Monarchists tell us that monarchies are more stable than other systems. Here’s what that stability looks like in the monarchy of Thailand.<\/p>\n
Thanakorn Siripaiboon, a Thai factory worker, has been charged with insulting the monarchy, an offence known as l\u00e8se-majest\u00e9. His offence was to make remarks about a stray dog that had been rescued by the monarch.<\/p>\n
This monarch had written a best-selling book about the well-behaved dog. According to the Financial Times the book \u201cwas widely seen as a symbol of the obedience and manners expected in\u00a0Thailand\u2019s hierarchical society\u201d.<\/p>\n
It seems that Mr. Thanakorn did not learn the right lessons from the monarch’s book. He did not act like an obedient subject.<\/p>\n
He has also been charged with \u201cliking\u201d a social media comment that insulted the monarch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Monarchists tell us that monarchies are more stable than other systems. Here’s what that stability looks like in the monarchy of Thailand. Thanakorn Siripaiboon, a Thai factory worker, has been charged with insulting the monarchy, an offence known as l\u00e8se-majest\u00e9. His offence was to make remarks about a stray dog that had been rescued by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-republic"],"yoast_head":"\n