Seditious speech?
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wrote on 19 Aug 2020, 23:25 last edited by
Good luck getting that through McConnell's Senate.
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wrote on 19 Aug 2020, 23:27 last edited by
Speaking of Kentucky...
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wrote on 20 Aug 2020, 01:49 last edited by
There are some big demonstrations going on now here in Thailand. Student protests against the government but more against the monarchy.
Thailand has serious laws against speaking against the monarchy, called else-majeste, which appears to be equivalent to sedition speech. Speaking against the monarchy in any form (social media, newspaper, speech, etc) can get you 15 years in jail.
The old monarch was over pretty well liked. He passed away a couple of years ago and his son became king, and he is not as well liked.
For example, when the pandemic started, he went off to Germany (renting an entire luxury hotel to stay) with 20 misteresses.
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There are some big demonstrations going on now here in Thailand. Student protests against the government but more against the monarchy.
Thailand has serious laws against speaking against the monarchy, called else-majeste, which appears to be equivalent to sedition speech. Speaking against the monarchy in any form (social media, newspaper, speech, etc) can get you 15 years in jail.
The old monarch was over pretty well liked. He passed away a couple of years ago and his son became king, and he is not as well liked.
For example, when the pandemic started, he went off to Germany (renting an entire luxury hotel to stay) with 20 misteresses.
wrote on 20 Aug 2020, 02:04 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Seditious speech?:
For example, when the pandemic started, he went off to Germany (renting an entire luxury hotel to stay) with 20 misteresses.
Sounds like a totally reasonable thing to do. Wouldn't all of us do the same thing? Right, @jon-nyc ?
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wrote on 20 Aug 2020, 20:38 last edited by
Not with any misteresses...
I might consider some mistresses, though....
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There are some big demonstrations going on now here in Thailand. Student protests against the government but more against the monarchy.
Thailand has serious laws against speaking against the monarchy, called else-majeste, which appears to be equivalent to sedition speech. Speaking against the monarchy in any form (social media, newspaper, speech, etc) can get you 15 years in jail.
The old monarch was over pretty well liked. He passed away a couple of years ago and his son became king, and he is not as well liked.
For example, when the pandemic started, he went off to Germany (renting an entire luxury hotel to stay) with 20 misteresses.
wrote on 22 Sept 2020, 02:30 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Seditious speech?:
There are some big demonstrations going on now here in Thailand. Student protests against the government but more against the monarchy.
Thailand has serious laws against speaking against the monarchy, called else-majeste, which appears to be equivalent to sedition speech. Speaking against the monarchy in any form (social media, newspaper, speech, etc) can get you 15 years in jail.
The old monarch was over pretty well liked. He passed away a couple of years ago and his son became king, and he is not as well liked.
For example, when the pandemic started, he went off to Germany (renting an entire luxury hotel to stay) with 20 misteresses.
Not sure if anyone is following what is happening in Thailand, but things are getting interesting. A big protest two days ago (Sunday) with over 20,000 thousands people protesting against the monarchy and also the current government.
Previously, the protests were mainly at Thammasat University, but this last one was in government square, which is kind of a big deal.
The government has been pretty "hands off" to this point, but this morning called for the arrest of two of the student leaders.
Protesters are calling for a national strike on October 14th.
(I did not take this picture. I took it from a news site) -
wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 16:35 last edited by
Continuing protests in Thailand today.
Main intersection in town.
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wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 18:02 last edited by
Wow
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wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 18:06 last edited by
I hear those misteresses are pretty easy to find in Thailand.
But I can certainly see why the king is not real popular.
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wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 18:26 last edited by
A lot of them are named Bob.
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wrote on 15 Oct 2020, 18:28 last edited by
I sat next to a really pretty girl from Taiwan once on a bus. I kept thinking "Please don't get an erection... PLEASE don't get an erection"...
But she did anyway..
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wrote on 16 Oct 2020, 17:13 last edited by taiwan_girl
Friend of mine is at the protests this tonight, and sent me the following.
They are spraying the people with water cannons that contain water, a liquid tear gas, and blue dye to mark people.
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wrote on 16 Oct 2020, 17:27 last edited by
Amazing photos.