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Thailand Sues YouTube
eldavojohn writes "Thailand is hitting YouTube with charges of lese majeste (up to 15 years in prison) regarding the recent videos on YouTube showing the king next to feet, something extremely offensive in Thailand. 'Since the first clip, more new videos mocking the king have appeared on YouTube, including pictures of the monarch that had been digitally altered to make him resemble a monkey. Thailand's 79-year-old king, almost universally adored by Thais, is the world's longest-reigning monarch, and one of the few who is still protected by tough laws that prohibit any insult against the royal family.'"
Can suck my toe..
Now, sue me. Just try it. In *my* country i can say this, so go away.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
LeoPetr, almost universally revered by Thai Slashdotters, makes an incisive and witty comment on the situation.
My other body is also not wearing any.
Thailand's 79-year-old king, almost universally adored by Thais, is the world's longest-reigning monarch, and one of the few who is still protected by tough laws that prohibit any insult against the royal family.'
Hrm...
Take that you abstract embodiment of an American corporational contract owned by another abstract entity also with no definite personification! It's off to the pokey!
When things get complex, multiply by the complex conjugate.
He's a king; if he can lead the country, surely he can withstand...FEET. I understand that feet are treated differently over there.... but well, if someone posted a picture of me next to a bare penis (or hell, even a BEAR penis), I don't think I'd be trying to sue them--it's the internet. Nobody cares.
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Correction, nobody cares about you.
Democrats or Republicans. They are both taking us to the same place and they are not afraid of us anymore.
Damn I work at google and traveling there was the only way I could get sex.
Fundamentally different: this would involve extradition from America.
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=jail
They could have ignored it, but now its going to be a matter of days before makes a photo mosiac of the king of Thialand made up entirely of pictures of feet.
Like with 09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0 on his forehead...
rj
Way to go, King. Threaten to sue YouTube for silly pictures making fun of you. I - and 500,000 other nerds who know how to use photoshop - would have never known that the King of Thailand was insulted by a foot or cared about youtube before reading this story. I'm glad you informed us by this action -- that will surely put a stop to the ridicule!
You don't frighten us, Thai pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottom, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Bhumibol King, you and all your silly Thai ce-e-e-e-e-ensors. Thpppppt! Thppt! Thppt! I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a gibbon and your father smelt of langsats! Now, go away, or I shall taunt you a second time.
Circumcision is child abuse.
But how did he get to be King? By exploiting the masses, that's how.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Couldn't he have just, hmmm, peed in it?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
"Unlike you, we have true free speech", the American says, "see, I could go right to the White House and shout, 'Reagan is an asshole' as much as I like, and they won't do anything to me!"
"Then we have free speech in the USSR as well", shrugs the Russian. "I can, too, go to the Red Square and shout 'Reagan is an asshole' as much as I like, and they won't do anything to me either".
Just as I was sitting down to a bowl of bear penis soup, I read this.
Thanks for ruining my dinner.