Pattaya punch-up: Ex-US soldier seeks answers as Thai man delivers unexpected blow

[LennyW]

With yabba pills at about 30 baht a pop you can expect this kind of incidents to be on the rise!!

[bignok]

1 minute ago, ArtVandelay said:

Whenever I feel like going back to Pattaya, all I need to do is read another story like this.  

Correct. Trash can city!

[Hakuna Matata]

1 minute ago, ArtVandelay said:

Whenever I feel like going back to Pattaya, all I need to do is read another story like this.  

Last time I was there, I saw more cigarette butts than sea shells at low tide. 

 

Yes, that's a nasty place

[OneMoreFarang]

17 minutes ago, steven100 said:

more to this story than being told.   Was he chatting up the Thai guy's gf ...  

No, in that case the Thai guy would have negotiated a reasonable fee. ;) 

It must have been something important. 

[wealthychef]

3 hours ago, Uttaradit farang said:

I’m sure if it was a Thai guy punched in the face and sustained a broken nose the police would have checked CCTV and had someone in custody now !

I think that justice for Thais depends on how much money they have, just like in most countries.  So if it were a wealthy Thai, yes, they'll check cameras.  If a poor Thai, not so much maybe.  

As for what happened, if someone punched this guy out of the blue in Pattaya, I assume there were drugs, especially alcohol, or prostitution involved, since those are the main activities for young men in Pattaya, and if not that, then it's just because many Thais are overt racists.  But that's all pure guesswork coming out of my rear end, like most of the comments here haha.  The truth is we don't know what happened and never will until we see camera footage, and even then often context is lacking.    

[OneMoreFarang]

15 minutes ago, ArtVandelay said:

Whenever I feel like going back to Pattaya, all I need to do is read another story like this.  

I was there hundreds of times. Never had a fight or even a dangerous situation.

Just relax and respect the locals. 

[JimTripper]

19 minutes ago, bignok said:

Never been punched. But I don't hang out with trash in Pattaya.

 

of course not.

[Caldera]

Oh look, yet another violent and unprovoked attack in this friendly family resort.

[OneMoreFarang]

14 minutes ago, Hakuna Matata said:

Yes, that's a nasty place

That's why many of us like it. ;)

 

[Dcheech]

2 hours ago, CLUBBER said:

Something I have witnessed also in the US ( NYC) and in Germany but not here in Thailand unless alcohol involved

 

Thanks I was getting worried about Thailand and needed to be reminded it happens in other countries too. However on second thought, as I live in Thailand, not NYC or Germany, the what aboutery ancedote does nothing.

[OneMoreFarang]

4 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

WTH does that mean ?

Which word don't you understand? 

[bignok]

6 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

 

of course not.

Yes of course not. 

[steven100]

4 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Just relax and respect the locals.

 

You mean the same way they respect foreigners.   They wouldn't know respect if it bit them on the a_se 

[charleskerins]

8 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Which word don't you understand? 

I asked about the meaning of your statement -  not the words .  But based on some of your other  comments on the incident  the meaning I suspected is quite obvious. Obvious  as a white sheet.

 

 

[bignok]

Ladyboys

Hookers

Drunks

Tough guys

Steroids

Wannabes

 

What could go wrong

[SiSePuede419]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The victim was unaware of the motive for the attack.

He either hates Basketball or rap music or he got ripped off once on some "Pink Coke" by a Nigerian drug dealer.

Hey, it was just a bunch of cheap ketamine, esctacy and caffeine. 🤣

[Dart12]

i watched two teens on a motorbike in busy traffic drive by and for no reason clock an old man in the head as hard as they could out of the blue.

of course the man was shocked, but more important that the hit strength I feared he was going to have an actual stroke.

I went after the kids but couldn't weave the traffic fast enough before losing them at an intersection.

that had me ANGRY

[Old Croc]

Others here have hinted at it, but there could be a racist element in the assault or also likely, jealousy regarding a female.

 

Small query - is a US soldier a marine, I understand marines hate being described as a soldier. They are part of the navy.

 

 

 

[charleskerins]

2 hours ago, bbi1 said:

Shows how "tough" these US marines really are. Runs to the massage girls crying for help after a punch.

He's 53 years old  and probably got suckered , you ever been sucked punched at 53?  Where does it say he is a marine -it doesn't.

[bignok]

12 minutes ago, Dart12 said:

i watched two teens on a motorbike in busy traffic drive by and for no reason clock an old man in the head as hard as they could out of the blue.

of course the man was shocked, but more important that the hit strength I feared he was going to have an actual stroke.

I went after the kids but couldn't weave the traffic fast enough before losing them at an intersection.

that had me ANGRY

What do you expect? High IQ teens in Pattaya. Their mums would be bargirls.

[charleskerins]

1 minute ago, Old Croc said:

Others here have hinted at it, but there could be a racist element in the assault or also likely, jealousy regarding a female.

 

Small query - is a US soldier a marine, I understand marines hate being described as a soldier. They are part of the navy.

 

 

 

soldier usually refers to US Army      

[Old Croc]

2 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

soldier usually refers to US Army      

In the OP he was described as a soldier. This is why I wondered why posters here referred to him as a marine.

[OneMoreFarang]

39 minutes ago, steven100 said:

You mean the same way they respect foreigners.   They wouldn't know respect if it bit them on the a_se 

Like it or not, they are the people who live here and it's their country.

You don't have to visit Thailand if you don't like it. 

[Road Warrior]

try on drugs !!!!!!

[Bday Prang]

9 minutes ago, Old Croc said:

In the OP he was described as a soldier. This is why I wondered why posters here referred to him as a marine.

in the context of this story his previous occupation is irrelevant  

[sungod]

1 hour ago, bignok said:

Never been punched

 

The way you behave I very much doubt that.....

[bbi1]

23 minutes ago, charleskerins said:

He's 53 years old  and probably got suckered , you ever been sucked punched at 53?  Where does it say he is a marine -it doesn't.

Ok, US soldier.

 

Doubt he got sucker punched, this is not a western country where that type of stuff happens often. Most likely he did something to piss the Thai off.

[Ironmike]

All of this crap over an American that punched in the face what about the American kid and his 18 year old girlfriend that got killed by a drunken Russian woman in Phuket and nothing has been said or done,,, why Not??? 

[alex8912]

3 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

It seems to me lots of Americans don't realize that their ghetto language might work at home but is not suitable for more civilized parts of the world. 

How would you explain anyone else but an American would understand him then genius? Or just an ignorant jab by you? 

[bob smith]

Thai men can be extremely violent.

 

It's all down to small willy syndrome.