wilcopops Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 "As for other religions, Islam is the only major religion where the mainstream in this day and age still advocates and practices marriage of young children." - complete and utterr nonsense.........but there's always someone who wants to blame race or religion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraSnakeNecktie Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 can you really buy a person? They have two feet and can run away if more money and support is not forthcoming. It's certainly horrible parenting but in reality its more rental fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcsw53 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Is said man Thai or farang? Can't help but wonder how desperate the parents were. Doesn't matter where they come from, this is illegal and immoral. Both parents and the man should face charges as a deterrent to others. Feel so sorry for the girl to have parents like that, is the whole family bad ? Hopefully there is some family memeber who can protect her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibreaker Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I just experienced a similar case in my thai wife`s family.. Her sister is married to a thai man, and their son is 28 years old. He just "married" a barely 12 year old girl, with both his and the girls parents` blessing. Even borrowed the money from his dad to pay for her, in traditional thai style. I of course brought it up when I heard about it, and said that this is absolutely not acceptable for me. The parents did not even understand what was wrong about it, and I was told that this was not unusual, and it was not any of my business. My wife and I have dropped the contact with them now, and I wonder every day if I should tell the authorities about it. So far I have chosen to look the other way, but it makes me sick to think about it. What a sick world we live in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runrigger Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Is said man Thai or farang? Can't help but wonder how desperate the parents were. Seeing as the cash involved was only THB 2000....draw your own conclusion, if it was a farang it would cost a lot more, you only need to look at the sin sot amounts being quoted/questioned by posters on TV... Considering his parents were also brought for questioning, then presume it was a Thai ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny1967 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 All for the love of money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonarax Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I like the excuse.. "Everyone else is doing it, so why can't i?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MobileContent Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 A 16th year old girl lost her parents some time ago. Her grandfather took care of her. After the grandfather got sick he suggested her to get married and arranged a marriage with the guy been 24 years and that has polio. The price was 10,000 Baht so that the grandfather could pay the hospital bill. This happens not only to 12-13 years old children but also to a large number of teenage girls. I feel sick when I read this article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Considered Opinion Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Shameful, absolutely shameful. Sterilise the parents and give them 20 years each. Or sell them to a nice caring hi-so Thai chinese family for 10 years hard domestic labour. ~~~it still violated the law which protects children below the age of 15~~~ Good God... how out of touch are you. Stirring your western sensibilities up. Have another anti-depressant and go and watch Television. Obviously Thaivisa is a bit much for you, you poor old thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurentbkk Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Many forget that some Thailand parts are still living like in middle age , a sad story but as they said , other men in the village live with 12 or 13y old girls ...... Sick society for our farang minds. So much must be done . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnehaha Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I guess Thais are right when they say a farang can never know / understand Thailand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehaigh Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 This is similar to my first gf's aunt.. Her daughter was 13. She sold her to a neighborhood drunk that was 41 years old for 10,000 Baht. The daughter locked herself in her room and refused to go with this guy. Her mother with the help of the groom broke into the room, he carried her to his truck and took her home. Two weeks later he was drunk of course, beat the hell out of her and she ran away to her sister in Bangkok. The mother found out she was with her sister and told her sister to send her back to the drunk because he was demanding his 10,000 Baht back. The 13 year old did not return. The mother lost her 10,000 Baht. shocking. the sister should have taken her to the police Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevvy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Is said man Thai or farang? Can't help but wonder how desperate the parents were. this would have been a Thai man , as the same thing happened to a friend of mine . She was married and her husband had sex with her baby sitter who was only 14. This happens all the time in this country Many thai men have "the second wife" and this is accepted here. Rural towns seem to be this way more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Considered Opinion Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I just experienced a similar case in my thai wife`s family.. Her sister is married to a thai man, and their son is 28 years old. He just "married" a barely 12 year old girl, with both his and the girls parents` blessing. Even borrowed the money from his dad to pay for her, in traditional thai style. I of course brought it up when I heard about it, and said that this is absolutely not acceptable for me. The parents did not even understand what was wrong about it, and I was told that this was not unusual, and it was not any of my business. My wife and I have dropped the contact with them now, and I wonder every day if I should tell the authorities about it. So far I have chosen to look the other way, but it makes me sick to think about it. What a sick world we live in. Why do you live in Thailand if things that have been done for centuries, so revolt/concern/challenge you and your sensibilities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Considered Opinion Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) I guess Thais are right when they say a farang can never know / understand Thailand. Amen to that.. with the proviso, that many people move here to live quietly, get on with their lives and not try to change things. If living in a regulated society is so important to you, go back to where you came from and have the government look after you. Also an element of Wyldian Theory - methinks he doth protest, too much. Edited January 14, 2013 by Considered Opinion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHamon Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Refused to pay sin sod (thai dowry) when I got married for just this reason, even thou the parents would have giving the money back to us afterwards. Paying a dowry got to leads some sick people thinking ownership is the result in there crazy minds... Arg. Sickening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulHamon Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Why do you live in Thailand if things that have been done for centuries Don't make it right... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycountry Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 "The man, his parents, and the victim's parents were brought in for questioning." Since the man and his family has already confessed to the story, believing he has done nothing wrong, how come he is not arrested for rape? Remember, in a democracy these people can vote too, and according to them there is alot of like minded people around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venturalaw Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Disgusting! Thai culture or just the need of money? "Thai culture or just the need of money?" Same same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 The following day, the man came into her room again and forced her to have sex with him. The man and his relatives protested that he had done nothing wrong. Beggars belief..... I can think of a crime or two here, what am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlandy Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) Is said man Thai or farang? Can't help but wonder how desperate the parents were. I think that it can be safely assumed that he is Thai, if it was a farang he would have been drawn & quartered, and if there was anything left of him he would probably get 15 - 20 and then deported. This (Thai families selling their daughters into prostitution) is quite a commonplace occurrence in Thailand. Daughters are often chattels to be traded at will. Someone wrote, that they are "sick" I agree and to say more (what I really think) would see me banned. Edited January 14, 2013 by johnlandy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnycthedog Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 How come he wasn't charged with the rape of a minor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berg1666 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Separate out the issues here folks; there are 3: A: Age of consent. 13 too young? 16 too old? My grandparents tell stories of 14 and 15 year olds getting married in New Zealand back in the 1920's. Not that long ago in most western countries, Japan, China etc. once she got her period, she was a full woman with all that entails. B: Compulsion: she was raped. No further comment required. C: Bride Price/sin sot/dowry. An age old system, originally designed to compensate the parents for the effort of raising a daughter/loss of a productive member of the household, and to provide security for the daughter should the marriage go belly up. Probably well bastardised these days in many cases, but that is for the Thais to decide if and how they want to continue the tradition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaibreaker Posted January 14, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted January 14, 2013 I just experienced a similar case in my thai wife`s family.. Her sister is married to a thai man, and their son is 28 years old. He just "married" a barely 12 year old girl, with both his and the girls parents` blessing. Even borrowed the money from his dad to pay for her, in traditional thai style. I of course brought it up when I heard about it, and said that this is absolutely not acceptable for me. The parents did not even understand what was wrong about it, and I was told that this was not unusual, and it was not any of my business. My wife and I have dropped the contact with them now, and I wonder every day if I should tell the authorities about it. So far I have chosen to look the other way, but it makes me sick to think about it. What a sick world we live in. Why do you live in Thailand if things that have been done for centuries, so revolt/concern/challenge you and your sensibilities? What a stupid question. Luckily my wife, who is 100% thai, is as much sick to her stomach as I am. Thai people in general understand that this is unacceptable, and there are laws to prevent this from being normal. The fact that things has been done like this for centuries, does not mean we should just let it go on in the future. It is our duty as parents to protect children from being abused. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycountry Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Is said man Thai or farang? Can't help but wonder how desperate the parents were. Can't help but wonder what a bunch of retards there must be who live in this village if 12 & 13 year old "brides" are common as claimed. I bet every single one of them vote PTP :-) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unanimosity Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Is said man Thai or farang? Can't help but wonder how desperate the parents were. If the sin sod was 2,000 baht, I doubt the perp was farang There's a question? How many 34 year old foreigners have their parents here in Thailand? They brought the perp and his parents in, as well as the victim's parents. Did you not read the OP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saudade53 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Another planet??? I can name at least 20 countries where that is happening..starting with Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Mexico, Brazil, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Guatemala.........and most African and Arab countries...and other countries with misery and not education, where money buy everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOOD Robin Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Disgusting! Thai culture or just the need of money? BOTH ! We all know most of the Thais are just too lazy to work, BUT they all have money to drink Lao every day, smoke (whatever what...), we also see many beggars and "garbage bin jumpers" with very nice/expensive mobiles, etc... At the other hand i have to admid that the system keeps them dumb and poor, and nobody of those hi-so and government craps gives a shit ! Many of those poor basterds are forced to do bad things to survive.. Of course this is very wrong and sad what happened here and they should punish as well the parents as the guy who "bought" his 13-year old bride !! But again, i'm not surprised that this happens in amazing Thailand! Also the fact that it's allowed that men can have a bride from... 15 years old is CRAZYNESS, but unfortunately it's Thai culture and "law" (whatever this last word means in TH). There are so many crazy laws in TH that for us, farangs, doesn't make any sense.... Like prostitution is forbidden by law, but it's one of the main incomes in Thailand! and not only in places like Pattaya, Bangkok, Phuket, etc... But in the country side are so many brothels where only LOTS of Thai men come every day.. And do you think government and police don't know this...? lol.... they are on the list of visitors.... shame on Thailand !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Considered Opinion Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Why do you live in Thailand if things that have been done for centuries Don't make it right... I didn't suggest it was right... merely that it hasn't changed much in aeons. My point was, if it is so challenging as a normal behaviour for the locals, why stay here? In fact why come here at all? Surely it can't be good for a faint old white heart weighed down by years of bar girls and cheap booze... And please, at the end of the day, how many of our "well respected" members came here originally to jump teenage bar girls/boys after getting rid of a 30 year bride turned fat and useless at home? None of them, you say.... LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glegolo Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Up here where I live this is a common pratice my friend. I do also live up in Isaan, and I can say that what you propose is a lot of bull and crap, and you do just not understand the inviroment that you say that you are living in.....It is NOT AT ALL common practice here in Thailand. It happens, like it happens in all poor and uneducated countries. But insinuating that this is a common thing here is a plain lie, and you should be ashame of yourself. Of course here as in rest of Asia, daughters are less worth than sons, but that doesn´t mean that thai parents are selling their daughters. If you start to think about it instead before writing.... Daughters are the ones that are designated to take care in first place of the parents... Their sons that are worth much more, can do whatever they like, but it is always the daughters that the parents can depend upon... So sell them like that and for 2.000 baht,,,,,,, Obviously there are people able to live among thai people for ages, and still do not get it nor understand a shit.... I feel sorry for these individuals.. falang individuals.... glegolo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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