Would you fight a Thai?

[Smeg]

I usually scratch my head and wonder when I hear these stories about "Two tourists were set upon by three thai men then another fifteen thai men joined in" type stories. Personally, I don't let this type of stuff scare me away from physically confronting a thai if necessary.

Last week I was walking away from Gullivers soi 5 and a farang with a backpack had just got out of a taxi and was arguing with the driver. It seems that the dispute was over whether the note handed over was a 100 or a 500. I'd never use a 500 for a taxi whatever the distance, but if he'd come from the airport it might just about be justified. Anyway, the driver tried to leave and the farang kicked the taxi. The driver stopped, produced a baseball bat and struck the arm of the farang, who fled. Nobody else joined in, although a few thai guys were paying close attention to the fracas. Some old farang spineless goat who was walking past me in shorts and flip flops said out of the blue to me "That guy must be new here. I've lived here for over a year and I know all too well that nobody should argue with a thai, if you fight one you fight all of them"

I've never hit a thai. I've shoved a ladyboy into a wall who grabbed my groin, who collapsed in a heap on the floor. Perhaps it shouldn't have had its limb muscles removed or destroyed. I've also challenged a taxi driver who was trying to rip me off, who produced a claw hammer before demanding payment.

Is all this "you fight one, you fight them all" stuff true most of the time or just urban legend bullshit? And if it is true, why does it happen? If I was in the UK and a saw a caucasian and an asian arguing or fighting in the street, I wouldn't automatically wade in to help out the caucasian. To do so would be weird and most likely racist. So, if true here, does this means that the thais that join in are releasing a hatrid of farangs in an eruption of racist violence, linked to the national anthem stuff about all thais being united in nationalist self-protection?

[MeMock]

I have no idea. I have never seen a westerner in a fight with a Thai nor have I ever got into an argument with one.

What I would like to say however is that you seem to spend a lot of time at Gullivers on soi 5!

[ChiangMai noon]

It has been documented here that the one time i confronted one that he pulled a gun on me.
I'm not ashamed to have backed down but i do believe that by and large the stories of fight one, fight them all are way over stated.

[Mid]

round here , feels as if your fighting the whole lot of 'em every time you get behind the wheel

[bkkmadness]

From what I've seen it's usually friends or associates of the Thai guy that join in the fight which I guess is like most places in the world.

Read Thaivisa though and they would have you believe that if you get into a problem with a Thai all other Thais in the vicinity, from the office girls on their starbuck coffee break to ol' mama the noodle seller will jump in weapons drawn looking for the death of whitey.

[AntRobertson]

I wouldn't. But then I don't fight on principle. It's me pacifist side you see.

[Megahorn]

The same in all Asian countries.

To do with their 'communial' values, look after your brothers... especially don't stand by and watch them be beaten to a pulp by some 6 ft, 200 pound white boy foreigner. All jump in and kick his rich head in.

[chinthee]

It would be the last thing I would do, under almost any circumstance. Having said that, I always carry in my pocket a razor sharp professional quick-flip knife and know very well how to use it.

I may have lost my quickness, some techniques, certainly stamina, but I have ice in my veins still and can take down a few of them and I think the sight of major arteries spewing blood might just frighten some away.

If it comes to that, nobody knows the outcome. Probably jail for me for sure, hopefully the hospital and not the morgue.

Not worth it.

[The Gentleman Scamp]

I avoid fighting at all costs, I'm a big poove same as Ant.

[AntRobertson]

^ Hoorah! Lets celebrate our big pooveness by going out on the lash and artfully avoiding unessecary confrontation!

[The Gentleman Scamp]

If I had no choice but to fight then it would be very dirty, I would blind the Thai with a deep finger poke then bite out his adams apple.

[Mid]

^

I've always said that forced to fight then that Marques fella was an idiot ,

rules ................???

[stroller]

Quite the violent type, ol' smeg, it seems.

I am also of the persuasion to avoid fights if at all possible, and have fared well so far where-ever I've been.

I stopped a fight between 2 Thais once, which I was told is unwise, but one was a friend.
Had to physically confront another once after the drunken git hit me without warning - apparently revenge for my having told him to shut t.f. up hours before. His friends pulled the little jerk away and they left the scene.

[cali kid]

Would and have..Got the scars to prove it...

After going to a Uni. here for years, I may have falsely felt like not such an outsider or foreigner.. And the fact that I understand very well all the shit they talk when I walk by... You can only here people call you a stupid, cheap, pretentious, asshole foreigner so many times before it gets to you a bit.

[Whose Wandering]

Just last Sunday I was walking down the street with my Thai gf and we passed a group of Thai motorcycle taxi drivers.

Usually they yell out something or stare at my gf's assets, which pisses me off, but usually I don't understand it.

However; this time, as we walked by, one staring at her ass said "Sao... blah blah".

My Thai skills aren't great, but I know the word 'girl' and the context.

So I stopped abruptly and turned around look at him straight in the eyes. His eyes widened. I suppose he didn't expect me to understand or look for a fight. My gf tugged at me and told me to 'never mind' and that she didn't understand what he said. Out of the corner of my eye,5 of the 9 Thai guys straightened up and stared at me, sizing me up.

Obviously this story ends weakly because here I am typing neatly and quickly.

I listened to my gf and walked away.

I still think I gave that first guy a bit of a scare though.

And yes, I fully believe if you fight one you fight them all.

Best to stay out of trouble.

[Gerbil]

I've been in a couple of "fights" here in the last 20 years. Both with the same result - they threw the first punch, I blocked it and then decked the guy with one punch. All over and done with before anyone else generally noticed or reacted.

[chinthee]

^

I've always said that forced to fight then that Marques fella was an idiot ,

rules ................???

Exactly damn right. In a street situation, anything can and will happen. There are no rules. Period.

[cali kid]

^^ I wasnt so lucky...

After the dude spit on feet i decked him and was rushed by 5 more... At the end of it I got a metal pipe upside the head, but then held the dude on the ground in a head lock while bleeding all over his face making him apologize and say he was stupid over and over again..

His fault for separating from his backup...

[stroller]

but I know the word 'girl' and the context.

Apparently not, or you wouldn't have got so wound up by it.

[Whose Wandering]

Apparently not, or you wouldn't have got so wound up by it.

Evidently so, as this sort of thing happens again and again here. If he said 'poo ying' it would be a different story. He chose to use slang and follow it up with rude language, as I learned after the fact.

Everyone has a breaking point. Just see "Falling Down". Great movie.

[jizzybloke]

There are times to fight and times not to fight!
Common sense rules and that is forgotten when alcohol is involved.

[Texpat]

The last fight I had was on the playground of Byram Intermediate School in New Jersey. I think I was 10, maybe 11.

If I were ever to fight someone again, I hope it wouldn't be until I was 90 percent sure I would win the fight on all cards 99-1. Who says you have to fight somebody on their terms? I'm a vengeful bastard that would sit and wait and chose a weapon carefully. I also know that you can beat a Thai to within inches of his life, but if you twat him in front of his girlfriend, it'll do far more damage.

I'm always amazed to sit in any number of bars in Udon and watch the middle-aged and old men fight each other. I just don't get it. I could tell you more about them, but won't.

[AntRobertson]

There are times to fight and times not to fight!

'You gotta know when to hold 'em (when to hold 'em!)
Know when to fold 'em (when to fold 'em!)
Know when to walk away
And know when to run...'

'The Gambler' - not just a great sing-a-long, words to live by!

[chinthee]

The last fight I had was on the playground of Byram Intermediate School in New Jersey. I think I was 10, maybe 11.

If I were ever to fight someone again, I hope it wouldn't be until I was 90 percent sure I would win the fight on all cards 99-1. Who says you have to fight somebody on their terms? I'm a vengeful bastard that would sit and wait and chose a weapon carefully. I also know that you can beat a Thai to within inches of his life, but if you twat him in front of his girlfriend, it'll do far more damage.

I'm always amazed to sit in any number of bars in Udon and watch the middle-aged and old men fight each other. I just don't get it. I could tell you more about them, but won't.

Well, now that you've opened the door, you know you have to tell us about the old drunks fighting. Just give us the funniest story.

[jizzybloke]

^agree, come on!