things? 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fakename Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 Being stupid? 11 5 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petesc55 Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 Which one in the picture is the Albertan? ???? 5 1 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post overherebc Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, Longcut said: What motivates people to do such stupid things? Being stupid and drunk at the same time? 12 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaiwrath Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 "Her family paid extra to have her case expedited," Should read "Her 'Go Fund Me' begging fund paid extra to have her case expedited ! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 7 minutes ago, petesc55 said: Which one in the picture is the Albertan? ???? The one on the right has more of a 'tan', perhaps it's called 'Albert' too? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThreeEyedRaven Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 While I agree with other posters that stupidity is at the root of this, I have to say that in my time, I have seen much, much worse. The Thais didn't exactly come out of this fantastically. The world knowing Thailand will jail someone for up to 10 years for a bit of graffiti', which was washed off in no time, hardly did wonders for their ailing tourist industry. In my younger years I did some fairly dumb stuff, for which I am not proud. Just lucky I didn't do it here I guess. 25 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 The notion that countries like Thailand are a backwater county populated with peasants and they can do whatever they like they would not dear do at home propel such stupid and irresponsible acts... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Laza 45 Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 Good to see so many TV posters that have never done anything foolish or stupid in their lives.. 8 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 Just now, Laza 45 said: Good to see so many TV posters that have never done anything foolish or stupid in their lives.. Obviously all model citizens...or maybe just unwilling to admit past transgressions. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stanleycoin Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) Think the court and the Judge were very fair. ok outcome. Good job Thailand. Edited November 25, 2018 by stanleycoin 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post overherebc Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) Did some stupid things when I was young but those generally ended up causing me lost skin and a broken bone whatever. Never involved damaging or defacing anyone elses property though. Edited November 25, 2018 by overherebc 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anon537687643 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Should have not allowed her leave country Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FritsSikkink Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 26 minutes ago, ezzra said: The notion that countries like Thailand are a backwater county populated with peasants and they can do whatever they like they would not dear do at home propel such stupid and irresponsible acts... Learn some manners for a change. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeVonderBearz Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 It's ok, you're not in Thailand now, no need to continue to grovel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Prophet Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Graffiti fills some desire for immortality, leaving some evidence that "I was here" that remains long after someone has gone. For those whose lives are otherwise totally empty and the sum total of their value and impact on society is "0", it may in some small way accomplish/satisfy that desire (until it is washed off, never to be seen again; in most cases a blessing). It says far more about the person doing it than about the place where it is done. She now "is eager to move on from the ordeal" and return to her vegetative state. Good idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overherebc Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 8 minutes ago, Fat Prophet said: Graffiti fills some desire for immortality, leaving some evidence that "I was here" that remains long after someone has gone. For those whose lives are otherwise totally empty and the sum total of their value and impact on society is "0", it may in some small way accomplish/satisfy that desire (until it is washed off, never to be seen again; in most cases a blessing). It says far more about the person doing it than about the place where it is done. She now "is eager to move on from the ordeal" and return to her vegetative state. Good idea. People who think it's a good idea to go around painting public or other peoples property should just be stood in the corner and watered daily. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 59 minutes ago, ezzra said: The notion that countries like Thailand are a backwater county populated with peasants and they can do whatever they like they would not dear do at home propel such stupid and irresponsible acts... And that notion is well served by the peripatetic Thai bashers, collectively waxing lyrical on each and every perceived national shortcoming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfd101 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 And we wonder why some Thais seem hostile to falangs ... Barbarism fairly evenly distributed all round, I should say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mok199 Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 6 minutes ago, NanLaew said: And that notion is well served by the peripatetic Thai bashers, collectively waxing lyrical on each and every perceived national shortcoming. ''Perceived National shortcomings''....that's priceless...your best yet!!!..I .''.keep em coming'' 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
off road pat Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Laza 45 said: Good to see so many TV posters that have never done anything foolish or stupid in their lives.. Oh yes i did, but was not caught !!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 13 minutes ago, mok199 said: ''Perceived National shortcomings''....that's priceless...your best yet!!!..I .''.keep em coming'' I haven't seen your contribution to the "...Bangkok - Nakhon Ratchasima high speed rail project finished" thread yet. Why on earth are you spinning your wheels here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rkidlad Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 1 hour ago, markaoffy said: Should have not allowed her leave country Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect I’m against capital punishment, but in this case I think she should have been promptly executed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkidlad Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 27 minutes ago, NanLaew said: And that notion is well served by the peripatetic Thai bashers, collectively waxing lyrical on each and every perceived national shortcoming. And the healthiest way to overcome these feelings of contempt for people with contempt is obviously more contempt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Seismic Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 1 hour ago, ezzra said: The notion that countries like Thailand are a backwater county populated with peasants and they can do whatever they like they would not dear do at home propel such stupid and irresponsible acts... The notion that anyone would get 10 years in jail for spray painting a reproduction wall that already had a large amount of local grafitti on it would tend to suggest something rather worse than 'backwater country'. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bluespunk Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Longcut said: What motivates people to do such stupid things? Youth? No, at 23 they should have known better. Alcohol? Almost certainly a factor. Stupidity? Goes without saying. Wanting to stand out in the crowd, combined with a misplaced sense a rebel against societal norms is? Again, almost certainly a factor. Whatever, she got caught, got fined and is back home. Time for us all to move on. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geriatrickid Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 2 hours ago, Laza 45 said: Good to see so many TV posters that have never done anything foolish or stupid in their lives.. We have all done foolish or stupid things. The BIG difference is that most of us never went out and did them with the EXPLICIT intention of damaging someone else's property or vandalizing a site that is considered special to our hosts. In your effort to excuse this idiot, you are ignoring the fact that she intentionally damaged and harmed a third party. When I undertook my youthful idiocy, I was a kid, age 14-16 and put myself at risk. This person is 23 and supposedly an adult entrusted with a security clearance at an airport and allowed to work around multi million dollar equipment and where stupidity can kill or harm others. This wasn't an inadvertent slip or mistake, but a wilful act to do harm. With her criminal conviction, let's see if she still is allowed on the airport tarmac. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ParadiseLost Posted November 25, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted November 25, 2018 noun: hubris excessive pride or self-confidence. synonyms: arrogance, conceit, haughtiness, hauteur, pride, self-importance, egotism, pomposity, superciliousness, superiority 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParadiseLost Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Punishment should fit the crime: they should be 'tagged' with a "RETARD" tattoo on their foreheads. ???? Henna will be fine (after all their 'tags' washed off quite easily). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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