[FACT comments: I think there is little actual support to abolish the Thai monarchy. Abolition of monarchy is a painful transition, as most recently in Nepal, and rarely serves the public interest. The issue is about abolishing the lèse majesté laws or, at the very least, amending them with clear guidelines as to their application. That one Thai citizen "can't stand" his fellow Thais' opinions and thinks that gives him the right to charge public Web discussion fora is ludicrous and the perfect example of what is wrong with the laws.]
Same Sky Books and Prachatai websites charged for allowing comments about Chotisak’s ‘not standing’
Prachatai: April 29, 2008
http://www.prachatai.com/english/news.php?id=620
Yet another Thai man has sued Chotisak Onsoong for not standing during the Royal Anthem in a cinema, as well as two websites for allowing discussion about this in their forums…On April 28 a Khon Kaen resident filed charges under Article 116 (2) of the Thai Criminal Code with police against Chotisak, for offending the monarchy and inciting unrest, and Fah Diew Kan (www.sameskybooks.org) and Prachatai websites for publishing threads of discussions by readers who supported Chotisak’s act…“There are many comments supporting Chotisak’s claim that people who stand for the Royal Anthem are those who like the Sakdina system [Thai feudalism]. One post says that she is married to a foreigner, and will tell her husband not to stand either, because she has long disliked the monarchy. And one person rudely parodies the lyrics of the Royal Anthem. As a Thai with great respect toward the monarchy, I can’t stand this,’ Sunimit said.
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