Month: May 2012

Ampon Tangnoppakul has died while serving a twenty-year sentence for insulting the Thai “royal” family. Mr. Ampon was sentenced for sending SMS messages that were alleged to have violated the law that forbids free speech deemed insulting to the feudal rulers of Thailand. Hundreds of Thai citizens protested following the death, demanding an end to…

Leanne Wood, the new leader of Plaid Cymru (Party of Wales), is boycotting a service at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff that is part of a tour of Wales by Britain’s hereditary head of state to celebrate her sixty years of extraordinary and unwarranted privilege. Ms. Wood, a member of the Welsh legislature, said that: “As a…

The organiser of an event to celebrate Liz Windsor’s sixtieth year of egregious privilege has complained about lack of financial support from business. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil said he was having an “uphill struggle” to raise £10.5m for a show on the River Thames. The legislator threatened to “name and shame” businesses that were not showing support…

The town of Berga in Spain has set an example of self-respecting citizenship by declaring the “King of Spain” persona non grata. The town’s council passed the motion following unusually severe criticism of the feudal relic for going on an expensive holiday paid for by a Syrian business person with ties to the Saudi Arabia…