# Thai Police Arrest Rapist **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318 "2007-08-29T03:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/1 "2007-08-29T03:27:28Z")
… of women, cows and banana trees. Story [here.](http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1348488.php/Thai_police_arrest_serial_rapist_of_women_cows_banana_trees) I do like his quote: “Anyone who has had sex with a cow knows there is nothing odd about it at all.” But … banana trees??? As for the part at the end about the penalty for rape in Thailand being only four years, I’ve never really known what the penalty is, but it would not surprise me if that’s true. Rape is still blamed largely on the victim, especially outside of Bangkok. Also especially upcountry, the family of a victim will often simply get ahold of the perp if possible and kill him; the police will usually look the other way in that case. Might be some paperwork to fill out. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/2 "2007-08-29T03:31:42Z")
> [@](#): > > Also especially upcountry, the family of a victim will often simply get ahold of the perp if possible and kill him; the police will usually look the other way in that case. They look the other way? Really? Because if some guy’s getting beaten to death by a family of banana trees, the natural reaction is to want to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/3 "2007-08-29T03:42:24Z")
Myself, I might watch the actual rape of the banana tree. Not that I’d want to, but it would be sort of like a bad traffic accident that you can’t tear your eyes away from. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/4 "2007-08-29T04:13:42Z")
He had a hideaway? Damn, I wants me one of those! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/5 "2007-08-29T05:11:19Z")
I’ve heard of a banana being used as a sex toy, but the tree? ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/6 "2007-08-29T05:16:31Z")
Sort of like the joke about the difference between using a feather and a whole chicken. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/7 "2007-08-29T05:36:50Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] He had a hideaway? Damn, I wants me one of those! [/QUOTE] What are you trying to rape? ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/8 "2007-08-29T05:38:00Z")
I know I’ll regret asking this, but how would one rape a banana tree? ---
**Author:** ![pendgwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@pendgwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pendgwen)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/9 "2007-08-29T05:45:27Z")
How exactly does one rape a banana tree? Or any tree for that matter. Do I want to know? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/10 "2007-08-29T05:56:45Z")
What I want to know is, is he being charged with raping a banana tree? And what happened in the past to necessitate passing a law about it? ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/11 "2007-08-29T06:02:56Z")
How can they tell the banana tree didn’t consent? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/12 "2007-08-29T07:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=CaerieD] How can they tell the banana tree didn’t consent? [/QUOTE] The bananas were split? I dunno.. I got nothin’ ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/13 "2007-08-29T07:19:47Z")
> [@](#): > > And what happened in the past to necessitate passing a law about it? The bananas were starting to smell funny. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/14 "2007-08-29T09:23:19Z")
[QUOTE=bigbabysweets2000] What are you trying to rape? [/QUOTE] A ladle. ---
**Author:** ![MovingTarget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/edb3f5/32.png) [@MovingTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovingTarget)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/15 "2007-08-29T12:29:59Z")
Ok, call me stoopid if you must, but what about a feather and the whole chicken? And I too would like to know exactly how they prove the rape of banana trees, or cows for that matter. Maybe the cow’s just a big tease and just wanted to get him thrown in jail for past wrongs against it or something? Maybe this is just a huge bovine conspiracy against this guy. To some people, Moooo sounds like Nooooo, but maybe he heard Yessssss… nevermind, I got nothin’, just move along. ETA: nevermind, just figured out the feather and chicken thing, just had to think about it for a minute. It’s a measurement of kinkyness right??? ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/16 "2007-08-29T13:10:39Z")
[QUOTE=Snipe1978] Ok, call me stoopid if you must, but what about a feather and the whole chicken? ETA: nevermind, just figured out the feather and chicken thing, just had to think about it for a minute. It’s a measurement of kinkyness right??? [/QUOTE] Using a feather is kinky, using the whole chicken is perverted. Cmon, the banana tree was asking for it. You all saw how it was dressed. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/17 "2007-08-29T14:15:20Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] \*\*… of women, cows and banana trees. Story [here.](http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1348488.php/Thai_police_arrest_serial_rapist_of_women_cows_banana_trees) I do like his quote: “Anyone who has had sex with a cow knows there is nothing odd about it at all.” But … banana trees??? As for the part at the end about the penalty for rape in Thailand being only four years, I’ve never really known what the penalty is, but it would not surprise me if that’s true. Rape is still blamed largely on the victim, especially outside of Bangkok. Also especially upcountry, the family of a victim will often simply get ahold of the perp if possible and kill him; the police will usually look the other way in that case. Might be some paperwork to fill out.\*\* [/QUOTE] This post has been **BANANAD** by the **BANANARAPIST!**. ---
**Author:** ![dotchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/18 "2007-08-29T18:05:16Z")
Hm, this may spawn a new internet meme: His “wife”? A banana tree. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/19 "2007-08-29T18:30:58Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] Also especially upcountry, the family of a victim will often simply get ahold of the perp if possible and kill him; the police will usually look the other way in that case. Might be some paperwork to fill out. [/QUOTE] At least that’s better than them killing the rape _victim_, like I’ve read about happening in some African countries. ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318/20 "2007-08-29T18:35:18Z")
I don’t understand how a society deems rape to be trivial enough to warrant a short prison sentence but major enough to look the other way for murder in retribution? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thai-police-arrest-rapist/417318.md?page=2)