KIWIBATCH Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 (edited) ...any links to this story?......doesnt appear on TV...unless I have gone blind in the last hour...???...Prom Phong BTS station yesterday I believe....had his young daughter with him and his thai wife Edited March 19, 2012 by KIWIBATCH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIWIBATCH Posted March 19, 2012 Author Share Posted March 19, 2012 Ive found it....its on the andrew drummond website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossy Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Not sure why this is in forum support, moving to General. Anyone got a source other than Andrew Drummond?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wana Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) i think gas filled balloons are not allowed on the BTS if he insisted on bringing it on ,he probably would be beaten i have went on before with a snack or drink in my hand( also against the rules ) and never been beaten though maybe he was the one who get agressive with the bts guy when told he cant bring the ballons on etc thing about forums is you only get one side of the story and not hear what the thai person has to say about why it hapened Edited March 20, 2012 by wana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Payboy Posted March 20, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 20, 2012 The whistle didn't work then. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 The whistle didn't work then. With these one liners ... when you give up the girls you will morph into Semper ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wana Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 The whistle didn't work then. With these one liners ... when you give up the girls you will morph into Semper ... i love Sempers posts ,i get great entertainment reading his contibutions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payboy Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 The whistle didn't work then. With these one liners ... when you give up the girls you will morph into Semper ... Need some rolling lessons then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David48 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 The whistle didn't work then. With these one liners ... when you give up the girls you will morph into Semper ... Need some rolling lessons then. Ouch ... you are a bad boy Sorry KIWIBATCH ... we digress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARISTIDE Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I saw the farang kicked one of the BTS staff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuturatica Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 He already had blood pouring down his face before the foreigner kicked him though... Judging from that video I'm guessing the guard was too heavy handed and it wasn't necessary, not over a bunch of bloody balloons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanyaburi Mac Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Balloons here are normally filled with HYDROGEN, a real explosive gas if someone happened to light a lighter and pop one. Good on the guard. Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wana Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 He already had blood pouring down his face before the foreigner kicked him though... Judging from that video I'm guessing the guard was too heavy handed and it wasn't necessary, not over a bunch of bloody balloons. in this age of terrorism when those baloons could have been filled with ANY dangerous /poisonous /deadly gas i think the guard was right to enforce the rules and not let him on ,what would happen the guard if the balloon caused a fire in a packed skytrain ?probably fired and unikey to get another job in security for life farang could have walked away and took a taxi instead if the balloons were so important but he made a big deal out of it and a thai showed him AGAIN that farangs are guests here and you will follow the rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 They're not such a problem on over-ground systems with 3rd rail instead of overhead line. But I doubt that the full reasoning for the prohibition was cascaded down to the staff in question. As I recall, I have never had such a problem with either my son or my daughter, even when accompanied by a balloon. Unfortunately, when people start exciting and agitating one another with hype about terrorist security, common sense often comes away the worst victim* SC * except for Stumpy the Iranian, of course, but he had no-one to blame but himself 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewlyMintedThai Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Balloons here are normally filled with HYDROGEN, a real explosive gas if someone happened to light a lighter and pop one. Good on the guard. Mac I think you mean helium, which is inert. Anyway, looks like the farang refused to obey the orders of the security personnel -- who were doing their duty -- and attempted to bulldoze his way into the station. He git what was coming to him, and should feel lucky those guys aren't armed with anything more lethal then batons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CarlBkk Posted March 20, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted March 20, 2012 Oh rubbish! A BTS user does not "deserve" to be beaten by staff just because he doesn't want to obey the rules. The job of security is not to beat someone in public but to physically STOP them from boarding the train until the police arrive. Do London underground staff beat up those insisting on carrying beer onto the trains? The simple fact is that security don't know how to handle if when their authority is undermined. No common sense. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturn Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Balloons here are normally filled with HYDROGEN, a real explosive gas if someone happened to light a lighter and pop one. Good on the guard. Mac I think you mean helium, which is inert. Anyway, looks like the farang refused to obey the orders of the security personnel -- who were doing their duty -- and attempted to bulldoze his way into the station. He git what was coming to him, and should feel lucky those guys aren't armed with anything more lethal then batons. there were a few instances some years back where hydrogen was used in balloons causing injury, though i suspect this story has become something of an urban myth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewlyMintedThai Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Oh rubbish! A BTS user does not "deserve" to be beaten by staff just because he doesn't want to obey the rules. The job of security is not to beat someone in public but to physically STOP them from boarding the train until the police arrive. Do London underground staff beat up those insisting on carrying beer onto the trains?The simple fact is that security don't know how to handle if when their authority is undermined. No common sense. How do you expect them to "stop" an aggressive farang twice their size who is barging straight past them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Security should be equipped with Stun Guns; that would be fun ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley'sLife Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I'd better avoid using the BTS then, after my usual baked beans! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollyKS Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 there were a few instances some years back where hydrogen was used in balloons causing injury, though i suspect this story has become something of an urban myth. I am going to go out on a limb here and say this is not true. Even if it has happened, the chance of these balloons being filled with hydrogen is very slim. Hydrogen is incredibly flammable, you would have to be insane to walk around with a balloon full of it. Where would you even get it from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thongkorn Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 when i am in the wrong, an it is pointed out to me I say sorry and do as i am asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan Win Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 He already had blood pouring down his face before the foreigner kicked him though... Judging from that video I'm guessing the guard was too heavy handed and it wasn't necessary, not over a bunch of bloody balloons. He already had blood pouring down his face over a bunch of bloody balloons. Well said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hands22 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) All I can say is that watching that shaky video from Andrew's site, I felt so dizzy that I wish I can beat up the person who took that video. Just joking. No violence please. Any other video source? Edited March 20, 2012 by hands22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 there were a few instances some years back where hydrogen was used in balloons causing injury, though i suspect this story has become something of an urban myth. You mean the Hindenburg ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 I am going to go out on a limb here and say this is not true. Even if it has happened, the chance of these balloons being filled with hydrogen is very slim. Hydrogen is incredibly flammable, you would have to be insane to walk around with a balloon full of it. Where would you even get it from? Agreed...being a single atom, Hydrogen would leak/propagate through walls of the balloon anyway, so suspect it wouldnt stay inflated too long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BookMan Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 When a small man in uniform tells you to give up the balloons...better to just give up the balloons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wana Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Oh rubbish! A BTS user does not "deserve" to be beaten by staff just because he doesn't want to obey the rules. The job of security is not to beat someone in public but to physically STOP them from boarding the train until the police arrive. Do London underground staff beat up those insisting on carrying beer onto the trains? The simple fact is that security don't know how to handle if when their authority is undermined. No common sense. they are allowed to use force ,thats why they give them those big batons if security was not allowed to do anything they would be helpless observers and nobody would take them seriously like a dog with no teeth ,theyde be useless even stealing from a shop ,in the uk ,its assault if a security guard touches you ,so you can walk around stealing and he isnt alowed to put his hands on you until you have left the premises etc if they think you stole something in thailand ,prepare to be dragged kicking and screaming into the back room for a search and possibly a beating if you struggle it good to have rights ,but its the scum who play the system and abuse those rights that <deleted> it up for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 (edited) Arrogance versus security and arrogance lost. Edited March 20, 2012 by Beetlejuice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeyserSoze01 Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 Balloons here are normally filled with HYDROGEN, a real explosive gas if someone happened to light a lighter and pop one. Good on the guard. Mac Fine, how about we beat you with a baton for doing something you are unaware is wrong. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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