Don’t say anything about the silly hat, either!
Question 8 on Professor Boonsong Chaisingkananont’s examination may seem a harmless academic exercise.
“Do you think the monarchy is necessary for Thai society? How should it adapt to a democratic system? Please debate.”
But in Thailand, one of the few countries where laws protecting royalty are strictly enforced, it is a taboo question which could land the 46-year-old philosophy lecturer in jail.
Acting on a complaint from a fellow professor at Silpakorn University, police are investigating whether Boonsong insulted King Bhumibol Adulyadej by asking his first-year students to debate the role of the monarchy in exams in 2005 and 2006.
Professor Winai Poonampol said he went to police because Boonsong’s teachings posed “a threat to society”.
“It should not be biased, teaching only one side like a doctrine,” he said.
Uh, does that last argument sound familiar?
With all of history to reflect upon, this king allows such prosecutions?
What does this say of the human condition?
What would you do in the same circumstance?
Heh, heh!
>>“It should not be biased, teaching only one side like a
>>doctrine,” he said.
Kinda sounds like the homeschoolers, not wanting their children to be exposed to the corrosive “one-sided” and doctrinaire teachings of those Darwinians and scientists in the regular schools.
Um, it wasn’t a lecture. It was a question, right?
Dear King of Thailand,
I fart in your general direction. 8-P
^^^ That is one of my favorite pictures on this site. It never ceases to amuse me every time I see it. 😀
Methinks the King doesn’t know how an afro should look…
>Kinda sounds like the homeschoolers, not wanting their children to be
> exposed to the corrosive “one-sided” and doctrinaire teachings of those >Darwinians and scientists in the regular schools.
Now that sounds like sour grapes to me, the most common reason i hear of for home schooling is to keep their kids away from drugs, bad peer pressure, and most especially the public “teaching” to the lowest common denominator. I teach my children to look at all sides of a subject, and to make up their own minds on what to believe.
Is that a mushroom on your head, or did I just eat some?
What do you expect? Just look at the guy. He keeps upping the dosage but the laxatives still aren’t working.
#4, Improbus — His mother was a hamster and his father smelt of elderberries! Too bad the UKKMA and BRDDA are reserved for posters only, he’d make a great candidate to receive these prestigious trophies.
It’s obvious that the Thai King is just getting his hair dried.
In a way the king of Thailand has the right to be a Royal class prick; after all, Thailand is the only Asian kingdom that was NEVER conquered by an European Nation.
Ah, the refreshing power of a Feudalistic society.
You Cant Vote For Kings
Bring Fiefdom Back!
Nice hat… where can I get one? Ok, the dollar store…
Just from his looks I can tell this guy has no sense of humor.
You should respect the diversity of their culture and not make racist comments about what ammounts to a different point of view.