News Forum - Can you protest in Thailand as a foreigner?

[Rain]

21 minutes ago, Paco said:

Then why we treated like shit if we are guests???

Probably because they understand how you really see them. 

Comes around.

[Convert54]

23 minutes ago, Paco said:

Then why we treated like shit if we are guests???

We?  Maybe  shit gets treated like what it is ? I have never yet been treated badly.

[Pinetree]

6 minutes ago, Rain said:

Unless there are deeper familial and community extensions.

Not even then

Edited January 16, 2022 by Pinetree

[Rain]

2 minutes ago, Convert54 said:

We?  Maybe  shit gets treated like what it is ? I have never yet been treated badly.

Nor I....

[astro]

47 minutes ago, Paco said:

Then why we treated like shit if we are guests???

My guess is: because you don't behave yourself.

[MikeW]

1 hour ago, Paco said:

Then why we treated like shit if we are guests???

Cause all they care about is our money 

[AdvocatusDiaboli]

1 hour ago, Paco said:

Then why we treated like shit if we are guests???

This maybe so, but like any guests, turn to Spotify and listen to tThe Clash.

 …. Should I Stay or Should I Go.

‘The choice of putting up with crap is your decision, yes if you stay you can whine all you like, but can’t say too much when you have a choice.

[Vince]

3 hours ago, AussieBob said:

In summary the lawyer says - 'not recommended'.   Why would anyone on a 'visitors' visa take part in any demonstration or protest - unless they are a unicorn loving progressive university student I guess.  If a protest group ever gets anywhere near you - walk away - quickly.  

Embassy recommendations are the same. 

Not sure why large angry crowds need advice to stay away.  

How about more practical advice? Like: "Stay away from angry girlfriends" ? 

Or, in Pattaya, "Avoid drunk sex on a balcony in a high rise." ? 

 

[js89]

1 hour ago, Pinetree said:

clearly and obviously the answer is no, never, ever.   Keep out of it, its none of our business. 

So said the expats in Germany in the 1930s

[Poolie]

44 minutes ago, js89 said:

So said the expats in Germany in the 1930s

Hurray!! Godwin's syndrome. That didn't take long.

[js89]

1 hour ago, Poolie said:

Hurray!! Godwin's syndrome. That didn't take long.

Delighted to have fit the adage... It's about as ubiquitous as the expats on Thai forums who say "their country, their laws"

[Vince]

1 hour ago, Poolie said:

Hurray!! Godwin's syndrome. That didn't take long.

Bingo! Aka "Weak argument" syndrome.

It's not even particularly cogent or timely.  

I'm saying we should protest - against stale examples and weak arguments.  

As if in almost 100 years no other examples or analogy could possibly fit.

Things have been so uneventful, I guess :-D 

[Cathat]

Not very wise to say the least.

You will have your 5 minutes of fame probably followed by deportation.

Rightly or wrongly all the old arguments about if your not part of the solution your part of the problem,I'm married to a local,I pay my taxes etc etc don't really matter in such circumstances.

You are a guest in the country and if you don't like it you know the answer.

 

[Lawyers_Guns_and_Money]

IMO, if there was a protest or cause that I was supportive of in principal, I would look to provide anonymous monetary support.

[Easterneye]

Personally I wouldn’t protest because it’s futile , if your daft enough to go live there in the first place then just get on with it .

If you don’t like it and come to your senses go back to your homeland 

[Faraday]

20 minutes ago, Easterneye said:

Personally I wouldn’t protest because it’s futile , if your daft enough to go live there in the first place then just get on with it .

If you don’t like it and come to your senses go back to your homeland 

Are you daft then?

[Rain]

5 hours ago, Cathat said:

Not very wise to say the least.

You will have your 5 minutes of fame probably followed by deportation.

Rightly or wrongly all the old arguments about if your not part of the solution your part of the problem,I'm married to a local,I pay my taxes etc etc don't really matter in such circumstances.

You are a guest in the country and if you don't like it you know the answer.

Of the last several years and most recently, there's been a handful of public instances already, regarding very political minded resident Farang [with family here] that have been terribly vocal and active - they're all out.

[HiuMak]

Don't take a dump in the barrel of honey

[kalyan]

NOT RECOMMENDED,  a Protest in any nature will yield More Negative Effect Personally than the Positive Outcome.

In Particular if you are Guest to an Country an form of Protest that includes protesting or arguing with your Thai girlfriend, Thai friends, Thai Collegues, Leave the protest of any politics, will land you into a complete disaster.

Better to stay out and not venture into any commotions.

 

[Rain]

Singling out Farang, in these instances, can be quite the game for authorities. 

[palooka]

12 hours ago, Poolie said:

Aha!! So you 'stretched the truth' then?

This is Thailand, it's obligatory.

[MikeHunt]

Protesting as a non citizen is a really bad idea.

[Paco]

12 hours ago, AdvocatusDiaboli said:

This maybe so, but like any guests, turn to Spotify and listen to tThe Clash.

 …. Should I Stay or Should I Go.

‘The choice of putting up with crap is your decision, yes if you stay you can whine all you like, but can’t say too much when you have a choice.

Man i am already 20 years gone out of my home country and it is a shit country so no I do not have a choice I have nothing in my home country last place I want to be

[Paco]

12 hours ago, astro said:

My guess is: because you don't behave yourself.

Idiot, Is only the government like anutin that do like that to a foreigner I do not mean at all the thai population.. they just do like I am a Thai... this is different if you in pattaya and all the tourist cities

[Paco]

13 hours ago, Convert54 said:

We?  Maybe  shit gets treated like what it is ? I have never yet been treated badly.

Talking about the government