Hobby

Far as I can skim through the comments in Thai version, there's none that come close to that sense of yours. Most of the comments there, condemn on how this photo get the award. Many of them think the brutality captured in this picture didn't deserve any praise nor awards. On the contrary, I think it's the other way around. This photo did represent the most important event of the year. It told everything about the bloody April in just one picture. No captions nor explanations needed.

As you said, 'Idiots behaving badly' . then Thailand is a place where a bunch of idiots flock together ( and fight each other every now and then )