LOS: Land of Slaps, Land of Smash, Land of Stomps, Land of <all the Marvel balloons>

After that, an proper Wai, back to the good ol LOS again.

1 hour ago, totally thaied up said:

I can go to my hometown in Australia and find the same stuff. We are all human, made out of the same particles and our anger and frustrations have no known limits.  

Not the damocles sword over your head but a Dundee between your legs will chill your anger down. ????

 

1 hour ago, KMartinHandyman said:

The golden award goes to the man, as calm as a clam sitting on his motocycle.

As it's nothing, just a natural scene occuring time by time.

 

8 minutes ago, donim said:

The golden award goes to the man, as calm as a clam sitting on his motocycle.

As it's nothing, just a natural scene occuring time by time.

 

We could also make the same comment about ol mate who took the pics... ????

Other than five years ago when the rice farmers were paid back for Taksin's rice buy back scheme, along with some notable infrastructure projects like irrigation canals, roads and improvements to village municipal water systems, in my opinion, rural Thailand has gotten a lot poorer in the past five years. Some of this is due to farming conditions like drought, floods, rising farm labor and fuel costs beyond the ability of the government to control. But numerous other factors have also contributed to rural socio-economic pressures.

 

The village and small town mercantile class has been decimated by the spread of chain and big-box retailers like 7-11, Big C, Makro, HomePro, Thai Watsadu, and Tops. Many fresh markets and mom-and-pop retail districts suffer from lack of customers as a result.

 

In my estimation, the number of foreign men marrying Thai women and moving to rural areas has dropped considerably in the past 10 years, and with this, the flow of foreign capital which these men brought to rural communities has dried up as well. Regardless of whether you think this is healthy from a social standpoint, from an economic standpoint it has been a setback for rural Thailand.

 

The rural school systems, if anything, have gotten worse in the past 10 years. This leaves young people ill-prepared and unable to compete in urban areas for better paying jobs. The only urban jobs available for the rural poor are construction, day labor, taxi driver, and other menial jobs. This lack of job skills makes people vulnerable to drug and alcohol abuse, and criminal temptations. The breakdown of family units caused by urbanization,  and the fact that from a very early age many kids completely fall through the cracks of the educational system, means that many kids grow up with poor social and conflict resolution skills, neither learned at home or school.

 

In the past five years the military junta has asserted more control over daily lives: no vendors on sidewalks, reviewing use of farm land, crackdowns on misuse of government land, crackdowns on entertainment venues, more accountability for the police. This has probably contributed to people feeling under more pressure, some of which gets vented as anger.

 

Finally, the lack of elections, and the perception that the upcoming elections may not be a bonafide opportunity for voters to express their desires, has also contributed to elevated levels of frustration and anger among Thais.

2 hours ago, villagefarang said:

Let's not forget that with nearly 70 million Thais, even a relatively small percentage of angry people can look like a big number.  Plus, it is always the negative stuff which makes it into the news.

I wish there was an honest taxi driver story for every violent crime that is reported.

1 hour ago, jak2002003 said:

Shootings in Thailand more than in America?  Where did you get your figures.  Suggest you do research before making ignorant statements.  

 

Thailand's crime level is 36.46.....America 55.84.....which is 53 percent higher than Thailand!

 

America has...

4 X more rapes than Thailand....

21 X more Total crimes and 5 X more crimes per 1000.

4 X more violent crimes and murder rate than Thailand,

 

Check out this link if you want.  https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Thailand/United-States/Crime

 

 

 

 

 

 

But, sure you think is Thailand that is so bad and getting worse.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

when did i mention America or US? 

 

2016 latest figures for thailand, Thailand has around 30,000 rapes = 44 rapes per 100,000 people VS USA 96,000 rapes = 29 rapes per 100,000 people.

 

In 2016, there were more than 3,000 homicides by a firearm in Thailand - a rate of 4.45 gun murders  per 100,000 people, according to research by the University of Washington.

2016 US, 11,000 gun murders = 3.38 gun murders per 100,000 people.

 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/gun-violence-in-thailand-a-problem-that-can-t-be-solved-10124114

 

the thai police force is the ones responsible for crime reporting to be counted and made into statistics, and who trusts them and we all know how thais think of cops.

crime is heavily underreported in thailand.

 

i once found in thai, murders in each region of thailand (south, north, central) in 2014 they all hade the exact same figures for every crime and arrest numbers was the same also, if i find it again i will link.

1 hour ago, Mavideol said:

..... but TV doesn't post about it, unfortunately it appears the world is on a violence spread

like they dont post around 80% of the rest of crimes in thailand, out of lets say 10 murders in a day, only 2-3 gets published on TV and bangkokpost

52 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

What a bizarre and unsubstantiated statement.

Sexual frustration contributes to violence, say psychologists

 

https://www.tremr.com/Duck-Rabbit/sexual-frustration-contributes-to-violence-say-psychologists

 

I never lie.

8 minutes ago, ta158 said:

like they dont post around 80% of the rest of crimes in thailand, out of lets say 10 murders in a day, only 2-3 gets published on TV and bangkokpost

What a bizarre and unsubstantiated statement

1 hour ago, marcusarelus said:

In the West 90% of anger comes from the lack of readily available sex at a reasonable price.  Not so in Thailand.  That is why most men come here.  Thai men have it even better with the culture of mia noi and gik.  Generally speaking Thais have giant egos that are reinforced since birth - best country, best food, best climate and on and on.  Many Thai monks isolate themselves to meditate and they are universally admired in Thailand (forest tradition).  Thais think the Lone Ranger is a nut case and social cooperation is valued.  

"In the West 90% of anger comes from the lack of readily available sex at a reasonable price"

????

 

We could also make the same comment about ol mate who took the pics... [emoji849]

Yes I followed my LOS/TVF survivalist training and stayed calm, not letting my farang White Knight, Captain Save-a-Ho instinct kick in and get myself beaten up by three crazy chicks resulting in deportation.
I’m also pretty sure it’s not my job to settle personal disputes without a work permit because that’s something Thais can do for themselves. At least 20 people chose not to.
It took five minutes of fighting with many onlookers doing nothing before a kind grandpa pulled his samlaw over, asked my wife if they were serious and ended it.

the only thing that stands out is incest & rape against family members imo, the rest falls within norm.

well, and corruption too, but that is common in 3rd world

It sure is violent. 70 million Thais get bashed on this forum about every 5 minutes.

Just now, ballpoint said:

It sure is violent. 70 million Thais get bashed on this forum about every 5 minutes.

not violent, but tedious as hell

Humans injure and kill each other, always have.  Why would Thailand be any different? 

3 minutes ago, 55Jay said:

Humans injure and kill each other, always have.  Why would Thailand be any different? 

yes it happens in all countries but it is about how much and how often, Many expats and tourists is from Europe, Aus, NZ. thailand has more violence than those countries/region, even countries in Europe with the same or higher population than thailand has lower murders, shootings etc

Poor OP moved to Thailand and was silly enough to think land of smiles = land of no violence . Talk about rose colored glasses..welcome to the real world !!

2 minutes ago, madmen said:

Poor OP moved to Thailand and was silly enough to think land of smiles = land of no violence . Talk about rose colored glasses..welcome to the real world !!

im in a group on facebook called swedes in thailand, many there said that they were tired of all the shootings,rapes, crime in generall so they decided to move to thailand, i laughed and said why move to a country with more violence and such, they said ''that is not true, i have never seen crime'' many tourists and expats think like this and regulary say Aus,NZ,Europe is worse without knowing crime statistics or never searched on it

20 minutes ago, brokenbone said:

the only thing that stands out is incest & rape against family members imo, the rest falls within norm.

well, and corruption too, but that is common in 3rd world

You a funny guy.  Nothing compared to "Open the Jeffery Epstein files." That's what happens when you try to turn Americans into Puritans. 

Surprised that Climate Change scientists have not found a way to link the two. As they could ask for a big boost in funding.

41 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Sexual frustration contributes to violence, say psychologists 

it is very peaceful at my house.

De-criminalize weed.

3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

Thailand is supposed to be the land of smiles, of peaceful Buddhists. Yet all too often it is the opposite. Why is it like this?

Thai men are under a lot of pressure since I showed up.

4 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

Thai men are under a lot of pressure since I showed up.

Hint if the Thai guys don't make eye contact leave them alone. 

In a country, where one should not show emotions (anger), anger can get "bottled-up". If the pressure in the bottle gets too high, the bottle will explode violently.
Farangs have it easier. When angry, Farangs are allowed to vent their anger before the pressure in the bottle reaches that point.
Haven't witnessed many acts of violence myself in Thailand. But when it happened, it came "out of the blue", with no  forewarning. (Pent-up anger and the bottle burst.) A cultural thing.

3 hours ago, villagefarang said:

Let's not forget that with nearly 70 million Thais, even a relatively small percentage of angry people can look like a big number.  Plus, it is always the negative stuff which makes it into the news.

yeah , we  never see rabid child bites dog................booooooooo

1 hour ago, marcusarelus said:

What a bizarre and unsubstantiated statement

why is that i can read and write thai and look thai news everyday, and the number of murders and other crimes in english news is far less

24 minutes ago, swissie said:

In a country, where one should not show emotions (anger), anger can get "bottled-up". If the pressure in the bottle gets too high, the bottle will explode violently.

This is it. They have to supress their negative emotions, so, a bit like a volcano, you only see it when it all comes out at once because they can't contain it anymore.

 

So you'll either get smiled at, or hit with a baseball bat, there's not much in between.