Turkish tourist shot dead on Koh Samui

What is a tourist supposed to do with a firearm?

Another strange bar story…. what does and how does a tourist get a firearm here?
Running amok in a drunken state is of course good for nothing and if a Thai goes crazy you can expect anything. However, keep your manners and you will never have any problems.

Lung addie

Yours is true from what I hear Rob Piers.

In all the time that I have been in Thailand, I think it is impossible to eradicate those cases who come to Thailand and believe that with money in Thailand they can achieve success. It becomes completely questionable if you think you have to arm yourself, whether or not with a fake weapon. Then you are doomed in advance to go through life as a loser. It is better to distance yourself from such people, because that will only bring misery.

You often also see that these people have their own ideas about how to deal with the population. The way they adapt their English tells me a lot about their position in Thai society.

I know from experience that warnings don't help. I'm still not sure what that could be. But as a “greeny” you should be more careful in foreign countries. What is normal and self-evident at home, turns out very differently in Thailand, in my experience.

Of course I have come across expats who I think, “they have it done”. But if you are a few years further, it turns out that you have to adjust the insights you had before.

Personally, I see that as a lesson and I continue to learn here in this country. Understanding a culture can sometimes take a lifetime. The perception of freedoms that I use is very different from that used in Thai culture. And I take that into account. Not by purchasing a weapon, but by adopting a more “low profile” attitude.

Why do you need to let everyone know that you have money?
Why do you have to convince everyone that you are such a popular boy?
Why would you want to convince a Thai that you know better, what your rights are?
You are not Thai, but a farang who thus conforms to the negative prototype of a farang.

The fact that someone is carrying a weapon does not impress the seasoned (tourists) Tai at all. It is quite a letter for the Thai (on Kho Samui they have a different mentality than in a village in Isaan) and loss of face for the person concerned to avoid you in any way. It may take a long time, but people will always die in this way and in any case.

To the degree of loss of face, it can happen that a Thai is banned from his place of residence. Theft, unwanted pregnancy, etc. It may not be picked up by a farang, because he does not understand that phenomenon. A farang does not lose face. And that's where the big mistake is made!!!!

Al