Social media users warned after company fined 50k THB sharing beer photos on Facebook

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44 minutes ago, yuyiinthesky said:

It it really that "drinking itself promotes public gathering", or could it not be that "in a gathering such as in a bar, people also drink"?

I think they mess up cause and effect. Would be not the first time.

This is one of the main deficits low IQ people have.

[DaLa]

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

This kind of audacity behavior my friend could get the firing squad and not even blind folded...

To maintain their inconsistency with the outside world the Thai government rule that the army firing squad are blind folded. One of the many reasons cited for this is to save on paper required for the heart target...which subsequently means less littering.

 

Who can argue with common sense?

[tifino]

imagining some poor sod...just gets off the plane at swampy, and heads in thru Immigration... with beer t-shirt on!

 

 

 

"gotcha you, you nasty heathen criminal" 

 

[Stadtler]

This nugget of sage wisdom attracted Stadtler's attention:

 

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“Alcoholic beverages are a factor that worsens the Covid-19 situation,” he said. “Drinkers will have lowered immunity against the virus while drinking itself promotes public gathering, which increases the risk of the virus spreading, as we can see from a cluster of cases generated from bars and pubs in Bangkok.”

Stadtler didn't read any reference to science or a scientific article.  He wonders where the source of this statement is derived.

 

The clip above is from the article in The Nation putting an end to the rumor put forth by this thread, which also states:

 

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“The law only aims to prevent the advertising of alcoholic beverages on media platforms,” he added. “If the poster has no commercial intention, he/she cannot be fined.”

 

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30389225

 

[rucker4012]

Irresponsible journalism! First says company fined. Charged or paid? Then a govt official debunks spurious headline. The fifth estate should have egg on their face.

[tifino]

This information needs to be widely inseminated to all smartraveller gov sites, to warn future incoming travellers;

 - that uttering the beer word tastelessly, is more serious than the ccp virus

[Grumpy one]

6 hours ago, tifino said:

this maybe fosters a bitter taste for many! 

The words beer and fosters should never be in the same sentence ????

[AhFarangJa]

I think that I may move back to Saudi Arabia. The anti alcohol rules there are getting less intense than here.....

[Aircav100]

You can bet your hairy a#* that they'll still sell t shirts emblazoned with Leo, Chang and Singha though eh ! So you'll get fined for walking around in a Tiger vest ? 

[Deli]

And the pretties in white and gold are prmoting an excellent soda ????

[Deli]

And the pretties in white and gold are prmoting an excellent soda ????

[DrJack54]

My son has lot of tatts. Glad I didn't name him LEO. He wants come bkk for a visit.

[tifino]

just looked back to see how safe my facebook is?

 - and rediscover (thru revisiting my old past-profile photos) that my taste sat well above that of worshipping  'beers' at the time ????   

 

[Skeptic7]

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[essox essox]

and where id THE PROOF that alcohol lowers the imune system.... JUST WHO IS THIS GUY to pass such a comment???

[TKDfella]

Well I guess the wine drinkers on TV will say 'what a load of Chateau Nerf du Pap(e)'????

[sead]

2 things to do this. Either you start remove or Everyone in Thailand start to have a day where everyone puts on their facebook pictures of alcohol..

[digger70]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Social media users warned after company fined 50k THB sharing beer photos on Facebook

 

 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

Even if you have such pictures on your Facebook page going back years you could be prosecuted.

 

Even the suggestion that beer, wine or spirits might TASTE a certain way could result in a fine of AT LEAST 50,000 baht.

 

It could also be illegal, for example, to suggest while living in Thailand that you might like to go and enjoy a beer at the Oktoberfest in Germany, notes Thaivisa based on information given in a Siam Rath report.

 

Fines could even go up to half a million in severe cases, that is up to the authorities.

 

Demands for payment will be sent to your home and then it's a question of pay up or try your luck in court. No one has done that so far said the admin of Beervana Thailand who received a 50,000 baht fine through the mail in May.

 

They published the receipt from the public health ministry stamped by the alcohol control section. 

 

7 hours ago, webfact said:

* Showing an alcohol brand name or any packaging

* Identifying a beer bottle even if it was empty

* Inviting others to enjoy an alcoholic beverage

* Suggesting that beer or other alcohol has a certain nice taste or any taste

* Inviting others to try alcohol in any way

* Posting an empty glass with a logo

* Suggesting (while living in Thailand) that people could fly to another destination where they COULD get a beer

* Any pictures of beer or alcohol of any kind in Thailand whatsoever

 

Now hear this:

This is the biggest load of <deleted> that I've Heard for a Long time .

Are they Really serious or plain Stupid. 

Come of it this isn't normal ,not even in a 3rd World country. 

I'll have a beer now .   ????

[Damrongsak]

18 minutes ago, digger70 said:

... I'll have a beer now .   ????

What's the fine for using a beer smiley?

[bluesofa]

7 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

My ultra Buddhist wife says it is an Islamic plot. 

There must be loads of Islamic plots in Iran where they grow their own vegetables.

 

[kidneyw]

What about CORONAvirus?

[Petchou]

7 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

My ultra Buddhist wife says it is an Islamic plot. 

She is Buddhist but paranoid too lollllll

[Damrongsak]

6 hours ago, JCP108 said:

Don't mention garlic in your social media posts, either. Somtam is okay, I think. 

Does somtam ward off vampires? 

[Misterwhisper]

4 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

It seems that, as usual, some posters prefer to ignore what has been reported in this thread and then immediately rebuked by the second post as nonsense.    They then rant on about something that's imaginary, denigrating Thais for a situation that doesn't exist.  Brilliant.

Funny how that "rebuke" was just "re-rebuked" in a further article. What'cha gonna say now, buster? Is it still "a situation that doesn't exist"?

 

[Prince77]

i lose track of what date it is - already 1st of April?

[digger70]

28 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

What's the fine for using a beer smiley?

F,,k Knows

[CaptainCarrot]

4 hours ago, Hayduke said:

 

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I quite liked Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft. I don't know what you've got against her.

[Matzzon]

Only 50k???? Why don´t they go for millions directly? It´s the coffers that counts, right?

[dinsdale]

4 hours ago, Bob A Kneale said:

I think you'll find that they're not as utterly brainless, empty-headed and foolish as you claim, eating is a necessity for life, alcohol isn't.

I think you'll find you missed my point completely. People gather to eat. Thailand is a culture of social eating. Thailand is a culture of the extended family. Alcohol has nothing to do with people gathering to share meals although most cultured societies have no problem with having a drink and eating. Can't post anymore. Time to make my beer battered fish and chips. Alcohol in the form of beer IS a necessity for this.

[toofarnorth]

5 hours ago, Kadilo said:

Hope that was referring to the beer drinking. 

No . I think he was taking the pi$$ .