Thread: More Farangs Arrested

Dutch stone throwers “got carried away”

Published on : 23 May 2010 - 5:02pm | By Marijke van den Berg


The two Dutchmen, aged 44 and 17, who were arrested in Thailand for throwing stones during last week’s riots in the northern city of Chiang Mai, have been released with a warning. Salient detail: they were taking part in a rehabilitation project for people addicted to drugs or other substances.
Ron Gerrits from the Creating Balance Thailand addiction clinic is really angry with his two clients. On the one hand because they haven’t done the name of his clinic any good, and on the other for the two men themselves. Ron says the 44-year-old ex-addict was doing very well in Thailand: he has been clean for two years now and for the last year has been in Thailand.
“Everything was going well,” Ron says. “He had earned a teaching certificate and was ready to start work next week as a teacher.” Ron can’t explain the man’s behaviour other than to say that he let himself get carried away by the emotions of the moment. “But you can see in the that he only threw one stone.”
Stranded
It’s different for the second Dutchman. In another video on YouTube, says Ron, you can clearly see him throwing several stones. Ron says he’s an individual who, after getting stranded in aid programmes in the Netherlands, decided to go to Thailand. “Although he’s also done a lot of volunteer work here, he has been involved in a couple of incidents. That’s reason enough for me to send him back home.”
Neither man now has a punishment hanging over their heads. After a police interrogation lasting six hours, they were released with just a warning. And without a criminal record either, which is especially important for the 44-year-old. It means he can still start work as a teacher. And the school he was planning to work in has already let Creating Balance know he’s still welcome.
Volunteers
Ron Gerrits’ clinic has been active in Chiang Mai for two years. Not only do all patients get one-on-one help, but they also participate in volunteer projects in the north of the country. In conjunction with the local Red Cross, for example, they take part in a drugs, alcohol and AIDS prevention project in the countryside.
Peter van Loo, the Dutch honorary consul in Chiang Mai, says there have no been no such other notable incidents at the clinic and that Creating Balance’s reputation is good. But, he adds, the incident with the two Dutchmen has caused quite an uproar within Chiang Mai’s Dutch community. “When the police sent out a wanted notice, it spread fast among the Dutch residents. Everyone tried to identify the two men.”
Remarkable
The consul thinks it remarkable that the men were released with just a warning. (He says that if they had been given a prison sentence, then it would have been his job to provide them with assistance.) And he expects that their involvement in last week’s riots will remain a topic of conversation in Chiang Mai for some time. “Most Dutch people enjoy living here and think it’s terrible that their fellow-countrymen could do this sort of thing.”


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Is YouTube becoming the 'Big Brother' Orwell warned us about?

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Certainly a more measured outcome that what i suspect will happen to Jeff Savage.

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

Is YouTube becoming the 'Big Brother' Orwell warned us about?

Yes, as well as all the other "social" networks, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Anything you put into the internet "cloud" is accessable if you have the expertise, I'm sure the government "Big Brother" has experts.

BTW: The computer began to appear around 1984....

One of them was to teach...!

I wouldn't let him anywhere near children. Ex-addict and now involved in vandalism.

Jeez.

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

Ron says the 44-year-old ex-addict was doing very well in Thailand: he has been clean for two years now and for the last year has been in Thailand.

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

“He had earned a teaching certificate and was ready to start work next week as a teacher.”

I don't know but should an ex junkie - any ex junkie - be allowed to teach kids anything?

I do not think he would be able to teach in the UK, even though he may make a good one ( poacher turned game keeper). Thailand is a different mater.

Many academic/philosophers over the centuries have been influenced by drugs.

he sure can give an' inside look about being addicted and where it drive you to get your dose...
i stop there,to go buing cigarettes...

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

Is YouTube becoming the 'Big Brother' Orwell warned us about?

Nope - YouTube has become Big Brothers Bigger Brother

Originally Posted by Bung

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

Ron says the 44-year-old ex-addict was doing very well in Thailand: he has been clean for two years now and for the last year has been in Thailand.

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

“He had earned a teaching certificate and was ready to start work next week as a teacher.”

I don't know but should an ex junkie - any ex junkie - be allowed to teach kids anything?

I wish we could enlighten you - but perhaps it's a little too late

Originally Posted by phomsanuk

BTW: The computer began to appear around 1984....

It's much appreciated that you consider the Macintosh to the 'first' computer (it was released in 1984), but really, the personal computer revolution began in 1977, with the release of the Apple II computer.

The 'computer' started much earlier.

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

“He had earned a teaching certificate and was ready to start work next week as a teacher.”

Figures.

#6 Str. Dog
Agree, must be a tefler to boot.

Originally Posted by Bung

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

Ron says the 44-year-old ex-addict was doing very well in Thailand: he has been clean for two years now and for the last year has been in Thailand.

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

“He had earned a teaching certificate and was ready to start work next week as a teacher.”

I don't know but should an ex junkie - any ex junkie - be allowed to teach kids anything?

Which begs the question, should sexpats, any sexpats, be allowed to teach kids anything?

How does this 'clinic' operate here, especially with regards to foreigners as clients?

'Drug addiction' disqualifies someone for eligibility for a visa to enter Thailand in the first place, so admitting to it in order to attend a clinic to treat it would seem somewhat stupid.

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

Originally Posted by Bung

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

Ron says the 44-year-old ex-addict was doing very well in Thailand: he has been clean for two years now and for the last year has been in Thailand.

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

“He had earned a teaching certificate and was ready to start work next week as a teacher.”

I don't know but should an ex junkie - any ex junkie - be allowed to teach kids anything?

Which begs the question, should sexpats, any sexpats, be allowed to teach kids anything?

...and all you could hear was the sound of tumbleweed

Originally Posted by Bung

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

Ron says the 44-year-old ex-addict was doing very well in Thailand: he has been clean for two years now and for the last year has been in Thailand.

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

“He had earned a teaching certificate and was ready to start work next week as a teacher.”

I don't know but should an ex junkie - any ex junkie - be allowed to teach kids anything?

He could teach them how to hot wire a Fararri and cut up a 9 bar

Originally Posted by FarangRed

He could teach them how to hot wire a Fararri and cut up a 9 bar

but can he spell fellali....

Originally Posted by FarangRed

Originally Posted by Bung

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

Ron says the 44-year-old ex-addict was doing very well in Thailand: he has been clean for two years now and for the last year has been in Thailand.

Originally Posted by BKKBoet

“He had earned a teaching certificate and was ready to start work next week as a teacher.”

I don't know but should an ex junkie - any ex junkie - be allowed to teach kids anything?

He could teach them how to hot wire a Fararri and cut up a 9 bar

The cornerstones of any sound education

well they dont seem to listen to fuk all else these's days

he might be an expert in horticulture whats the climate like in CM?

Originally Posted by FarangRed

well they dont seem to listen to fuk all else these's days