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Thailand Sues YouTube

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the let's-all-take-off-our-left-shoe dept.

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.'"

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  1. Applaud by leoPetr · · Score: 5, Funny

    LeoPetr, almost universally revered by Thai Slashdotters, makes an incisive and witty comment on the situation.

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  2. You tube should plead guilty! by physicsphairy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thailand is hitting YouTube with charges of lese majeste (up to 15 years in prison) YouTube should plead guilty and accept their 15 year prison sentence.

    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!

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  3. Foot icon? by mrbobjoe · · Score: 5, Funny

    recent videos on YouTube showing the king next to feet, something extremely offensive in Thailand If there was ever an article that deserved the humor "foot" icon, it's this one...
  4. Re:another proud American by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Funny
    Back in mid-80s, a Russian and an American argue about politics.

    "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".