Road Rage In Thailand

[giddyup]

TommoPhysicist

It doesn't have to be a gun, it could be someone coming at you with a knife or machete. So you'd prefer to stand there and be hacked to death rather than defend yourself and kill the aggressor?

Only a nut, walks around with a loaded and cocked gun. When someone attacks you, it's normally without warning.

Different situation when you have many armed defenders, more chance of a partially successful defense, but you will still suffer casualties.

Didn't answer the question.

[Chittychangchang]

Who carries a gun?

Someone who can not reason with people?

A sceptic tank?

Someone who feels threatened and insecure?

A total numbskull?

Hell, if everyones got one let's join the party and carry a penile extension also!

[theslime]

The more guns there are the more chance Criminals will get them, and more chance you will be shot. Read the paper and see how many Gun related deaths in LOS compared to Oz which has strict Gun control.

[GuestHouse]

NeverSure, I understand entirely why.

You're head's in a strange place.

Regardless - You will not get a gun to hug in Thailand - It's one of the things I like about the place, while perhaps not fully recognising the number of misfits who turn up as immigrants here, the Thais at least have the good sense not to allow them guns.

[chiangmaikelly]

Who carries a gun?

Someone who can not reason with people?

A sceptic tank?

Someone who feels threatened and insecure?

A total numbskull?

Hell, if everyones got one let's join the party and carry a penile extension also!

Ya right on mate.

[Humbugged]

NeverSure, I understand entirely why.

You're head's in a strange place.

Regardless - You will not get a gun to hug in Thailand - It's one of the things I like about the place, while perhaps not fully recognising the number of misfits who turn up as immigrants here, the Thais at least have the good sense not to allow them guns.

Thats funny.

An idiot will not get a gun....

[giddyup]

NeverSure, I understand entirely why.

You're head's in a strange place.

Regardless - You will not get a gun to hug in Thailand - It's one of the things I like about the place, while perhaps not fully recognising the number of misfits who turn up as immigrants here, the Thais at least have the good sense not to allow them guns.

And yet the Thai police search and arrest teenagers and criminals every day who are carrying guns. You should watch Thai news more.

Edited December 9, 2012 by giddyup

[GuestHouse]

^ I watch the news everyday. Don't see foreigners toting guns in Thailand yet - and as I have said I regard that as a good thing.

You are right though, out of control teenagers and criminals do tote guns in Thailand, but I don't see adding misfit foreigners to the list of the armed and dangerous as an improvement.

Edited December 9, 2012 by GuestHouse

[GuestHouse]

Thats funny.

An idiot will not get a gun....

You've nailed it nicely - Idiots and guns.

[Heng]

^ I watch the news everyday. Don't see foreigners toting guns in Thailand yet - and as I have said I regard that as a good thing.

You are right though, out of control teenagers and criminals do tote guns in Thailand, but I don't see adding misfit foreigners to the list of the armed and dangerous as an improvement.

Not an improvement, but if I were a violent armed robbery type criminal, I'd go for the "likely" unarmed foreign mark over the "possibly" armed local mark. Good chance his buddies would 'logically' try to pin the crime on his/her spouse as well.

[GuestHouse]

^ I watch the news everyday. Don't see foreigners toting guns in Thailand yet - and as I have said I regard that as a good thing.

You are right though, out of control teenagers and criminals do tote guns in Thailand, but I don't see adding misfit foreigners to the list of the armed and dangerous as an improvement.

Not an improvement, but if I were a violent armed robbery type criminal, I'd go for the "likely" unarmed foreign mark over the "possibly" armed local mark. Good chance his buddies would 'logically' try to pin the crime on his/her spouse as well.

My guess is choosing at what end of the society you socialise and integrate yourself into has more bearing on the likelihood of being a victim of crime violent crime than does carrying a weapon.

At the bottom of nearly every woeful story we read of some expat getting killed by a Thai is the choice he made somewhere down the line to slop around with the dregs.

[chiangmaikelly]

^ I watch the news everyday. Don't see foreigners toting guns in Thailand yet - and as I have said I regard that as a good thing.

You are right though, out of control teenagers and criminals do tote guns in Thailand, but I don't see adding misfit foreigners to the list of the armed and dangerous as an improvement.

Not an improvement, but if I were a violent armed robbery type criminal, I'd go for the "likely" unarmed foreign mark over the "possibly" armed local mark. Good chance his buddies would 'logically' try to pin the crime on his/her spouse as well.

^ I watch the news everyday. Don't see foreigners toting guns in Thailand yet - and as I have said I regard that as a good thing.

You are right though, out of control teenagers and criminals do tote guns in Thailand, but I don't see adding misfit foreigners to the list of the armed and dangerous as an improvement.

Not an improvement, but if I were a violent armed robbery type criminal, I'd go for the "likely" unarmed foreign mark over the "possibly" armed local mark. Good chance his buddies would 'logically' try to pin the crime on his/her spouse as well.

That's where we all owe a debt of gratitude to the Russians; especially the women. Until the criminals learn to tell the difference between Russian and English a lot of Thai men will be getting beat down in Pattaya.

[rene123]

I thought the topic was about road rage in Thailand, not gun control. Gun control is an entirely different topic with 2 polarized points of view. I was raised with guns and hunting, but in Canada we are not allowed to carry handguns or use them anywhere but at licensed gun ranges. Just south of our border the Americans have an entirely different point of view, and the number of accidental killings reflect that change. The only question I ask is how many times in anyone's life have they ever actually needed a handgun for protection? I can't think of any time in my life, and even my father, who spent considerable time in some scary places, never felt he needed a handgun. Would it be fun to go plinking with a handgun? Sure, but do we really need them?

[yourauntbob]

If I saw a school van doing that I would have snapped a quick picture with my phone or wrote down the number and called the school to let them know about their drivers wreck-less driving.

[StreetCowboy]

^ I watch the news everyday. Don't see foreigners toting guns in Thailand yet - and as I have said I regard that as a good thing.

You are right though, out of control teenagers and criminals do tote guns in Thailand, but I don't see adding misfit foreigners to the list of the armed and dangerous as an improvement.

Not an improvement, but if I were a violent armed robbery type criminal, I'd go for the "likely" unarmed foreign mark over the "possibly" armed local mark. Good chance his buddies would 'logically' try to pin the crime on his/her spouse as well.

I suppose if one was robbing a local, it would be prudent to shoot them first, and then find out if they were armed. With a foreigner, I would recommend just brandishing one's weapon, as they are unlikely to be armed, and no-one's really bothered about foreigners getting robbed, but when they get killed you never hear the end of it.

I reckon if I don't carry a gun, people won't need to kill me. And if I need to kill someone, I'll get a professional to do it, just like with wallpapering or dentistry.

Interestingly enough, the only road rage incident I ever had was on my first drive up to the factory, and it disquieted me considerably. However, having adopted the rule that you are safer with idiots in front of you than behind, I have never had a repeat.

SC

[Heng]

^ I watch the news everyday. Don't see foreigners toting guns in Thailand yet - and as I have said I regard that as a good thing.

You are right though, out of control teenagers and criminals do tote guns in Thailand, but I don't see adding misfit foreigners to the list of the armed and dangerous as an improvement.

Not an improvement, but if I were a violent armed robbery type criminal, I'd go for the "likely" unarmed foreign mark over the "possibly" armed local mark. Good chance his buddies would 'logically' try to pin the crime on his/her spouse as well.

My guess is choosing at what end of the society you socialise and integrate yourself into has more bearing on the likelihood of being a victim of crime violent crime than does carrying a weapon.

At the bottom of nearly every woeful story we read of some expat getting killed by a Thai is the choice he made somewhere down the line to slop around with the dregs.

Of course, although I've also seen foreigners slapped or kicked around for simply flippin' their middle fingers in traffic situations... presumably without any previous affiliations with these aggressors.

I'm simply talking about pure odds with the easiest of filters for uneducated violent criminals.... racial group and a pretty easy armed/unarmed blanket rule.

[Heng]

That's where we all owe a debt of gratitude to the Russians; especially the women. Until the criminals learn to tell the difference between Russian and English a lot of Thai men will be getting beat down in Pattaya.

Most of the Russians I've met are just regular family types: husband, wife, and a couple of kids. Hardly the rough from the Russian 'dust bowl' image that Hollywood likes to portray.

[Heng]

^ I watch the news everyday. Don't see foreigners toting guns in Thailand yet - and as I have said I regard that as a good thing.

You are right though, out of control teenagers and criminals do tote guns in Thailand, but I don't see adding misfit foreigners to the list of the armed and dangerous as an improvement.

Not an improvement, but if I were a violent armed robbery type criminal, I'd go for the "likely" unarmed foreign mark over the "possibly" armed local mark. Good chance his buddies would 'logically' try to pin the crime on his/her spouse as well.

I suppose if one was robbing a local, it would be prudent to shoot them first, and then find out if they were armed. With a foreigner, I would recommend just brandishing one's weapon, as they are unlikely to be armed, and no-one's really bothered about foreigners getting robbed, but when they get killed you never hear the end of it.

I reckon if I don't carry a gun, people won't need to kill me. And if I need to kill someone, I'll get a professional to do it, just like with wallpapering or dentistry.

Interestingly enough, the only road rage incident I ever had was on my first drive up to the factory, and it disquieted me considerably. However, having adopted the rule that you are safer with idiots in front of you than behind, I have never had a repeat.

SC

By and large it seems most 'robbers' are unarmed or armed with knives, not guns. Thus my point that they would more likely go for the less likely to be armed 'mark.' Not saying it's black and white by any means of course. Haven't heard of too many murders of any sort, regardless of where the victim comes from, that gets more than the occasional 'flashback' or footnote type news article a few months, and for a handful of cases several years and decades down the road.

Edited December 9, 2012 by Heng