Thai elephants march in silence for Australian bushfires

[ParkerN]

'Pray for Australia' - that'll work...

On 1/13/2020 at 7:07 PM, Greer said:

I hoped.... but then my hopes were dashed - AS USUAL - the number of <deleted> posting smarmy comments, and just being a bunch of pricks instead of thinking of the larger picture. Animals in Australia are dying, and here we have Thai students, elephants and mahouts, all coming together in the spirit of support of Australian wildlife... but few even have the decency to give a positive comment in support of those involved.

You are all so ready to find fault with everything - especially when it is something Thai - what a totally sad bunch of fart-brained bar-stool warriors you really are.

 

Jeez mate; don't beat about the bush - tell 'em straight.

 

 

[ParkerN]

Let me see if I have this right.

 

A bunch of trained elephants in Thailand are having a silent vigil to express solidarity with all their elephant cousins in Australia that have died in the bush fires...

 

Did I get that right?

 

Roger that.

 

 

[tifino]

6 minutes ago, ParkerN said:

Let me see if I have this right.

 

A bunch of trained elephants in Thailand are having a silent vigil to express solidarity with all their elephant cousins in Australia that have died in the bush fires...

 

Did I get that right?

 

Roger that.

 

 

Well they have not said anything to the contrary! 

[ballpoint]

On 1/13/2020 at 10:40 PM, steven100 said:

it's just Thailand's way of thinking .....  they are definitely different.  

Why not read the OP again before continuing with your pathetic Thai bashing comments.

 

""The elephants are really sad what's happening for their cousins in Australia," said Michelle Reedy, an Australian volunteer at the camp."

(My italics)

[steven100]

1 minute ago, ballpoint said:

Why not read the OP again before continuing with your pathetic Thai bashing comments.

 

""The elephants are really sad what's happening for their cousins in Australia," said Michelle Reedy, an Australian volunteer at the camp."

(My italics)

come again !!   I was simply commenting how Thai's think different to farang ...  in that whoever wrote the article is making it sound kinda childish like and not real. 

nothing sinister or thai bashing as you like to put it. 

please think before you write nasty comments.

[ballpoint]

Just now, steven100 said:

come again !!   I was simply commenting how Thai's think different to farang ...  in that whoever wrote the article is making it sound kinda childish like and not real. 

nothing sinister or thai bashing as you like to put it. 

please think before you write nasty comments.

So an Australian saying something that sounds kinda childish and cute shows that Thais think differently to farang?  Yeah. Right...

[steven100]

7 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

So an Australian saying something that sounds kinda childish and cute shows that Thais think differently to farang?  Yeah. Right...

anyway ... it is a nice gesture & thought ... 

[ParkerN]

1 hour ago, tifino said:

Well they have not said anything to the contrary! 

 

True. In common with many primitive languages, Thai is very imprecise, and depends for what effectiveness it has on one's choice of interpretation from what is often a multitude of possibilities. Thais tend not to talk to each other but to talk past each other, leaving the other party to decide what is intended to be conveyed. If you speak clearly and precisely in Thai, it often just isn't understood.

 

 

Edited January 15, 2020 by ParkerN

[ParkerN]

1 hour ago, ballpoint said:

So an Australian saying something that sounds kinda childish and cute shows that Thais think differently to farang?  Yeah. Right...

Not at all, in Australia, as in Thailand, there is a wide-ish spectrum of intelligence. Just because an Aussie muppet says something that is similar to what a Thai muppet says, is not proof of anything very much.

 

Unless you're saying that Thais are as smart as Aussies? or Foreigners in general? In which case I suspect you'll run into trouble with some inconvenient facts.

 

 

Edited January 15, 2020 by ParkerN

[ParkerN]

1 hour ago, ballpoint said:

So an Australian saying something that sounds kinda childish and cute shows that Thais think differently to farang?  Yeah. Right...

Don't mind the muppets, they sweep away inconvenient facts about Thailand with the 'Thai-bashing' brush. It's not their fault that you and I don't agree with them, we're just bashing Thais. They don't stop to wonder why so many of us criticise Thais and Thailand. Doubtless their teachers in school just didn't like them and that explained the poor grades. Many of them come to Thailand specifically because the people here are intellectually closer to them than the ones back 'ome. Can't win for losing.

[Tropicalevo]

On 1/13/2020 at 10:29 PM, djayz said:

To a certain extent I fully understand your point and disappointment. However, let's be realistic; people, students, elephants, whoever in country x, y or z holding posters really aren't doing tiddly squat for the animals, or people, who are actually suffering. If they really, really want to make a difference, then they shoukd send donations, food packages, blankes, etc., etc., etc. to the people and animals. 

Sorry to tell you this, but a group of people in a land far, far away holding posters don't help feed the homeless and hungry people or animals of Australia. 

I'm really not trying to deride you, but a few of the other posters' comments (e.g. khunpa, #6, misterwhisper, #3) were much more down to earth than yours. 

Seriously, how can you take an article or people who state "The elephants are really sad what's happening for their cousins in Australia" seriously? I mean really?!  It sounds like something a person with special needs might say. 

 

Do you really expect a group of school students in Ayutthaya to have any spare cash to "shoukd send donations, food packages, blankes, etc., etc., etc. to the people and animals. "

Pretty naive mate.

Raising awareness to ones fellow man is the next best thing (according to the goddess Greta).

[CGW]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

anyway ... it is a nice gesture & thought ... 

It's pathetic! as is keeping elephants to make money!

[Myran]

@colinneil Since you're feeling "confused" about my post, I suggest you look up what "taming" an elephant entails. Word of warning: it's not pretty.

 

The irony here is that they're using tortured animals to highlight animal welfare.

[pattayadgw]

Your thoughts very much appreciated kids... thankyou!!