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Thai Gov't Sets Up Site For Snitching On Royals' Critics
An anonymous reader writes "In a move that would make the old eastern German Stasi green with envy, the Thai government has modernized a system that allows citizens to snitch on fellow citizens. 'Internet users are being urged to show their loyalty to the king by contributing to a new website called protecttheking.net, which has been set up by a parliamentary committee. On the site's front page it is described as a means for Thai people to show their loyalty to the king by protecting him from what it calls misunderstandings about him. It calls on all citizens to inform on anyone suspected of insulting or criticising the monarchy.'
An large unknown population of political prisoners are currently being held for 3 to 15 years in Thai prisons for being interpreted as insulting the monarchy."
Sorry, had to be said.
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I would inform them of your insults, but apparently their site is slashdotted.
A brave american from here in US want to say,
Thai King, you suck.
(ok i am coward hiding in US somewhere, anyway.)
No way this could be used to insult the king or anything. I might have to report my neighbor, Thaikingsucksbigcock Smith for some things he told me the other day.
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Hey Thai King, is that a hat or the nose cone of a North Korean rocket that landed on your head?
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I fart in his general direction!
Lesson? Don't go be a dumb ass in a foreign country and get yo ass thrown in the jail.
Thai king's mama so fat she spills over to Australia in Google map.
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Report: My neighbor was spreading rumors that the King was paranoid and an evil oppressive dictator imprisoning anyone who questioned or insulted him.
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
Bet they'll be pissed tomorrow when they check the submissions and it's nothing but "First post!!!!1'.
If enough people make false reports, they'll have to set up a site to report people who report people.
Their political system may be broken in some areas, but as a well traveled person who has been to many places and met many people, I think I can speak for just about everyone else on the planet when I say that American Pop culture takes the word "broken" to a whole new level.
Thai culture is respectful, organized, civilized and actually facilitates positive social interactions. American culture by comparison is narcissistic, wasteful, artificial and contributes nothing to the social experience other than fomenting greed and conflict.
But I'm guessing you've not only not traveled to Thailand, you probably haven't even left your country. Don't be calling other cultures "broken" if your level of ignorance is so great that you don't even know the difference between a "culture" and a "political landscape".
American culture by comparison is...
We have culture? Who knew?
i take it that you haven't had to deal with american children lately...