Thailand Bans YouTube

An anonymous reader writes "The new government of Thailand that forced its way into power last year has banned the website YouTube after a 44 second clip was found of someone spray painting on a picture of Thailand's king. When Google refused to remove the 'offending' clip the website was redirected to a different page. This comes days after a Swiss man was jailed 10 years for spray painting on pictures of the king while drunk, and is the same government that earlier this year slammed open source software for being useless and buggy."

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Re:Respect and Freedom?

[sogoodsofarsowhat]

See thats where you are wrong. There is a difference. Thailand is not saying you cant have the video. They are saying you cant have the video in Thailand....you know their country....with their King and their own people. It is you who are now trying to enforce your standards on them. They are not saying that we here in American cannot have our You Tube or that we cannot see the kings image defaced. What they are saying is they wont allow it in their country. Just like when i go there, i am not allowed to bring my firearms. I can have all i want here but when i go there, none! So as usual the one that screams they are not enlightened is in fact the one who is not enlightened.