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Kikiat2009

that's just wrong, certain jobs should be withheld for recent immigrants.

but about the guy in jail, from what I've heard it's just a boring book, so maybe it's a clever publicity stunt

(I find the smiley list here hopelessly inadequate btw)

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panama hat

- Nice name . . . Iranian.
** - How pathetic . . . and what is that supposed to mean . . . jailed for 18 months to be released after serving 3 months? What a friggin' joke we have become

- I'd tend to agree, but you can't discriminate if someone is a PR, quite rughtly so IMO
- Open the smilie menu and go all the way down, loads more to choose form

**ABC Brisbane - Ex-immigration officer jailed for sex blackmail

Jools

Repubblicano

And Thais should remember nowhere else in the world guests get jailed for three lines written in a book.

Kikiat2009

no, sometimes allowing your students to name a teddy bear Mohamed is enough.

terry57

Stupid bastard should of known better, every body knows the rules regards this stuff so let him suck it up for a while.

Silly tosser wont do it next time.

Jools

One point of optimism is that, in most respects, Thais have been keenly sensitive to how they were perceived by more advanced countries. Even past monarchs have been eager to make reforms when subjects of countries such as England considered some of their customs to be "barbaric". Rama IV and Rama V were greatly influenced by western ideas during a time when sweeping changes could be made by decree. Lese Majeste will surely be the last such barbarism to fall into the dustbin of history, but it will happen eventually. The precipitating factor will most likely be the coming succession crisis.

bkkandrew

The book was not even published in Thailand. What right do the Thais have of scouring the world hunting evidence of lese majeste?

terry57

I feel that if the Dumbo was silly enough to pen this stuff and then stay in country he has sealed his own fate.

He had been around long enough to know this was a No No under Thai law and whether you like it or not its Thai law and all people in country are bound to it same as English or Australian law.

When in country play the game.

If he wants to play with fire do it from back here and never go back, balls in his court so to speak.

Anyway matey, did you read the post about the Thai that is in serious shit because he or she did not stand up in the picture theater?

Apparently us round eyes are subject to the same treatment so I'd give the theaters a big miss if I was you.

Besides that, Cheers.

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nidhogg

An outstandingly excellent point that bothered me some what. So I went and checked (wonderful thing, google). And what I came up with was:

The arrest warrant alleged Nicolaides had insulted the Thai royal family in his second book, Verisimilitude, a novel Nicolaides self-published in Thailand in 2005.

www.theage.com.au - The trouble with Harry

(admittedly, so far I have not been able to corroborate the publisher)



however, perhaps more interestingly:
Yet when he published Verisimilitude three years ago, Nicolaides took the precaution of sending his book to the National Library, the Thai Ministry of Culture, the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Bureau of the Royal Household to check that its contents were acceptable

The trouble with Harry | theage.com.au

which is a bit difficult to reconsile with the "scouring the world to hunt for evidence".

bor

I wonder how his new year and Christmas were.

Party hats, crackers, turkey till yer fit to burst followed by port and the cheese board?

Chairman Mao

The whole thing's just a ploy anyway. His next book on '6 months of hell in a Thai prison (for writing a book)' will sell more than his entire back catalogue. And make Thais look like the retards they are on an international stage.

Congrats to both of them.

EmperorTud

^ fair point there Mao.

puppy

Yes, but some people like to worship "little tin gods" too

puppy

Who are you, Prince Phillip's cousin?

puppy

Yes, not to mention a few games of "backgammon" with the prison fairies!!!

panama hat

You write about as well as you know what date it is . . .

JoGeAr

^

good2bhappy

must have been playing a back game!

bkkandrew

Well, I believe this to be inaccurate and, contrary to the earlier reports on this thread, the previous thread turned up no evidence whatsoever that the book was published outside of Australia and in any other language than English.


Agreed, but they cannot have it both ways, he either gained tacit approval by request, or they took offence at an overseas publication.