My heartfelt condolences go out to the families. But why were two children, at that age, allow to play near water unattended?

Posted by Graham on September 25, 2011 12:48

Graham

This is a common problem for many a farang to understand, the reckelssness and irresponsible behaviour in developing countries, including Thailand. Ive seen it in China, parts of Africa, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos etc etc. To make an analogy to the 12.000 people per year that die in the traffic in Thailand each year: How can people drive around on motorbikes in the most reckless and dangerous of manners, when, if a person ends up in an accident it often means COMPLETE ruin to your family? Your probably not rich enough to have a first class insurance when you drive a motorbike, so an accident WILL mean becoming unemployed, your familys savings WILL go to your hospital bills and you might even end up indebting the people you love FOR LIFE! And still people zig zag like maniacs on the road absolutely EVERWHERE. Its doesnt make sense, and its impossible to explain. Education and living standards have nothing to do with it, it does not take a degree to understand what I explain above. Its unexplainable. People in developing countries are just generally really really reckless.

Posted by christian on September 25, 2011 16:27

christian, thanks for that ignorant, arrogant contribution. Now please leave Thailand.

Posted by Somchai Supchavarojana on September 25, 2011 22:47

Ed

The problem with what you are saying is that nobody in Thailand (or any other country I mentioned) can claim to not be "well-informed"..Sri Lanka has a very educated population overall, Thailand has more or less zero illiteracy, ALL of those maniacs have access to the internet etc etc. They are as much connected to the modern world as any one of us. Education? How educated do you have to be to understand that overtaking wildly and risk a frontal collission head on with a truck MIGHT hurt you? And, no, the people driving like psychos on the roads are not "drunk young and wild turks" but the average person working at any normal place like a hotel, bank or whatever. You make it sound like they are so underdeveloped that they can't comprehend basic physical laws. Thai people ARE very irresponsible in very many situations. Like they are in many developing countries..Why? its a mystery to me. Especially with the VERY serious (financially, professionally) consequences for not only themselves but to their whole family.
Logically, an educated, litterate adult person who cant afford good insurance and drive a motorbike, sometimes with small kids barely hanging on, should be driving EXTREMELY carefully, slow and passively. Is that your experience here? No, not mine either. And its a total mystery. Ive stopped caring about it a long long time ago. Why? Because we are talking about adult NOT mentally ill persons, who really should know better. But they still continue to drive like suicidal morons.

Posted by christian on September 25, 2011 22:58

Ed

Its not about "asians", its about any developing country in the world, and the less wealthy people in those countries, which is very clear if you read my post. Its just illogical to me that the people most vulnerable in a traffic accident are also often the most reckless. If you dont agree, then say so. Otherwise YOU can go back to whatever country you came from, and bring your rose tinted "pro-asian" glasses with you. I know MANY "asians" including many thais, like my own wife for example, and some really good friends that are thai as well that are as appalled and mystified as I am, but that probably makes them less than real "thai" to you?
Personal attacks are totally uncalled for.

Posted by christian on September 26, 2011 21:19