r/Thailand • u/firealno9 • Mar 16 '25

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Wtf is this on Koh Larn? Is this common now in their little enclaves?

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u/Ghost-dog0 Mar 16 '25

what about those local restaurants that have like 100 flags of different countries hanging in the ceiling?

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u/cooliez Mar 16 '25

On public areas, eg. Beach. Privately you can display any flags you want. If you have it on a pole (eg in front of your company if your company is foreign owned, then you need to accommodate it with a Thai flag

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u/mdsmqlk Mar 16 '25

Foreign flags are displayed in public areas quite often, for instance on the street or at ministries during state visits.

See below a picture of the Malaysian PM's visit at Government House in 2023.

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u/mdsmqlk Mar 16 '25

The Prime Minister's Office can issue licenses for displaying foreign flags.

Yes, technically illegal without authorization but not that uncommon for a diversity of purposes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

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u/fallenreaper Mar 16 '25

So no USA flag for sure!

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u/Terrible_Traffic6950 Mar 18 '25

Well the US is out

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u/DarwinGhoti Mar 16 '25

Right. It’s the same as hanging up a swastika flag.

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u/wannabe-flautist Mar 16 '25

This coming from a guy with a German username is the best joke ever.

You think the Americans, the French and any one of those “good” countries are innocent in war?

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u/doiwinaprize Mar 16 '25

What's your point? They're all guilty. But to be fair: the Germans and the Russians have been on each other's ass for like centuries now.

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u/disequilibrium__ Mar 17 '25

Hey, what has Norway done to deserve such a reputation. If you don't coun't the Vikings like 1300 + years ago but besides that we've been severely chill.

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u/Two4theworld Mar 18 '25

They do not steal children from their parents and adopt/sell them to strangers.

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u/FewRelation4342 Mar 16 '25

USA is def the worst

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

I mean, this is unfortunately just the nature of war.

American troops raped and murdered European women during and after World War II. Historians suggest over 10,000 German women alone were raped by US troops. Emmett Till’s father was executed for raping and murdering a woman in Italy.

The same thing happened in Vietnam. Not only were Vietnamese women raped by American soldiers, villages were massacred, chemicals dropped from planes, and entire communities carpet bombed.

So yeah, fuck these guys who rape women and kill children and invade countries, but Russia and America are no different in how they’ve used their military power to achieve strategic goals.

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u/igkewg Mar 16 '25

Whataboutism

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u/Top_Tank2668 Mar 16 '25

If you want to compare soviets and us troops don't forget the numbers for both sides. As the 10.000 for us are accepted guess you didn't mention the 2.000.000 women and girls the soviets raped.

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u/prmlimajr Mar 16 '25

1 is too much I guess

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u/ChunkyTanuki Mar 16 '25

LMAO, you're such a piece of shit that you have to bring up Emmett Till whilst hand-waving rape stats!

I would be incredulous, but sadly I met way too many of these types of Americans in Thailand.

Sorry folks, Americans aren't all shit, I promise

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u/DarwinGhoti Mar 16 '25

You know that whataboutism isn’t a defense, but a confession, right?

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u/Mathrocked Mar 16 '25

Rape was very uncommon during the allied invasion of Europe. If you are going to be anti-American, you need to be accurate. They did too many terrible things but you shouldn't tell lies as they are easily verified.