Talk:Australian writer Harry Nicolaides jailed for three years for insulting Thai Royal Family

I CREATED this insult to the Royal Family article. Hope he is pardoned amid the ancient law still being applied.--Florentino Floro (talk) 11:48, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Source of Giles blog--Florentino Floro (talk) 07:08, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

CLASSIC,  this passage has now been read 100,000x more times than it ever would have been if the case hadn't been brought to court. cnn was too cowardly to post it but not us.

And BIG DEAL, they have major and minor wives -- anyone who saw the King and I knew about that. And once in a while their marriages don't work out, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER MARRIAGE ON THE PLANET. Is that a secret????? This is NOT the royal family's fault BTW, this is the Thai government's issue.

Anyway, thanks to whover put this up. Great work. the wikipedia article is very breif in comparison. 71.112.130.129 17:48, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

It's magic of Wikinews collaboration

 * Thanks for your comment on my cursory perusal of world reports to dig into this - making this article a real SYNTHESIS - such that non-neutral, cheap, noisy and 'small thinking' news reports, even comming from top world news sites, miserably failed to pain a real picture of the lawsuit. Of more than 30 news that I opened and put into this, I just found ONE NEWS ARTICLE which really put the REAL THING-paragraph of INSULT.
 * Note however, that, USA and Philippines laws on marriages are different from Thai laws. Here in the Philippines, our laws and courts recognize the Philippine Muslim Personal law amid our Shariah courts in Mindanao. A Muslim is allowed to marry at 4 wives on conditions. We have to respect their culture and religion. One more thing: the King of Thailand is not just a symbolic head of state. He is revered as semi-divine and a reincarnation (I myself do not believe in these since I am Catholic, but I respect these). The Thai Royal Family cannot under the law sue to protect itself, hence, like many insulting laws, the Thai law is good and even if harsh and draconian it must stay as culture and religion should stay as OPIUM of the people, just sayin.
 * BTW, I am here in the Philippines and with all due respect, I notice that you are posting on the opposite side of the planet - Bothell, Washington - Verizon Internet Services (here in Malolos, and in Manila, Philippines, when it is 1 pm, here, it is 1 am in New York; my cousin Maria Floro is economics professor of your American University. Best of Luck!--Florentino Floro (talk) 07:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Don't quite understand some of what you say, but it's an awful law. The Royal family cannot sue to "protect itself"? But there's nothing lawsuit worthy in the book. There's no slander and there's not even any individual in particular named. I LOVE THIS CASE. I saw BROKEDOWN PALACE which was CENSORED in Thailand -- in that movie the girls were accused of drug smuggling. Much better would be a story about a teacher/hotel concierge who carried out his dream, writing a novel....which failed...and the Thai government sentences him to years in jail for three truthful phrases. I wonder if Thai people can see this website? 71.112.130.129 07:52, 24 January 2009 (UTC)