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the first europeans to encounter thailand, then called Siam, regarded the people as animals of brute savagery, and rightly so, if you count that they came from a completely different culture. i mean, you should've seen them, their crazy get-ups; flowy paper mache pants complete with spears and influenza. it's not enough to say that people are savage because they do not share specific cultural qualities. and although the initial meeting was interesting and strange for both peoples, the lasting influence of portugese visitors ended up being some of the most kick ass desserts in thailand. it's true.
but some people are just plain savage.
they do things out of the most deep-rooted animalistic places within them, and people still would love to believe the glowing sheen of modern civilization is moving ahead at a rapid and over-encompassing rate.
moreover, it is the act itself that is savage. these acts of complete and utter disregard for human life is really shocking, or is it?
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2004/11/10/headlines/index.php?news=headlines_15369130.html
and it doesn't have to necessarily be a physical act, it could be as simple as some racist and their special "i'm-not-a-racist-i-just-don't-like-black-people-living-near-me-or-any-other-race-of-people-either-i-mean-can't-they-learn-english?" buddy, that doesn't even know or can possibly fathom how they're being racist. it's funny in a really really sad depressing sort of way.
http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/rnr/48460398.html
then
http://www.craigslist.org/sfc/rnr/48463226.html
[insert blank stare here]
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