Respect community norms??? I never knew there were any "norms" in Pattaya...Pattaya News wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:26 am Residents and visitors are urged to exercise discretion and respect community norms to maintain a safe and harmonious environment in Pattaya........

Shuffling through the memoirs of my somewhat foggy life in Pattaya there were many occasions where my actions on balconies could have been challenged, e.g. giving and/or receiving oral sex under a starlit night, watching two ladyboys dancing naked while a third was giving me a blowjob while leaning on the balcony rail, or enjoying intercourse with "Boy Special" with the balcony lights on and music blazing. And I'm sure I could recall other questionable antics if I shuffled enough.
Having confessed to this I consider a young Kuwaiti man standing on a balcony rubbing his crotch mere child's-play, and not at all news worthy.
It's one thing going after the Kuwaiti's for terrorizing a neighborhood with their dangerous motorbike antics - but to take a single minor incident, like the one described in Judd's article, and try to make it a big deal is a bit of a stretch IMO.
As a side to this: I seriously doubt that any Thai students were traumatized by this. In reality, they were probably laughing their asses off.