Comments on: The Fallout Over ‘Big Trouble in Thailand’: Blunders, Recriminations & Naiveté http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/ drink and blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:20:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: sideshowBOB http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/#comment-213399 sideshowBOB Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:42:56 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/?p=5111#comment-213399 bb - what I am saying is no one should make any of these shows - not even the one that was made for the very reasons u mention. :) bb – what I am saying is no one should make any of these shows – not even the one that was made for the very reasons u mention.
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]]> By: Pattaya Ghost http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/#comment-213397 Pattaya Ghost Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:48:27 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/?p=5111#comment-213397 Just received an e-mail from Gavin Hill wtih the preview of Episode 4. It may actually stand a chance of <b>not</b> pissing off the authorities: <blockquote>Bangkok Airways plane crashes into a control tower on Samui, killing the pilot and local Tourist Police Volunteers and British Consul respond. Brit passengers are injured, some tell of their miraculous escape. Programme contains never-before-seen video and photographs of the immediate aftermath and rescue effort. It's Songkran in Chiang Mai and mayhem on the roads - we're on the scene of another DUI incident involving backpackers on a motorbike - hurt, under the influence and no helmets. And we visit a motorbike 'graveyard' with Chiang Mai Tourist Police Volunteer Rob, from Manchester. We're out on river patrol with the tooled up border police in Chiang Rai, looking for drug smugglers. And this week's Thai jail inmate who gives us his account of life in the monkey house is Michael Connell from Manchester - he's doing a lot of time for drugs in Bangkwang. And what would Big Trouble In Thailand be without Howard who finds himself in the middle of a punch up between a Thai man and a group of deaf tourists. DO NOT RESIST US!! And tourist Police Assistant Paul Harrison is also in this week's programme, responding to a fire at an apartment block in Pattaya. Would you bet money on Thai Police giving two thumbs up to a second series? Not in Thailand you wouldn't, of course - plenty of gamblers being nicked coming up later in the series!</blockquote> Just received an e-mail from Gavin Hill wtih the preview of Episode 4. It may actually stand a chance of not pissing off the authorities:

Bangkok Airways plane crashes into a control tower on Samui, killing the pilot and local Tourist Police Volunteers and British Consul respond. Brit passengers are injured, some tell of their miraculous escape. Programme contains never-before-seen video and photographs of the immediate aftermath and rescue effort.

It’s Songkran in Chiang Mai and mayhem on the roads – we’re on the scene of another DUI incident involving backpackers on a motorbike – hurt, under the influence and no helmets. And we visit a motorbike ‘graveyard’ with Chiang Mai Tourist Police Volunteer Rob, from Manchester.

We’re out on river patrol with the tooled up border police in Chiang Rai, looking for drug smugglers. And this week’s Thai jail inmate who gives us his account of life in the monkey house is Michael Connell from Manchester – he’s doing a lot of time for drugs in Bangkwang.

And what would Big Trouble In Thailand be without Howard who finds himself in the middle of a punch up between a Thai man and a group of deaf tourists. DO NOT RESIST US!!

And tourist Police Assistant Paul Harrison is also in this week’s programme, responding to a fire at an apartment block in Pattaya.

Would you bet money on Thai Police giving two thumbs up to a second series?

Not in Thailand you wouldn’t, of course – plenty of gamblers being nicked coming up later in the series!

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]]> By: Billy Bangkok http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/#comment-213393 Billy Bangkok Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:04:28 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/?p=5111#comment-213393 @ssB: I know that's not what you said but even going after boiler rooms could have all sorts of unintended fallout. What if the guy running the operation is connected? Maybe he's got a few cops in his pocket or maybe some local politician is getting a cut. Or maybe the guy is a sociopath. If I was his life insurance salesman I would be upping my rates :-) @ssB: I know that’s not what you said but even going after boiler rooms could have all sorts of unintended fallout. What if the guy running the operation is connected? Maybe he’s got a few cops in his pocket or maybe some local politician is getting a cut. Or maybe the guy is a sociopath. If I was his life insurance salesman I would be upping my rates :-)

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]]> By: sideshowBOB http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/#comment-213355 sideshowBOB Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:43:15 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/?p=5111#comment-213355 bb - I am pretty sure that is not what I said. okay - start with the boiler rooms then... bb – I am pretty sure that is not what I said. okay – start with the boiler rooms then…

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]]> By: Billy Bangkok http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/#comment-213354 Billy Bangkok Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:40:11 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/?p=5111#comment-213354 @ssB: Do you really hate Gavin that much that you want to see him dead? :-) @ssB: Do you really hate Gavin that much that you want to see him dead?

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]]> By: sideshowBOB http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/#comment-213346 sideshowBOB Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:49:12 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/?p=5111#comment-213346 7 - great points but the show is hardly about the real scams in thailand. I would be all for them going after the known scams. they should start with the police. :) 7 – great points but the show is hardly about the real scams in thailand. I would be all for them going after the known scams. they should start with the police.
:)

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]]> By: Seven http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/#comment-213344 Seven Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:13:04 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/?p=5111#comment-213344 With all the brouhaha, I decided to give the show a third chance. I was put off by the editing and narration on the first couple tries, and that criticism stands. But the footage itself is good work. This is a small sample of the transparency that Thailand needs to become a better place, as seen here: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/24374/jet-ski-operators-ordered-to-buy-insurance I hope they cover the gem scam in a future episode. The same guy is in front of the same gate outside of Wat Phra Kaew every day, lying to every farang that walks by and pushing them into waiting tuk-tuks... With all the brouhaha, I decided to give the show a third chance. I was put off by the editing and narration on the first couple tries, and that criticism stands. But the footage itself is good work. This is a small sample of the transparency that Thailand needs to become a better place, as seen here:
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/24374/jet-ski-operators-ordered-to-buy-insurance
I hope they cover the gem scam in a future episode. The same guy is in front of the same gate outside of Wat Phra Kaew every day, lying to every farang that walks by and pushing them into waiting tuk-tuks…

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]]> By: Pattaya Ghost http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/#comment-213339 Pattaya Ghost Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:10:31 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/?p=5111#comment-213339 For those of you who like YouTube, here's are the 4 parts of episode 3. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=090GQDat1X8 Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYOZKK7BFr0 Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ_Yxrscmr4 Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U2hVHV8zic For those of you who like YouTube, here’s are the 4 parts of episode 3.

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=090GQDat1X8

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYOZKK7BFr0

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ_Yxrscmr4

Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U2hVHV8zic

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]]> By: wineguy http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/#comment-213338 wineguy Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:59:43 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/?p=5111#comment-213338 Come to think of it the 200 Brits dying sounds like lemmings off a cliff. Come to think of it the 200 Brits dying sounds like lemmings off a cliff.

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]]> By: wineguy http://www.bigmangobar.com/blog/reader-submissions/2009/09/18/the-fallout-over-big-trouble-in-thailand-blunders-recriminations-naivete/#comment-213336 wineguy Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:56:27 +0000 http://www.bigmangobar.com/?p=5111#comment-213336 Last night, despite my better judgement, that and being stood up by the French chic I've been er em, improving foreign relations with, I relented and watched this drivel. The moral of the story as I see it is: 1) Don't rent a jet ski. Why the squadies weren't told that they would be ripped of by their so called boss who seemed to know all about it, a trumped up NCO, I don't know. Smells of set up. The face to face argument seems staged. 2) Don't go anywhere near a full moon party, and don't let your boyfriend hand you the incriminating evidence, and piss off scott free, and chuckle about it in your presence. And obviously don't have the stuff in the first place. If you are thick enough that you don't know it's a bad idea to have it in Thailand then you shouldn't be allowed to have a passport. That would make the place a lot nicer for the rest of us. 3) Always carry enough folding to pay off any local official with Baht signs in his eyes. 4) And for gods sake lock up the Australian moron and give us all some peace. I feel sorry for his dad. 5) Don't watch British reality TV. British reality is depressing enough, when it's transported elsewhere it's just down right terrifying. Did they really say 200+ Brits die in Thailand every year, WTF! Last night, despite my better judgement, that and being stood up by the French chic I’ve been er em, improving foreign relations with, I relented and watched this drivel.

The moral of the story as I see it is:

1) Don’t rent a jet ski. Why the squadies weren’t told that they would be ripped of by their so called boss who seemed to know all about it, a trumped up NCO, I don’t know. Smells of set up. The face to face argument seems staged.

2) Don’t go anywhere near a full moon party, and don’t let your boyfriend hand you the incriminating evidence, and piss off scott free, and chuckle about it in your presence. And obviously don’t have the stuff in the first place. If you are thick enough that you don’t know it’s a bad idea to have it in Thailand then you shouldn’t be allowed to have a passport. That would make the place a lot nicer for the rest of us.

3) Always carry enough folding to pay off any local official with Baht signs in his eyes.

4) And for gods sake lock up the Australian moron and give us all some peace. I feel sorry for his dad.

5) Don’t watch British reality TV. British reality is depressing enough, when it’s transported elsewhere it’s just down right terrifying. Did they really say 200+ Brits die in Thailand every year, WTF!

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