Phuket ‘Seasteaders’ told to pack up and go home

[connda]

6 hours ago, davehowden said:

The solution is to more beyond the Thai territorial limit of 24 nm.

Aye, aye, but thar be monsters out thar matey!

 

 

[moe666]

I didn't see his seasteader hospital out there giving him or her unlimited health choices

[moe666]

A hazard to navigation

[connda]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Navy files report against ‘seasteading’ structure off Phuket

While they are at it, they should file a report against Plastic Gyres floating in a beyond the 12 nautical mile limit of Thailand and remove them as well. 

[bluesofa]

7 minutes ago, moe666 said:

A hazard to navigation

At a guess it would only be a hazard until a large vessel hit it. Surely that would sort out the problem?

[Pravda]

If he gets sick, is he covered by health insurance?

[user343434]

10 hours ago, impulse said:

I'll give the structural integrity 5 minutes from the start of the first good squall that blows through.

 

We had 5000 ton oil rigs with platforms sitting 50' off the sea surface, and we would shut them in and evacuate the crew once or twice a year.  And that was on the Gulf of Thailand side...

 

Telling them to go home is actually doing them a favor- perhaps saving their lives.

I love the concept of an independent offshore state (as in Pirate Radio).  But nobody should die to set one up.

 

Edit:  BTW, love the contrast between the brochure and the reality...

 

Prison collapse will come in just about 12 weeks before the entire Cell collapses. 

I first thought they got chased out of the palace and a rich Thai will take over for free,

but then I have read your words 'brochure and reality'  and got doubts that ANYONE wants that Cell..

'slightly different' LOL

[Enoon]

4 hours ago, Old Croc said:

I support the concept of sea cities as something that could provide answers to over population on land.

 

 

 

Sea "gated communities".

 

An "answer" for the wealthy minority.

 

A terrestrial version of the concept critiqued in the film "Elysium".

 

 

[CGW]

4 hours ago, Old Croc said:

I support the concept of sea cities as something that could provide answers to over population on land.

Is the land really over populated or is this just an excuse for high land prices & properties in cities, the "rich" herd us together while they live a little differently to the unwashed masses! We only use about 1% of the landmass for human habitation, if we were to live offshore food stuffs would have to be shipped out which would be both ecologically and financially a disaster.

[balo]

I would love to be a pirate if this catches on , they are like sitting ducks. At least they need to arm themselves , no police to call out there.   

[balo]

Maybe in a bigger scale this would work, and with a helicopter onboard so you can do your weekly shopping.   

[Oziex1]

It's a long way to the local 7/11.

[bluesofa]

4 minutes ago, balo said:

I would love to be a pirate if this catches on , they are like sitting ducks. At least they need to arm themselves , no police to call out there.   

Aye, swab the decks and man the guns.

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, balo said:

Maybe in a bigger scale this would work, and with a helicopter onboard so you can do your weekly shopping.   

Just as long as you don't pull the eject button. You'll end up like crisps.

 

[Pedrogaz]

I don't understand this...the chaps in international waters, can he not put up any structure he likes?

[RocketDog]

7 hours ago, smedly said:

China are doing it off the coast of the Philippines 

Of course they are. And then they will claim All the ocean for 12 miles around them for China.

[LivinginKata]

4 minutes ago, RocketDog said:

Of course they are. And then they will claim All the ocean for 12 miles around them for China.

 

Only 12 miles border for other countries in Pacific, They want zero sea border for every one other than China,

[Inn Between]

You couldn't pay me to live that way. I see as something closer to prison than living. 

[swfsql]

11 hours ago, Pravda said:

Oh dear, watching their youtube episodes they are crypto freaks.

 

Bitcoin at $100,000 yet?

 

 

 

 

Not just crypto freaks, but self-owning individuals who are struggling to escape the tax-paying cattle complex

[Joe Mcseismic]

11 hours ago, Old Croc said:

I support the concept of sea cities as something that could provide answers to over population on land.

But, to try it out on the xenophobic Thais turf (or waters!) was always going to be a losing battle.

 

How about birth control. Far more effective.

[cracker1]

Doesn't appear to have any Navigation Lights so would definitely be a danger to shipping.

[Burma Bill]

Why go into great depths filing reports - let the Thai Navy use it as a torpedo target for their Chinese submarines!!

[bluesofa]

3 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Why go into great depths filing reports - let the Thai Navy use it as a torpedo target for their Chinese submarines!!

If the seasteaders don't close the blinds at night, the navy will probably see the chink in the curtains.

 

[unblocktheplanet]

On 4/15/2019 at 1:02 PM, Tonyt00 said:

Sounds like the hippie philosophy of the 60s.

Dude, we were right! Look where the straights got us: a fine mess.

[Hal65]

This pair is apparently wanted for attempting to attack Thai sovereignty, punishable by life in prison or death

 

There's a manhunt going on for them now in phuket

[balo]

It's just nonsense , if you read his FB page he is claiming his life is in danger , complete BS. 

All he has to do is to report to the police , and he will get deported out of the country in a hurry . Everyone want him to leave , yes maybe he will get a heavy fine. 

[impulse]

49 minutes ago, balo said:

It's just nonsense , if you read his FB page he is claiming his life is in danger , complete BS. 

All he has to do is to report to the police , and he will get deported out of the country in a hurry . Everyone want him to leave , yes maybe he will get a heavy fine. 

 

The Navy has charged him with offenses that carry life in prison or the death penalty.  Would you take that chance?

 

The way the offenses are reported in the media, it's not up to the death penalty of life imprisonment.  Those are the only 2 options mentioned.

 

Given that the guy obviously has access to a boat, I'd take my chances with Malaysian immigration before I'd report to any Thai authorities.

 

[Brigand]

It (Seasteading) is an interesting idea but looks like he really freaked out the Thai authorities with this idea. A big problem he over-looked is that there are so many pirates and outlaws running around the lawless oceans near and far from shore, that they would eventually turn up and what would follow would be unpleasant ... unless you had some assault rifles with plenty of ammo and few RPGs. That isn't going to fly before we even start to talk about decent storms and swells.