Royal Thai Army host Children's Day event

[oldgent]

i know its a great day out for children and parents but what does this tell the children

imo, in particular young boys it tells them that its ok to have guns

[Deepinthailand]

14 minutes ago, oldgent said:

i know its a great day out for children and parents but what does this tell the children

imo, in particular young boys it tells them that its ok to have guns

No it does not. They just have a fun day out next day they will have forgotten.

 

[oldgent]

4 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

No it does not. They just have a fun day out next day they will have forgotten.

 

are you an expert on how children think ? pray tell me why there are so many guns

in daily use in thailand ?

[Deepinthailand]

Just now, oldgent said:

are you an expert on how children think ? pray tell me why there are so many guns

in daily use in thailand ?

That is a completely diffrent question not for this thread. Why would I need to be an expert on what children think to see them enjoying themselfs. More to the point is what goes on in other people's heads thinking an innocent bit of fun is a way marker for the future. Or are you some form of expert on that? 

[oldgent]

2 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

That is a completely diffrent question not for this thread. Why would I need to be an expert on what children think to see them enjoying themselfs. More to the point is what goes on in other people's heads thinking an innocent bit of fun is a way marker for the future. Or are you some form of expert on that? 

dont need to be an expert to know what a child sees has a bearing on their adult life.

what they dont see they dont know then. i will agree its a great day out, but without letting the young boys 

handling the guns.

[Deepinthailand]

26 minutes ago, oldgent said:

dont need to be an expert to know what a child sees has a bearing on their adult life.

what they dont see they dont know then. i will agree its a great day out, but without letting the young boys 

handling the guns.

That's your thoughts and your welcome to it. I had no problem letting my children boys and girls enjoy themselfs at annual military days including handling weapons and driving vehicles does no harm at all. Not everything a child sees has a bearing of how they will grow into adults with correct parental advise and explanations anything is possible.

My three eldest are all military as was I but never once did I influence there decisions. Nor did I want them to serve but they did and are. My son in Thailand is 13 he wants to join up again this his is own thoughts and decisions. But he if he does will join the British milatry. 

 

[canuckamuck]

10 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

That's your thoughts and your welcome to it. I had no problem letting my children boys and girls enjoy themselfs at annual military days including handling weapons and driving vehicles does no harm at all. Not everything a child sees has a bearing of how they will grow into adults with correct parental advise and explanations anything is possible.

My three eldest are all military as was I but never once did I influence there decisions. Nor did I want them to serve but they did and are. My son in Thailand is 13 he wants to join up again this his is own thoughts and decisions. But he if he does will join the British milatry. 

 

An incredible coincidence then?

[Deepinthailand]

3 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

An incredible coincidence then?

No it was there choice no coincidence a good percentage of military families follow in foot steps. I have another two not in military.

[canuckamuck]

2 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

No it was there choice no coincidence a good percentage of military families follow in foot steps. I have another two not in military.

"a good percentage of military families follow in foot steps."  But not because of family influence.

I think if you wait a moment you may experience a moment of clarity.

[oldgent]

10 minutes ago, Deepinthailand said:

That's your thoughts and your welcome to it. I had no problem letting my children boys and girls enjoy themselfs at annual military days including handling weapons and driving vehicles does no harm at all. Not everything a child sees has a bearing of how they will grow into adults with correct parental advise and explanations anything is possible.

My three eldest are all military as was I but never once did I influence there decisions. Nor did I want them to serve but they did and are. My son in Thailand is 13 he wants to join up again this his is own thoughts and decisions. But he if he does will join the British milatry. 

 

being from a military background i can see where your coming from, I myself have lived through 30+

years of a country torn with terrorism and iv,e seen to much. that is why i am opposed to weapons

being shown to children. I commend you on having a good family

[Deepinthailand]

35 minutes ago, oldgent said:

being from a military background i can see where your coming from, I myself have lived through 30+

years of a country torn with terrorism and iv,e seen to much. that is why i am opposed to weapons

being shown to children. I commend you on having a good family

Thank you I am proud of all of them. But beacuse you have seen things does not mean children will think of anything like that by playing with supervised open day weapons.

[Deepinthailand]

28 minutes ago, canuckamuck said:

"a good percentage of military families follow in foot steps."  But not because of family influence.

I think if you wait a moment you may experience a moment of clarity.

You have no idea have you

[MRDave]

Only people with no military experience are facinated by guns.  Once you live with them day in and day out, shooting, stripping and cleaning, and even sleeping with them the novelty soon wears off.  We could not wait to hand our weapons into the armoury, so that we no longer had the responsability of looking after them, and humping them about.  Nothing wrong with kids being introduced to their military and its equipment. Its not like the Thais are going to give a 9 year old a loaded Uzi.

[canuckamuck]

13 hours ago, Deepinthailand said:

You have no idea have you

I am just trying to point out that you have influenced your kids, but you are having none of it.

We are all influenced by our parents. 

[Deepinthailand]

2 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

I am just trying to point out that you have influenced your kids, but you are having none of it.

We are all influenced by our parents. 

If which I haven't influenced my kids it would have been the other way not to join up hence I said you have no idea

[Sphere]

On 15/01/2017 at 7:05 AM, rooster59 said:

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, who took power in the May 2014 coup, showed off his kickboxing skills at a Children's Day event at Government House in Bangkok.

 

Where are those pics?