Aussie Mother faces jail in Thailand for bar prank

[MrBurns]

The drinks are obviously too cheap over there allowing poor people to get drunk and show their bad manners, turn all the establishments into 5 star joints and then only gentlemen of the calibere of gg and mysrlf will be able to afford to go there, problem solved.

 

[gordon2007]

The statement below kind of sums it up. Not picking on you, but by saying that, you're thinking like an australian, and you're assuming the same laws and standards here are relevent there.

And that my friends, is why people get into trouble over seas. The laws here mean nothing...they are not applicable.

Ok, it sounds like a case of bad behaviour and drunkeness, again. Huge consequences though. Legally, the only thing she has been charged with is the theft of the mat; yet the owner isnt pressing charges. So why is she still waiting for Court and being held on bail if she hasnt been charged with anything else?

 

[MrBurns]

The statement below kind of sums it up. Not picking on you, but by saying that, you're thinking like an australian, and you're assuming the same laws and standards here are relevent there.

And that my friends, is why people get into trouble over seas. The laws here mean nothing...they are not applicable.

Well then it's the job of the Dept Of Foreign Affairs to make sure we know about the barabarian laws that govern these places so we can prepare.

At least the travel agents should issue warnings.

 

[Mr J]

The more she openly criticises Thai authorities the more difficult she makes it for them to release her and still save face at the same time.

"When in Rome...". Given how important it is to be polite and respectful in Asia, being loud and critical isn't going to do her any favours. We'd complain about other countries butting into our legal system, yet we insist on intruding on those of other countries.

The drinks are obviously too cheap over there allowing poor people to get drunk and show their bad manners

Poorly-behaved people, not poor people.

 

[nomore4s]

Well then it's the job of the Dept Of Foreign Affairs to make sure we know about the barabarian laws that govern these places so we can prepare.

At least the travel agents should issue warnings.

I'm pretty sure there is already info available on the laws of various countries through the Govt - isn't there an ad on TV about it?

Anyway ignorance is no excuse.

The fact is she was caught in possession of stolen property and then proceeded to run away - this isn't acceptable behaviour here in Aust I'm not sure why she thinks it is ok over there.

The bar mats were on sale so even if her friends did place it in her bag as a joke (which I doubt - if they had got away with it I doubt they would have returned it to the bar) it isn't a very funny joke and it is outright theft.

 

[nomore4s]

I find it somewhat amusing that we whinge about the soft sentances handed out here in OZ but when an Aussie gets into trouble overseas we also whinge about the tougher sentances handed out.

 

[MrBurns]

I find it somewhat amusing that we whinge about the soft sentances handed out here in OZ but when an Aussie gets into trouble overseas we also whinge about the tougher sentances handed out.

Tough sentence ok, stupid fundamentalist Muslim Sharia law type stupidity is something else.

 

[Sean K]

I find it somewhat amusing that we whinge about the soft sentances handed out here in OZ but when an Aussie gets into trouble overseas we also whinge about the tougher sentances handed out.

Yeah, I agree, and the answer is probably somewhere in the middle.

20 years for some hash?
Probation for rape?

What the?

 

[MrBurns]

Probation for rape?

What the?

Yes and stoning for the person who was raped because they obviously asked for it.

 

[Mr J]

I find it somewhat amusing that we whinge about the soft sentances handed out here in OZ but when an Aussie gets into trouble overseas we also whinge about the tougher sentances handed out.

Because they're usually opposite ends of the spectrum. There's a lot of middle ground in between.

 

[awg]

Well then it's the job of the Dept Of Foreign Affairs to make sure we know about the barabarian laws that govern these places so we can prepare.

At least the travel agents should issue warnings.

Hi Mr B,

I will issue a warning.

If you are involved in a Car accident in many parts of Asia, and it is not obviously the other persons fault, you are responsible.

If you cant ( or wont) pay required compo, you are in BIG trouble.

In PNG, if you dont pay, the locals might machette you

 

[happytown]

...

The owner of the Aussie Bar, Steve Wood, said that he believed Ms Smoel had been abusive toward the undercover police who had stopped her in the bar.

...

what's in a name (if said thrice quickly)

cheers

 

[gordon2007]

There is nothing muslin, sharia or barbaric about their laws. That statement stinks of ignorance. Differences does not equate to stupid nor barbaric.

Tough sentence ok, stupid fundamentalist Muslim Sharia law type stupidity is something else.

 

[MrBurns]

There is nothing muslin, sharia or barbaric about their laws. That statement stinks of ignorance. Differences does not equate to stupid nor barbaric.

Any law that threatens to put you in jail for 5 years for stealing a bar mat and being rude to the police is barbaric.

Your lack of common sense stinks of ignorance.

 

[Conza88]

Woman hurling abuse at police should expect some punishment and it should not be allowed in Australia either.

Abuse, verbal? It offends someones sensibilities? So arbitrary!

Let's legislate against words ? lol !

I guess you support Sedition laws aswell?

 

[nunthewiser]

Any law that threatens to put you in jail for 5 years for stealing a bar mat and being rude to the police is barbaric.

Your lack of common sense stinks of ignorance.

hey in some countries she could of had her hands lopped off

 

[MrBurns]

:
Originally Posted by Happy
Woman hurling abuse at police should expect some punishment and it should not be allowed in Australia either.

Agree, should be charged with offensive behavior, here in Australia as well.

People get away with to much in AU these days, in the old days you'd get a thick ear for calling a policeman a "cop" if you called him a "pig" you would be eating your pork liquefied, through a straw while your new teeth were being made up.

 

[MrBurns]

hey in some countries she could of had her hands lopped off

Yeah and some countries should be nuked then repopulated later with human beings not pig ignorant human mutants.

 

[nunthewiser]

Yeah and some countries should be nuked then repopulated later with human beings not pig ignorant human mutants.

lol unreal.......... love ya work burnsy

 

[MrBurns]

lol unreal.......... love ya work burnsy

We could list the countries that qualify but that would be nasty, therefore I will not mention New Zealand