Report Israeli Tourist Sparks Outrage Over Shoe Rule Dispute in Thailand

[TheAppletons]

10 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Ask yourself this.

If the shoes lady had been from Malta instead of Israel would people even be talking about this at all?

 

  I knew it.  You're an anti-Maltite!

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, TheAppletons said:

 

  I knew it.  You're an anti-Maltite!

My secret is out.

[josephbloggs]

38 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Ask yourself this.

If the shoes lady had been from Malta instead of Israel would people even be talking about this at all?

Nope, well unless Nick was Maltese then he would be saying they are only picking on her because she is Maltese, the person with the phone must be an enemy, probably from the 16th century Ottoman Empire etc.

If nobody had made ridiculous claims to support her action then nobody would have been talking about this thread now.

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, josephbloggs said:

Nope, well unless Nick was Maltese then he would be saying they are only picking on her because she is Maltese, the person with the phone must be an enemy, probably from the 16th century Ottoman Empire etc.

If nobody had made ridiculous claims to support her action then nobody would have been talking about this thread now.

I disagree.

This would have been a hot topic without that.

All it takes is the Israeli connection and the results are predictable.

[PingRoundTheWorld]

7 hours ago, josephbloggs said:

Yeah!!! I heard the person holding the camera is actually Mahmoud Abbas. Can you confirm with your sources?

Why does it matter who is holding the camera? All it takes is cutting the footage to avoid showing her being provoked ahead of her stupid comment, and it makes it look a lot worse than what probably happened. Classic tactic: film everything but only release the parts you choose instead of the whole clip. She was singled out and attacked verbally and possibly physically too for being Israeli, that seems pretty clear.

[josephbloggs]

6 minutes ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Why does it matter who is holding the camera? All it takes is cutting the footage to avoid showing her being provoked ahead of her stupid comment, and it makes it look a lot worse than what probably happened. Classic tactic: film everything but only release the parts you choose instead of the whole clip. She was singled out and attacked verbally and possibly physically too for being Israeli, that seems pretty clear.

Pretty clear..........in your imagination. You have no evidence. 

She has already made a statement and nowhere does she say she was attacked, verbally or physically. So get that fantasy our of your head.

Why do you guys have to automatically defend her because she is Israeli? It makes no sense. I am quite happy to criticise Brits when it's deserved (which is often). Why can't you do the same? Even without condemning, why not just ignore it - why do you have to invent fantasies about her being attacked, or the cameraman being an "enemy". So ridiculous.

Ever heard of the Barbra Striesand effect?

[Hummin]

 

15 minutes ago, PingRoundTheWorld said:

Why does it matter who is holding the camera? All it takes is cutting the footage to avoid showing her being provoked ahead of her stupid comment, and it makes it look a lot worse than what probably happened. Classic tactic: film everything but only release the parts you choose instead of the whole clip. She was singled out and attacked verbally and possibly physically too for being Israeli, that seems pretty clear.

Everyday people gets singled out for being stupid, stop victimizing idiots for their heritage or entity 

 

Every single nationality is being outed in Thailand no matter where they come from. 

[Expat Rob]

Israeli people are beyond entitled and often just downright rude. My friend has a shop at Chatuchak and never, ever wants to deal with Israelis. Was not interested in their 'big' money...much more pain than they were worth.

[Expat Rob]

Israeli people are beyond entitled and often just downright rude. My friend has a shop at Chatuchak and never, ever wants to deal with Israelis. Was not interested in their 'big' money...much more pain than they were worth.

[Harrisfan]

8 minutes ago, Expat Rob said:

Israeli people are beyond entitled and often just downright rude. My friend has a shop at Chatuchak and never, ever wants to deal with Israelis. Was not interested in their 'big' money...much more pain than they were worth.

How do Thais know where they are from?

[frank83628]

6 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

  She is the first foreigner EVER to go into a restaurant  wearing shoes ?

This is the first tome that its ever happen and that's why its being publicised ?

  

Not sure why you are so defensive of Israel or Israelis, but for anyone that's been here for a while or has a business, they have a name in thailand, and it not unjust. They are know to be arrogant, rude and disrespectful. They are rude to staff, complain about food and often refuse to pay their bills.

This is not all of course, but enough to be stereotyped.

Personally I don't believe this girl had a bad foot, I think the whole incident was due to her attitude and refusal to take her shoes off.

[Nick Carter icp]

3 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

Not sure why you are so defensive of Israel or Israelis, but for anyone that's been here for a while or has a business, they have a name in thailand, and it not unjust. They are know to be arrogant, rude and disrespectful. They are rude to staff, complain about food and often refuse to pay their bills.

This is not all of course, but enough to be stereotyped.

Personally I don't believe this girl had a bad foot, I think the whole incident was due to her attitude and refusal to take her shoes off.

 

   Frank: We are talking about this one woman .

We are not talking the 11 Million Israelis .

We are talking about one woman on KPG