” After a few songs, the musicians insisted that Carter sit down and give other people a chance to sing. Carter, who was said to be drunk, refused to leave the stage, according to Lieutenant Jongrak Pimthong.
The band stopped playing. Carter and his 27-year-old son Adam asked for their tips back. That is when they got into a heated argument with the musicians.
The fight continued outside ...”
The musicians were arrested on murder charges . WTF are you talking about ?
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I’m thinking this was an “ugly” American....maybe a bit arrogant.....sounds like he robbed the cradle for the second marriage....Then you: "WTF are you talking about ?"Extreme Karaoke Debuts in Asia!
America sure has its share of ugly Americans here in Japan , too , and they spoil things for those of us who are not ugly
He shoulda just gone on a sex tour.
Shall I continue to prove what a bunch of A$$'s you all seem to be?
Arrested but not convicted, and certainly not sentenced.
The musician’s families live in the area. Probably need the musicians’ income. What a pointless tragedy for innocent relatives of the musicians to lose their livelihood because some rich guy from the other end of the earth came into your little town, acted like a jerk, and forced the musicians to lose their temper.
The dead guy’s family is going to go home, and the dead guy and his family will be just a bad dream. Only a thoughtless heartless uncaring system would punish the innocents who rely on these musicians’ income for nothing more than a bad dream. Out of mercy for these innocent victims, the musicians will be allowed to go back to work.
Long story short, musicians mumble some apologies, pay a fine which gets pocketed by the cops, maybe offer to compensate the dead guy’s family, maybe stay in jail until the King’s Birthday, then everyone goes back to doing what they did before.
That, folks, is the Thai way of thinking, and that’s how it’s going to play out.
BTW, Thais generally will avoid confrontation, absorbing a lot of insults before they react — and then they overreact. You have to PUSH, and PUSH, and PUSH some more, until SNAP, the Thai does something everyone wishes he didn’t. I wonder if this guy went out of his way to learn some special Thai-language insults which he dropped into conversation at key points.