George Clooney urges boycott of Brunei-owned hotels over nation's gay sex penalties

[samran]

28 minutes ago, CGW said:

Best cancel the juveniles then?  ????

I’m sure that is still legal in Brunei...

[samran]

26 minutes ago, lannarebirth said:

I'd buy that if you'll grant that most Democrats are center right. It's all relative.

If you compare that to most western political parties (ie non US) the you’d be about right.

 

 

[Baerboxer]

On 3/30/2019 at 6:07 AM, ThaiBunny said:

Don't hold back - tell us what you really think of him

 

Another champagne socialist luvvee liberal.

 

Why is it people who made very large amounts of money, from their parents and entertainment, suddenly feel empowered to lecture and rule everyone else.

 

How many refugee families has he taken into his many mansions? Does he have private security to ensure he's never the victim of crime?

 

Wonder if his tax returns are all filed and available. 

[MAGA 2020]

Until I drop a dime to see the monkey dance his actions or rhetoric mean squat.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

1 hour ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Another champagne socialist luvvee liberal.

 

 

Instead of spending all your vitriol on the messenger -- someone who's trying to draw public attention to a barbaric and repugnant set of policies -- why don't you instead direct it at the country, leader and government that's fostering those barbaric and repugnant policies?

 

Unless, you're one of the ones here who happily believes in stoning people to death and chopping off limbs.

 

[jvs]

On 3/30/2019 at 11:11 AM, mokwit said:

Eventually we will have to boycott European countries too - for the same reason.

Brunei is also part of Asean,leave Thailand?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

7 hours ago, Bipolar said:

 Muslim Bruneians should also be excommunicated if they are living anywhere else etc for supporting such a primitive and stupid ruler!

 

In one of the news reports I read, there was only a canned statement from the Brunei government -- no one was coming forth to publicly explain or answer questions -- basically saying their ruling sultan didn't necessarily expect his own citizens to support or favor these new laws. But he expected his citizens should support their government "as their government supports them," pretty much just that.

 

Elsewhere, I believe I read, the vast majority of citizens in Brunei are employed by the government there in one way or another, and they get free education, free health care, subsidized housing, etc etc... because of all the oil dollars that come pouring in... Unless, of course, they end up getting stoned to death for adultery or being gay. 

[metisdead]

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[thaibeachlovers]

On ‎3‎/‎31‎/‎2019 at 12:05 PM, sanemax said:

They don't stone people to death in Saudi though

Wikipedia disagrees with you.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Saudi_Arabia

 

The execution method for adultery for men and women is stoning.

[candide]

54 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Wikipedia disagrees with you.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Saudi_Arabia

 

The execution method for adultery for men and women is stoning.

True, but often they get away with 'only' 500 lashes of the whip and a dozen of years in jail. ????

[mokwit]

13 minutes ago, candide said:

True, but often they get away with 'only' 500 lashes of the whip and a dozen of years in jail. ????

I believe there are some offenses where you can still get away with crucifixion in Saudi (first offense only I would guess)

[candide]

6 minutes ago, mokwit said:

I believe there are some offenses where you can still get away with crucifixion in Saudi (first offense only I would guess)

ok but they are nice, they behead them before! ????