Los Luver Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 3 hours ago, ben2talk said: So publicly they are saying they will punish anyone who excercises freedom of speech, there is no right to a POV, there's no right to complain.... Only the right of the regime to demand impunity and take down anyone that threatens it... Missunderstanding here !!! They can have their POV. But to participate in some kind of riot, that doesn't please the police...... The police wants to punish for the participation and not for having a POV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HappyExpat57 Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 2 hours ago, BobinBKK said: Personally I don't care what these people do, not my problem and doesn't effect me one way or the other. I used to think this way, then Covid entered the scene. Now their inept mismanagement affects just about every aspect of my life. ☹️ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jimbo2014 Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 Yes sir... I would have expected nothing less from the Junta. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 3 hours ago, petermik said: I think being a visitor to the country we should respect their laws....whether we agree with them is another matter. We don'y have the right to vote, we don't get to protest... we are visitors. If we don't like it look for pastures new, sounds fair. 4 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobinBKK Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said: I used to think this way, then Covid entered the scene. Now their inept mismanagement affects just about every aspect of my life. ☹️ I'm sure Paryut and Anutin would beg to differ with you on that one... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyExpat57 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Just now, BobinBKK said: I'm sure Paryut and Anutin would beg to differ with you on that one... "Beg to differ?" Now THAT'S funny! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salsajapan Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Why ? you think that you will be able to catch me or even know who I am behind my dozen masks ?! You can't even spell your name and you think you have a brain ! hahahaaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobinBKK Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Just now, HappyExpat57 said: "Beg to differ?" Now THAT'S funny! I know, right? 555 These guys swear up and down they are doing a great job yet they come up with a law that makes them not responsible for their own screwups. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DjSilver Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 I will still continue and join the protesters in Bangkok. Freedom is important. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayinThailand2much Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, hotchilli said: We don'y have the right to vote, we don't get to protest... we are visitors. If we don't like it look for pastures new, sounds fair. Certainly true. We are, and always will be, only visitors in this country (or cheap day labourers in the case of Cambodians, etc.). Tourists or day labourers without rights don't join political protests. Besides, having met some of those youngsters who took part in a demo, I realised what racist a******* they are, so no sympathy from me for their cause. Edited September 9, 2021 by StayinThailand2much 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyExpat57 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Just now, DjSilver said: I will still continue and join the protesters in Bangkok. Freedom is important. That's sarcasm, right? You're making a funny? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post clivebaxter Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 3 hours ago, vinci said: its amazed me of some of these farang in here and their mind set, their entitlement, freedom of speech, their right, last time i check YOU ARE A GUESTS, "facepalm", just speechless We are all 'Aliens' officially, not even guests 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will B Good Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 3 minutes ago, DjSilver said: I will still continue and join the protesters in Bangkok. Freedom is important......... .....he shouted from the airplane steps. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HappyExpat57 Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 Just now, Will B Good said: .....he shouted from the airplane steps. With a police escort and a "Banned for Life" stamp in his passport. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Off topic posts and the off topic replies have been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BusyB Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Nojohndoe said: If for no other reason it will be an attempt to avoid international outcry if a foreigner is killed when tactics get more nasty. It has precedent. I wonder what the approach is to foreign Journalists this time around? Exactly what I was wondering ... I've been around a few of the redshirt demos a while back ... but never 'took part' ... was observing and talking to people. But how would they view that? I can remember a couple of farangs who got arrested for going on stage at those demos back then ... can't remember if they were deported and blacklisted though ... maybe someone can? Edited September 9, 2021 by BusyB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeall Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Whale said: That does not make sense. By all means arrest him/her for breaking covid rules but what has their nationality got to do with anything and why do they have to "warn" foreigners specifically? Bullies always want to pick on someone.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tau152 Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 If you are not a citizen, you are merely a guest of the country and have NO legal right to interfere with the the politics of that country, be it Thailand, Cambodia, Canada, USA, UK; etc!! While I believe non-citizens should, within limits, be allowed to express reasoned opinions on web sites and public forums such as this, surely we shouldn’t expect to be allowed to promote or incite violent actions such as overthrowing the government?!! Were you to allow someone into your house, would you tolerate that person’s subsequent efforts to interfere with the rules set down in your house? I think not!!! Until you become a citizen of a country, keeping your nose out of its politics is my advice!! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zack61 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 ....and all others will be thrown into jail and stripped of their voting rights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jonclark Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 3 hours ago, vinci said: its amazed me of some of these farang in here and their mind set, their entitlement, freedom of speech, their right, last time i check YOU ARE A GUESTS, "facepalm", just speechless Jeez I would hate to be a guest in your house then if that what you think . All of those 'liberties / rights' are enshrined in the Thai constitution and include all people in the country. So yes we do have freedom of speech, the right to protest. I suggest you read the constitution to understand this. Article 34 if you care to read it. The police are not denying that constutional right - they are simply saying that under the current emergancy decree all people need to avoid large groups to prevent the spread of covid. (again covered in article 34). If you think the consistution does not apply to non thai ctizens then you are simply saying foreigners have no recourse to the law, as the entire legal system is underpinned and built on the foundations of the consitution. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post millymoopoo Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 Really....! Could we expect any different for this totalitarian (military junta) government. Same standard you could expect from China, Myanmar, Belarus, Turkey, Iran and other such places. And thus it puts them in the same gutter as the aforementioned countries. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post geoffrobbo Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 I wish they would do that in Australia - deport foreigners who protest against our country 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Andycoops Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 3 hours ago, SiamAndy said: Pathetic excuse of a government. A government who threatens their citizens and their guests is not a legitimate government. People who take over a country by force, a coup in this case, never have legitimacy, they are just corrupt morons thriving off greed. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonclark Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, tau152 said: If you are not a citizen, you are merely a guest of the country and have NO legal right to interfere with the the politics of that country, be it Thailand, Cambodia, Canada, USA, UK; etc!! While I believe non-citizens should, within limits, be allowed to express reasoned opinions on web sites and public forums such as this, surely we shouldn’t expect to be allowed to promote or incite violent actions such as overthrowing the government?!! Were you to allow someone into your house, would you tolerate that person’s subsequent efforts to interfere with the rules set down in your house? I think not!!! Until you become a citizen of a country, keeping your nose out of its politics is my advice!! The division between a foreigner or a Thai overthrowing the Thai government or inciting violence is a moot point. Both would be dealt with in the same way - either shot or incarcerated for a very long time. Just as would happen if a Thai was involved in any attempted to violently overthrow the UK / US / Chinese governments. Violent protests and peaceful protest - the former is against a multitude of laws and is illegal the latter is accepted. (although i understand it may not be wise or sensible). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvetsKram Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 4 hours ago, petermik said: I think being a visitor to the country we should respect their laws....whether we agree with them is another matter. Yet it is not a law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallen52 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 One way of securing a flight home.. 555 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Liverpool Lou Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, ben2talk said: So publicly they are saying they will punish anyone who excercises freedom of speech, there is no right to a POV, there's no right to complain.... No, that is exactly not what they are said. They are saying that foreigners who take part in the mobs' demonstrations against the government may face legal action. Edited September 9, 2021 by Liverpool Lou 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SicTransit Posted September 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 9, 2021 34 minutes ago, tau152 said: Were you to allow someone into your house, would you tolerate that person’s subsequent efforts to interfere with the rules set down in your house? A country is not someone's house. If you cannot grasp this fairly obvious difference, perhaps it's a bit early to comment on this topic. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJ2U Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Probably a bad idea even before this warning. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tau152 Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 4 hours ago, ben2talk said: So publicly they are saying they will punish anyone who excercises freedom of speech, there is no right to a POV, there's no right to complain.... Only the right of the regime to demand impunity and take down anyone that threatens it... DId you mis-read the word ‘foreigner’? They did not say “ANYONE”, they said “Foreigners“ who join anti-govt protests face deportation and blacklist !!! 3 hours ago, Neeranam said: The Thai Constitutional laws are not for foreigners, only Thai nationals. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now