Re: OT:dumbass in Thailand

On 30 mrt, 01:52, Gernot Hassenpflug <ger...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Of course it's not; Insulting the king is serious business.

Yes, in a country that makes the monarchy a serious
business.

It's one of the main things in the tourist books I've seen - big black
letters saying DON'T INSULT THE KING, several times. It's not an
honest mistake by someone who didn't know better; my guess is he was
trying to get a big sentence to make an international point.

Interestingly, that appears to be the same in the UK IIRC,

Ummm, I really don't think YRC, in this case. Unless you were last in
the UK pre-1901, maybe... :P

Cheers
Rich

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