59 minutes ago, Nojohndoe said:

Few Thai I know have the public perception you suggest !

Perhaps mix in different circles. 

31 minutes ago, TKDfella said:

My condolences to family members of those shot dead. I hope the shooter gets the full force of justice.

I doubt they are reading this. 

7 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

I think you mean a psychotic loon, disgruntled does not describe the mood of someone who murders 4 people...

You could say he was slightly miffed.

1 hour ago, Nicholas Paul KNIGHT said:

According to the PM, this is Thainess playing itself out horrifically ....karma Mr PM. 

Do you know what Thainess is?

It is taught at high school. 

 

I fail to see the relation to Karma. Do you mean the dead people committed some bad deed in the past?

I was drunk or on drugs at the time, and don't remember much but it's ok I will become a monk for a week to make merit for my victims deaths. Maybe even attend their funerals..... Case closed. 

2 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

Yeah, but it’s totally misrepresentative! If you only go by what you see on the news you must think Thailand is murder country number one, but in reality it’s only ranked 35th out of 47 (see photo below). In 2017 “only” just under 1800 people got killed. That’s roughly 2.6 people out of a 100000. It used to be 5500 a year on average in the 90s.

There’s a larger list online:

 

https://www.indexmundi.com/facts/indicators/VC.IHR.PSRC.P5/rankings

 

with 117 countries on it and on that list Thailand is ranked 78th. Overall, it’s not that bad, especially when you compare it to the America where you have countries with 52 murders per 100000. 
 

 

note, not to visit St Kitts and Nevis. 

20 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

I fail to see the relation to Karma. Do you mean the dead people committed some bad deed in the past?

Isn't that why the perp shot them all? They all did something he considered 'bad'.

Thailand does have a high homicide rate. About comparable to the US, which is a very violent nation. But fortunately, it does not happen to foreigners much here. Another good reason to keep our noses clean, remain polite and respectful at all times, and keep our cool. 

 

I used to mouth off to folks who drove poorly in the US. I have even done that a few times here. I do not do that anymore. It is not worth it. You never know who you are going to anger, and when one of them is a looney, it could end up being the last thing you do on this earth.

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The murderer was unrepentant - he reportedly said they all deserved what they got, reported 77kaoded.

And now he deserved to be executed.

Some off topic deflection posts and the replies have been removed.

4 hours ago, mran66 said:

This case maybe an extreme, but when reading/watching stories about crimes involving various levels of violence I often wondered why that type of behaviour seems to be more prevalent here than at least in Europe. I mean various attacks/fights with different levels of damage, seemingly very emotion-driven. Mostly men, often more than one on one side.

Sure people fight and kill everywhere, just seems more here - or is it just because of media and farang observations of these strange behaviours?

 

Or is there something genetic in Thai that inhibits normal development brain/psyche to control negative emotions, or is it just the culture i.e learned behaviour observing the society from childhood? 

 

Not really familiar with details of psychology and which part of brain is not normally developed to cause this behaviour, just wondering.

I think it's to do with the upbringing. Kids are never really taught right from wrong, more like don't let anybody see you do that. The males aren't disciplined for bad behavior by the parents plus all they see growing up is corruption/wrongness

I've had some pretty dreadful hangovers in my time but I sure wouldn't want to be this guy when he sobers up and realises what he's done.

 

 

 

5 hours ago, fittobethaied said:

Has no one every wondered why the Thai news media focuses on crime and car accidents? Number one is to distract the public from the more important things like political unrest and corruption. Secondly, if they can keep the public in fear from robbers, murderers and drug addicts, they can justify such a huge police force and secure their positions so they can keep the corruption gravy train rolling down the tracks. Why do you think the police line up to have their photographs taken after they take these scoundrels into custody? They must continue to perpetuate the pubic perception that the much needed police are heroes and are here to protect the citizenry against all the dregs of society, so they are a much needed institution. It's all just camouflage! The protection of the citizenry is way down the list of priorities, and bribes and corruption are number 1.

I guess what you are saying isn't working, the Thai people I know, know that the police are useless when it comes to crime. Thai people are not as hood winked as farangs think they are, they know the score.

4 hours ago, connda said:

Psychopathic.  Shoots four people and then goes out for drinks. 
Amazing Thailand.

I just hope his defence lawyer doesn't try to get off with the old, he doesn't recall anything your honour, he was drunk/wasted.

 

Personally I hope he gets the death penalty, a life for a life, make that 4 death penalties and then feed him to the dogs, that or feed him to the dogs first, either way, I wouldn't pi$$ on him if he was on fire.

8 hours ago, shackleton said:

This person certainly has behaviour problems 

Will have a long time to think of why he did it serving his life sentence in prison 

Will he?  Are you sure there wont only be a short sentence?

1 hour ago, khunpa said:

I am surprised he could get angry about this.

I have so far never got my money back from any person, I have borrowed money here.

 

I mainly choose to borrow money to the people I don’t want to see again. And it works.

 

 

because your experience is universal. get real

8 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Guns and Thais same as cars and Thais hopeless and untrustworthy with either hang the lunatic ????Rip 

 

not a 'thai' problem, happens in many countries, especially the usa. it's a human problem.

6 hours ago, Taxi said:

How much is his bail?

a big WAI x 4 plus 4 days in the monkhood......

Part of the issue here is how the boys are raised. Many never truly become real men. How many of the truly heinous crimes here are committed by women? Very few. 

 

They are an overly entitled gender here in the LOS. Boys from an early age are told they are special.
What parents need to start doing is to tell their sons:
1. You are nothing special. You become special when you prove yourself to be a worthy person, or an exemplary character. A cut above the rest. Someone who gives and does not just take.

2. Your sister is special. She works hard, she is ambitious, and she is not lazy. Prove yourself to be at least equal to her. There is a reason why women run this country. The place would die in two days without them. 

3. Respect is not freely given. It must be earned. Go out into the world and earn some respect.

 

 

My wife mentioned a few days ago that Thais are murdering are a higher rate now. Many of her customers are pawning their last piece of gold at her gold shop, and they don't know what to do when the last few baht run out. Extreme desperation is coming, expect to see more of this trend. Psyche can only take so much before it snaps. Time for a businessman to run the country again. And if you're a general, it's time to think about an exit strategy, it only gets worse from here and all fingers are pointing at you.

As sad as it is, in the US, Asians are getting beat up, killed for no apparent reasons. What a fdup world. 

2 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Thailand does have a high homicide rate. About comparable to the US, which is a very violent nation. But fortunately, it does not happen to foreigners much here. Another good reason to keep our noses clean, remain polite and respectful at all times, and keep our cool. 

 

I used to mouth off to folks who drove poorly in the US. I have even done that a few times here. I do not do that anymore. It is not worth it. You never know who you are going to anger, and when one of them is a looney, it could end up being the last thing you do on this earth.

Homicide Rate (per 100k people) 

United States
Homicide Rate: 4.96

Thailand
Homicide Rate: 2.58

Thailand isn't doing so bad for a developing nation when you compare it to the USA which  is supposedly a first world developed country 

10 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Truly amazing, even for Thailand.

not really. USA is much more amazing in this field

11 hours ago, webfact said:

Here by the side of the Chanthaburi to Sa Kaeo Road - Route 317 - he shot his former wife Wanphen, 49, in the head. There were many witnesses.

 

Then he shot Wanphen's daughter Oraya, 25, in a Toyota Fortuner owner by his former wife.

From this, it seems Wanphen's daughter Oraya was not his daughter. Maybe Wanphen was divorced and married second time (to the the shooter). He also has a daughter. That daughter asked him to give himself up. We don't know if that daughter's mother was Wanphen or not. I'm guessing no.

 

This is turning out to be quite a riddle. 

Looks like he had a shopping list. Like he was going on everyday errands. RIP to the victims.

Hmmm…..:another day in the land of smiles ?

Never nice when someone dies but atleast this chap did not go postal in a school.

Well, this could mean that a hell of a lot of money borrowers in Thailand have suddenly become very nervous...

Has the reason been given why he decided to kill his exwife and her daughter?

14 hours ago, Dustdevil said:

I don't know what you're yammering about the U.S. homicide rate. In your link it's 5.2, not 52. If you want to select Detroit or South Chicago, then compare that to the worst towns in other countries.

Autocorrect at work again. That should’ve read the Americas and specifically some of the South American countries because they lead the list. The word “the” in my sentence and actually reading the list should’ve made it obvious that I meant the Americas and not America because in that case “the” would’ve been missing from my sentence. Also, how many “countries” does America have? It’s so obvious that it was a typo!