Thailand Blocks Access To WikiLeaks Website

[DickFarang]

A couple of days ago I tried to access the Wikipedia page of HMK from my mobile phone (AIS GSM Advance) and they'd blocked it.

I only wanted to get some info to help my daughter with her homework!

If your daughter needs a biography of His Majesty the King for her homework, I guess the following site will be highly appreciated:

http://kanchanapisek.or.th/biography/hmk.en.html

(You/she can switch from the English version to ภาษาไทย.)

[DickFarang]

From what I understood on MCT radio this morning Wikileaks was blocked - in the interest of National Security in light of the threat posed by elements in the North etc - in short they were blaming the Redshirts and using them as an excuse to continue their clampdown - presumably until they think they can win a general election.

I amazes me that time and again people point out that Abhisit went to Eton and "Oxbridge" as if that guarantees some kind of democratic leanings - the truth is that hundreds of hideous dictators and megalomaniacs trod the path he has trodden.....Fascists, Communists, dictators or simply ineffective puppets, just being educated in the west is no guarantee.....and here we see yet another example of Thailand's authoritarian approach to government.

BTW - the same newscast stated the govt had blocked tens of thousands o fweb sites

Right, it is a silly believe that Abhisit thinks like a westerner just because he went to Oxford.

Not want compare them but just to show that western education means nothing is that Pol Pot went to the Sorbonne.

I think that the falangs at TVF that are so impressed by Abhisits education path never went to an university themselves or got some higher education, so they overestimate that what they don't know.

Abhisit also isn't much of a puppet, that is kinda a false and misleading impression. He knows what he does. His policies are 100% that what the Thai Democrats stands for. Very close ties to he military and an to rule an collectivist society like an army general who knows best what is good for the 'troops' under his commando, a leadership in the name of the 'greater good' or something like that. And in this point not much different from Thaksin. Thailand is not the West, something what farangs tend to forget.

In my home country, Belgium, some politicians have “been” to Oxford and Cambridge too.

That does not mean a lot.

[Chunky1]

I can't get Wikipedia to open, is that blocked as well?

[0zz1]

Interesting... I can't see my posts on this topic... are those all deleted? is this topic still open to discussion? (this is more or less test if this message disappears or not).

I understood usually TV admin comments something when messages are deleted?

[tartempion]

As promised from Udon Thani today via TOT:

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This website has been blocked by ICT

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[FarangCravings]

I saw the video. However I don't believe that it is real. They are professional actors to make the future King & Queen looks bad. BAN BAN BAN, BAN ALL THIS STUPID WEBSITE THAT SPREAD FAKE VIDEO. Works of CIA / MI5 / KGB?

I have some doubts about the authenticity of the Video too. But I rather not ban the Video, instead make a public research. If it turns out to be faked without doubt (and this would surely be possible with the technology we possess today) then crack down on the culprits with all might of the law.

In case it ain't fake, well, the public will make up their minds.

ARE YOU GUYS NUTS Some people dont want to beleive it even when its clear as day in front of them

[Deeral]

I saw the video. However I don't believe that it is real. They are professional actors to make the future King & Queen looks bad. BAN BAN BAN, BAN ALL THIS STUPID WEBSITE THAT SPREAD FAKE VIDEO. Works of CIA / MI5 / KGB?

I have some doubts about the authenticity of the Video too. But I rather not ban the Video, instead make a public research. If it turns out to be faked without doubt (and this would surely be possible with the technology we possess today) then crack down on the culprits with all might of the law.

In case it ain't fake, well, the public will make up their minds.

ARE YOU GUYS NUTS Some people dont want to beleive it even when its clear as day in front of them

I'm sorry but again another comment based on ignorance.....

It is well established that imagery - photos videos are NOTORIOUSLY unreliable as "witnesses" - even without technology they can be made to misinterpret any situation.

I'm not passing any judgment on the document in question only the idea that anything " clear as day in front of them" is not any way of seeing, there's far more to it than that.

There are some classic examples of this both in video and photography - I'm sure if you google bout a bit you'll dig them up.

The point is SEEING IS NOT BELIEVING - don't be kidded.

Edited August 24, 2010 by Deeral

[Mario2008]

We are not going to discuss the video here, let alone (indirectly) link to it.

Linking to government blocked websites is not allowed per forum rules.

[Mario2008]

2 off topic posts deleted, see my above comment.

[Deeral]

The point is you DON"T ban or block web sites - FULL AND OPEN DISCUSSION will allow the truth to come out - NOT censorship.

how can "the land of the FREE" be so with such draconian measures?

Edited by mario2008. As said, we are not going to discuss the video. Part related to that deleted.

Edited August 25, 2010 by Mario2008