Everyone's favorite German beggar spotted begging in Denmark

[saltandpepper]

a Thai citizen in germany? I bet it's a youngish 20 year old thai female

Idiotic post by a certainly idiot person

[maidee]

begg your way around the world

[murphya33]

Sorry, but I don't have a favourite beggar...!! So don't include me in everyone's.....

Lighten up mate. I don't think he means it literally. Its just a joke.

[Johnnie99]

i don't understand some posters . . . if you had to suffer from the Elephantitis Leg Disease, and all your government grants you for the rest of your life is peanuts , how would your life be like ? so instead of staying in his home country, he decided to put "adventure" an his flag and pull out of the "safe" harbour.

I am a disabled person myself, and I just don't need your mercy . .. I can do things people of your kind will envy me for.

My respect for Elephantitis Man . . begging is one way to do, but mind you folks. This guy will not sit there all day long, there will be an end to the day and he will be somebody socialising with somebody else.

Act smart is what our century calls for. Warren Buffet is one more example, on the scale of big.

What do you not understand?

Most posters here are criticising a man who preys on those less well off than himself - he came to Thailand to beg.

Thai people were generous enough to believe his lies, and now he is back in Europe, still replying on the kind-heartedness of others around him.

Is he such a lazy and despicable person that he cannot get off his backside and work for a living?

He is a disgrace and if you could understand what posters really thought, you would see that this man is doing you a dis-service by making able-bodied people think you are all the same.

Edited November 18, 2014 by Johnnie99

[Johnnie99]

He, like all of us, has the freedom of choice. This seems to be his chosen path.

He has found his niche in society,leave him be, nobody is forced to give to him.

No, nobody is forced to give anything to him - but those with a kind heart will do so. That is what 'forces' them to give.

Should we all, therefore, give up working and beg?

'Niche' - my arse.

[Tony125]

I am surprised how

a ) this makes it into the news

b ) people (commenters) have no heart for ones in problems.

Has anyone wanted to become a beggar by own choice? I don't think so.

You ask if anyone becomes a begger by choice---yes he did ! The condition could be treated and cured over time but he uses it as way to get sympathy and funds. First (that we know of) here in Bangkok then Pattaya where he used the funds given to him to pay for bar girls then after being deported back to Germany instead of getting care for the leg in his home country goes begging in Denmark where he can use the funds for drugs and prostitutes there.

[Tony125]

a Thai citizen in germany? I bet it's a youngish 20 year old thai female

Stupid statement , stereotyping and implying that must be some Thai bar girl working the clubs over there. Not only the Shin and LK Thai families have billions of baht. I know 3 Thai girls/ladies that have their own business, work for daddy's business or are well off. They travel around the world, I met 2 in USA and when I moved here we still keep in touch and they send me photos from Paris, Venice, Berlin , Hongkong , ect.

[Mot Dang]

Love the first paragraph, really world class reporting, says it all don't you think.

" – after being deported by Thai customs in September for being a complete douchebag."

[tinhead]

Yes many people choose this lifestyle after figuring out that it's easier than real work and a contribution to society.

Ever been to Vancouver? There is a thriving poverty pimp industry that keeps these folk very comfortable.

I am surprised how

a ) this makes it into the news

b ) people (commenters) have no heart for ones in problems.

Has anyone wanted to become a beggar by own choice? I don't think so.

[Don Aleman]

AKA bill gates gathering information on the needy ?

[Suradit69]

after being deported by Thai customs

Sounds like Thai customs is starting to muscle in on Thai Immigration's fiefdom or did someone attempt to ship him out via DHL?

[Suradit69]

Yes many people choose this lifestyle after figuring out that it's easier than real work and a contribution to society.

Ever been to Vancouver? There is a thriving poverty pimp industry that keeps these folk very comfortable.

I am surprised how

a ) this makes it into the news

b ) people (commenters) have no heart for ones in problems.

Has anyone wanted to become a beggar by own choice? I don't think so.

"Ever been to Vancouver? There is a thriving poverty pimp industry that keeps these folk very comfortable. "

In NY and London the pimp industry keeps utterly useless CEOs and bankers very comfortable. Hard to say whether beggars or executives are a greater drain on productivity, although at least some beggars have monkeys who can play the tambourine to entertain passersby. .

[tinhead]

Bankers and CEOs don't break into our cars, puke and defecate all over the street and generally conduct themselves properly in public. The homeless don't make the streets safer.

So perhaps the cure is to give these folks a Banking or CEO job.

Oh wait. That's a job. These folks don't want that.

[perconrad]

On the danish forum "Thailand Portalen" is a link to Benjamin Holsts facebook

https://www.facebook.com/benjamin.holst.7

He have also been to the Canarian Islands since leaving Bangkok for Germany.

I do not envy him, sitting on the cold streets of Copenhagen.

[aboctok]

i don't understand some posters . . . if you had to suffer from the Elephantitis Leg Disease, and all your government grants you for the rest of your life is peanuts , how would your life be like ? so instead of staying in his home country, he decided to put "adventure" an his flag and pull out of the "safe" harbour.

I am a disabled person myself, and I just don't need your mercy . .. I can do things people of your kind will envy me for.

My respect for Elephantitis Man . . begging is one way to do, but mind you folks. This guy will not sit there all day long, there will be an end to the day and he will be somebody socialising with somebody else.

Act smart is what our century calls for. Warren Buffet is one more example, on the scale of big.

I'm trying hard to follow you, Greg, but you're just too crazy.

[Aceicol]

Like him or loathe him but the bloke is a bit of a character. As mentioned though he want's to get out of Copenhagen ASAP the winters there can't be very kind.

[Neeranam]

In my opinion this sort of broadcasting is against common decency - having a laugh at the expense of an invalid. "everyone's favourite beggar"? Do people have favourite beggars.

Why not just kick a man when he's down. I have had to beg before and it really could happen to ANYONE.

Is it illegal to beg n Denmark? If not, he should sue Coconuts or whatever the name of the source is.

[Kudel]

In my opinion this sort of broadcasting is against common decency - having a laugh at the expense of an invalid. "everyone's favourite beggar"? Do people have favourite beggars.

Why not just kick a man when he's down. I have had to beg before and it really could happen to ANYONE.

Is it illegal to beg n Denmark? If not, he should sue Coconuts or whatever the name of the source is.

Sue coconuts,are going to sponsor his case?

[Ulic]

That is awesome, the world is a small place. You can run but you can't hide.

From 15 minutes of infamy, and now a second round of exposer.

[harada]

his leg looks a lot fatter,than when he was in Thailand

It would make a great umbrella stand.

[tinhead]

What? You don't have a favorite beggar?

In my opinion this sort of broadcasting is against common decency - having a laugh at the expense of an invalid. "everyone's favourite beggar"? Do people have favourite beggars.

Why not just kick a man when he's down. I have had to beg before and it really could happen to ANYONE.

Is it illegal to beg n Denmark? If not, he should sue Coconuts or whatever the name of the source is.