Thai man fined and sentenced to prison over craft beer review

[tonypattaya]

Thailand was one of the first to ban advertisements for killer tobacco products. Hats off to them. I would not oppose Western Countries to follow their lead and ban alcohol advertising, particularly to under sixteen year olds.

[kennw]

1 hour ago, madmitch said:

Let's hope that Thailand elects a Government that will get rid of ridiculous laws like these. 

Get rid of them or make them consistent for example "Pot can only be sold during the same times that alcohol can be sold", lets see how the politician pushing Pot would handle that one.

[Tropposurfer]

Talk about an entire governmental system doing the bidding of your mega-rich monopoly masters. Disgraceful but par for the course.

[RichardColeman]

If ALL politicians and police were put in prison for advertising water in every picture taken , the prisons would be full

[Skeptic7]

9 hours ago, RandiRona said:

When can we expect Thailand to come out of Dark ages??

Never 

[rubyjuan]

The "stuff" they worry about....boggles my mind.

[Lemsta69]

29 minutes ago, Tropposurfer said:

Talk about an entire governmental system doing the bidding of your mega-rich monopoly masters. Disgraceful but par for the course.

Duopoly.

[Skeptic7]

2 hours ago, Robert Tyrrell said:

Good Morning,

 

What an absolute absurdity !! Meanwhile other Thai Nationals put more then 2 on a motorcycle, No helmets , Open pick-up trucks loaded with people in the back , Drunk drivers and many posting on social media showing beer and whiskey , ALL THE TIME !! 

Yup...LOL

Land of Ludicrous 

[Lemsta69]

9 hours ago, RandiRona said:

When can we expect Thailand to come out of Dark ages??

You won't be able to afford to live here if that happens.

[brucegoniners]

Isn't it time to change this and other draconian laws in this country?

 

Nobody under 50 looks at FB anyway, so if they're trying to protect the kids they're doing a <deleted>ty job.

 

Maybe do more to keep them from killing each other in their gang wars instead.

[RandiRona]

20 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Never 

I fear you are right ????

[RandiRona]

17 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said:

You won't be able to afford to live here if that happens.

It is not about my affordability. A nation responsibility is towards the continuous growth and development of its own citizens but seems Generals here keep them undereducated and uncooked so that they have tremendous supply of obedient and subservient slaves.

[thailand49]

Land of Stupidity continues. And these judges cling glasses with pride in their backward decisions. 

[Dionigi]

 

By allowing the sale of alcohol in shops the government is "enticing" people to drink alcohol.

ridiculous rules

[NORDO]

Penalized for "adverting and encouraging".   What a riot.  Maybe the Court should stroll down SukTown late at night and read the adverts on every pub.

[Bundooman]

3 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

Ludacris! 

 

Rediculous even.

Possibly ......... Redicralis?

[RanongCat]

Two mistake. no corporate beer. with wrong politicians

 

[stix40]

L M F O ????

[Reigntax]

12 hours ago, phetphet said:

What about those beer girls in their beer dresses and the beer table mats etc? Isn't all that a form of advertising?

Yes. They should be stripped immediately

[BKKBike09]

13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

A court in central Thailand fined a man

Since when is Nonthaburi "central Thailand"? Makes it sound like upcountry madness, but basically this is Bangkok.

[VincentRJ]

Thailand is a Buddhist country. Buddhist principles are opposed to the consumption of alcohol, which is why there are restrictions on advertising alcoholic beverages.

 

However, these restrictions are a compromise, for the sake of the economy. It's too difficult for most people to conform to many of the Buddhist precepts.

 

"The Buddhist layman is expected to conform as closely as possible to certain moral injunctions known as the Five Precepts. These list five immoral actions which a lay-Buddhist should train himself or herself to avoid, namely: destroying life; taking what is not given; wrong-doing in sexual desires; false speech (including lies, harsh words, tale-bearing and idle gossip); and consumption of distilled and fermented intoxicants causing carelessness. "

[Mickeymaus]

And I run around with my Singha Lager Beer T-Shirts every day ????????????. 

[KhunLA]

Free thinking, having an opinion, and worst of all ...

... expressing it publicly.

 

The nerve of some people ????

 

I guess he didn't have an approved link to support his opinion ... ????

[Xonax]

This Law is insane, but any Thai citizen knows, that alcohol advertising is currently illegal.  A review for beer should be considered advertisement, or else we would be drowning in advertisements for alcoholic drinks camoflaged as reviews. Law is Law and is supposed to be followed in any country in the world. If only all other laws in Thailand was enforced just as strictly, there would be far less deadly traffic accidents and far less violent attacks and shootings.

[Snig27]

15 minutes ago, VincentRJ said:

Thailand is a Buddhist country.

It is not. There is no state religion. Once you correct that, the rest of the post is irrelevant. What is relevant is that this is only one of a number of restrictions that exist to protect the two massive brewing companies. It is about the elite protecting the elite to the detriment of the country. 

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, Snig27 said:

It is not. There is no state religion. Once you correct that, the rest of the post is irrelevant. What is relevant is that this is only one of a number of restrictions that exist to protect the two massive brewing companies. It is about the elite protecting the elite to the detriment of the country. 

I really hate to break it to you but the poster you responded to is correct.  Thailand is a Buddhist country.  They even have a government Sangha Council.  

 

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

Buddhism is the largest religion in Thailand, practiced by over 94% of the population. Thai Constitution does not indicate any state religion, but promotes Buddhism

 

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

 

The Sangha Supreme Council of Thailand (Thai: มหาเถรสมาคม; Pali: Mahāthera Samāgama; abbreviated SSC) is the governing body of the Buddhist order (Sangha) of Thailand, and is the ultimate authority for all ecclesiastical matters within the Thai Sangha.^[1] Its leadership consists of the country's highest ranking monks, who consult the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand with respect to administrative and theological matters.^[2][3][4] The Sangha Supreme Council was established on 1 January 1963, under the Sangha Act of 1962

 

As far as drinking the 5th precept of Theravada Buddhism says this

 

https://www.learnreligions.com/the-fifth-buddhist-precept-450104

 

According to Bhikkhu Bodhi, violating the precept requires an intoxicant, an intention to take an intoxicant, the activity of ingesting the intoxicant, and the actual ingestion of the intoxicant

 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

14 hours ago, wildpuppet72 said:

Ludacris! 

Ludicrous even 

[DTL2014]

important consumer information should not be subject to censorship - its anti good health.also govt should reduce the tax on wine - full of anti oxidants - but put the tax up on lao kao...also the logos for drinking water are the same as beer - which makes this particular law ineffective.will the authorities just admit that they are trying to protect the market from new entrants - so the big boys can retain their monopoly.Free market for free people - Good luck Artid !

[jesimps]

3 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

Be careful what you wish for, a "new" government could go even more conservative. Old moon face was big on that wasn't he?

You know someone has made an impression when people still bang on about them decades after they leave power. Bit like Pres Trump and PM Thatcher.

[josephbloggs]

21 minutes ago, Snig27 said:

What is relevant is that this is only one of a number of restrictions that exist to protect the two massive brewing companies. It is about the elite protecting the elite to the detriment of the country. 

How so? The big beer companies can't advertise either. And this guy was not selling craft beer, he was posting a review. Plenty of people have been fined for posting pictures of the big companies' products. 

I am not saying it isn't a ridiculous rule that even posting a review of a beer (if it includes a picture) or a picture of yourself with a beer can lead to big fines - it is ridiculous. But saying this is "the elite protecting the elite to the detriment of the country, blah blah blah" is just a typical AN cliche with no substance.

Thailand was one of the first countries to ban TV advertising of alcohol and I have no problem with that. But this is going too far.