Why do Thais have disrespect of the law

[kngdady]

Why is there so much divide among the people of Thailand? Is it the corruption from all sectors of business and government? Is it the political process that any job with cash potential is only for family members that think its their birth right. Does the poor have the right to lead and express his or her oppression by baht buying political opponents? Does the color of a persons skin looked at as not worthy to be a leader? Is giving a village head a couple of thousand baht the tradition of Thai society to try to keep the people from unrest and keeping them in line. Why is it better to tell a lie rather than stand up like a man and be truthful. Why, Thailand with great tradition you put yourselves in a position to be disrespected and a laughing stock of all free nations.

[drake]

Why is there so much divide among the people of Thailand? Is it the corruption from all sectors of business and government? Is it the political process that any job with cash potential is only for family members that think its their birth right. Does the poor have the right to lead and express his or her oppression by baht buying political opponents? Does the color of a persons skin looked at as not worthy to be a leader? Is giving a village head a couple of thousand baht the tradition of Thai society to try to keep the people from unrest and keeping them in line. Why is it better to tell a lie rather than stand up like a man and be truthful. Why, Thailand with great tradition you put yourselves in a position to be disrespected and a laughing stock of all free nations.

Because it's tradition ?

[taurus]

Why is there so much divide among the people of Thailand? Is it the corruption from all sectors of business and government? Is it the political process that any job with cash potential is only for family members that think its their birth right. Does the poor have the right to lead and express his or her oppression by baht buying political opponents? Does the color of a persons skin looked at as not worthy to be a leader? Is giving a village head a couple of thousand baht the tradition of Thai society to try to keep the people from unrest and keeping them in line. Why is it better to tell a lie rather than stand up like a man and be truthful. Why, Thailand with great tradition you put yourselves in a position to be disrespected and a laughing stock of all free nations.

Maybe its because those who are paid to uphold them are not in the slightest bit interested in doing the job they are paid for,one only has to watch DAILY the antics of motorist's and motorcyclist's in moves which can only be described as "defying logic", whilst the police look on with complete disdain and total disinterest ,meanwhile the mangled corpses mount up by the hour

[trtrz]

From my perspective, we do not have respect for society and third parties. When we commit an action, if you are a Thai(mostly not all) you don't think about the implication of your action on someone you did know. Thai are good at respecting people they know, if you are not known, you do not exist. Basically, we don't have a culture to preserve public interest.

From my personal experience, the Thai education doesn't teach people to appreciate the human society. The primary and secondary education also has a weak humanities/social sciences curriculum comparatively to developed countries. These subjects do not teach people to think and thus most(but not all) people have low intelligence on social matters, and therefore does not understand the implication of their action on society. This may sound weird, but I think lack of education in social matters does cultivate corruption and other anti-social behaviors in the society. Ofcourse, there are still some Thai people, who a e socially conscious without having to go through good social education, but with better education in this area surely we will see improvement.

In addition, Thailand is not the only corrupted country, so we are not alone.

[Voice]

Why do Thai have disrespect of the law? Well because we are lacking standard of most things like education, law & order, working practice etc. We have to know that we are teaching children not a bird to talk. What make what we are today is what we have learn when we are a child. Most children would look for an easy life so they will try to avoid thing like homework or any other duty that were ask to do. They rather play and sit down with homework. I think it very wrong that Thai children should have a motorbike at young age because what ever habit they have without good judgment the bad habit will take over which will follow them into adulthood. So if they don’t understand about the law how can one expect them to have respect the law. They just do what ever come natural for them which an easy shortcut which will bring them with the law.

[drake]

Why do Thai have disrespect of the law? Well because we are lacking standard of most things like education, law & order, working practice etc. We have to know that we are teaching children not a bird to talk. What make what we are today is what we have learn when we are a child. Most children would look for an easy life so they will try to avoid thing like homework or any other duty that were ask to do. They rather play and sit down with homework. I think it very wrong that Thai children should have a motorbike at young age because what ever habit they have without good judgment the bad habit will take over which will follow them into adulthood. So if they don’t understand about the law how can one expect them to have respect the law. They just do what ever come natural for them which an easy shortcut which will bring them with the law.

Thais are very forgiving.
Broke a law or two ?
Mai Pen Rai....

[Voice]

Thais are very forgiving.
Broke a law or two ?
Mai Pen Rai....

They won't be so forgiving if it happen to them or their family that's for sure!

[drake]

Thais are very forgiving.
Broke a law or two ?
Mai Pen Rai....

They won't be so forgiving if it happen to them or their family that's for sure!

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

[Just-1-Voice3]

A few months ago I had a conversation with a Thai couple who live in the same moo bahn in regards to their 14 yr old daughter riding a motorbike WITHOUT a helmet. Both speak fairly good English, so the conversation went something like this:

Me - "I see you don't love your daughter very much, do you?"
Mother, in amazement -"What do you mean? We love our daughter very much!"
Me - "Not really. You say you do, but then you let her ride a motorbike to school, when she is only 14, which means she is not legally old enough to drive, AND you let her do it without a helmet."
Father - "Everyone does."
Me - "Yes, which just proves you don't really love your children because you let them drive when they are not legally old enough, and without a helmet, and by doing that you are also teaching them that it's okay to break or ignore Thai laws."
Father - "You're farang. What do you know about Thailand?"
Me - "The issue is not Thailand. The issue is about being good parents, no matter what country you are from or live in. So what do you do if your 14 year old daughter is killed in a motorbike accident."
Father - "We will sue the person who killed her."
Me - "Then you will sue yourselves, because you are the ones who killed her by letting her drive at 14 and without a helmet."
Mother - "Stupid farang. Go away."

The daughter, a beautiful 14 yr old girl who looked more like 24, was buried a little over a week ago after being killed in a motorbike accident.

[taurus]

Of Course J1V, This tragic and completely avoidable story could be repeated day in day out in every province in Thailand ,I can still remember your excellent post "death by stupidity" in which I participated in ,who is to blame?, firstly I agree that it has to come from parental responsibility ,but in the end if Government sent a communique round to the police chiefs in all area's that this sort of lunacy will not be tolerated any longer and transgressions by the police for not doing the job they are paid to do will be dealt with severely .