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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."
I'm going to personally inundate the world of warcraft forums with links to that website.
Oh, c'mon. Sure, insulting him will land you in jail, but is that really as bad as having to listen to WoW players' comments?
Find a way to get him addicted to WoW, that would be a punishment indeed. WoW's best service to humanity is keeping the worst of humanity locked up in a Sisyphean task.
Any guest worker system is indistinguishable from indentured servitude.
That, sir, is worthy of a sig. I'll now conveniently ignore the irony-potential of substituting "Slashdot" for "WoW"...
Everything is easy when you don't understand the problem.