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Just read this thread and do see the points being made from everyones side. However, as the expats here say you have to live in Thailand in order to understand.
I sure wouldn't step in and try to break up a fight in Thailand. That is way out of my league and the risk of getting seriously hurt is rather big.
However, I do think that I would help at a traffic accident. Done that a couple of times both in Denmark and Germany but then again both countries are very different from Thailand.
I remember one time a couple of years ago when I was out drinking with a friend of mine in Copenhagen. We were heading home down the big walking street in Copenhagen at around 4 in the morning. As we walk we see 3 guys have a pretty heated argument with a girl. We kinda slowed down and kept our eyes on them without them noticing.. All of the sudden this one guy huts the girl right in the face and the other guy starts kicking her. My friend and me both run over and shout at them to stop. Next thing that happens is that the third guy starts running away and the other two starts to pick a fight. Well no problem we think - if they want it they are going to get it. Things go the way those things go and after a couple of seconds we are fighting with these two guys. We kinda had the upper hand and just when we were "done" and had picked the girl up the third guy that ran away comes running back with 5 others.
Well the fight continues although the odds were not in our favour anymore. Naturally we were in rather big trouble but actually managed to remaing standing and hold them at distance. Out of the blue this one guys pulls out a knife and I am just thinking f**k me that's it.. I'm gonna die today.. About at the same time the police come flying around the corner. Someone had (luckily for us) alerted them and the other guys ran off (and didnt get caught).
What did it get me? Well not counting the numerous bruises and blue marks, I landed my self two broken ribs and a broken tooth. My friend broke a finger and had a major cut in his eyebrow as well as a very black eye. We got lucky - if the police hadn't shown up there is no telling what could have happend.
Would I step in again? Sure I would (but not in Thailand)
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