Brickbat: Lèse-majesté

Charles Oliver | 6.19.2017 4:00 AM

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A Thai military court has sentenced a man identified only as Wichai to 35 years in prison for Facebook posts it found to be insulting to the country's royal family.

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Rat on a train 8 years ago

King is just a polite term for thief.
1. Radioactive 8 years ago
  
  but the really bestest thief around, and he's got those guys with the guns and everything, so I think king is a better thing to call him than thief esp. when he'll throw your ass in gaul
  1. Citizen X - #6 8 years ago
    
    Not Gaul! Fucking proto-Frenchies.
John C. Randolph 8 years ago

Wasn't it the great philosopher Johnny Hart who said: "The King is a fink!"?

-jcr
Fist of Etiquette 8 years ago

Prosecutions have continued under Thailand's new king, Maha Vajiralongkorn, who took the throne in late 2016 after the death of his deeply revered father.

So deeply revered they needed a law.
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loveconstitution1789 8 years ago

When is a piece of wood like a king?
When it's a ruler!
Pogue Mahon 8 years ago

I guess the Thais really opened up those libel laws.
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