Since the coup lese majesty laws have been applied to government personnel too not just the royal family.

 

I guess he likes prison food.

Oh no!… yet another “Wanna-be Thai” trying to save what he thinks is now his “fellow people”.

 

 

 

If you want to talk about Politics, first try talking about it with your Thai Wife/GF, I think you will get a divorce soon.  ????

3 hours ago, mushroomdave said:

Agree.....and he may be getting it very soon LOL !!!!!

 

What mushroom you smoked this morning?

Just deport his sorry a-r-s-e! He has nothing to do with Thai politics. Amazing what some silly foreigner do in Thailand for 15 minutes of fame. I assume his wife must be very proud of him. Nutcase!

Bye bye Mr Pumpkin ????

5 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

More like a kumquat, maybe he's one of those rainbow people. ????️‍????

 

Seriously, it baffles me why foreigners come to this beautiful place and get involved with politics.

 

I see many comments from AN members when reading political articles. It's foolish, look at the goose above, how childish, bloody rediculous. 

 

We are living in Thailand, we are guests.

The best bloody place on the planet, enjoy yourself, keep yourself positive, healthy and enjoy your life here.

Don't get involved....... if you want to be a troublemaker, complain, annoy everyone, moan, whinge, whine and stir the pot go back to your home country and get involved with political nonsense. 

 

I keep out of politics and religion.

 

Well after the OP, it only took two posts for a "If you don't like it here go back to your home country".

The German guy seems to be one beer short of a six-pack.

1 hour ago, ezzra said:

I can think of many others, much worse injustices around the world and he comes here to paddle his twisted view on Thai politics... Go to the Ukraine sir, planty to protests there...

Using the logic put forward by many that have posted he still wouldn't, as a guest of Ukraine, be able to make a political statement.

We all know who and what Prawit is and we all know that a spade is a spade and should be called out as such. Not sure his view of Thai politics is twisted. Perhaps your defense of Thai politics is twisted. Hats off to this man and I just hope he is ready to leave soon. 

I will have to go and look at the 'Falang Rule Book' again but I'm pretty sure not commenting on politics in LOS is about number 2 or 3 of what not to do here if you wanna enjoy your freedom and keep your visa intact.

I get it about social activism, goodness me I spent 3 decades working in social services so I aught to have learnt and had some contact with this notion of activism, supporting change, owning your truth / being heard, and freedom of speech BUT ... and here comes the but.

We live in a society that is not western, we live in a a society that is run by a military government the other nomenclature (j word) to describe it I will let you finish for yourselves.

The landscape here is different. This is a reality. Fail to appreciate it at your own peril.

As a foreigner, a guest here and a happy contented and amazed one at that, I practice the good ol' therapeutic practice of observing, actively listening, and speaking little, and when I do so, quietly and very selectively when it comes to politics and social structures here no matter how strongly I feel about it ... rule 2 or 3 applied.

1 hour ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I guess soon that will be "he used to live in Rayong".

Somehow I don't think Thailand will miss Pumpkin. 

Will somehow miss you, if you leave Thailand?

he has a point but has also lost the plot

On the one hand I can understand why he did it. The Thais have been pushed into a state of near total submission. Someone has to say something. On the other hand, it is likely not smart for a foreigner to make a statement like that. Though we should have the right to express ourselves. The dinosaurs need to go, and the Thais need to start making their extreme level of disappointment felt and known, now that covid is nearly over. 

5 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

More like a kumquat, maybe he's one of those rainbow people. ????️‍????

Please explain how you go from protestor to "he must be gay"? I cant for the life of me see how you came to that conclusion. Perhaps you are one yourself and have more insight into their ways, if so, my mistake. 

I'll wait...  

4 hours ago, Aforek said:

Agree 100 % for the post above: we are foreigners, only foreigners : we can have our opinion, but don't show it outside, it must stay private; we don't have to interfere with thai politics 

Did you know that foreigners who become Thai citizens still do not have the right to vote (or so I have been told)?  Do you think if a foreigner became a citizen, he or she should have this right?

2 hours ago, kcpattaya said:

BMW, Benz, Porsche...

In general Germans are not that stupid.

What happened with Pumpkin?

Maybe dropped on head at birth 

2 hours ago, cnx101 said:

Pumpkins a fkg idiot, kicked out soon or worse

Exactly, a stupid notion on his part. Id like to see him try that bleeding heart exercise in China…he’d just simply disappear 

Russia was a democracy. Yeltsin got pushed out and Putin took over. Like chano cha he was popular. Putin used his popularity to gradually change laws which happened without opposition. Then he made it harder to protest which ended up with him starting the invasion which is killing thousands and will end with Russia being totally defeated and its economy in tatters.

Maybe if a few more people had stood up to him earlier Russia would be in a much better position and not despised by every decent country in the world. 

This guy is a hero standing up for Thais who can not speak out for themselves. He has more balls than 90% of posters here put together. 

When would you protest? If Thailand invades Cambodia and forced your Thai family to fight in a pointless war maybe you would think a little bit of resistance might have been a good idea. Countries can turn into a dictatorship in small steps. Not that Thailand would ever change voting procedures or impose harsh laws restricting opposition or removing opposition leaders or have laws restricting free speech or laws that stop people telling the truth about their leaders or monarchy, so nothing really to protest about here.

We should not be too harsh on Pumpkin.

Maybe he lost some grey matter along with the hair

i don't understand why a guest in this country would do something so stupid?

…I’m sure his wife and her family is probably embarrassed. If I did such a foolish exercise I’d never hear the end of it…Why you do like dhat ahh! ควาย!

16 minutes ago, AsianAtHeart said:

do not have the right to vote (or so I have been told)? 

old mate down the pub wearing a wife beater nursing his draft beer in happy hour was it?

sounds a total contradiction to me.

6 minutes ago, wombat said:

i don't understand why a guest in this country would do something so stupid?

Politics is obviously not your strong point. Look at my last post and maybe then you will understand. 

3 minutes ago, wombat said:

old mate down the pub wearing a wife beater nursing his draft beer in happy hour was it?

sounds a total contradiction to me.

Nope.  Not a drinker.  I've never spent five minutes in a pub, much less an hour.  Never consumed an alcoholic beverage in my life. 

 

You're perhaps used to thinking of all the rights and privileges granted to those who become citizens in your country.  Well, Thailand is different.  Once a foreigner, always a foreigner.  In other words, even if you become a naturalized citizen, you will still be just a "farang" guest in the country in the minds of the Thai.

8 minutes ago, novacova said:

…I’m sure his wife and her family is probably embarrassed. If I did such a foolish exercise I’d never hear the end of it…Why you do like dhat ahh! ควาย!

Is she happy with the way Thailand is governed?

4 minutes ago, AsianAtHeart said:

Not a drinker.  I've never spent five minutes in a pub, much less an hour.  Never consumed an alcoholic beverage in my life. 

Off topic I know but we all want to know why?

Time to quickly amend the Lèse-majesté law to include flaunting posters of Prawit's face with a red cross drawn over it, lol.

1 minute ago, chang1 said:

Off topic I know but we all want to know why?

My parents taught me well.  I was taught that some people have personalities that will bring instant addiction the first time they try it, and then be drunkards for life--so best not ever to have even a sip, as one cannot know, until too late, if such applies to him or her.

6 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

More like a kumquat, maybe he's one of those rainbow people. ????️‍????

 

Seriously, it baffles me why foreigners come to this beautiful place and get involved with politics.

 

I see many comments from AN members when reading political articles. It's foolish, look at the goose above, how childish, bloody rediculous. 

 

We are living in Thailand, we are guests.

The best bloody place on the planet, enjoy yourself, keep yourself positive, healthy and enjoy your life here.

Don't get involved....... if you want to be a troublemaker, complain, annoy everyone, moan, whinge, whine and stir the pot go back to your home country and get involved with political nonsense. 

 

I keep out of politics and religion.

 

I guess he doesnt want to turn a blind eye anymore   

Agree with the majority of comments  on here 

Unless Thai  keep out of Politics and Religion 

You are a guest  here this German maybe not for long ???? 

He really ought to pay attention to the nutcase Greenies in his own country. ????

At least he can pay his electricity bills here.