5 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Cause 90% are bogans

Could be the company you keep…? 

1 minute ago, garzhe said:

8 hours ago, 2009 said:

Doesn't the video of the actual incident show the Thai man getting involved in the fight?

 

In other words, he wasn't just attacked, right?

 

He was a willing participant.

If he was attacked defending himself doesn't make him a willing participant

That depends how you define ‘willing’ & ‘reluctant’….

 

Walking towards someone who’s turning away to kick them perhaps exemplifies a little more than ‘reluctance’….

 

… anger, revenge, whatever the reason… the Thai guy also kicked out… it wasn’t defense, he wasn’t cornered… he was fighting…. 
 

No one deserved the outcome… just two silly men loosing their sense…

 

I hope the Thai guy fully recovers, & I hope the French guy isn’t treated unfairly because he’s not Thai…. Any penalty should be the same as that any Thai guy gets under the same circumstances…

42 minutes ago, Pifo said:

There is no French citizens named like that. Fake names.

Surnames first as they always seem to do. Eg Julien Vincent.

5 minutes ago, nchuckle said:

Could be the company you keep…? 

I avoid farangs

 

1 hour ago, Sparktrader said:

2 hours ago, EdrigoSalvadore said:

I wish to learn the story from the foreigners side. They probably have a totally different version. I think many people here are jealous of them having a brand new Porsche, and can't stand people doing better than themselves.

Rich daddy

That’s your only understanding of how someone in their 30’s can own something like a Porsche ?

5 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Unnessary excess force so not self defence.

 

They or at least the main offender deserve at least 1 year in jail.

You’re confusing outcome with intent. He was punched,kicked so he responded with exactly the same force,a perfectly sound proportional defence in law if being attacked . There was the same chance that the assailant could have inflicted the same fate on the Frenchman and as he initiated the violence then he is held to be the aggressor. 

3 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

I avoid farangs

 

Then your claim ,by definition,is unsubstantiated .

Wrong ...these are French names ...GIYF

59 minutes ago, Pifo said:

There is no French citizens named like that. Fake names.

 

47 minutes ago, khunpa said:

You really need to watch the ENTIRE video and not just the ending. This Thai-guy wanted to fight, even when the French guy tried to walk way. 
 

This Thai-guy is not an innocent victim and he wife is a very bad liar. She should be charged with lying to the police, which of course will never happen.

Charged with lying to the police? Is that a crime here? 

 

I have been in similar situations with very aggressive Thai men on Samui. Lived there for nearly a decade. I was always able to defuse the situation with kindness, humility and a deep wai. How sincere was their effort to calm him down? 

 

Where is the entire video? Cannot seem to locate a link for it. 

I'd recommend everyone to check out the longer video in this post. It's an awful occurence, but not nearly as one-sided as some are making it out to be.

 

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22 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

That’s your only understanding of how someone in their 30’s can own something like a Porsche ?

I could buy one. Dont want one. Says he is 28yo.

5 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

All who not like it, can find another place in the world. 

You don't seem to like the number of white men allowed into Thailand. Perhaps you should look elsewhere?

 

Your posts are becoming more and more pro Thai / anti white man every day, regardless of the situation.

23 minutes ago, nchuckle said:

You’re confusing outcome with intent. He was punched,kicked so he responded with exactly the same force,a perfectly sound proportional defence in law if being attacked . There was the same chance that the assailant could have inflicted the same fate on the Frenchman and as he initiated the violence then he is held to be the aggressor. 

Not correct. A hard punch from a 80kg guy on a 55kg is not self defense. Thats attack. If you dont know this you know nothing about fighting.

 

Boxers weighing 95kgs dont fight 70kg guys for a reason. The great Carnelo went up in weight got schooled.

 

Punches in street fights are far more dangerous than any body kick.

Just now, Woof999 said:

You don't seem to like the number of white men allowed into Thailand. Perhaps you should look elsewhere?

 

Your posts are becoming more and more pro Thai / anti white man every day, regardless of the situation.

90% of Thailand very few farangs. They mostly stay in the western bar areas.

We dont know what happened before, would be fair to watch the beforemath also, before anybody made any judgment
If blacklist, the wife will be a happy life finally, just have to check her account in every month for a new income "salary".

27 minutes ago, nchuckle said:

Then your claim ,by definition,is unsubstantiated .

Seen enough bogans being rude to Thais.

7 hours ago, JonnyF said:

Selective editing.

 

They cut the part out immediately before this where the Frenchman started walking away and the Thai guy goes after him and throws a leg kick. I haven't seen it from the start either, but the longest edit I saw showed this.

 

Starts with the Frenchman getting up off the floor (presumably he was knocked down there and didn't choose to sit down in the road of his own accord).

Thai guy kicks him.

French guy throws a punch that knocks the Thai over.

French guy starts walking away

Thai gets up and goes after him again throwing another leg kick.

Then the part shown by the Youtube video with the kick and the final punch by the Frenchman.

 

It didn't show who started it but it did shows that this wasn't a one sided attack. Far from it. 

Have a link to this video?

1 hour ago, khunpa said:

You really need to watch the ENTIRE video and not just the ending. This Thai-guy wanted to fight, even when the French guy tried to walk way. 
 

This Thai-guy is not an innocent victim and he wife is a very bad liar. She should be charged with lying to the police, which of course will never happen.

I could only find a portion of the video, where the French guy knocks the Thai man to the ground. He obviously hits his head on the pavement, which can be deadly. They have been operating on his brain, and he remains in the ICU. This could end up being a case of manslaughter, if this guy does not survive. 

 

So, explain to me the circumstances that justify leaving the scene of a crime, or a fight, after your victim has hit his head on the pavement, and appears to be unconscious. This appears to be atrocious behavior, regardless of how it all started. 

4 hours ago, harrycallahan said:

I did kickboxing and that final move by the French guy was known to us as the 'put the guy in ICU'. Every single time it will put the guy in ICU. The Thai guy was intentionally restraining his offense with non-ICU kicks and punches but the French guy took it to the next level and therfore should be judged differently. 

Please explain more..

 

 

36 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Charged with lying to the police? Is that a crime here? 

 

I have been in similar situations with very aggressive Thai men on Samui. Lived there for nearly a decade. I was always able to defuse the situation with kindness, humility and a deep wai. How sincere was their effort to calm him down? 

 

Where is the entire video? Cannot seem to locate a link for it. 

The video can be found in the previous tread. Basically it shows them standing face to face and the Thai kicking the French guy first. The French guy then knocks him down in one punch... and tries to leave. But the Thai guy gets up and attacks the French guy by kicking him again.

 

The Thais wife told the police that her husband was attacked with no reason at all and was even trying to hide in a shop. Complete and total BS! She also claimed they both attacked him, which is also not true.

 

My point here is not that the French guy should not be punished, but the media claiming this was a total unprovoked attack is simply just wrong. And they have been very smart to cut away the first part, which clearly shows the Thai guy could have walked away from the beating at any time. 

15 minutes ago, cheapcanuck said:

Have a link to this video?

It's been posted here 

 

14 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

So, explain to me the circumstances that justify leaving the scene of a crime, or a fight, after your victim has hit his head on the pavement, and appears to be unconscious. This appears to be atrocious behavior, regardless of how it all started. 

Not saying anything justifies what the French guy did. Just saying that this was NOT an unprovoked attack on an innocent peaceful Thai-guy. And the media is for sure not showing it in the right perspective.

 

 

9 hours ago, 2009 said:

Just when you think the laws here couldn't be any dumber...

<deleted> does this mean i cant drive my new truck at night?

9 hours ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

What I don't understand is why they are both in trouble.

I have seen the footage that the Thia press have managed to overlook and I'm not really sure about who I believe was in the wrong at this time, I'm waiting for more information to come in.

 

However, I do not understand what the driver did apart from being there.

Is their some other footage that I have missed?

Is the driver being blacklisted for driving on red plates at night or did he do something that I haven't seen in any of the reports?

 

 

 

First off, he stopped the car, availing the ensuing confrontation.

Next, he didn't try to deescalate the situation.

Lastly, He didn't lend help to the fallen man. 

 

29 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Not correct. A hard punch from a 80kg guy on a 55kg is not self defense. Thats attack. If you dont know this you know nothing about fighting.

 

Boxers weighing 95kgs dont fight 70kg guys for a reason. The great Carnelo went up in weight got schooled.

 

Punches in street fights are far more dangerous than any body kick.

Fighting is also skill and knowing your limits.  I weigh 102kg and can throw a fairly hard punch. That does not change the fact that my boxing trainer at 62kg would beat the <deleted> out of me in a fight.

 

If I had been knocked down in one punch like the Thai was in this case, I am pretty sure I would have just stayed down and let the French guy just walk away. Instead he wanted to keep fighting and got punished for it. Had he not been unlucky and hit is head badly on the pavement, most would have said "Ohh well he asked for it".

 

 

7 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

It could matter from a legal perspective. 

It definitely (IMO) matters from a moral perspective, the French guy could be seen to walk away when the Thai guy re-escalated with a kick.

 

 

This doesn’t appear to be the ‘cold unprovoked one sided assault’ reported in the media. 

It was a two sided fight which could be considered a mitigating circumstance.

 

 

There is still a lot missing from the story.  

 

It's no a matter of legality. The Thai immigration doesn't view brawling and throwing punches favorably. Being a guest in this country behooves one to exercise self-retrain and to act only if absolutely necessary. 

For what its worth the person who knows everything (the young lady of the house) says the falang sent Thai people to a nearby restaurant to pay to have  cctv footage deleted!

Thats concerning !

14 minutes ago, aBigSmile said:

 

First off, he stopped the car, availing the ensuing confrontation.

Next, he didn't try to deescalate the situation.

Lastly, He didn't lend help to the fallen man. 

 

You haven't listed one single crime there.

 

10 hours ago, peter zwart said:

Good, put them on a plane and let them stay out of Thailand. Dont need this kind of @#^*** here.

 

6 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

...and the Frenchman 'retaliated' so hard that he put the Thai in intensive care. How could that be mitigated?

Agreed! But first let them have a taste of a Thai prison. A hefty fine is in order as well as confiscating car.  After their jail term they should be deported and declared personae non gratae.

8 hours ago, JonnyF said:

 

Starts with the Frenchman getting up off the floor (presumably he was knocked down there and didn't choose to sit down in the road of his own accord).

Thai guy kicks him.

French guy throws a punch that knocks the Thai over.

French guy starts walking away

Thai gets up and goes after him again throwing another leg kick.

Then the part shown by the Youtube video with the kick and the final punch by the Frenchman.

 

It didn't show who started it but it did shows that this wasn't a one sided attack. Far from it. 

That's exactly what was shown on Channel 3 News this morning. I remember thinking "At least the foreigner walked away when his opponent was down, rather than putting the boot in".