Bangkok Vocational School Shooting Leaves 1 Killed And 2 Injured

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Vocational School Shooting Leaves 1 Killed and 2 Injured

A former vocational college student has been killed and two others injured in a fight with students of a rival school.

Twenty four year old Cherdchai Chaiphak, a former student of Pathumwan Institute of Technology, has been shot and killed in Chatuchak district of Bangkok by students from a rival school.

A witness said the two unidentified gunmen, travelling on a motorcycle, opened fire on Cherdchai and his two friends, while the victims were riding on Soi Vibhavadi Rangsit 36.

The two friends, Narin Tokao and Ponprom Srirayayon, were badly wounded, but managed to take a taxi to a nearby hospital.

-- Tan Network 2011-01-27

[angiud]

The continue fighting and killing among rival students is a perfect mirror of the today's Thailand

[hanuman1]

Since inter-school brawls between relatively small groups of kids are on average far deadlier than most sizable political rallies, shouldn't there be more focus on these kind of stories?

Why isn't there more investigative journalism here? Interview teachers, interview kids, get stats on the worst areas and schools with the worst reputation, look into the motivating factors and characters involved etc etc. But there's none of this.

It appears that the lives of a-political kids have no value to those who would need a real reason to get upset about their deaths.

[lucjoker]

Let the Thai people handle these matters,

it is NOT our business.

It's ok to read aboud the fact,but dont comment on it.

Look at your own garden ,you will never be a Thai and Thai never

listen to a farang,why should they?

[Suradit]

The continue fighting and killing among rival students is a perfect mirror of the today's Thailand

It's a sad and unfortunate reflection on the level of conflict and violence throughout the world. Implying that it is somehow unique to Thailand or that Thailand is different from the rest of the world or that Thailand is less civilized than the mythical marvelous non-Thai world in this regard is just not true.

"Children" learn how to resolve their problems based on the methods they witness others using, including what they see on TV, movies, video games, in the news and in their own homes and neighborhoods, but the poor examples Thai young people see go way beyond the borders of Thailand.

Feb. 2, 1996

Moses Lake, Wash. Two students and one teacher killed, one other wounded when 14-year-old Barry Loukaitis opened fire on his algebra class. March 13, 1996

Dunblane, Scotland 16 children and one teacher killed at Dunblane Primary School by Thomas Hamilton, who then killed himself. 10 others wounded in attack.

Feb. 19, 1997

Bethel, Alaska Principal and one student killed, two others wounded by Evan Ramsey,

16. March 1997

Sanaa, Yemen Eight people (six students and two others) at two schools killed by Mohammad Ahman al-Naziri.

Oct. 1, 1997

Pearl, Miss. Two students killed and seven wounded by Luke Woodham, 16, who was also accused of killing his mother. He and his friends were said to be outcasts who worshiped Satan.

Dec. 1, 1997

West Paducah, Ky. Three students killed, five wounded by Michael Carneal, 14, as they participated in a prayer circle at Heath High School.

Dec. 15, 1997

Stamps, Ark. Two students wounded. Colt Todd, 14, was hiding in the woods when he shot the students as they stood in the parking lot.

March 24, 1998

Jonesboro, Ark. Four students and one teacher killed, ten others wounded outside as Westside Middle School emptied during a false fire alarm. Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11, shot at their classmates and teachers from the woods.

April 24, 1998

Edinboro, Pa. One teacher, John Gillette, killed, two students wounded at a dance at James W. Parker Middle School. Andrew Wurst, 14, was charged.

May 19, 1998

Fayetteville, Tenn. One student killed in the parking lot at Lincoln County High School three days before he was to graduate. The victim was dating the ex-girlfriend of his killer, 18-year-old honor student Jacob Davis.

May 21, 1998

Springfield, Ore. Two students killed, 22 others wounded in the cafeteria at Thurston High School by 15-year-old Kip Kinkel. Kinkel had been arrested and released a day earlier for bringing a gun to school. His parents were later found dead at home.

June 15, 1998

Richmond, Va. One teacher and one guidance counselor wounded by a 14-year-old boy in the school hallway.

April 20, 1999

Littleton, Colo. 14 students (including killers) and one teacher killed, 23 others wounded at Columbine High School in the nation's deadliest school shooting. Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, had plotted for a year to kill at least 500 and blow up their school. At the end of their hour-long rampage, they turned their guns on themselves.

April 28, 1999

Taber, Alberta, Canada One student killed, one wounded at W. R. Myers High School in first fatal high school shooting in Canada in 20 years. The suspect, a 14-year-old boy, had dropped out of school after he was severely ostracized by his classmates.

May 20, 1999

Conyers, Ga. Six students injured at Heritage High School by Thomas Solomon, 15, who was reportedly depressed after breaking up with his girlfriend.

Nov. 19, 1999

Deming, N.M. Victor Cordova Jr., 12, shot and killed Araceli Tena, 13, in the lobby of Deming Middle School.

Dec. 6, 1999

Fort Gibson, Okla. Four students wounded as Seth Trickey, 13, opened fire with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun at Fort Gibson Middle School.

Dec. 7, 1999

Veghel, Netherlands One teacher and three students wounded by a 17-year-old student.

Feb. 29, 2000

Mount Morris Township, Mich. Six-year-old Kayla Rolland shot dead at Buell Elementary School near Flint, Mich. The assailant was identified as a six-year-old boy with a .32-caliber handgun.

March 2000

Branneburg, Germany One teacher killed by a 15-year-old student, who then shot himself. The shooter has been in a coma ever since.

March 10, 2000

Savannah, Ga. Two students killed by Darrell Ingram, 19, while leaving a dance sponsored by Beach High School.

May 26, 2000

Lake Worth, Fla. One teacher, Barry Grunow, shot and killed at Lake Worth Middle School by Nate Brazill, 13, with .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol on the last day of classes.

Sept. 26, 2000

New Orleans, La. Two students wounded with the same gun during a fight at Woodson Middle School.

Jan. 17, 2001

Baltimore, Md. One student shot and killed in front of Lake Clifton Eastern High School.

Jan. 18, 2001

Jan, Sweden One student killed by two boys, ages 17 and 19.

March 5, 2001

Santee, Calif. Two killed and 13 wounded by Charles Andrew Williams, 15, firing from a bathroom at Santana High School.

March 7, 2001

Williamsport, Pa. Elizabeth Catherine Bush, 14, wounded student Kimberly Marchese in the cafeteria of Bishop Neumann High School; she was depressed and frequently teased.

March 22, 2001

Granite Hills, Calif. One teacher and three students wounded by Jason Hoffman, 18, at Granite Hills High School. A policeman shot and wounded Hoffman.

March 30, 2001

Gary, Ind. One student killed by Donald R. Burt, Jr., a 17-year-old student who had been expelled from Lew Wallace High School.

Nov. 12, 2001

Caro, Mich. Chris Buschbacher, 17, took two hostages at the Caro Learning Center before killing himself.

Jan. 15, 2002

New York, N.Y. A teenager wounded two students at Martin Luther King Jr. High School.

Feb. 19, 2002

Freising, Germany Two killed in Eching by a man at the factory from which he had been fired; he then traveled to Freising and killed the headmaster of the technical school from which he had been expelled. He also wounded another teacher before killing himself.

April 26, 2002

Erfurt, Germany 13 teachers, two students, and one policeman killed, ten wounded by Robert Steinhaeuser, 19, at the Johann Gutenberg secondary school. Steinhaeuser then killed himself.

April 29, 2002

Vlasenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina One teacher killed, one wounded by Dragoslav Petkovic, 17, who then killed himself.

October 28, 2002

Tucson, Ariz. Robert S. Flores Jr., 41, a student at the nursing school at the University of Arizona, shot and killed three female professors and then himself.

April 14, 2003

New Orleans, La. One 15-year-old killed, and three students wounded at John McDonogh High School by gunfire from four teenagers (none were students at the school). The motive was gang-related.

April 24, 2003

Red Lion, Pa. James Sheets, 14, killed principal Eugene Segro of Red Lion Area Junior High School before killing himself.

Sept. 24, 2003

Cold Spring, Minn. Two students are killed at Rocori High School by John Jason McLaughlin, 15.

Sept. 28, 2004

Carmen de Patagones, Argentina Three students killed and 6 wounded by a 15-year-old Argentininan student in a town 620 miles south of Buenos Aires.

March 21, 2005

Red Lake, Minn. Jeff Weise, 16, killed grandfather and companion, then arrived at school where he killed a teacher, a security guard, 5 students, and finally himself, leaving a total of 10 dead.

Nov. 8, 2005

Jacksboro, Tenn. One 15-year-old shot and killed an assistant principal at Campbell County High School and seriously wounded two other administrators.

Aug. 24, 2006

Essex, Vt. Christopher Williams, 27, looking for his ex-girlfriend at Essex Elementary School, shot two teachers, killing one and wounding another. Before going to the school, he had killed the ex-girlfriend's mother.

Sept. 13, 2006

Montreal, Canada Kimveer Gill, 25, opened fire with a semiautomatic weapon at Dawson College. Anastasia De Sousa, 18, died and more than a dozen students and faculty were wounded before Gill killed himself.

Sept. 27, 2006

Bailey, Colo. Adult male held six students hostage at Platte Canyon High School and then shot and killed Emily Keyes, 16, and himself.

Sept. 29, 2006

Cazenovia, Wis. A 15-year-old student shot and killed Weston School principal John Klang.

Oct. 3, 2006

Nickel Mines, Pa. 32-year-old Carl Charles Roberts IV entered the one-room West Nickel Mines Amish School and shot 10 schoolgirls, ranging in age from 6 to 13 years old, and then himself. Five of the girls and Roberts died.

Jan. 3, 2007

Tacoma, Wash. Douglas Chanthabouly, 18, shot fellow student Samnang Kok, 17, in the hallway of Henry Foss High School.

April 16, 2007

Blacksburg, Va. A 23-year-old Virginia Tech student, Cho Seung-Hui, killed two in a dorm, then killed 30 more 2 hours later in a classroom building. His suicide brought the death toll to 33, making the shooting rampage the most deadly in U.S. history. Fifteen others were wounded.

Sept. 21, 2007

Dover, Del. A Delaware State Univesity Freshman, Loyer D. Brandon, shot and wounded two other Freshman students on the University campus. Brandon is being charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless engagement, as well as a gun charge.

Oct. 10, 2007

Cleveland, Ohio A 14-year-old student at a Cleveland high school, Asa H. Coon, shot and injured two students and two teachers before he shot and killed himself. The victims' injuries were not life-threatening.

Nov. 7, 2007

Tuusula, Finland An 18-year-old student in southern Finland shot and killed five boys, two girls, and the female principal at Jokela High School. At least 10 others were injured. The gunman shot himself and died from his wounds in the hospital.

Feb. 8, 2008

Baton Rouge, Louisiana A nursing student shot and killed two women and then herself in a classroom at Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge.

Feb. 11, 2008

Memphis, Tennessee A 17-year-old student at Mitchell High School shot and wounded a classmate in gym class.

Feb. 12, 2008

Oxnard, California A 14-year-old boy shot a student at E.O. Green Junior High School causing the 15-year-old victim to be brain dead.

Feb. 14, 2008

DeKalb, Illinois Gunman killed five students and then himself, and wounded 17 more when he opened fire on a classroom at Northern Illinois University. The gunman, Stephen P. Kazmierczak, was identified as a former graduate student at the university in 2007.

Sept. 23, 2008

Kauhajoki, Finland A 20-year-old male student shot and killed at least nine students and himself at a vocational college in Kauhajok, 330km (205 miles) north of the capital, Helsinki.

Nov. 12, 2008

Fort Lauderdale, Florida A 15-year-old female student was shot and killed by a classmate at at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale.

March 11, 2009

Winnenden, Germany Fifteen people were shot and killed at Albertville Technical High School in southwestern Germany by a 17-year-old boy who attended the same school.

http://www.infopleas...a/A0777958.html

[onnut]

Let the Thai people handle these matters,

it is NOT our business.

It's ok to read aboud the fact,but dont comment on it.

Look at your own garden ,you will never be a Thai and Thai never

listen to a farang,why should they?

ok Joker

[w11guy]

The continue fighting and killing among rival students is a perfect mirror of the today's Thailand

The continued fighting and killing among rival students is a perfect mirror of the today's America.

[pacovl46]

Let the Thai people handle these matters,

it is NOT our business.

It's ok to read aboud the fact,but dont comment on it.

Look at your own garden ,you will never be a Thai and Thai never

listen to a farang,why should they?

To learn something and improve?! The "Mai Pen Lai" and "Kreng Chai" attitude they have does them far more damage than good. That's for sure!

[asdecas]

The continue fighting and killing among rival students is a perfect mirror of the today's Thailand

Well, I only go back to 1985, but I'm certain these inter-school rivalries have existed far longer than that. As to the origins, I have no idea.

[prakhonchai nick]

If penalties for carrying guns, were severe and implemented in full, with no possibility of paying your way out of it, or knowing some bigwig, then I believe we would see less of these problems. However this is unlikely to happen, and if the deceased's family are offered enough money (as is frequently the case) they will likely as not accept, and the culprits will go scott free!

Murder is murder. It does not matter who you are or who you know! It should be life imprisonment or capital punishment!

[luangtom]

It is a reflection of society, in general, no matter the country. When in the US, I walk the dog while armed due to street thugs and gang-bangers and I live 40-miles North of the Metro-Atlanta perimeter.

[DumFarang]

Of course what means anything without some data?

http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/cri_tot_cri_vic-crime-total-victims&b_map=1

http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita&b_map=1

[housepainter]

A 24 year old is not a school student. Not unless he is academically challenged and his mother would let him leave school until he actually passed his exams. In that case most Thais would still be in brown pumps and scout uniforms long after their 21st. Or am I wrong in thinking thta the average Thai mother would actually insist her child do something?

Neither was this an attack at the school or witnessed by students leaving the school. Unless of course the rest of the thousand plus students were following 4 to a motorbike. Possible I know. It was an attack on three persons; two of whom one presumes were wearing the Vocational uniform.

If it is rival school shooting then it reflects a failing in the Thai system. We all know of the great red yellow divide. Perhaps that is an inevitable escalation from school days. Hate your neighbours, hate your fellow students, hate your work mates, hate society. At least any version that you don't sign up to. Simply, it's a rich going somewhere and educated versus a thick, going nowhere and ignorant. Can't see that one being resolved anytime soon. Hardly going to sit down and discuss literature. Thais confine their reading to those small comic books and the text on an SMS.

Apparently normal behaviour, by apparently normal people is to follow your enemy and open fire. Thai youth doing what it does rather well; get hold of a gun and go shoot basically anybody. That seems to explain the American way; the right to bear arms. The availability of guns. The same example, if you don't like it - shoot it, that adult society shows them in so many guises; from cars, in airport car parks, on the highway, from the motorbike, at the bus stop.

The huge and ridiculous list posted by Suradit has no bearing on this case. Psychotics in US schools that perpetrate in house, on their own killings aimed at including their teachers can not be connected with or compared to these relatively unplanned, random shootings. Furthermore, these Thai attacks are usually confrontational, gang on gang and away from the instituion.

What should be focussed on is the Thai failure, less than one week on since we last read of another school brawl killing, to stop a similar incident. However, this type of random drive-by settle some grudge [conflict] shooting is virtually impossible to stop. Unless you do believe in Spiderman, Superman or Batman. I don't think anyone believes in the detective and prevention abilities of the Thai Police Force. Anyone aged 5 or above that is.

The psychotics of American society are relatively few as are the ferociously angry nutters in Thai society. However, unlike America which tries effectively to spot, intervene and punish their pariahs, there is no hope of this in Thailand. It is a vengeful, face save, furious society where rage ripples the surface. Hence, all Thais are vulnerable to such an outburst as all Thais are repressed emotionally, inhibited, suffering high stress levels, unfulfilled, morally bereft, shallow and largely amoral. Then there are the negatives, which I won't bother to list.

When there is no hope of detecting and preventing such mindless acts, remember thy can't get folk to obey red or green lights, we should at least take some sliver of solace that they at least target other students and do not wage their wrath on the rest of us. Not yet anyhow.

So much for the Buddhist influence on their lives, or can they square such actions, an eye for an eye, a murder for a you looked at my girlfriend, ate my som tam, got bigger dick, within their religion?

I don't know and little do I care.

[prakhonchai nick]

Of course what means anything without some data?

http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/cri_tot_cri_vic-crime-total-victims&b_map=1

http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita&b_map=1

Why is everyone concerned with North America, South America and elsewhere.

This shooting happened in Bangkok, Thailand!

That's where our concern should be!

[DumFarang]

Of course what means anything without some data?

http://www.nationmas...victims&b_map=1

http://www.nationmas...-capita&b_map=1

Why is everyone concerned with North America, South America and elsewhere.

This shooting happened in Bangkok, Thailand!

That's where our concern should be!

It's called a tangent. That W11 ass clown said the U.S. is the most violent place on Earth. Actually the links above just show which places actually are. And, it's not the U.S. or Thailand.

[scotbeve]

Of course what means anything without some data?

http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/cri_tot_cri_vic-crime-total-victims&b_map=1

http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita&b_map=1

Thanks for maps Dum! That seems about right, tho' I see Thailand has more murders than the US per capita... Who would've thought....!!

[DumFarang]

Of course what means anything without some data?

http://www.nationmas...victims&b_map=1

http://www.nationmas...-capita&b_map=1

Thanks for maps Dum! That seems about right, tho' I see Thailand has more murders than the US per capita... Who would've thought....!!

Your welcome! I just stumbled upon that site. It's pretty cool huh? You can check about anything statistical for a country.

[pedro01]

Let the Thai people handle these matters,

it is NOT our business.

It's ok to read aboud the fact,but dont comment on it.

Look at your own garden ,you will never be a Thai and Thai never

listen to a farang,why should they?

Ok - I hereby declare ThaiVisa.com officially closed...

[scotbeve]

Of course what means anything without some data?

http://www.nationmas...victims&b_map=1

http://www.nationmas...-capita&b_map=1

Thanks for maps Dum! That seems about right, tho' I see Thailand has more murders than the US per capita... Who would've thought....!!

Your welcome! I just stumbled upon that site. It's pretty cool huh? You can check about anything statistical for a country.

It is cool! The mind is still in boggle mode!

[anterian]

Thais are poor innovators but excellent copiers. They particularly love to copy Americans. America made a cult out of teenage gangs with plays and films like West Side story. School shootings in America become global news, the occasional events in Canada or Europe rarely go global.

[crazydrummerpauly]

A 24 year old is not a school student. Not unless he is academically challenged and his mother would let him leave school until he actually passed his exams. In that case most Thais would still be in brown pumps and scout uniforms long after their 21st. Or am I wrong in thinking thta the average Thai mother would actually insist her child do something?

Neither was this an attack at the school or witnessed by students leaving the school. Unless of course the rest of the thousand plus students were following 4 to a motorbike. Possible I know. It was an attack on three persons; two of whom one presumes were wearing the Vocational uniform.

If it is rival school shooting then it reflects a failing in the Thai system. We all know of the great red yellow divide. Perhaps that is an inevitable escalation from school days. Hate your neighbours, hate your fellow students, hate your work mates, hate society. At least any version that you don't sign up to. Simply, it's a rich going somewhere and educated versus a thick, going nowhere and ignorant. Can't see that one being resolved anytime soon. Hardly going to sit down and discuss literature. Thais confine their reading to those small comic books and the text on an SMS.

Apparently normal behaviour, by apparently normal people is to follow your enemy and open fire. Thai youth doing what it does rather well; get hold of a gun and go shoot basically anybody. That seems to explain the American way; the right to bear arms. The availability of guns. The same example, if you don't like it - shoot it, that adult society shows them in so many guises; from cars, in airport car parks, on the highway, from the motorbike, at the bus stop.

The huge and ridiculous list posted by Suradit has no bearing on this case. Psychotics in US schools that perpetrate in house, on their own killings aimed at including their teachers can not be connected with or compared to these relatively unplanned, random shootings. Furthermore, these Thai attacks are usually confrontational, gang on gang and away from the instituion.

What should be focussed on is the Thai failure, less than one week on since we last read of another school brawl killing, to stop a similar incident. However, this type of random drive-by settle some grudge [conflict] shooting is virtually impossible to stop. Unless you do believe in Spiderman, Superman or Batman. I don't think anyone believes in the detective and prevention abilities of the Thai Police Force. Anyone aged 5 or above that is.

The psychotics of American society are relatively few as are the ferociously angry nutters in Thai society. However, unlike America which tries effectively to spot, intervene and punish their pariahs, there is no hope of this in Thailand. It is a vengeful, face save, furious society where rage ripples the surface. Hence, all Thais are vulnerable to such an outburst as all Thais are repressed emotionally, inhibited, suffering high stress levels, unfulfilled, morally bereft, shallow and largely amoral. Then there are the negatives, which I won't bother to list.

When there is no hope of detecting and preventing such mindless acts, remember thy can't get folk to obey red or green lights, we should at least take some sliver of solace that they at least target other students and do not wage their wrath on the rest of us. Not yet anyhow.

So much for the Buddhist influence on their lives, or can they square such actions, an eye for an eye, a murder for a you looked at my girlfriend, ate my som tam, got bigger dick, within their religion?

I don't know and little do I care.

With the section in red, you took the words right out of my mouth - gang-on-gang has happened everywhere during the sociological development of every society, and it is always highly organised internally, with rich sub-cultural elements. It has little to do with the explosion of a mentally-unstable individual who just can't take another minute of being a 'nobody', or a 'failure', 'loser', or a misfit - and of course they often attack their old schools or some convenient school - that's wher those labels were stamped on their heads. Your final sentence, "I don't know and little do I care"...mmm...I know that feeling, it's a pretty rational reaction to any length of time trying to maintain some kind of optimism in the face of the daily tide of shocking events in LOS. In another thread recently, I called Thailand a 'cruel' place underneath all the gold ornamentation, posing in pastel shirts, and anachronistic customs - and I was attacked by a few members, of course. Your : "It is a vengeful, face save, furious society wher rage ripples to the surface" is a brilliant, chilling sentence. And the stark contrast between the tenets of Buddhism and the great phrase, 'furious society' should be thought-provoking for everybody.

[VictorOne]

The continue fighting and killing among rival students is a perfect mirror of the today's Thailand

You got it in one, and it has long been an issue.

[DumFarang]

Thais are poor innovators but excellent copiers. They particularly love to copy Americans. America made a cult out of teenage gangs with plays and films like West Side story. School shootings in America become global news, the occasional events in Canada or Europe rarely go global.

This is the most unfortunate thing about American cinema, especially the violent movies. Americans, and a lot of other people around the world, know it's just an action movie or a gangsta rap video, or whatever, and it doesn't pose as any sort of reality for the majority of the population. However, some people in some other countries don't know that, and they go around and start acting the same way. In most cases it's just comical, but a terrible side effect is when somebody thinks the violence in a movie is anything other than just entertainment. And, you see very sexually repressive countries editing out the nudity, but it doesn't matter if a kid sees someone get their head turned into a canoe. It's too late now, all that's left is for some cultures to grow up socially and get responsible.

[gbswales]

Let the Thai people handle these matters,

it is NOT our business.

It's ok to read aboud the fact,but dont comment on it.

Look at your own garden ,you will never be a Thai and Thai never

listen to a farang,why should they?

Most societies change, for better or worse because of external influences. Of course this doesnt usually happen immeditately and sometimes not in the lifetime of the people who are trying to change things. The important thing is that you should care about what goes on in the world and try to make a contribution, however small, towards improving things. This kind of insular "its a Thai problem let them deal with it" (or could equally be "its a US problem, UK problem, Chinese Problem...." is what is going wrong in the world today. We dont belong to a country just because of an accident of birth, nor for the same reason do we own that country, we are part of the world around us and of the places we choose to live. A Thai living in the UK can, and should, express their views about what goes on around them, so why is it wrong for a Farang to care and show concern where high school kids are shooting one another or when people rioting in the streets.

This comment maybe says more about the person who made it than it does about the topic under discussion.

Edited January 27, 2011 by gbswales

[ruebenpiatt]

after living her a short time, I see Thai's have placed no value on life!They seem to jump to fight without fully understanding what the fight is about! Schools/Red/Yellow.....

[DumFarang]

after living her a short time, I see Thai's have placed no value on life!They seem to jump to fight without fully understanding what the fight is about! Schools/Red/Yellow.....

It's more complicated than that. I understand your perception of it, but if you've ever seen how sacred children are to them, especially protecting the head, you might see it differently. They certainly don't dwell on death like some of us from the west. They also don't give each other big hugs and kisses for greetings and goodbyes. It doesn't mean it's not in their hearts. They just express themselves differently, that's all.

[DonGato]

Of course what means anything without some data?

http://www.nationmas...victims&b_map=1

http://www.nationmas...-capita&b_map=1

Thanks for maps Dum! That seems about right, tho' I see Thailand has more murders than the US per capita... Who would've thought....!!

Indeed a cool site... thanks for the link!

My beloved Costa Rica it's 19th... above some incredible names on the list and as much as I would love to be surprised or even upset, sadly, numbers seem about right in a country that is suffering deeply from a terrible lack of direction (mediocre governments) and an accelerated lost of family values... with a high influence of easy -hot- money...

[eddie61]

I think it is a very fine thing that these guys shoot themselves as early in life as possible.

Personally, I think they should give them all a session with 9mm Glocks just after they have played the national anthem in the morning.

Those who have problems controlling their temper will quickly be eliminated, and the gene pool can only get better.

If not, they might go on to be uncontrolled drivers or worse still, become national politicians.

ed

Let the Thai people handle these matters,

it is NOT our business.

It's ok to read aboud the fact,but dont comment on it.

Look at your own garden ,you will never be a Thai and Thai never

listen to a farang,why should they?

[CaliforniaJohn]

The continue fighting and killing among rival students is a perfect mirror of the today's Thailand

It's a sad and unfortunate reflection on the level of conflict and violence throughout the world. Implying that it is somehow unique to Thailand or that Thailand is different from the rest of the world or that Thailand is less civilized than the mythical marvelous non-Thai world in this regard is just not true.

"Children" learn how to resolve their problems based on the methods they witness others using, including what they see on TV, movies, video games, in the news and in their own homes and neighborhoods, but the poor examples Thai young people see go way beyond the borders of Thailand.

http://www.infopleas...a/A0777958.html

That's some good research, But the truth is that Thailand has a 8 to 100,000 murder rate and the US has a 4 to 100,000 rate.

That's double. The other thing is that these killings are school rivalries, most of the cases you quoted are not. There is a difference.

Edited January 27, 2011 by Scott
Excessively long quote edited out

[crazydrummerpauly]

I think it is a very fine thing that these guys shoot themselves as early in life as possible.

Personally, I think they should give them all a session with 9mm Glocks just after they have played the national anthem in the morning.

Those who have problems controlling their temper will quickly be eliminated, and the gene pool can only get better.

If not, they might go on to be uncontrolled drivers or worse still, become national politicians.

ed

Haha - brilliant - make ed prime-minister tomorrow !