Farang rides mountain bike on temple. People get annoyed

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Farang rides mountain bike on temple. People get annoyed

By  Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

  

CHIANG MAI — Visitors to a temple in the north of Thailand were offended Tuesday by a farang doing mountain bike tricks there.

 

In footage filmed of the incident at about 3:30pm, a male foreigner rides a mountain bike off a low wall on the grounds of Wat Jedyod, while another films him doing bike stunts.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/2017/01/18/farang-rides-mountain-bike-temple-people-get-annoyed/

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2017-01-18

[Pib]

Just no understanding or respect for the culture & primary religion of a nation.   Stupid is as stupid does.

[daveAustin]

Yes, a bit dumb. Meanwhile, numerous Thai Buddhists that have committed a crime spend bogus time in Thai temples to absolve themselves. 

[mercman24]

Talking of respect, didn't last long did it, on my daily BTS ride, and downtown i have made a habit of looking for locals showing respect badges for the late King, got to say i do not see many.

[dotpoom]

Seemingly it wasn't disrespectful enough to stop it from being shown all over the place on the Internet.

[Dipterocarp]

Just ignorance. Probably if a nice Thai person just could say "Here's the problem and why not respect our culture?"  The rider would be very apologetic. 

 

And yeah I used to be a kid riding skateboards (gnash gnarl grind very destructive even to reinforced concrete) and riding rudely on MTB trails shared by hikers. I grew up

Edited January 18, 2017 by Dipterocarp

[Sphere]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

footage filmed of the incident at about 3:30pm

 

I'd say it was closer to 3:26pm....shadows would be much longer at 3:30pm....

[cardinalblue]

Just like a pedestrian he should be held accountable for any damage caused to temple grounds...

 

as as to the bike riding if he doesn't touch any artifact and stays on concrete or path, is it any different than a walker...

 

judge it it on damaged caused not b/c he is on a bike...what about wheelchair people?

 

yes, not being sensitive to venue as that is why he is there riding....should have asked permission which he would not have gotten...

 

doubt proper policy is in place...

 

 

[jimstar1]

Well they have his Dumb Photo easy to match with Immigration Records Then go give him a Talking to I think it is very Bad taste

[Mickmouse1]

I see hardly anything serious to offend anyone.He was promoting Thai tourism that might bring millions of bucks to Thailand and that Wat?

What about the monk who used a woman offering him food to give him a BJ which was caught on Cam last year???????

[tagalong]

What a load of rubbish....Rubber tires on a push bike is no worse then rubber shoes....You idiots believe the earth is still flat...

[Luckysilk]

These Thais are much too sensitive.

 

Not to worry there will be a video along shortly of a Thai doing something stupid on the Great Wall or something and I'm sure the Chinese media won't mock ALL Thais.

[roo860]

 
judge it it on damaged caused not b/c he is on a bike...what about wheelchair people?

I'm sure the temple wouldn't mind them doing stunts in their wheelchairs, probably applaud it
 



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[8OA8]

Perhaps another Danny MacAskill in the making.

 https://youtu.be/IZlmqC6AHwE

[terminatorchiangmai]

I am not saying its ok what he did,  but maybe they should also make a movie about Thai people peeing on temple compounds or against temple walls ?

Or what that be to much footage ?

[Billy Bloggs]

Only comment in the first shot he does kick off with his foot, so its not rubber tyres on the ground that really is the problem, beside that he is a <deleted>.

[chiang mai]

50 minutes ago, tagalong said:

What a load of rubbish....Rubber tires on a push bike is no worse then rubber shoes....You idiots believe the earth is still flat...

 

How about if a foreign tourist did the same in West Minster Abbey, would that be OK, rubber tyres and all!

[jesimps]

Naive, although they do occasionally blast incredibly loud pop music from the wat near me.

 

[Jeremy50]

Can't really see the problem. Some guy on his own enjoying himself, not doing any damage. Temples have always been used for all sorts of activities, Kung <deleted> for example. Girls dancing in bikinis on stages to loud music OK too. A Thai monk going around the temple on his bike wouldn't have been commented on. 

[Jeremy50]

5 minutes ago, chiang mai said:

 

How about if a foreign tourist did the same in West Minster Abbey, would that be OK, rubber tyres and all!

Westminster. Please!

[chiang mai]

4 minutes ago, Jeremy50 said:

Westminster. Please!

 

We see you can  be a grammar and spelling nazi but can you answer the question that was put to you?

[6thST]

4 hours ago, Pib said:

Just no understanding or respect for the culture & primary religion of a nation.   Stupid is as stupid does.

Where are the police to stop him from doing this...Give a fine and march him to the airport and send him home to learn some manners from his Mommy!!!

[Lex Talionis]

TIF. This is farangland.

[speckio]

3 hours ago, mercman24 said:

Talking of respect, didn't last long did it, on my daily BTS ride, and downtown i have made a habit of looking for locals showing respect badges for the late King, got to say i do not see many.

 

its been 3 months.... how long do you expect a person to mourn?

[whatawonderfulday]

They were perhaps only annoyed as most Thais are actually too lazy to ride a bike in the first place

[chiang mai]

1 minute ago, speckio said:

its been 3 months.... how long do you expect a person to mourn?

 

Loads and loads of people in the North all wearing black every day.

[BBJ]

He's no Danny MacAskill, that's for sure!

 

[speckio]

1 hour ago, tagalong said:

What a load of rubbish....Rubber tires on a push bike is no worse then rubber shoes....You idiots believe the earth is still flat...

 

it has nothing to do with rubber tires or rubber shoes 

I have no clue what faith or religion you have if any... but its about showing respect

riding a bike through temple grounds is like riding a bike through a church, common sense you just don't do it out of respect for other people's beliefs!

 

and if you still dont get it... how would you feel if someone pissed on the side of your house?

[chiang mai]

12 minutes ago, whatawonderfulday said:

They were perhaps only annoyed as most Thais are actually too lazy to ride a bike in the first place

 

I don't know which part of Thailand you live in, if indeed you do live here, but here in the North there's substantial numbers of Thai's riding bikes, every day, everywhere.

[Black arab]

The guy was probably a bit insensitive to thai culture addmittedly but you only have to look at the behaviour of some thais reported on TV to wonder why they get upset about this ,or do they believe they are true buddists whatever they do