The tourist who took the picture like this needs to be dragged out of the temple and tell him or her to read the book: "What to do and not to do when they're in Laos"...What did they think?....The pose like this is meant to disrespect for our religion...
Perhaps this person thought he has brain to shoot this picture as Unique, or Joke, but I believe he is an idiot, that's why all asia countries should follow Buddhism. I have not seen any asian who took a nasty shot in a Christian Church, but the world is very big so we have all sort of people.
May be he did not deep understand Lao culture enough ,like some of ours don't understand west throroughly.Even amongst West people,some of them sometimes mocked their own sacret.Like.....here..(How goodman feel?)