Bangkok's Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath [S4, E55]

The boys reenter the world of the Seven Deadly Sins with a
discussion of 'Wrath' in Thai culture. What's the angle? Well,
here is Ed's theory: every society has roughly the same amount of
total anger, but in the West negative feelings are expressed in
small amounts over time. However, in Thai culture, where there is
pressure to always say 'mai pen rai,' negative emotions build up
over time and come out in an explosion.


In an entirely unscientific discussion, the guys give
examples that might support the theory, ranging from musings on
why Thailand is the world leader in penis hackings (and
thankfully, penis reattachments), to the time a mentally ill man
unfortunately attacked the statue of Brahma at the Erawan Shrine
only to be beaten to death by the crowd, to the effect that soap
operas have on impressionable viewers - and even a scientific
paper on the repressed emotions of Thai children from
1976! 


No definitive conclusions are reached, but with a combined
nearly 40 years in Thailand, Greg and Ed have plenty of
interesting anecdotes to discuss. 


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