The Great Unspoken

[Surfcrest]

Members,

I would like to remind the membership that even though we are no longer hosted in Thailand, it is still part of our Posting Rules & Guidelines not to violate Thai Law by making or promoting negative references to the Thai Royal family.

Negative references to ThailandтАЩs royal family. Thailand has very strict laws about this. The authorities have varying ideas on what are тАЬnegative referencesтАЭ so, as a general rule, it is better to just avoid the subject.

http://sawatdeenetwork.com/forum/pos...7.html#p285857

While it is not my intention to censor discussion on the very important topic of Thai Politics as it affects us the visitor, the ex-pat, the resident I must also be mindful that Thailand is going through some very difficult times politically at the moment, that the military is currently in control and that social media is being monitored and censured in Thailand and we don't want Sawatdee to be blocked on the basis of violating this provision of Thai Law.

Any posts about this topic or that make reference to this topic may be moved to the Holding Room. You must be a member logged in to view and participate in Holding Room discussions.

http://sawatdeenetwork.com/forum/the...-room-f27.html

Thank you

Surfcrest

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[Khor tose]

Clear double standards. You can't post a URl from one of the best experts of Thailand politics who backs up his statements with documents, but you can say dumb things like they buy the elections and make up a stupid chart of who has credibility. It is also totally patronizing. You really think the Thai military does not monitor these sites and they are not capable of getting a membership and checking out what is said. You must have a very low opinion of Thais in general to believe that. Surfbutton. I was wrong to think you had gotten better.

[Surfcrest]

Clear double standards. You can't post a URl from one of the best experts of Thailand politics who backs up his statements with documents, but you can say dumb things like they buy the elections and make up a stupid chart of who has credibility. It is also totally patronizing. You really think the Thai military does not monitor these sites and they are not capable of getting a membership and checking out what is said. You must have a very low opinion of Thais in general to believe that. Surfbutton. I was wrong to think you had gotten better.

You want to jump up and down because I won't allow you to post a link to crap about the royal family? It's against the law.
Those are the only "standards" that you need to concern yourself with at this time.

Surfcrest

[cdnmatt]

Clear double standards. You can't post a URl from one of the best experts of Thailand politics who backs up his statements with documents, but you can say dumb things like they buy the elections and make up a stupid chart of who has credibility. It is also totally patronizing. You really think the Thai military does not monitor these sites and they are not capable of getting a membership and checking out what is said. You must have a very low opinion of Thais in general to believe that. Surfbutton. I was wrong to think you had gotten better.

Huh? I'm confused.

1.) Thailand has always had very strict lese majeste laws, so this shouldn't be news to you.

2.) If you haven't noticed, a coup recently took place, Thailand is currently under martial law, and the military has already announced that all crimes to incite unrest including lese majeste will be handled by a military court, not civilian. If Surfcrest allowed those posts to remain, and they did some digging and found his true identity, this could result in him being detained and brought up against a military judge the next time he hands his passport to a Thai immigration officer.

3.) Remember how the forum recently switched its domain, because it was blacklisted from a couple ISPs in Thailand, and tons of people had trouble accessing it for years? Want that to happen again?

[Manforallseasons]

cdmatt don't be confused just consider the source!

[Surfcrest]

Khor tose has asked to leave Sawatdee over this issue he feels so strongly about.

Just so you know.....

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/...ce-to-members/

Surfcrest

[travelerjim]

Best to be safe than sorry.
The junta is watching & listening!

tj

[joe552]

Why would "ask to leave"? just stop posting and reading - job done!

[Smiles]

Why would "ask to leave"? just stop posting and reading - job done!

Indeed.
Khor Tose is ~ always was ~ a drama queen, but unfortunately devoid of any trace of the Cosmic Giggle which is necessary if one wants to enjoy the give-&-take of message board participation.
Just simply halting posting here is not good enough, it must be accompanied by High Drama exits ~ in this case insisting on "asking for release" from the board, as if that was ever necessary. Khor Tose could find 'moral issue' in a dust bin.

[Thai Dyed]

Of course, far be it from Khor tose to have "double standards". He was a shill for a government agency in America.
Good riddance Khor tose! Don't let the door hit your fat ass on the way out.