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Stupid move. About as dumb as they come.

Thai's sure can be Stupid..

John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:19 pm Stupid move. About as dumb as they come.

Yeah, I agree. Maybe the boy should have gone to the Ministry of Justice or the Council of Ministers offices instead? That would have been a lot more on the ball...

orichá wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:47 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:19 pm Stupid move. About as dumb as they come.

Yeah, I agree. Maybe the boy should have gone to the Ministry of Justice or the Council of Ministers offices instead? That would have been a lot more on the ball...

That would get a lot less jail time. As far as I know ministers, unlike royals, are not treated as living incarnations of Gods in Thailand.

He will sit a long time for those few drops of paint if accused of lese majeste.

I hope the punishment for wilful destruction and defacement of property is severe. So sick of this idiocy. Go live under a bridge if that’s the way you like it.

Hope they don’t lock him up too long, he may have some mental issues or had a breakdown.

While I agree with those who say that it isn't a clever thing to do (well, obviously it isn't, especially if you get caught which is almost unavoidable), I have a lot of sympathy for young Thai people's frustration with their "system". Different people vent that frustration in different ways, some are more clever about it than others, what else to say.

David Gordon wrote: ↑Wed Mar 29, 2023 1:36 am I hope the punishment for wilful destruction and defacement of property is severe. So sick of this idiocy. Go live under a bridge if that’s the way you like it.

Agree, why not just behead him?

It may well have been stupid, but if every stupid person or action were to be very harshly punished, where would we be?

It's paint, ffs, a bucket of whitewash will fix it in 5 minutes.

What will the cost be of imprisoning this guy?

Fix the cause of the problem, not the symptoms