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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Swiss man jailed for Thai insult

steveb · 29-03-2007, 06:47

That'll learn 'im.

Andy · 29-03-2007, 06:48

unbelievable

sub · 29-03-2007, 07:04

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Oliver Jufer has lived in Thailand for more than a decade

Then he should know how important the King is to Thai people.
He might just as well have smeared excrement all over the temples in the grand palace.
Stupid twat.

cam · 29-03-2007, 07:05

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Originally Posted by sub

He might just as well have smeared excrement all over the temples in the grand palace.

Even that shouldn't be punished with ten years in jail.

Paul · 29-03-2007, 07:07

thats thai law fur ye

sub · 29-03-2007, 07:10

Harsh I know. But having lived in Thailand for 10 years he would be well aware of the countries strict culture regarding the monarchy - baring in mind you can't turn anywhere without seeing portraits of the king.

Didn't the UK used to have a similar stance on "treason" - which was punishable by death?

Mr Fred · 29-03-2007, 07:19

bet they looked nice though.

Dusteh · 29-03-2007, 07:20

You can still be put to death by hanging for forging stamps I recall.

Herr Kurm · 29-03-2007, 08:44

Ladyboys!

pgo · 29-03-2007, 10:31

Mental note: stay the fuck out of Thailand.

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Originally Posted by sub

Didn't the UK used to have a similar stance on "treason" - which was punishable by death?

The US still has that law. I bet the UK does, too. No one ever gets tried for it, but it's there.

Some info:

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Several people generally thought of as traitors in the United States, including Jonathan Pollard, the Walker Family, Robert Soblen, and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, were not prosecuted for treason, but rather for espionage. John Walker Lindh, an American citizen who fought with the Taliban against the US-supported Northern Alliance, was convicted of conspiracy to murder US nationals rather than treason.

...

On October 11, 2006, a federal grand jury issued the first indictment for treason against the United States since 1952, charging Adam Yahiye Gadahn for videos in which he spoke supportively of al-Qaeda.

steveb · 29-03-2007, 10:40

The UK has abolished the death sentence completely. Even for forging stamps. EU membership requires states to have abolished the death sentence.

solix · 29-03-2007, 10:50

Whoa, ten years, that's a lot, for such a 'crime'..

pgo · 29-03-2007, 10:56

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Originally Posted by steveb

The UK has abolished the death sentence completely. Even for forging stamps. EU membership requires states to have abolished the death sentence.

I guess I didn't read properly. I was just assuming that the UK must still have treason laws on the books - just not punishable by death.

Megaton Cat · 29-03-2007, 11:00

Despite Thailand being a wacky place, it still doesn't match up to the usual No.1 wacky country, where a teen can got 10 years in prison for getting a consensual bj from another teen.

And he didn't even have to insult any king...just minded his own business.

pgo · 29-03-2007, 11:04

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Originally Posted by Megaton Cat

Despite Thailand being a wacky place, it still doesn't match up to the usual No.1 wacky country, where a teen can got 10 years in prison for getting a consensual bj from another teen.

Yep. The unfortunate result of statutory rape laws.

funkyprem · 29-03-2007, 11:05

don't know about forging stamps but it's still treason for sticking a stamp on an envelope upside-down.

steveb · 29-03-2007, 11:30

Do you really believe that?!

funkyprem · 29-03-2007, 11:35

errrr yeh

Megaton Cat · 29-03-2007, 11:39

Haha.

Quote:

In Ohio the following laws exist:

# it is illegal to get a fish drunk.

They saying I shouldn't have replaced the water in my fish tank with Vodka? It looks exactly the same though...

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steveb 389 ppm and rising Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Järvenpää, Finland Posts: 4,877	The UK has abolished the death sentence completely. Even for forging stamps. EU membership requires states to have abolished the death sentence.

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Megaton Cat bellow average poster Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 559	Despite Thailand being a wacky place, it still doesn't match up to the usual No.1 wacky country, where a teen can got 10 years in prison for getting a consensual bj from another teen. And he didn't even have to insult any king...just minded his own business.

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