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Thailand: 'The nail that sticks up gets hammered down'

Asbestos innards and a stomach for gov repression required

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/25/thailand_the_nail_that_sticks_up_gets_hammered_down/

The eXpat Files Last time we chatted to an expat in Thailand, our secretive subject stayed schtum about his identity because he was working illegally.

[Article is about tech Expats working in Thailand]

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The Inducement Suppression bill which will ban specific kinds of pornography in a bid to increase efficiency in suppression, potentially paves way for a ban of group sex, bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadomasochism (BDSM) in the name of public morals.

The bill defies "materials which induce dangerous behaviour" as any publication, printed matter, photographs, films, messages, data or anything which encourages or induces the following:

  1. deviant sexual behaviour
  2. sex with children
  3. cruelty against children
  4. suicide of children or group suicide
  5. illicit drug usage
  6. commission of the following crimes: terrorism, robbery, theft, murder, assault

It then explains that “deviant sexual behaviour” is

  1. sex between parents and children
  2. sex between people who share at least one parent
  3. sex with physical violence, especially using implements
  4. forced sex
  5. group sex
  6. sex with animals
  7. sex with corpses

If passed, the Inducement Suppression bill will definitely outlaw hundreds of movies and TV series, especially from Hollywood, such as Fifty Shades of Grey, the popular Hollywood movie based on the novel of the same title in which the main protagonists engage in BDSM practices. At present, without the law, Amarin Publishing House has already censored some erotic scenes of the Thai translation, saying that the contents are “too excessive to be presented in Thai society”.

http://prachatai.org/english/node/4772

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How times change.

 

  RE;  the Kanye West deal;  here is what he said after Beck won the grammy award;

 

“Beck needs to respect artistry and he should have given his award to Beyoncé,” West said in an interview with E! after the ceremony. “At this point we tired of it because what happens is when you keep on diminishing art and not respecting the craft and smacking people in the face after they deliver monumental feats in music, you’re disrespectful to inspiration. I am here to fight for creativity.''

 

The irony appears lost on that fool West, the fact that Beck plays something like 14 different instruments and has been known, same as Trent Reznor, to play ALL the instruments on some of his songs.  Beyonce?  Could be a great singer, not really sure,  but me thinks pretty much anyone can auto-tune their voice into a proper range these days, and a lot of her songs are written by other people.

 

Creativity? Inspiration? Respecting the craft?   Seems like the Grammys chose the proper winner.

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Regarding Bibi Netanyahu's speech at the US congress yesterday, Jon Stewart had THIS to say;

 

  “whether or not Netanyahu achieved his goals of sabotaging a deal with Iran or mistakenly opened up a rift in U.S.-Israeli relations, one thing is certain -- the in-chamber response to this speech is by far the longest blowjob a Jewish man has ever received."

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