Thursday, March 29, 2007

Right Punishment, Wrong Crime

Via breitbart.com:

A Swiss man in Thailand has been jailed, and he should have been jailed – I just don’t like the label the government put on his crime.

"The court has punished him for insulting the king. This is a serious crime," judge Pitsanu Tanbuakli said.

I certainly do not think anyone should be punished for merely insulting a politician. So, why do I think he should be jailed at all? Because in addition to insulting the King, he committed an actual crime: vandalism.

Security cameras videotaped him defacing the king's portraits on December 5, which is the king's birthday and a time of national celebration.
He did not own those portraits. He deserves the ten years.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I followed an ad from another site that you paid for and saw your response to a ten year sentance for defacing a poster and "insulting a king." Fuck kings.