Thailand has a new king
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Thailand has a new king
guess they made an "arrangement" wonder when Mr T will return?
watch this
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/wor ... /92055824/
http://www.irrawaddy.com/news/asia/crow ... -king.htmlThe new king, with a less intense interest in state affairs and a reputation as a playboy, does not command the same level of respect as Bhumibol. He has gone through divorces with three women who have borne him seven children, and in recent years has spent much of his time residing in Germany. Although most Thais are devoted to the royal institution, it is hard to gauge how they feel privately about Vajiralongkorn because of harsh laws that mandate a prison term of three to 15 years for anyone found guilty of insulting the monarchy.
watch this
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/wor ... /92055824/
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
Re: Thailand has a new king
now you can be arrested in Thailand just for posting a BBC link
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956 ... e-majeste/
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956 ... e-majeste/
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yep and than right after they stated the thread;obelisks wrote:now you can be arrested in Thailand just for posting a BBC link
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956 ... e-majeste/
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In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
Re: Thailand has a new king
Yes, that didn't take long. Here's the story from an actual new source:now you can be arrested in Thailand just for posting a BBC link
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/956 ... e-majeste/
Thai activist arrested for Facebook share about new king
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/ ... 3-06-17-10
It's just going to get worse from here. It's kind of like that story of the Emperor's New Clothes.The arrest was apparently the first under the country's tough lese majeste law since King Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun took the throne on Thursday
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Re: Thailand has a new king
Many of my work colleagues live in Thailand...
From what I've heard of the new King's intention to resume much of the farming land as Royal Crown land, which affects 30% of the population, it's making civil war look quite possible.
From what I've heard of the new King's intention to resume much of the farming land as Royal Crown land, which affects 30% of the population, it's making civil war look quite possible.
Re: Thailand has a new king
drvic wrote:Many of my work colleagues live in Thailand...
From what I've heard of the new King's intention to resume much of the farming land as Royal Crown land, which affects 30% of the population, it's making civil war look quite possible.
that is astonishing if true and would be like pouring oil on the fire.
Is it based on just speculation or was this mentioned in the media somewhere?
I can't believe for one minute that kind of thing would be done to raise market rents on the land and maybe its a way of just protecting farmland from falling into the interests of avaricious land developers and to keep it for rural use.
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Re: Thailand has a new king
drvic wrote:Many of my work colleagues live in Thailand...
From what I've heard of the new King's intention to resume much of the farming land as Royal Crown land, which affects 30% of the population, it's making civil war look quite possible.
link?? otherwise BS
this would never, ever happen, his dad gave out lots of land to the people, no way would his son take it back
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
Re: Thailand has a new king
If you say sophuketrichard wrote:drvic wrote:Many of my work colleagues live in Thailand...
From what I've heard of the new King's intention to resume much of the farming land as Royal Crown land, which affects 30% of the population, it's making civil war look quite possible.
link?? otherwise BS
this would never, ever happen, his dad gave out lots of land to the people, no way would his son take it back
Re: Thailand has a new king
I'll try to find out more.obelisks wrote: that is astonishing if true and would be like pouring oil on the fire.
Is it based on just speculation or was this mentioned in the media somewhere?
I can't believe for one minute that kind of thing would be done to raise market rents on the land and maybe its a way of just protecting farmland from falling into the interests of avaricious land developers and to keep it for rural use.
All I know is from the colleagues I work with in the West Australian mining industry who have lived there long enough to not have any other place they call home.
It's clearly a discussion emanating from the farming communities, through the wives, to my colleagues and I've heard it from several directions.
I too, hope it's not true. But given the government's recent history of how they have treated the farmers in, for one, respect of payments for crops, nothing would surprise me. (And yes I realise government and crown are separate matters).
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