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[Phuket Stan]

Dont send the bastard back here.Send him to New Zealand.

no, he's a convict. they've got it right.

A rather witless observation.

New Zealand was a penal colony too.

Could u please provide me the info that New Zealand was a penal colony......

[Chiangmai Cheers]

Well done ,I think its time for many foreigners to understand NOT to interfere in Thailand politics. After all we are only guests here . Hope this story will be set as example for the future.

What a load of rubbish. This guest thing is getting a bit lame. Many of us have been here for many years, have families here and are helping with out extended families. Are you implying that we should hand over our money and behave like little puppies? Of course everyone has to have some political views, if we did not care what was happening to our adopted home, we would be no better than animals.

[Snowdog]

Well done ,I think its time for many foreigners to understand NOT to interfere in Thailand politics. After all we are only guests here . Hope this story will be set as example for the future.

what a airhead this guy is wow.this is none of his bissness.its not his country or his place to speak out in public on stage in the middle of a red shirt riot.he should of been locked up for years.hopefully they will never let him back in

[seri thai]

Why do some people get involved in something that is of no concern to them, I am glad he is going and i hope others with the same view leave as well.

You're obviously not a Bob Dylan fan then?

"I am Brian-and so is my wife...."

[Soutpeel]

"I am Brian-and so is my wife...."

Ahhh a nice bit of Python humour to lighten things up.....

As regards the sanity of the gentleman concerned, after reading the vast majority of this posts, I have come to the conclusion that the vast majority of posters on this subject should be on some form of medication themselves...

[JSPS]

'Roids make you stupid.

[Xangsamhua]

Could u please provide me the info that New Zealand was a penal colony......

Not really convicts, they were reform school boys.

In 1842, 98 so-called 'Parkhurst boys', aged 11 to 20 and inmates of a reformatory on the Isle of Wight, were given free passage to Auckland. They received a very ambivalent reception in a community seeking to distinguish itself from the 'convict colony' across the Tasman.

http://www.TeAra.gov...f-immigration/4

[seri thai]

More ex-pat schadenfreude at Thaivisa....

People you won't meet in a bar in Pattaya (and not just because they're dead)

Thomas Paine

Le Marquis de Lafayette

T.E Lawrence

James Brooke

Eamon De Valera

Che Guevara

Charley Wilson

...and let's not forget all those lazy drunken louts of the International Brigade who stuck their noses into Generalissimo Franco's business...

It is the privilege of the young to be revolutionaries. It is the sentence of the old to vilify idealism from the bar stool.

[Tanaka]

Why do some people get involved in something that is of no concern to them, I am glad he is going and i hope others with the same view leave as well.

In fact, it was of his concern.

Watching how innocents, including women and children are brutally massacred only to ask the right to be respected and to eat twice a day instead once a day when they are lucky, it is a matter of concern of any human being who is not bloody selfish and who believes freedom and human rights are universal and not limited to races or borders.

For sure this guy it has more heart than anybody of us. For the eyes or this selfish society (I mean in general, not only Thailand or expats in Thailand) he can look an intruder, a child, a reckless and naive man, but our values are different.

He put universal human rights at the first place ,we think about ourselves,enjoying and exploiting the poverty of the people and don t care about human lifes.

It is anybody's choice to have the kind of life we choose, but instead spitting on somebody who -maybe naive - but only dreams about better life for everybody, is not a fair behaviour.

You are wrong. It was absolutely none of his business to be on that stage and open his mouth. Apparently you never bothered to find out what he said while on the stage. What you are talking about here, has no bearing whatsoever on this moron Purcell so please try and focus on the subject in the post. Or better still, do not embarrass yourself more by making any more posts.

[Buchholz]

From his and Savage's earlier court appearance in June. Not enough of a "time out" yet at that point for the unruly toddler duo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVX9k-vaGnA&feature=player_embedded#!

[patjem]

Well done ,I think its time for many foreigners to understand NOT to interfere in Thailand politics. After all we are only guests here . Hope this story will be set as example for the future.

What a load of rubbish. This guest thing is getting a bit lame. Many of us have been here for many years, have families here and are helping with out extended families. Are you implying that we should hand over our money and behave like little puppies? Of course everyone has to have some political views, if we did not care what was happening to our adopted home, we would be no better than animals.

It's one thing having views, it's another thing to incite hatred. There is a clear difference, and that's a person's attitude. The video clip posted portrays a particular side to both of their attitudes. Whilst we don't know them personally, it does lead one to draw their conclusions on the type of people they are, and on face value, it's not a good impression.

[james24]

what is this guest bull I always hear people saying. If you live youre not a guest. Thats just what the control freaks of Thailand want you to think of yourselves.

Y is there so many farang lsucking up in Thailand thinking it will get them a better place in society here, Im sick of these wannabe Thais, does my nut in.

[Chiangmai Cheers]

More ex-pat schadenfreude at Thaivisa....

People you won't meet in a bar in Pattaya (and not just because they're dead)

Thomas Paine

Le Marquis de Lafayette

T.E Lawrence

James Brooke

Eamon De Valera

Che Guevara

Charley Wilson

...and let's not forget all those lazy drunken louts of the International Brigade who stuck their noses into Generalissimo Franco's business...

It is the privilege of the young to be revolutionaries. It is the sentence of the old to vilify idealism from the bar stool.

Wow, I'd love to be able to use big words like "schadenfreude", and to be able to come up with such deep comments.

[Chiangmai Cheers]

Well done ,I think its time for many foreigners to understand NOT to interfere in Thailand politics. After all we are only guests here . Hope this story will be set as example for the future.

What a load of rubbish. This guest thing is getting a bit lame. Many of us have been here for many years, have families here and are helping with out extended families. Are you implying that we should hand over our money and behave like little puppies? Of course everyone has to have some political views, if we did not care what was happening to our adopted home, we would be no better than animals.

It's one thing having views, it's another thing to incite hatred. There is a clear difference, and that's a person's attitude. The video clip posted portrays a particular side to both of their attitudes. Whilst we don't know them personally, it does lead one to draw their conclusions on the type of people they are, and on face value, it's not a good impression.

I agree entirely with what you are saying, about someone inciting violence. But surely, those of us who have lived here over many years, and have paid our dues are entitled to our views on what is happening in the country. This excuse of us being guests in the country is rubbish. I wonder how Thais would feel if they were treated in the same manner in the west. Double pricing, not allowed to own a house etc. etc.

[way2muchcoffee]

Well done ,I think its time for many foreigners to understand NOT to interfere in Thailand politics. After all we are only guests here . Hope this story will be set as example for the future.

What a load of rubbish. This guest thing is getting a bit lame. Many of us have been here for many years, have families here and are helping with out extended families. Are you implying that we should hand over our money and behave like little puppies? Of course everyone has to have some political views, if we did not care what was happening to our adopted home, we would be no better than animals.

It's one thing having views, it's another thing to incite hatred. There is a clear difference, and that's a person's attitude. The video clip posted portrays a particular side to both of their attitudes. Whilst we don't know them personally, it does lead one to draw their conclusions on the type of people they are, and on face value, it's not a good impression.

I agree entirely with what you are saying, about someone inciting violence. But surely, those of us who have lived here over many years, and have paid our dues are entitled to our views on what is happening in the country. This excuse of us being guests in the country is rubbish. I wonder how Thais would feel if they were treated in the same manner in the west. Double pricing, not allowed to own a house etc. etc.

Of course we are entitled to have views and express them. What we are not entitled to do is to defy a state of emergency and join an illegal demonstration that repeatedly violates the law and engages in extreme violence against security forces and civilians.

[hnka]

good riddance to bad rubbish!........

[chainarong]

Conor David Purcell, U R a Discrace to Australia, stay in Au and don't leave, but if U do, go to Indonesia and try the same trick there as U did in Thailand.

[Buchholz]

Yesterday, going in... still throwing tantrums

Australian national Conor David Purcell shouts at the media as he arrives at the Pathumwan Municipal court in Bangkok August 20, 2010.

Reuters

[Soutpeel]

This excuse of us being guests in the country is rubbish.

Its not an excuse its a fact.....hence the reason Thailand gives you a stamp in your passport which says NON-IMMIGRANT, you have no rights, and no legal status....call it a guest, temporary visitor, perpetual tourist etc its all the same, at the drop of hat a Thai offical or goverment could decide one day they don't want you here anymore......visa/visa extension denied...bye bye

They will not care if you are supporting half of issan...

Edited August 21, 2010 by Soutpeel

[Crushdepth]

I hope his next overseas trip is to a less tolerant country.

[rubl]

This excuse of us being guests in the country is rubbish.

Its not an excuse its a fact.....hence the reason Thailand gives you a stamp in your passport which says NON-IMMIGRANT, you have no rights, and no legal status....call it a guest, temporary visitor, perpetual tourist etc its all the same, at the drop of hat a Thai offical or goverment could decide one day they don't want you here anymore......visa/visa extension denied...bye bye

They will not care if you are supporting half of issan...

You forgot to mention that we're also called 'aliens'. Somehow I still have to get used to that after all those years here

[kevozman1]

Well done ,I think its time for many foreigners to understand NOT to interfere in Thailand politics. After all we are only guests here . Hope this story will be set as example for the future.

what a airhead this guy is wow.this is none of his bissness.its not his country or his place to speak out in public on stage in the middle of a red shirt riot.he should of been locked up for years.hopefully they will never let him back in

Please re-locate to somewhere like Iraq if you think something like this deserves being

sentenced to a hel_l hole for years.

[Xangsamhua]

It's clear he's been foolish. He's obviously lost the plot. He's also not someone who attracts sympathy. But if he is a political science graduate from a well-regarded university (U of WA) and a former army reservist (and it seems he is both of these), then at least in the past he was able to control his emotions, accept discipline and achieve goals.

It appears now that he has lost those controls. Somewhere along the way he's broken down and lost his way. He looks like a man undergoing significant mental and emotional breakdown. He's not the same as the British lad, who doesn't appear to have ever been very bright, but was sane enough to admit he'd been foolish and to admit guilt sooner than Purcell.

Purcell may have been seriously deluded, but he was put up on stage and introduced glowingly by no less than Mor Weng as a fit and proper person to speak to the undiscerning audience at Rajprasong. This was either an act of blatant cynicism or gross naivete by the Red leaders. They are the ones who should be castigated for taking advantage of a man who clearly had a tenuous hold on reality.

If Purcell is suffering bipolar disorder or some mental illness, I hope the Australian authorities get him back home as soon as possible so he can be given proper treatment.

[Rinrada]

"When in Rome, do as the romans, and obey roman laws."

If you can't, just pack your bags and go back to the glory where you came from!

Lots of very nice people did just that in...errr Nazi Germany which was great ....as long as you were not a Communist,Socialist,Black......or Jewish....

[RedNIvar]

It looks like even Australia does not want him back. IMO, give him a Thai flag, slap a yellow shirt on him with a sign that says "Hun Sen Go Home" and send him to the disputed area at the Thai-Cambodian border. Then everyone should just forget about him.

[geriatrickid]

It's clear he's been foolish. He's obviously lost the plot. He's also not someone who attracts sympathy. But if he is a political science graduate from a well-regarded university (U of WA) and a former army reservist (and it seems he is both of these), then at least in the past he was able to control his emotions, accept discipline and achieve goals.

It appears now that he has lost those controls. Somewhere along the way he's broken down and lost his way. He looks like a man undergoing significant mental and emotional breakdown. He's not the same as the British lad, who doesn't appear to have ever been very bright, but was sane enough to admit he'd been foolish and to admit guilt sooner than Purcell.

Purcell may have been seriously deluded, but he was put up on stage and introduced glowingly by no less than Mor Weng as a fit and proper person to speak to the undiscerning audience at Rajprasong. This was either an act of blatant cynicism or gross naivete by the Red leaders. They are the ones who should be castigated for taking advantage of a man who clearly had a tenuous hold on reality.

If Purcell is suffering bipolar disorder or some mental illness, I hope the Australian authorities get him back home as soon as possible so he can be given proper treatment.

then at least in the past he was able to control his emotions, accept discipline and achieve goals

Sorry, but possession of a diploma, particularly from some faculties means SFA. Someone had to graduate at the bottom of the class and I doubt he graduated suma cum laude. More likely smegma cum loutly as we used to say. Big deal, so he was a reservist. For all we know he could have been encouraged to leave the reserves because of some emotional issues. Would you have allowed him to carry a weapon or to be in charge of anyone?

I sincerely doubt that he will receive the psychological care and counseling he seems to need. Such care and treatment cannot be forced on people like him. Unless he presents as a threat to public safety and is ordered by a court to undergo treatment, he's free to walk the streets of Melbourne deep in discourse with the evil spirits. Sadly, I expect that we will be reading about this fellow in the near future and I don't think it will have a happy ending.

[kuffki]

Seriously only in Thailand and only with retired expats living off their tiny pension this would be such a wopti do.

Big F deal guy spoke at a rally!!!!

There are hundreds of people who travel to other countries to protest against one thing or another, i do not see them being arrested or charged with anything(unless they get violent)

There were hundreds of Thais in Australia protesting against government etc etc etc, half of them if not most were not citizens yet i did not see them being arrested.

Biggest stupidity is charging the guy with breaking emergency law, why did they not charge 30 000 Thai's who sat there, ate, and shit all over the place???Thais who defied that same law?

He may or may not have full deck of cards in his head but speaking at a rally is really no reason to be arrested, charged and deported. For any of you who think otherwise-HAVE A REALITY CHECK!

[kevozman1]

^Well said my man.

I would have to say that he was doing more than speaking at a rally, he

did actually threaten arson but still in most of these kind of rallies where

the mood gets rowdy there can be things said in the heat of the moment.

Not a big deal at all though.................... suppose some people just live

sheltered lifes eh.

[cardholder]

He may or may not have full deck of cards in his head but speaking at a rally is really no reason to be arrested, charged and deported. For any of you who think otherwise-HAVE A REALITY CHECK!

No Sir ! - the reality check should be yours.

Nothing wrong with having a political view.

You stay in Thailand (or any other repressed country) and you abide by their rules.

This moron did not and, frankly, he was one of those chaps 'looking for a rumble'.

He got one, as did the British idiot Savage, and they both got their just desserts.

If you cannot fathom that one, refer to earlier posts about breaching the terms of an Emergency Decree. It is not the same as parking on double yellow lines.

[Xangsamhua]

It's clear he's been foolish. He's obviously lost the plot. He's also not someone who attracts sympathy. But if he is a political science graduate from a well-regarded university (U of WA) and a former army reservist (and it seems he is both of these), then at least in the past he was able to control his emotions, accept discipline and achieve goals.

It appears now that he has lost those controls. Somewhere along the way he's broken down and lost his way. He looks like a man undergoing significant mental and emotional breakdown. He's not the same as the British lad, who doesn't appear to have ever been very bright, but was sane enough to admit he'd been foolish and to admit guilt sooner than Purcell.

Purcell may have been seriously deluded, but he was put up on stage and introduced glowingly by no less than Mor Weng as a fit and proper person to speak to the undiscerning audience at Rajprasong. This was either an act of blatant cynicism or gross naivete by the Red leaders. They are the ones who should be castigated for taking advantage of a man who clearly had a tenuous hold on reality.

If Purcell is suffering bipolar disorder or some mental illness, I hope the Australian authorities get him back home as soon as possible so he can be given proper treatment.

then at least in the past he was able to control his emotions, accept discipline and achieve goals

Sorry, but possession of a diploma, particularly from some faculties means SFA. Someone had to graduate at the bottom of the class and I doubt he graduated suma cum laude. More likely smegma cum loutly as we used to say. Big deal, so he was a reservist. For all we know he could have been encouraged to leave the reserves because of some emotional issues. Would you have allowed him to carry a weapon or to be in charge of anyone?

I sincerely doubt that he will receive the psychological care and counseling he seems to need. Such care and treatment cannot be forced on people like him. Unless he presents as a threat to public safety and is ordered by a court to undergo treatment, he's free to walk the streets of Melbourne deep in discourse with the evil spirits. Sadly, I expect that we will be reading about this fellow in the near future and I don't think it will have a happy ending.

You may well be right, GK. I don't know the details. But, although it's taken a dive in recent times (from 64th to 83rd on the Times ranking of world's top universities) UWA is the most difficult university in Western Australia to get into, so it seems he had his head together when he started his degree.