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That is terrible for them and even worse the Hotel refused them access to their own safe-boxes, can they do that?

If you were the hotel owner and someone didn't pay his bill, what would you do?

In the Kingdom of Thailand, you are here as a guest, and so you behave with respect for the King or go, .. or if you insult the Royal family, or promote ideas which undermine the dignity of the Royal family, or mouth off with opinions which are an affront to His Majesty's values, you deserve everything you get. This is not the USA, neither is it the UK, nor Australia, nor anywhere else. Take note: It is the Kingdom of Thailand.

What about the citizens that are not here as guests? Or don't they count?

What about the Thai citizens? Of course, they count.

What is your point?

Why are you all complaining, it only blocks what people shouldn't be writing anyway.

This is only the first step of controlling the sheep. Their foot is in the door. What is next no derogatory remarks about the PM? THis is a very bad development for freedom.

Wasn't the first step the establishment of the lese majeste laws? There is nothing new here.

violating...pornography laws.

Hahaha. You can buy it on most city streets, but you can't give away pictures or videos of it

Because there are people who break the law, doesn't mean the law shouldn't exist.

if you live here abide by the rules is my view. if however you are a resident of say Vietnam, should twitter or facebook block your post?

If someone in Vietnam sent terrorist Twitters, should these be allowed, too?

There is always censorship.

Think of all the times during our daily lives we censor what we do or say.

I don't use Twitter, and have no desire to so do, I am a reluctant user of Facebook to satisfy my family, but I use a false name and false IP address, I assume one can do the the same with Twitter. If not the boys will soon come up with a "workaround",

Please read a previous post with the workaround.

A sad day for Twitter allowing governments to dictate to them what is acceptable on their website.

A sad day for the internet. It is international...so why should each country step in and make their own rules. Let's get some ISP on space platforms, and then no country would have contorl.

I am unclear what this news article has to do with the internet.

Kindly clarify.

A sad day for Twitter allowing governments to dictate to them what is acceptable on their website.

I wonder if you would prefer that governments sue Twitter each time one of its users breaks the law.

I don't think what's published in the US, UK, or French press / web site, would or could be held against the author if it is true. I think it's very important that we have the freedom to express our personal opinions, without fear of the consequences.

Of course, what you say is true in the US, UK or in France.

However, in Thailand that is not the case.

"Twitter" - what is this?

And why should I care about their/his/her/its "censorship tools"? Someone please gimme a clue...

Kindly do an internet search for the answer to your question.

A sad day for Twitter allowing governments to dictate to them what is acceptable on their website.

I wonder if you would prefer that governments sue Twitter each time one of its users breaks the law.

I would prefer that governments don't dictate what I can or cannot look at on the internet.

I would prefer that governments don't dictate what I can or cannot look at on the internet, too.

However, inasmuch as there are governments which dictate what its citizens can and cannot look at on the internet, I wonder if you would prefer that governments sue Twitter each time one of its users breaks the law.

A sad day for Twitter allowing governments to dictate to them what is acceptable on their website.

I wonder if you would prefer that governments sue Twitter each time one of its users breaks the law.

Thank you for all the responses on this page.

I have used these tips, and some others from another forum and the application package is now at least half the size and nothing has been lost.

Still the same sections so its easy to read but far far far less rubbish! Its amazing what happens when you look at the whole thing in an ECO's point of view for a few hours.

Well thanks again for all the help.

Are you saying that it is now 100 pages?

Just wondering why you, as a fahrang, would want to get involved with such an agency.

Because I want to report corruption that is threatening my life here after 11 years. If noone takes a stand and reports corruption then please never complain about corruption in LOS

Very sorry to hear that.

Just wondering why you, as a fahrang, would want to get involved with such an agency.

Has anybody contacted Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/ yet?

Please do so.

For these types of crimes , only the death penalty will suffice. And even that should not be made easy!

that is why I'm against the death penalty , it is too easy... this guys should get a LIFE of suffering and not an easy way out by death.

Whilst I would imagine the perpetrator here will have a hard time in a Thai jail, and may well not survive, in a European jail, and especially in the UK, he would likely have an easy life, and all the do-gooders would be trying to have him released after 10 years.

Sure the death penalty as we know it today is too easy for him. He should be hung, drawn and quartered or as others have said, suffer the same punishment as he meted out.

In the United States a jailed child molester/abuser is low man on the totem pole. His life is constantly on the line.

If you go to Las Vegas then you should see Jubilee! at Bally's which is the only true Las Vegas-style revue.

Does anyone have any information about new BMW scooters? Pricing? Availability? Sales outlets?

I wish the biggest trouble to FBI and everyone supporting them.

It would be interesting to understand why you wish that.

lease be serious. If you wrote a book or made a movie, would you be concerned if someone copied your book without paying for it?

What is your solution to the problem at hand?

Providing remote storage is not the the same as copyright infrigement. Otherwise, we should just shutdown the internets as it's the way to access copyrighted material. MU had a DMCA policy to remove copyrighted files on demand. Lastly, sorry to disappoint you USA but your laws are not World Wide Laws.

Also, copying is not equal to stealing (cf. the dumb Big C example somewhere above).

Copying anything copyrighted without paying for it is stealing. (Please attempt to be civil.)

I'm unclear what you are saying.

Are you saying that you feel that the US DOJ should not enforce the copyright laws?

If you feel they should not enforce them, do you feel owners of any type of intellectual property should be provided with any type of protection?

Assuming you don't go into Big C on a shoplifting spree, how do you unabashedly admit to stealing/downloading copyrighted material from the internet?

Lastly, if a rogue country set up a server with copyrighted material, how would that affect worldwide copyright holders? Do you think that many country would express concern in a variety of ways?

Well that country could just treat any complaints about it's behavior and treaty obligations exactly the same way the US does when they lose any WTO cases.

Yes, they could treat any complaints in that way. And, do you think that countries other than the US would be concerned about the copyright infringement?

How would you handle this problem?

I'm unclear what you are saying.

Are you saying that you feel that the US DOJ should not enforce the copyright laws?

If you feel they should not enforce them, do you feel owners of any type of intellectual property should be provided with any type of protection?

Assuming you don't go into Big C on a shoplifting spree, how do you unabashedly admit to stealing/downloading copyrighted material from the internet?

Lastly, if a rogue country set up a server with copyrighted material, how would that affect worldwide copyright holders? Do you think that many country would express concern in a variety of ways?

There are two key issues associated with the dog meat trade;

1. Health & food safety and,

2, Ethical food practices.

The dogmat trade we see is for the most part illegal, violating the food health safety standards of both Thailand and Vietnam. Almost all of these animals do not undergo a verification of health status prior to slaughter and distribution. The end result is that parasites and what we refer to as bold viruses enter the food chain. Although, I won't shed tears over some Vietnamese that becomes ill or dies from eating bad food illegally obtained, that person can serve as a reservoir for some very lethal diseases. I suggest one have a look at the problems associated with the control of various strains of the virus commonly referred to as swine flu.

In respect to the ethical treatment of the anumals. They are treated in an inhumane and cruel manner. If one does not see the difference between right and wrong here, then there is nothing I can write to convince one otherwise. The fact of the matter is that the trade violates every regulation and every food safety practice there is. It is wrong to treat "livestock" in this manner and brings the food industry into disrepute and damages Thailand's reputation.

I will shed the tears.

The last 1,000 dogs they saved, all starved to death.

I think better to kill humanely and eat, then allow to starve.

Please go yo soidog.org. There you will evidence of the tremendous kindness, compassion and expenditure undertaken to find homes for these dogs. Why don't you take 5 seconds to do the research before making a false statement?

Your comment is an insult to the Thai and foreign volunteers that worked to help these creatures.

My favorite charity! There is a branch in America which allows a tax-deductible U.S. donation and the money is transferred to Thailand.