webfact Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Video: Hunt on for foreigners who disrespected Thai flag Picture: Daily News BANGKOK: -- A hunt is on for two foreign tourists who disrespected the Thai flag in Krabi. Netizens demanded action after two foreign tourists were seen ripping down a number of Thai flags hanging at a shopping area. They were caught on CCTV. They appear to be upset about something. One grabs a flag leaving it barely hanging. Then the other rips down four flags leaving them on the ground, reports Daily News. He then walks over them as his mate laughs. Sangop Jansing chief of the Krabi Police said that disrespecting the Thai flag in this way carries both a prison sentence and the possibility of a fine too. He said he had ordered that the men be found and prosecuted. He said it happened in the Maharat area of the southern town near the old Maharat movie theater. The footage was posted on the page of @Anake Saranath. Many Thai people online were up in arms about the disrespect and demanded immediate action to find those responsible. According to the clock on the CCTV the incident occurred around 3.29am early Saturday morning. Source: Daily News -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-01-09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I will have no sympathy for these two when they are caught and really do hope they do time for this. For anyone thinking this is a trivial matter, try doing this to your own national flag in your home country....................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, robblok said: Stupid action by that foreigner, if your in a country at least show some respect. Some people just have no brain. YOU are correct about how to act in a foreign country. However, if you were in my home country you could spit, stomp on, and burn my countries flag in public and you would have the protection of the law for your actions. It's called freedom of expression/speech. If a country does not allow for that then anyone breaking the law in a foreign country should realize the potential gravity of his actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 1 minute ago, watcharacters said: YOU are correct about how to act in a foreign country. However, if you were in my home country you could spit, stomp on, and burn my countries flag in public and you would have the protection of the law for your actions. It's called freedom of expression/speech. If a country does not allow for that then anyone breaking the law in a foreign country should realize the potential gravity of his actions. In my country they don't care much about the flag either... not a nation of flag wavers and saluting the flag and so on. But it seems logical to me to respect an other countries flag. I would not disrespect a flag in any country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 8 minutes ago, thai006 said: most falang who come to thailand no have brain They would fit right in then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, thai006 said: most falang who come to thailand no have brain You obviously haven't met Trans yet............But I accept you posted "most", though I do not agree with that... I have a farang posting on forums here that I am a "draft dodger" (hope you know what that means)....Totally untrue and I hope the law will take care of that false statement here...Yes, he is one of your "no brain farangs".. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DP25 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Hope these guys are caught and punished. And even in countries that allow flag desecration, they allow it only with a flag that YOU own. You can't go around attacking flags that belong to other people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, chrisinth said: I will have no sympathy for these two when they are caught and really do hope they do time for this. For anyone thinking this is a trivial matter, try doing this to your own national flag in your home country....................... I'll tell you what, chrisinth, I do not like what the KKK (Ku Klux Klan) does in the USA at all. I detest the organization and what they stand for. I do, however, support their right to have their beliefs and express them within the limits of the law. Who would you like to have in charge of beliefs and expression? I hope this is not to philosophical for you. I won't bother to ask from which country you hail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) Manager Online says the 2 youths were arrested on Sunday night. The culprits were a 20 and 18 year-old, both reported as being Italian (although their transliterated names don't sound very Italian?). They're apologising profusely, saying they were drunk. Thai online comment seems pretty heated. Police said they will charge them with damage to property and desecrating the national flag. Edited January 9, 2017 by katana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 9 minutes ago, onemorechang said: The guys should not have done what they did. very silly of them.. Most people in Thailand don't know the meaning of the word respect. "Most people in Thailand don't know the meaning of the word respect." That claim means most residing foreigners, visitors, as in tourists, and Thai people do not know the meaning of respect. Correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z42 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 I think regardless of how overly nationalistic Thais in general are they have every right to feel aggrieved about this. I know i would be pretty miffed if tourists did the same to my nation's flags. I just hope that once found these guys get a sensible punishment (ie a fine and kow towing to some rtp bigwig). But personally i can't see how politicians / uniformed services disrespect their nation's flag and honour any less everytime they take kickbacks at the expense of the state. Hope common sense is applied here. I guess we'll see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, watcharacters said: "Most people in Thailand don't know the meaning of the word respect." That claim means most residing foreigners, visitors, as in tourists, and Thai people do not know the meaning of respect. Correct? That is what he writes.. not sure its what he means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwrath Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 First thing I learnt when I visited many years ago was respect. It is not asking too much, is it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Seriously looking at that, a lot of tourists would not be aware that they were Thai flags. For starters they are hanging the wrong way around and to anyone else apart from a Thai , probably look like shopping mall decoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Just now, Thaiwrath said: First thing I learnt when I visited many years ago was respect. It is not asking too much, is it ? Problem for tourists on the beer is they think they can do their shit here and be treated as their own country would treat them.....Bad mistake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai3 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) shocking, i expect the excuse will be be drink, hardly a 'conspiracy' though Edited January 9, 2017 by thai3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitman Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 32 minutes ago, chrisinth said: I will have no sympathy for these two when they are caught and really do hope they do time for this. For anyone thinking this is a trivial matter, try doing this to your own national flag in your home country....................... In my homecountry it would be called vandalism, just like ripping down any other flag. It sure wouldn't be on video at youtube. We do that only for serious crimes like robbery or murder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Just now, cmsally said: Seriously looking at that, a lot of tourists would not be aware that they were Thai flags. For starters they are hanging the wrong way around and to anyone else apart from a Thai , probably look like shopping mall decoration. They may be daft but I think we all know what a Thai flag looks like...The Union Jack looks like it will hang any way, but it don't.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavidovsky Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Perhaps in the dark and after a few beers they thought it was an Italian flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Actually as a Brit I should probably get aggrieved at all the mugs,cushions, duvet covers, ......... with the overly used Union Jack. !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 A post containing profanity has been removed as well as the replies: 8) You will not post disruptive or inflammatory messages, vulgarities, obscenities or profanities. A US political trolling post has been removed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choff56 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Does anybody know where I can buy a pair of Thai flag shorts like ones I see Thai people wearing all the time depicting the flags of the United States and the United Kingdom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook23 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 2 minutes ago, cmsally said: Seriously looking at that, a lot of tourists would not be aware that they were Thai flags. For starters they are hanging the wrong way around and to anyone else apart from a Thai , probably look like shopping mall decoration. true. and i see 2 clowns (drunk maybe?) doing a vandalist job... i do NOT see 2 westerners disrespecting the THAI NATION. and as written above, i'm soooooooooooooooooo fed up with the word RESPECT around here! thousands of people die in traffic with NO action being taken except for panels and experts and crackdowns and blah blah blah. there is NO respect here for life. my thai friends don't care about flags being torn down. they care about SAFETY for their family and friends. but then it's of course much easier for the powers that be to go after 2 idiotic farlangs and create a fake feel of respect/safety/dignity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thai006 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 should take them to jail 1 or 2 year here for respect Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 4 minutes ago, transam said: They may be daft but I think we all know what a Thai flag looks like...The Union Jack looks like it will hang any way, but it don't.... We all know what a Thai flag looks like but I doubt the average tourist does. There would be a large percentage mistaking it for the Dutch flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 3 minutes ago, cmsally said: Actually as a Brit I should probably get aggrieved at all the mugs,cushions, duvet covers, ......... with the overly used Union Jack. !! Why, UK flag is something most of us like to show anywhere...Well I do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mook23 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 46 minutes ago, thai006 said: most falang who come to thailand no have brain true. hence they feel comfortable here 555 they're not here to visit the thai nobel prize winners .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, cmsally said: We all know what a Thai flag looks like but I doubt the average tourist does. There would be a large percentage mistaking it for the Dutch flag. If you say so........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) Try to do that in the US with an American flag and you'll get shot by some nutter with a gun . Edited January 9, 2017 by balo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxpower Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 9 minutes ago, transam said: Why, UK flag is something most of us like to show anywhere...Well I do.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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