Thread: Is it a myth that Thais don't like confrontation?

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

If Thais are non confrontational why is the place awash with illegal guns? If I wanted a gun I'd bet money that I could get one within the hour. In fact when I first got burgled my missus was a nervous wreck. A local copper loaned me a 9 mm pistol (illegal gun), to put my missus at ease, for a few weeks until we had security bars fitted.

You're using minority examples to argue against the majority. On the whole Thais aren't very confrontational IMO. That doesn't mean to say they aren't pissed inside, they just have a cultural propensity to keep it in.

Now that doesn't for one second mean that a pissed up country bumpkin won't slit another's throat for spilling his beer, but that can hardly be used to make accurate generalisations. As accurate as generalisations can be anyhow.