I also agree with this line of reasoning. However, I'm starting to feel that Thailand is not providing tourists with sufficient protection. The local police know who the ratbags & scumbags are in the community, and in my opinion they should be doing something about it rather than sitting around drinking mehkong and laughing. The Thai man who stabbed this Swedish girl to death was a known pervert. And as I said in another post, he'll be released in a couple of years. Killing farang is not considered a serious crime in Thailand.