Vicious Thai gangs at Songkran

[StevePIraq]

Nice post from a Thai person, this says it all.

IsitFlab Posted: 181 | 1 May 2016 at 16.42 The Scots started it and deserved the smackdown....go home foreigners, Thais do not want you here.

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[HHTel]

A Thai using words like 'Scots' and 'smackdown'??? More like a Troll.

[pharvey]

Nice post from a Thai person, this says it all.

IsitFlab Posted: 181 | 1 May 2016 at 16.42 The Scots started it and deserved the smackdown....go home foreigners, Thais do not want you here.

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A Thai using words like 'Scots' and 'smackdown'??? More like a Troll.

I thought the same - that said, probably true that a lot of Thais are pi$$ed off with the amount of foreigners in the country - despite the fact that foreign investment/tourism is the county's biggest source of income.

Also noticed the family's nationality has changed.....

[Ginjaninja]

A Thai using words like 'Scots' and 'smackdown'??? More like a Troll.

Also a username on the other forum making anti-Brit derogatory comments...
GN.

[dtaai-maai]

Nice post from a Thai person, this says it all.

Where to begin on this astonishing assumption...?

What on earth makes you think that was posted by a Thai? Probably a fat Englishman!

[europtimiste]

Do you have the name of this F..Thai bastard ?

[StevePIraq]

Don't shoot me I'm just the messenger
User name on Bangkok post is ""IsitFlab

[Ginjaninja]

Google his username and you will see a tirade of anti-foreigner bile...
Bangkok Post and the other forum.
GN.

[StevePIraq]

so does that mean the person is not Thai?

Quite often if I was Thai I would berate foreign tourists, it doesn't really matter what nationality there is always scum amongst them. You see many tourist here acting terribly, especially in the bar areas, however it should not lead to a violent attack.

[dtaai-maai]

so does that mean the person is not Thai?

You're asking us to prove a negative. Never easy.
Is there any evidence to suggest (never mind prove) the person is Thai?

[pharvey]

You see many tourist here acting terribly, especially in the bar areas, however it should not lead to a violent attack.

I'd agree 100% on that one, but I certainly don't believe this couple and their son acted terribly - from some reports possibly naively, but not terribly (not suggesting that you are saying that Steve).

[hhinner]

I don't think IsitFlab is Thai. Use of “one" as a personal pronoun in one post would be quite unusual for a Thai. And the posts are usually quite good, though brief, English. Seems to not like tourists though. Just a troll IMHO.

[nil]

You see many tourist here acting terribly, especially in the bar areas, however it should not lead to a violent attack.

I'd agree 100% on that one, but I certainly don't believe this couple and their son acted terribly - from some reports possibly naively, but not terribly (not suggesting that you are saying that Steve).

The issue I have with this is how the foreign news reports are showing an edited version of the video that does not show how this family escalated the situation. In the full version you can see the mother straight away goes over the the Thai man that pushed the son, without even checking if he is ok and starts and argument with him that results in her smacking him in the face. The son after he gets up can be seen at the back of the crowd holding onto another Thai man while the father throws a punch at one of them. This is when the violence started and while totally brutal could of been avoided.

[den123]

What will happen to the attackers.

[Big Boy]

The issue I have with this is how the foreign news reports are showing an edited version of the video that does not show how this family escalated the situation. In the full version you can see the mother straight away goes over the the Thai man that pushed the son, without even checking if he is ok and starts and argument with him that results in her smacking him in the face. The son after he gets up can be seen at the back of the crowd holding onto another Thai man while the father throws a punch at one of them. This is when the violence started and while totally brutal could of been avoided.

Likewise, the edited version on Thai TV did not show the actual violence. I'll be honest (I saw the Thai version first, without knowing what I was looking at), and say my first impression was that Thai TV was showing more Farang drunks lying in the gutter. It was only the next day, when I saw the version on the forum that I actually realised what I'd been looking at. IMHO, if the guys do go down for a long time, many Thais will be wondering why.