I blame her for her naiveity in thinking she's safe in a "tropical paradise". It's in the Third World nontheless. I've been to a number of Third World hell holes myself, and they are not safe.
No mention of how heinous the attackers' actions are, either.
No need for me to mention how heinous the rapists were. It's all in the article. Maybe the other crewmates were involved too. We'll never know.
Thailand is visited by millions of vacationers every year, myself being one of them.
She wasn't being naive, she was being a tourist.
I believe you are the one that is naive. Thailand is not a hell-hole that you may think it is.
On the other hand, there are places where, in the words of Joe Strummer, "any white face is the invitation to robbery" or rape.
"I blame her for her naiveity in thinking she's safe in a "tropical paradise". It's in the Third World nontheless. I've been to a number of Third World hell holes myself, and they are not safe."
Have you been to Thialand? It is probably one of the safer tourist destinations in SE Asia. While it is still considered a Third World Country, it is on the brink of emerging from that status. These two stellar members of the human race are the ones to blame here, not the victim. If these clown are convicted they will not spend much if any time leeching off the Thia tax payers, they will be taking "dirt naps" soon after the judges gavel falls!!
Yeah, because nothing like this ever happens in the US, Australia or other developed nations. /sarcasm
It doesn't matter where you are- she is not to blame.
Any time someone says something like 'I don't blame the victim but...' It usually says to me that they do in fact blame the victim. During the days after 9/11 we heard much of this type thing. 'I ain't saying the US deserved this but...' I heard it many times. It wasn't right then and it isn't right here.