Potential ugly violence due to Covid-19 impact in the coming months?

[bbi1]

I've added a Poll above to gauge people's thoughts on this subject.

 

With many Thais working paycheck to paycheck and the potential of unemployment shooting through the roof, if people have no money and food for themselves & their families do you think that there will be a big rise violent crimes being committed? Do you think us foreigners will more likely be a target?

Edited March 22, 2020 by bbi1

[worgeordie]

I voted no Ugly Violence, BUT with people out of work and the need for money,

i expect there will be a rise in burglaries,bag grabbing,muggings and opportunist

crimes .

regards worgeordie

[soalbundy]

Just now, worgeordie said:

I voted no Ugly Violence, BUT with people out of work and the need for money,

i expect there will be a rise in burglaries,bag grabbing,muggings and opportunist

crimes .

regards worgeordie

There may also be some political violence in BKK if the illness surges out of control, students vs Police and army.

[OneMoreFarang]

I am pretty sure Prayut will mobilize the army in case that many people start with (organized) violence.

By now the Thai army is used to fighting organized armed mobs.

 

[NanLaew]

I think the population will be either far too sick or far to worried and busy with sick friends and relatives to go looking for more trouble.

[Swiss1960]

No violence,  Thai families will help each other,  I see it already in my family,  parents sending bags of rice to the kids in Bangkok already, daily calls from everybody to everybody else asking about what's needed.  That part of the social system works perfect in Thailand 

[brewsterbudgen]

Far more likely in the west.

[scubascuba3]

I hope temples will start giving food out, time for pay back. Very wealthy people should give back.

 

Thais will get more desperate for money, everything steps up.

 

Soi dogs will now consider us food so walking and cycling will be more risky than ever.

 

Businesses will close, stop paying rent and fire staff

[CNXexpat]

Perhaps. But on the other side less traffic and less accidents. So in the end the number of deaths and wounded is the same. *irony off*

[baansgr]

Friends in AC have already reported upswing in muggings....and stealing bags of food after people have been to the supermarket. Of course if no money people will resort to crime so it will increase. My main concern is us foreigners will be ostrisised..AC is only allowing residents to purchase food, so flipper ID or ACR is required. How long befor its Thai rak Thai and falang back of queue, may sound sacremonering but there isn't any other country in the world as xenophobic as here....just a thought.

[sammieuk1]

There is no help in the UK for the bottom 10% earners and self employed so coupled with no pubs and no football I would say its less than a month to mob kick off here????

[Boomer6969]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

there will be a rise in burglaries,bag grabbing,muggings and opportunist

crimes .

And for you, this isn't violence. Could you give us your definition?

[NanLaew]

20 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Friends in AC have already reported upswing in muggings....and stealing bags of food after people have been to the supermarket. Of course if no money people will resort to crime so it will increase. My main concern is us foreigners will be ostrisised..AC is only allowing residents to purchase food, so flipper ID or ACR is required. How long befor its Thai rak Thai and falang back of queue, may sound sacremonering but there isn't any other country in the world as xenophobic as here....just a thought.

Sounds like PI is already the gold medal winner when it comes to 'me first' and 'p!ss-off whitey'.

 

Unless you oversubscribe to the 'The Thai's don't really like us' school of self-flagellation of course.

[NanLaew]

29 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

There is no help in the UK for the bottom 10% earners and self employed so coupled with no pubs and no football I would say its less than a month to mob kick off here????

Look here, we're not ALL Millwall supporters you know.

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I am pretty sure Prayut will mobilize the army in case that many people start with (organized) violence.

By now the Thai army is used to fighting organized armed mobs.

 

Very convenient for this virus to show up just after Thanathorn's party was disbanded, and just as protests were beginning.

[sammieuk1]

7 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

Look here, we're not ALL Millwall supporters you know.

Soon will be Mlud????

[rvaviator]

52 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

I hope temples will start giving food out, time for pay back. Very wealthy people should give back.

 

Thais will get more desperate for money, everything steps up.

 

Soi dogs will now consider us food so walking and cycling will be more risky than ever.

 

Businesses will close, stop paying rent and fire staff

I thought for a moment you said that Soi dogs will now be considered as food ...

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

46 minutes ago, baansgr said:

How long befor its Thai rak Thai and falang back of queue, may sound sacremonering but there isn't any other country in the world as xenophobic as here....just a thought.

Right now I'm feeding four extra mouths. Wife's sister has had hours cut from her hotel. Her niece is off work from the restaurant. Wife's sister's two kids are home for the school holiday, and mom can't feed them. Been getting a lot of smiles with them at the market, filling our bags. ????

[Chazar]

59 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Friends in AC have already reported upswing in muggings....and stealing bags of food after people have been to the supermarket. Of course if no money people will resort to crime so it will increase. My main concern is us foreigners will be ostrisised..AC is only allowing residents to purchase food, so flipper ID or ACR is required. How long befor its Thai rak Thai and falang back of queue, may sound sacremonering but there isn't any other country in the world as xenophobic as here....just a thought.

whats AC    ID    ACR

[URMySunshine]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

I hope temples will start giving food out, time for pay back. Very wealthy people should give back.

 

Thais will get more desperate for money, everything steps up.

 

Soi dogs will now consider us food so walking and cycling will be more risky than ever.

 

Businesses will close, stop paying rent and fire staff

But the monks are basically sophisticated beggars they can't give food out cos they don't grow any and get it all from donations. But they can dispense the wisdom that all conditioned things are impermanent. A lot of folk are going to get that message really hard in the coming weeks and months sadly. 

[Orton Rd]

If people get hungry there are millions of soi dogs waiting to be eaten

[Chazar]

3 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

If people get hungry there are millions of soi dogs waiting to be eaten

plenty  of  food  in thailand mangos pappaya  etc etc

[URMySunshine]

10 minutes ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

Right now I'm feeding four extra mouths. Wife's sister has had hours cut from her hotel. Her niece is off work from the restaurant. Wife's sister's two kids are home for the school holiday, and mom can't feed them. Been getting a lot of smiles with them at the market, filling our bags. ????

Four extra mouths here remotely and some hard advice - that they should push the jai dee landlord for a rent holiday first as part of the plan to get through this. My wife is a caring  but hard person who has been hectoring nieces and sisters for years about thrift and saving money for hard times. Well they are here now and those that didn't heed are wailing the most but we are providing emergency funds. We know of other illegals working in the Uk who aren't working now in the underground and so not only have their own problems but are no longer sending money home. Things are going to get bad really quick for millions and desperate people can do desperate things. 

[CGW]

32 minutes ago, CrunchWrapSupreme said:

Very convenient for this virus to show up just after Thanathorn's party was disbanded, and just as protests were beginning.

Imagine the French and Hong Kong are not displeased either!

[NCC1701A]

everything OK in Thailand. Sure.

[CGW]

18 minutes ago, URMySunshine said:

But the monks are basically sophisticated beggars they can't give food out cos they don't grow any and get it all from donations.

Our local temple would struggle to hand out food, theres only one monk, don't know if he has bad gas or what, but his boarders all upped and offed! ???? 

[Matzzon]

NO!

[URMySunshine]

33 minutes ago, Orton Rd said:

If people get hungry there are millions of soi dogs waiting to be eaten

Prefer pussy myself. 

[ravip]

More likely that some frustrated, panicking, know-it-all and drunk foreigner starting a melee, than a local.

[drbeach]

4 hours ago, worgeordie said:

I voted no Ugly Violence, BUT with people out of work and the need for money,

i expect there will be a rise in burglaries,bag grabbing,muggings and opportunist

crimes .

regards worgeordie

I agree. The people will probably rise up against the army and government. That already started happening about a week or two ago anyway. Very convenient timing to shut down everything now, though this is being done in tandem with the rest of the world.

 

I also see an increase in opportunistic crimes and burglaries but not necessarily crimes against foreigners (except said opportunistic crimes).