Day: December 8, 2011

Thai government politely asks bloggers to refrain from criticism

Thailand — the pederasty capital of the world — has imprisoned an American citizen, Joe Gordon, for the crime of insulting the curry-farting Thai monarchy online. Gordon was sentenced to a reduced sentence of two and a half years for posting translations from a book about the family (who also enjoy the smell of those farts) while living in the U.S. over two years ago.

Although Gordon is the first American sent to prison by Thailand for insulting their presumably inbred royalty, at least two others have also been jailed this year. One was a 61-year-old grandmother, who will spend the next 20 years in prison for sending text messages that insulted the big-boned queen. Another person was sentenced to 13 years, where he can think long and hard about why the Thai monarchy is so thin-skinned and lily-livered.

I think the message here is pretty clear, you guys. The Thai royal family is off limits, especially

  • their four-eyed king.
  • a queen who picks her nose whenever she thinks nobody is looking.
  • and a crown prince who’s OK for a guy throws like a girl.

It’s not cool to make fun of them, OK? So, don’t do it.

The law and the War on Christmas

Christmas is a time for peace, so it only makes sense that we fight a war to defend it. But in this war, sometimes the biggest defenders end up fighting the law for the celebrations.

In Leesburg, Virginia, a skeleton dressed as Santa Claus on a cross was posted on the county courthouse lawn. This attracted attention for some reason. The display was one of a handful chosen to be displayed there, because the courts there are in the holiday spirit. However, some vigilante wasn’t, and the display was torn down. The incident made the court do some soul searching on the free speech issue, and eventually it decided that the displays could stay, even if the mother and son who created of Skeletor-Jesus-Santa decided to take theirs down.

Also this week, a man was arrested for shooting at a mistletoe tree outside a mall–in Georgia, of all places! But the accused has a pretty good reason for his actions. “Every year I go somewhere to get some mistletoe to decorate the house. I get some for my friends that can’t get mistletoe. The best way to get it is with a shotgun,” he told local media.