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	<title>Comments on: The lese majeste circus continues</title>
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		<title>By: Chris  Beale</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chris  Beale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It  beats  me  why  the  Thai  Royalist  elite  persist  with  these  image-destroying  LM  laws.  It  makes  Thailand  look  like  some  backward,  fuedal  state  -  somewhat  akin  to  Saudi  Arabia  !!
(Remember  that  jewel  case  !!?).
Surely  it  would  achieve  everything  they  want,  but  appear  more  modern  and  sophisticated  simply  with  Singapore-style  defamation  laws !
And  remember  -  Thailand  already  has  extremely  onerous  defamation  laws.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It  beats  me  why  the  Thai  Royalist  elite  persist  with  these  image-destroying  LM  laws.  It  makes  Thailand  look  like  some  backward,  fuedal  state  &#8211;  somewhat  akin  to  Saudi  Arabia  !!<br />
(Remember  that  jewel  case  !!?).<br />
Surely  it  would  achieve  everything  they  want,  but  appear  more  modern  and  sophisticated  simply  with  Singapore-style  defamation  laws !<br />
And  remember  &#8211;  Thailand  already  has  extremely  onerous  defamation  laws.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank G Anderson</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2009/07/02/the-lese-majeste-circus-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-669927</link>
		<dc:creator>Frank G Anderson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s not just the government, of course. There are sychophants all over who are more than happy to jump on the lese majeste band wagon. They are the spearhead of a sharpened sense of illusory self-importance that members of Thai society ascribe to themselves, later in history molded out of the Divine virtues assigned to the king and then, amazingly enough, transposing those same virtues unto themselves.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s not just the government, of course. There are sychophants all over who are more than happy to jump on the lese majeste band wagon. They are the spearhead of a sharpened sense of illusory self-importance that members of Thai society ascribe to themselves, later in history molded out of the Divine virtues assigned to the king and then, amazingly enough, transposing those same virtues unto themselves.</p>
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		<title>By: landofsnarls</title>
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		<dc:creator>landofsnarls</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>DTNA#7: First of all, there&#039;s absolutely no concrete evidence that Abhisit wants to do anything about LM abuse (sweet-talk is not concrete evidence), in fact quite the opposite - he recently became Member No. 1 in a covert operation set up by his govt, in which Thai subjects above the age of 15 will be trained &amp; sent out to spy on their workmates, neighbours, etc., reporting back to the Ministry of Thai Justice (if you see my point!) so that they can be dealt with. A major concern of this spyforce will be LM accusations. 

Secondly, throwing the cretinous &amp; sychophantic Akbar K out will not simplify the &#039;entire thing,&#039; because it&#039;s much bigger than the FCCT case, apalling as that is. A.K. is not the only accuser, by a long shot - he&#039;s not even the accuser in the FCCT board case. A 57 year-old female rottweiller with stunning Thai fascist connections (thanks, Susie W #3) is the perpetrator of this current abuse. If you look around, you&#039;ll find there are videos on You Tube &amp; still photos of her on various Press &amp; blog sites, formally submitting her accusation. And there are many other perpetrators, mostly Thais.

 I feel that I should explain that the adjectives I append to Akbar&#039;s name are due to my reading of his blogs, which are outstandingly artless, amateurish, misspelt, ungrammatical &amp; vulgar, &amp; may be found all over the place. There&#039;s also a photo of him with his apparently, at the time, close friend, Mr Thaksin (Well, they both have big, leery smiles, so I&#039;m assuming AK wants to give the message, &#039;friends&#039;.). 

I must say I&#039;m actually really pleased about the FCCT case. News of it has now gone out all over the world, showing everyone - at last! - what kind of ludicrous, self-involved, obsessive idiots run this country. As a sort of reverse-PR campaign, it&#039;s magnificent. The timing &amp; staging has so far been great. The Harry N debacle spread the word worldwide &amp; made people sit up; then we had the Ji saga, &amp; PM Opposite&#039;s greasy Oxford visit, &amp; the case of the student who wouldn&#039;t stand up for the Anthem, &amp; Sulak (Buddhist academic) being thrown into media coverage as further evidence of the spreading of moral idiocy. And now, they&#039;ve declared war on the world&#039;s FREE press. GREAT PUBLICITY! Brilliantly campaigned. 

But, in the light of Thailand&#039;s recent non-LM international media coverage (extortion of tourists by police; murders of tourists by police; the Santika fire &amp; the behaviour of police &amp; judiciary in that matter; the peculiarities of constitutional law in relation to the removal of 3 recent PMs and the miraculous metamorphosis of the former Leader of the fairly minor Opposition into PM; the invasion &amp; hijacking of the houses of parliament &amp; the international airport by insurgents with absolute impunity...) the country&#039;s reputation would appear to be already at rock-bottom &amp; therefore not in need of much further help in the direction of down. 

The image of the Royals, the justice system, the Thai people &amp; their entire culture is being most effectively &#039;made over,&#039; from relatively positive to scarily negative - by the government, with this LM campaign. And it will stick. So - why? Why would they be sabotaging their own country ? 

BTW, I&#039;m not unduly concerned about the individuals on the FCCT board. They&#039;re big enough &amp; ugly enough to look after themselves, &amp; no doubt provide the world with some damned good entertainment, and some pretty stirring articles, on the way. I don&#039;t think it&#039;ll get to court (the idiots will get cold feet), which will be a huge pity.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DTNA#7: First of all, there&#8217;s absolutely no concrete evidence that Abhisit wants to do anything about LM abuse (sweet-talk is not concrete evidence), in fact quite the opposite &#8211; he recently became Member No. 1 in a covert operation set up by his govt, in which Thai subjects above the age of 15 will be trained &amp; sent out to spy on their workmates, neighbours, etc., reporting back to the Ministry of Thai Justice (if you see my point!) so that they can be dealt with. A major concern of this spyforce will be LM accusations. </p>
<p>Secondly, throwing the cretinous &amp; sychophantic Akbar K out will not simplify the &#8216;entire thing,&#8217; because it&#8217;s much bigger than the FCCT case, apalling as that is. A.K. is not the only accuser, by a long shot &#8211; he&#8217;s not even the accuser in the FCCT board case. A 57 year-old female rottweiller with stunning Thai fascist connections (thanks, Susie W #3) is the perpetrator of this current abuse. If you look around, you&#8217;ll find there are videos on You Tube &amp; still photos of her on various Press &amp; blog sites, formally submitting her accusation. And there are many other perpetrators, mostly Thais.</p>
<p> I feel that I should explain that the adjectives I append to Akbar&#8217;s name are due to my reading of his blogs, which are outstandingly artless, amateurish, misspelt, ungrammatical &amp; vulgar, &amp; may be found all over the place. There&#8217;s also a photo of him with his apparently, at the time, close friend, Mr Thaksin (Well, they both have big, leery smiles, so I&#8217;m assuming AK wants to give the message, &#8216;friends&#8217;.). </p>
<p>I must say I&#8217;m actually really pleased about the FCCT case. News of it has now gone out all over the world, showing everyone &#8211; at last! &#8211; what kind of ludicrous, self-involved, obsessive idiots run this country. As a sort of reverse-PR campaign, it&#8217;s magnificent. The timing &amp; staging has so far been great. The Harry N debacle spread the word worldwide &amp; made people sit up; then we had the Ji saga, &amp; PM Opposite&#8217;s greasy Oxford visit, &amp; the case of the student who wouldn&#8217;t stand up for the Anthem, &amp; Sulak (Buddhist academic) being thrown into media coverage as further evidence of the spreading of moral idiocy. And now, they&#8217;ve declared war on the world&#8217;s FREE press. GREAT PUBLICITY! Brilliantly campaigned. </p>
<p>But, in the light of Thailand&#8217;s recent non-LM international media coverage (extortion of tourists by police; murders of tourists by police; the Santika fire &amp; the behaviour of police &amp; judiciary in that matter; the peculiarities of constitutional law in relation to the removal of 3 recent PMs and the miraculous metamorphosis of the former Leader of the fairly minor Opposition into PM; the invasion &amp; hijacking of the houses of parliament &amp; the international airport by insurgents with absolute impunity&#8230;) the country&#8217;s reputation would appear to be already at rock-bottom &amp; therefore not in need of much further help in the direction of down. </p>
<p>The image of the Royals, the justice system, the Thai people &amp; their entire culture is being most effectively &#8216;made over,&#8217; from relatively positive to scarily negative &#8211; by the government, with this LM campaign. And it will stick. So &#8211; why? Why would they be sabotaging their own country ? </p>
<p>BTW, I&#8217;m not unduly concerned about the individuals on the FCCT board. They&#8217;re big enough &amp; ugly enough to look after themselves, &amp; no doubt provide the world with some damned good entertainment, and some pretty stirring articles, on the way. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;ll get to court (the idiots will get cold feet), which will be a huge pity.</p>
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		<title>By: Marco</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marco</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Akbar Khan, in another of his alleged aliases (as seen following links), is/was chief reporter at a  newspaper down south. Why is it that the charge against Harry Ionides suddenly springs to mind!?!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Akbar Khan, in another of his alleged aliases (as seen following links), is/was chief reporter at a  newspaper down south. Why is it that the charge against Harry Ionides suddenly springs to mind!?!</p>
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		<title>By: dancing the night away</title>
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		<dc:creator>dancing the night away</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Abhisit could simplify the entire thing by throwing Akbar Khan out of the country.

This single individual, based purely on personal resentment, is bringing low not only the reputation of Thailand but also making sure that every single commentator on the planet will now associate the Thai King with the oppression of freedom of speech using a law that the same Thai King  has implied he is not happy with.

Akbar Khan is serving his own weird interests - purely and simply - at the expense of journalists, Thais and the reputation of a mostly benevolent king. He must be removed from the kingdom forthwith.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Abhisit could simplify the entire thing by throwing Akbar Khan out of the country.</p>
<p>This single individual, based purely on personal resentment, is bringing low not only the reputation of Thailand but also making sure that every single commentator on the planet will now associate the Thai King with the oppression of freedom of speech using a law that the same Thai King  has implied he is not happy with.</p>
<p>Akbar Khan is serving his own weird interests &#8211; purely and simply &#8211; at the expense of journalists, Thais and the reputation of a mostly benevolent king. He must be removed from the kingdom forthwith.</p>
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		<title>By: landofsnarls</title>
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		<dc:creator>landofsnarls</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In an Economist article (04.07), which was responsible for yet another banning of their print edition, there is, in a reasonable coverage of the state-of-play re. LM, this interesting paragraph:
“The authorities are also going after webmasters for failing to delete offensive posts promptly enough. One, Chiranuch Premchaiporn, who runs Prachatai.com, a news website, was charged in April because her site carried a comment by one user which allegedly excoriated Queen Sirikit. Ms Chiranuch insists that she deleted the post when asked to by MICT. But Aree Jiworarak, an official at the ministry, says Ms Chiranuch should have spotted the post herself and is “responsible for what happens”. To her distress, Ms Chiranuch was forced to disclose private data that led police to the user, a Thai woman with the online name “Bento”, who was arrested and charged. Ms Chiranuch faces multiple counts that could, potentially, send her away for 50 years.”
See it at  http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13962550</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In an Economist article (04.07), which was responsible for yet another banning of their print edition, there is, in a reasonable coverage of the state-of-play re. LM, this interesting paragraph:<br />
“The authorities are also going after webmasters for failing to delete offensive posts promptly enough. One, Chiranuch Premchaiporn, who runs Prachatai.com, a news website, was charged in April because her site carried a comment by one user which allegedly excoriated Queen Sirikit. Ms Chiranuch insists that she deleted the post when asked to by MICT. But Aree Jiworarak, an official at the ministry, says Ms Chiranuch should have spotted the post herself and is “responsible for what happens”. To her distress, Ms Chiranuch was forced to disclose private data that led police to the user, a Thai woman with the online name “Bento”, who was arrested and charged. Ms Chiranuch faces multiple counts that could, potentially, send her away for 50 years.”<br />
See it at  <a href="http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13962550" rel="nofollow">http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13962550</a></p>
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		<title>By: Susie Wong</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2009/07/02/the-lese-majeste-circus-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-659505</link>
		<dc:creator>Susie Wong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Extracted from Prachatai News:

&quot;องค์กรสื่อระหว่างประเทศ แสดงความวิตกกังวลต่อกรณีสมาคมผู้สื่อข่าวต่างประเทศประจำประเทศไทยถูกฟ้องหมิ่นฯ
Mon, 2009-07-06 02:42
(The Southeast Asian Press Alliance -SEAPA) ซีได้ออกแถลงการณ์ แสดงความวิตกกังวลต่อกรณีการใช้กฎหมายหมิ่นพระบรมเดชานุภาพฟ้องร้องคณะ กรรมการสมาคมผู้สื่อข่าวต่างประเทศประจำประเทศไทย 
โรบี้ อาลัมเปย์ ผู้อำนวยการซีป้ากล่าว และว่า “เราได้กล่าวไปแล้วและขอกล่าวอีกครั้งว่า กฎหมายหมิ่นพระบรมเดชานุภาพในระบบกฎหมายไทยนั้นต้องได้รับการทบทวนโดยสภา นิติบัญญัติและผู้นำของไทยต่อประเด็นที่มันถูกใช้ในการปิดกั้นและคุกคามสื่อ มวลชนในประเทศ&quot;

Translation:
International Media Association Express Concern about the LM Charge against FCCT

The Southeast Asian Press Alliance - SEAPA, issued official statement expresses its concern and worry about the criminal charge by filing lese majeste law against the Foreign Correspondent&#039;s Club of Thailand - FCCT.  Mr. Lupe Arlumpe, Director of SEAPA said, &quot;We had already said, and we say it again that lese majeste law in the Thai law system must received a review from its Parliament and Thai leader about the issue that it has been used to block and intimidate mass media in the country.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Extracted from Prachatai News:</p>
<p>&#8220;องค์กรสื่อระหว่างประเทศ แสดงความวิตกกังวลต่อกรณีสมาคมผู้สื่อข่าวต่างประเทศประจำประเทศไทยถูกฟ้องหมิ่นฯ<br />
Mon, 2009-07-06 02:42<br />
(The Southeast Asian Press Alliance -SEAPA) ซีได้ออกแถลงการณ์ แสดงความวิตกกังวลต่อกรณีการใช้กฎหมายหมิ่นพระบรมเดชานุภาพฟ้องร้องคณะ กรรมการสมาคมผู้สื่อข่าวต่างประเทศประจำประเทศไทย<br />
โรบี้ อาลัมเปย์ ผู้อำนวยการซีป้ากล่าว และว่า “เราได้กล่าวไปแล้วและขอกล่าวอีกครั้งว่า กฎหมายหมิ่นพระบรมเดชานุภาพในระบบกฎหมายไทยนั้นต้องได้รับการทบทวนโดยสภา นิติบัญญัติและผู้นำของไทยต่อประเด็นที่มันถูกใช้ในการปิดกั้นและคุกคามสื่อ มวลชนในประเทศ&#8221;</p>
<p>Translation:<br />
International Media Association Express Concern about the LM Charge against FCCT</p>
<p>The Southeast Asian Press Alliance &#8211; SEAPA, issued official statement expresses its concern and worry about the criminal charge by filing lese majeste law against the Foreign Correspondent&#8217;s Club of Thailand &#8211; FCCT.  Mr. Lupe Arlumpe, Director of SEAPA said, &#8220;We had already said, and we say it again that lese majeste law in the Thai law system must received a review from its Parliament and Thai leader about the issue that it has been used to block and intimidate mass media in the country.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Ralph Kramden</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ralph Kramden</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>dantampa is right. Abhisit is hopelessly lost in these power plays that he seems incapable of comprehending. He&#039;s not about to do anything unless his puppet masters direct him. And they use LM for their own political purposes.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>dantampa is right. Abhisit is hopelessly lost in these power plays that he seems incapable of comprehending. He&#8217;s not about to do anything unless his puppet masters direct him. And they use LM for their own political purposes.</p>
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		<title>By: Susie Wong</title>
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		<dc:creator>Susie Wong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Addition information fromThai E-News, important to this case. 

กระฉ่อนโลกคนใกล้ชิดองคมนตรีแจ้งความคดีหมิ่น13นักข่าวต่างชาติ
โดย ทีมข่าวไทยอีนิวส์
1 กรกฎาคม 2552
มีรายงานว่าสำหรับนางสาวลักษณา กรณ์ศิลป ผู้ดำเนินคดีแจ้งความกับนายโจนาธาน เฮด และกรรมการสโมสรนักข่าวต่างประเทศทั้ง13รายนั้น ครอบครัวมีความใกล้ชิดกับนายธานินท์ กรัยวิเชียร นายกรัฐมนตรีสมัยหลังเหตุการณ์6ตุลาคม 2519 และองคมนตรี โดยเมื่อเร็วๆนี้นายธานินท์ เพิ่งมาเป็นประธานในการพระราชทานเพลิงศพมารดาของนางสาวลักษณาที่วัดแห่ง หนึ่งย่านบางนา โดยน้องชายคนหนึ่งของนางสาวลักษณาคือพันเอกกฤษฎากรณ์ กรณ์ศิลป เป็นนายทหารทำงานอยู่กับองคมนตรีธานินท์ ส่วนน้องชายอีกคนของเธอคือดร.นพดล กรณ์ศิลป เป็นล็อบบี้ยิ้สต์ให้กับพรรคชาติไทยพัฒนาของนายบรรหาร ศิลปอาชา

Translation:

Circulating Around the World that a person closed to Privy Council, filed lese majeste charge to 13 foreign journalists.

by Thai E-News Team
1st July 2009

It is reported that Ms. Laksana Kornsilp, who filed complaint against Mr. Jonathan Head and the other 13 executive boards of the Foreign Correspondence Club of Thailand, her family is a close friend of Mr. Thanin Kraivichien, former Prime Minister after the event of the 6th October, 1976.  Recently, Mr. Thanin presided as the chief host for her mother&#039;s funeral at a temple in Bang-na area. One of Ms. Laksana&#039;s brother, Colonel Kritsadakorn Kornsilp, works for Mr. Thanin. Her younger brother, Dr. Noppadon Kornsilph is lobbyist for ChatThaiPattana Party of Mr. Banharn Silapa-archa.</description>
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<p>กระฉ่อนโลกคนใกล้ชิดองคมนตรีแจ้งความคดีหมิ่น13นักข่าวต่างชาติ<br />
โดย ทีมข่าวไทยอีนิวส์<br />
1 กรกฎาคม 2552<br />
มีรายงานว่าสำหรับนางสาวลักษณา กรณ์ศิลป ผู้ดำเนินคดีแจ้งความกับนายโจนาธาน เฮด และกรรมการสโมสรนักข่าวต่างประเทศทั้ง13รายนั้น ครอบครัวมีความใกล้ชิดกับนายธานินท์ กรัยวิเชียร นายกรัฐมนตรีสมัยหลังเหตุการณ์6ตุลาคม 2519 และองคมนตรี โดยเมื่อเร็วๆนี้นายธานินท์ เพิ่งมาเป็นประธานในการพระราชทานเพลิงศพมารดาของนางสาวลักษณาที่วัดแห่ง หนึ่งย่านบางนา โดยน้องชายคนหนึ่งของนางสาวลักษณาคือพันเอกกฤษฎากรณ์ กรณ์ศิลป เป็นนายทหารทำงานอยู่กับองคมนตรีธานินท์ ส่วนน้องชายอีกคนของเธอคือดร.นพดล กรณ์ศิลป เป็นล็อบบี้ยิ้สต์ให้กับพรรคชาติไทยพัฒนาของนายบรรหาร ศิลปอาชา</p>
<p>Translation:</p>
<p>Circulating Around the World that a person closed to Privy Council, filed lese majeste charge to 13 foreign journalists.</p>
<p>by Thai E-News Team<br />
1st July 2009</p>
<p>It is reported that Ms. Laksana Kornsilp, who filed complaint against Mr. Jonathan Head and the other 13 executive boards of the Foreign Correspondence Club of Thailand, her family is a close friend of Mr. Thanin Kraivichien, former Prime Minister after the event of the 6th October, 1976.  Recently, Mr. Thanin presided as the chief host for her mother&#8217;s funeral at a temple in Bang-na area. One of Ms. Laksana&#8217;s brother, Colonel Kritsadakorn Kornsilp, works for Mr. Thanin. Her younger brother, Dr. Noppadon Kornsilph is lobbyist for ChatThaiPattana Party of Mr. Banharn Silapa-archa.</p>
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		<title>By: dantampa</title>
		<link>http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2009/07/02/the-lese-majeste-circus-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-658962</link>
		<dc:creator>dantampa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Prime Minister Abhisit could simplify things a great deal by limiting the scope for concerned citizens to make these very serious accusations.  But if he is feeling really brave he could go even further and use this muddle-headed accusation as an opportunity to extricate his government from the clutches of those who have no time for free expression.&quot;

Dream on. PM Opposite is great at talking the talk, largely to present a reformer&#039;s image to the world, but walking the walk is another matter. He will say that he&#039;s open to anything, but nothing happens or changes when the talk fades. That&#039;s because he knows who pulled the strings to put him in power and who&#039;s keeping him there. He is not about to reform himself out of the job. We dont call him PM Opposite for nothing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Prime Minister Abhisit could simplify things a great deal by limiting the scope for concerned citizens to make these very serious accusations.  But if he is feeling really brave he could go even further and use this muddle-headed accusation as an opportunity to extricate his government from the clutches of those who have no time for free expression.&#8221;</p>
<p>Dream on. PM Opposite is great at talking the talk, largely to present a reformer&#8217;s image to the world, but walking the walk is another matter. He will say that he&#8217;s open to anything, but nothing happens or changes when the talk fades. That&#8217;s because he knows who pulled the strings to put him in power and who&#8217;s keeping him there. He is not about to reform himself out of the job. We dont call him PM Opposite for nothing.</p>
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