Chiang Mai pub beating reveals evils of privilege

[impulse]

1 minute ago, elgordo38 said:

Looks can be deceiving. I guess the student whose father was a high ranking general matched their celebrity status and raised them one. He with his status would never accept refusal to a bathroom. How gauche.

 

6 or 8 beers and I challenge anyone to be patient with some HiSo's who rope off access to the head.  Could have been any one of us.  We wouldn't have gone viral on the social media, though.

[elgordo38]

Just now, impulse said:

 

6 or 8 beers and I challenge anyone to be patient with some HiSo's who rope off access to the head.  Could have been any one of us.  We wouldn't have gone viral on the social media, though.

Social media made the difference. A face saving maneuver had to be made. 

[Monkeyrobot]

There is nothing more annoying when your taking a crap and someone sides paper and pen under the door for an autograph , my wife does it but that's with our cheq book . Sign here rel rel.  

[chilli42]

5 hours ago, rkidlad said:

Yes, it's the same with the DSI and the corrupt monk. The corrupt monk has money and has many backers, but he still shouldn't be any match for the army and police. Yet, the government is still too scared to go after him.

 

Imagine what a few million poor people in this country could achieve, let alone all of them. It's time the average man realised how powerful he is when in a large group. They're up against bullies. And bullies are cowards by nature who prey on fear and weakness. 

 

This will all change when the people of Thailand all have free access to a quality education. Through history, it is the middle class that leads change (and revolution).   

[scorecard]

1 hour ago, chilli42 said:

 

This will all change when the people of Thailand all have free access to a quality education. Through history, it is the middle class that leads change (and revolution).   

 

Well said...

[Baerboxer]

6 hours ago, JAG said:

I don't think it is acceptable, they acquiesce, because they know that to take a stand would mean facing a corrupted judicial system with savage sanctions, at the hands of a regime which will stop at nothing to maintain its control, and that of those it serves.

 

Do you really think it was any different under the previous regime.

 

Remember when some minor model/actress was caught doing drugs and her dad made her apologies? Only for Chalerm to make him publicly retract and deny it as she was with some relation or connection of his?

 

Seriously, what did previous regimes do to change things? I suggest zilch only they looked after themselves, relations and mates.

[Baerboxer]

4 hours ago, JAG said:

They can't fix them, only paper over them. The military is the upholder of the system you so correctly describe, but ultimately it has to rely on those who make up its rank and file, and they are predominately conscripted from those same young people .  The Police,  corrupt and incompetent as they are, are likewise drawn from the same pool. In both cases the divide is exacerbated by the lack of opportunity for talent to gain promotion, promotions are driven by purchase, cronyism and nepotism . 

 

When (and at some point it is inevitable) the system is challenged, either by an individual ,  a movement developing or an event, these two agencies which guarantee the status quote will crumble.

 

Like all major reactions, there needs to be a catalyst. I don't know what it will be,  (I have one or two ideas), but one there will be. My hope is that it will  not result in great bloodshed. My fear is that it will. But when the structure is shaken the paper over those cracks will tear quickly.

 

This incident ,  apart from being amusing to watch some hi-so's come spectacularly unstuck,  will serve to remind these young people of how unfairly, by comparison they would be treated.

 

 

Until you have a strong enough desire within the total population for some very fundamental changes to way society and its associated infrastructures work nothing will change. That will be a massive cultural change and a transformation of that magnitude requires some very strong, gifted, and selfless leadership. A whole cadre of people of that ilk.

 

Not seen any so far. 

[harness]

My father's a general so get the hell out of my way and let me use the toilet or I'll have this joint shut down. You hear me!!

[CGW]

11 hours ago, PatOngo said:

........but this behavior appears acceptable to 60 million of the silent majority.

Because the Vast majority have no connections and know if they say the wrong thing to the wrong person they will end up "unwell"!

I used to think Thai's were very tolerant of each other, there not! they are scared as they know how little it takes for there brethren to resort to animal behavior!

They understand "the killing smile"!

[Artisi]

10 hours ago, digibum said:

 

 

Thailand:  Hub of broken CCTV cameras.  

 

Or pretend ones.

[Prbkk]

11 hours ago, z42 said:

It definitely is refreshing to see these idiots who battered this young lad to a pulp, expecting that it would go completely unignored because of their perceived lofty status. It is good that this has blown up in their faces & that the bar has been shut down.

The story of the CCTV being out of order is also a bit too convenient for me, I hope these guys get absolutely stiffed in court. The general will be fuming and won't be in a hurry for any cash payments, he'll want to see jail sentences, and I think he'll get his wish on this 1

 

Yes, it will be a re-run of Santika ( fortunately less tragic). That case only reached the ultimate conclusion because some of those who died were 'connected' and the creepy guy running  the joint could not escape prison in the end.