off road pat Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Still, nice to see the people of Thai visa rallying to support a Muslim for once. Ali was not just a Muslim, he was much more than that he was a courageous great man, a real human who sacrificed a whole lot for he's ideas !!! But I got the irony of your comment. Best Regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Can't really blame them, they know nothing of the outside world. Yes !!!!!!....... you can blame the for that !!!! ......have you ever seen a Thai read a book ???? I was reading a book once on a terrace on a beach and a waiter asked me what I was reading ?.... I showed him my book and he saw there were no pictures in it !! he said "Puat Hua " Head ace !!! ...........that's all........I never saw a Thai really read a book, except for comics or stupid magazines with lots of pictures..!!! I rest my case !! Best regards. Yes, I've seen loads of Thais reading books. I don't see many farangs here reading them, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winniedapu Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Can't really blame them, they know nothing of the outside world. Yes !!!!!!....... you can blame the for that !!!! ......have you ever seen a Thai read a book ???? I was reading a book once on a terrace on a beach and a waiter asked me what I was reading ?.... I showed him my book and he saw there were no pictures in it !! he said "Puat Hua " Head ace !!! ...........that's all........I never saw a Thai really read a book, except for comics or stupid magazines with lots of pictures..!!! I rest my case !! Best regards. Yes, I've seen loads of Thais reading books. I don't see many farangs here reading them, though. How did you know they were reading the books rather than looking at the pictures? Were their mouths moving? W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
off road pat Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) To be fair to thai people, how many Americans could pick Tanakorn Posayanon, Wanchana Sawatdee, or Jesdaporn Pholdee out of a lineup. But if one of these people died tomorrow it would be headlines for days here. There is no doubt that thailand is a very insular country but so is America. How many Americans could even recognise Ho Chi Minh, Chairman Mao or Pol Pot (then again how many thais could LOL). True enough that the majority of Americans would not able to recognize the Thais you mention, but I'm confident that even the most amateur N.A. news sources would be able to research the person well enough to display the correct picture. This OP was about an embarrassing blunder by a (creditable?) national news source -- not about who people of different countries can recognize. Nah, they can not even do it with their own people http://time.com/3340330/morgan-freeman-samuel-l-jackson-television-entertainment/ I looked into my files and found this picture of famous people in our world, lets see how many you can recognize ???? Sorry about the quality that was diminished by posting. You may have some problems with recognizing the Asian people because this poster was created by a Asian I remember !!! Best regards. Edited June 7, 2016 by off road pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 were any brain damaged boxers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winniedapu Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 And when I told them I was moving here, half the I people I know back home made jokes about how the locals would eat my cat. People are ignorant the world over. I've noticed that too, It's really weird how the people who've had a crap education always seem to say stuff that suggests they've had a crap education. Most peculiar Mama. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dick dasterdly Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Can't really blame them, they know nothing of the outside world. Yes !!!!!!....... you can blame the for that !!!! ......have you ever seen a Thai read a book ???? I was reading a book once on a terrace on a beach and a waiter asked me what I was reading ?.... I showed him my book and he saw there were no pictures in it !! he said "Puat Hua " Head ace !!! ...........that's all........I never saw a Thai really read a book, except for comics or stupid magazines with lots of pictures..!!! I rest my case !! Best regards. Yes, I've seen loads of Thais reading books. I don't see many farangs here reading them, though. Really??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joboss Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Haha! All Farang same same, Good thing it wasnt Philippine TV. They would know who Ali is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastendanto Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Not only here. Oz channel 7 showed the Dutch flag while reporting the Paris bombings, and I remember an Australia Day segment with the NZ flag in the background. May be that was wishful thinking on Australia's behalf :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 So.... they simply put his name into Google Images, and took the best looking photo of him in action. Which happened to be an actor pretending to be him. He'd probably be shaking with laughter. Still, they could have done this: But all the nazi flags were being stored for School sport's Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inn Between Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) To be fair to thai people, how many Americans could pick Tanakorn Posayanon, Wanchana Sawatdee, or Jesdaporn Pholdee out of a lineup. But if one of these people died tomorrow it would be headlines for days here. There is no doubt that thailand is a very insular country but so is America. How many Americans could even recognise Ho Chi Minh, Chairman Mao or Pol Pot (then again how many thais could LOL). True enough that the majority of Americans would not able to recognize the Thais you mention, but I'm confident that even the most amateur N.A. news sources would be able to research the person well enough to display the correct picture. This OP was about an embarrassing blunder by a (creditable?) national news source -- not about who people of different countries can recognize. Nah, they can not even do it with their own people http://time.com/3340330/morgan-freeman-samuel-l-jackson-television-entertainment/ You're talking about people on the street mistaking one actor for another. It's not the same as a national TV broadcast going out to potentially 67 million people and being botched through dismally poor research and a lack of professionalism that lets it slip by the whole production staff. It's not the same thing at all. I'd be just as critical of any news source that would do something like that, regardless of the country of origin. Edited June 7, 2016 by Inn Between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojorison Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 More evidence for the idea that Thai culture only exists in a soap opera bubble. This is why the masses are so easily indoctrinated. And naturally it is a method that has been executed for a long time by the spooky shadows purely in order to allow this indoctrination. It's not conspiracy. It's feudalism. Seeing is believing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roomuck Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 So.... they simply put his name into Google Images, and took the best looking photo of him in action. Which happened to be an actor pretending to be him. He'd probably be shaking with laughter. Still, they could have done this: But all the nazi flags were being stored for School sport's Day. I didn't realize they used Nazi flags at Chinese school sports days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 To be fair to thai people, how many Americans could pick Tanakorn Posayanon, Wanchana Sawatdee, or Jesdaporn Pholdee out of a lineup. But if one of these people died tomorrow it would be headlines for days here. There is no doubt that thailand is a very insular country but so is America. How many Americans could even recognise Ho Chi Minh, Chairman Mao or Pol Pot (then again how many thais could LOL). True enough that the majority of Americans would not able to recognize the Thais you mention, but I'm confident that even the most amateur N.A. news sources would be able to research the person well enough to display the correct picture. This OP was about an embarrassing blunder by a (creditable?) national news source -- not about who people of different countries can recognize. Nah, they can not even do it with their own people http://time.com/3340330/morgan-freeman-samuel-l-jackson-television-entertainment/ I looked into my files and found this picture of famous people in our world, lets see how many you can recognize ???? Sorry about the quality that was diminished by posting. You may have some problems with recognizing the Asian people because this poster was created by a Asian I remember !!! Best regards. Go here. mouse on person and learn. http://cliptank.com/PeopleofInfluencePainting.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratcatcher Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 were any brain damaged boxers? Mike Tyson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinddodger Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 BBC Top of the pops, Dexys Midnight runners singing "Jackie Wilson said" they put up a picture of scottish dart player Jocky Wilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Herman Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 This is normal mistake it can happen to anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mankondang Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Let's face it the OP and the vast majority of replies here have little to do with the great Mohammad Ali, the actor Will Smith or the mistake of portraying a photo confusing the former with the latter. The truth is that this gives ammunition to both the divisive nature of TV, and the racist, anti-Thai brigade to once more vent their true nature. Acts that the Greatest, Muhammad Ali dispised and took the courage to speak out against. May he rest in peace and his fight against injustice and racial prejudice prevail one day. Maybe even on this website. Edited June 7, 2016 by mankondang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 BBC Top of the pops, Dexys Midnight runners singing "Jackie Wilson said" they put up a picture of scottish dart player Jocky Wilson I've always assumed that was a joke. TV people have a weird sense of humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winniedapu Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Let's face it the OP and the vast majority of replies here have little to do with the great Mohammad Ali, the actor Will Smith or the mistake of portraying a photo confusing the former with the latter. The truth is that this gives ammunition to both the divisive nature of TV, and the racist, anti-Thai brigade to once more vent their true nature. Acts that the Greatest, Muhammad Ali dispised and took the courage to speak out against. May he rest in peace and his fight against injustice and racial prejudice prevail one day. Maybe even on this website. I suppose someone had to play the racist and prejudice cards. Had to happen. I suppose he'll say TV is racist now for not allowing posts in Thai. Can't get much more discriminatory than that... There's nobody more racist than someone who sees racism everywhere. It's an obsession with some folk. A hobby-horse for the well-meaning-but-slightly-thick. W Edited June 7, 2016 by Winniedapu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizardofoz Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Ali dead but Thai TV makes "The Greatest" howler yet Manager: Online BANGKOK: -- Thai TV reporting the death of boxing legend Muhammad Ali showed a picture of Will Smith instead. The picture of Hollywood star Will Smith appeared as a graphic on Channel 3 and 3 HD with the caption underneath: "Muhammad Ali Dead". As presenter Kitti Singhapat gravely intoned the sad news on Saturday Thai time about the death in America of the legend known as "The Greatest", the image of Will Smith appeared. It was a still from the movie "Ali" (2001) in which Smith played the boxer in a biopic depicting ten years of his epic career from 1964 to 1974 reported Manager Online. Anchor Kitti said in a rambling explanation on Twitter that sometimes stills were taken from video by his production team and no mistake like this had been made in the previous eight years on his show (Khaw Miti 3D - 3D News). However he added: "As the man ultimately responsible I am very sorry this happened and I will take care to see that it does not happen again". Despite being nearly 35 years since Ali retired his face was still one of the most recognizable images on the planet and his death has dominated the news for days. In April 2013 TV Channel 5 executives had to make a groveling apology after an image of Hollywood actress Meryl Streep from the movie "The Iron Lady" (2011) was used after legendary British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had died. Source: Manager Online -- 2016-06-07 The ignorance of these people is truly appalling. It could be worse - look a the American News channel reporting on the Asiana Airline crash some time back and the names of the pilots Someone at government aviation - supposedly a " intern" gave these names to the channel. They had to apologize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooo Upto Me Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Ali was the greatest, yet Thai tv insults his memory by showing another mans photo !!DISGUSTING !!Does it really matter much here, after all he wasn't Thai ! Exactly, he wasn't the greatest just a boxer who got paid stupid amounts of money to get his head knocked about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 He was another deluded Muslim who said in his last interview that Islam had did not kill innocent people, pretty stupid comment for a 'genius'. ...Islam had did not kill innocent people... ...yeah, yeah... ...glashouse...?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 A two second Google in the news backroom would have shown a zillion photos of the guy... As for the "funny" comment, if it were YOUR dead famous father would it still be funny..? He was just a brain damaged boxer few had heard of in Thailand, not a world leader or great scientist. At least Ali had a sense of humor, when he could still laugh. Boxing is the human equivalent of cock fighting : damaging each other for money What is all the fuss about this guy who violently damaged the brains of others before becoming brain damaged himself ? Oh please...not another know-it-all, who needs to have the simplest sh1t to be explained to him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM07 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 And when I told them I was moving here, half the I people I know back home made jokes about how the locals would eat my cat. People are ignorant the world over. "people" are not a News-outlet, which should be better informed and do more research! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunsetT Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Ali was the greatest, yet Thai tv insults his memory by showing another mans photo !!DISGUSTING !! Does it really matter much here, after all he wasn't Thai ! Yes.........It just demonstrates how much notice Thais take of the outside world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johpa Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Yet again a common type of modern mistake in the modern era, depending solely on using software instead of your own eyes, happens to some hapless Thai and all the ex-pat scum are quick to jump on all Thais. Why would younger Thais know Ali? He has been out of the international limelight for decades. Boxing did not become popular in Thailand until the 1980s with Khaosai Galaxy, long after Ali's era. How many of you would recognize a photo of Khaosai, the greatest Thai boxer of all time? So some young Thai TV staffer Googles Ali looking for a photo to use on the news and finds a nice bright photo-shopped pic from the Will Smith movie. That is a perfectly understandable mistake,a type of mistake that happens all the time. Have my fellow Americans who are so quick to disparage the Thais already forgotten about the US Postal stamp that shows the replica of the Statue of Liberty located at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip rather than the original Statue of Liberty in New York? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Can't really blame them, they know nothing of the outside world. Yes !!!!!!....... you can blame the for that !!!! ......have you ever seen a Thai read a book ???? I was reading a book once on a terrace on a beach and a waiter asked me what I was reading ?.... I showed him my book and he saw there were no pictures in it !! he said "Puat Hua " Head ace !!! ...........that's all........I never saw a Thai really read a book, except for comics or stupid magazines with lots of pictures..!!! I rest my case !! Best regards. Yes, I've seen loads of Thais reading books. I don't see many farangs here reading them, though. Yeah, right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inn Between Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 (edited) Yet again a common type of modern mistake in the modern era, depending solely on using software instead of your own eyes, happens to some hapless Thai and all the ex-pat scum are quick to jump on all Thais. Why would younger Thais know Ali? He has been out of the international limelight for decades. Boxing did not become popular in Thailand until the 1980s with Khaosai Galaxy, long after Ali's era. How many of you would recognize a photo of Khaosai, the greatest Thai boxer of all time? So some young Thai TV staffer Googles Ali looking for a photo to use on the news and finds a nice bright photo-shopped pic from the Will Smith movie. That is a perfectly understandable mistake,a type of mistake that happens all the time. Have my fellow Americans who are so quick to disparage the Thais already forgotten about the US Postal stamp that shows the replica of the Statue of Liberty located at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip rather than the original Statue of Liberty in New York? A very quick search brings me these images of Khaosai Galaxy, who I'm going to assume is probably not as well known as Mohamed Ali, and who I've never heard of before. Yet without the aid of a multi-million-dollar network and a national news production team, I've found what I hope are reliable pictures of the man, which brings us back to the real point of the OP, IMHO. Perhaps I'm wrong about this being the man you're referring to, and I'll take my licks if so, but please keep in mind that I'm just a regular Joe -- not a team of professional news providers. It's not a Thai thing to me; it's just annoyingly shoddy work. Edited June 7, 2016 by Inn Between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Can't really blame them, they know nothing of the outside world. Yes !!!!!!....... you can blame the for that !!!! ......have you ever seen a Thai read a book ???? I was reading a book once on a terrace on a beach and a waiter asked me what I was reading ?.... I showed him my book and he saw there were no pictures in it !! he said "Puat Hua " Head ace !!! ...........that's all........I never saw a Thai really read a book, except for comics or stupid magazines with lots of pictures..!!! I rest my case !! Best regards. Yes, I've seen loads of Thais reading books. I don't see many farangs here reading them, though.Yeah, right... Yeah, right. Obviously, I'm aware that most of you have barely ever seen a Thai that wasn't either fetching you a beer, driving a taxi, or lying on their back hoping you get it over with soon, so I don't expect you to agree with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now