Tag Archives: Thailand
Thailand: Love the King! …or else
Mail Online An American has been jailed for two-and-a-half years in Thailand after posting excerpts from a banned book about the country’s monarch online – while living in the U.S. Joe Gordon, 55, who was born in the Southeast Asian … Continue reading
Thailand: People CAN be just as silly without religion…
…they just have to work at it a whole lot harder. SMH Troops are withdrawing as tensions have eased between Thailand and Cambodia over the disputed ancient hill top temple, Preah Vihear. But a new irritant has emerged that is … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrations, Manufactured outrage, Mega-Lunacy, Mystical woo
US: Catholics take heart!…
…Buddhist priests rape children too. chicagotribune.com. A Tribune review of sexual abuse cases involving several Theravada Buddhist temples found minimal accountability and lax oversight of monks accused of preying on vulnerable targets. Because they answer to no outside ecclesiastical authority, … Continue reading
Filed under Buddhism, Children, Fellow-believers, Human rights abuse, Sexuality, Women
Indonesia: Temple dispute disrupts ASEAN meeting
SMH. The credibility of the Association of South-East Asian Nations and its aim of becoming a European Union-style security and economic community by 2015 was damaged this weekend as Thailand and Cambodia openly brawled over their deadly dispute over ownership … Continue reading
Australia: ‘Cured’ cancer patients died, court told
SMH. Mr Sartori replied that 50 per cent of the cure for cancer was positive thinking by the patient. He conceded he had exaggerated about the efficacy of his treatments, insisted he could cure cancer and admitted lying to Australian … Continue reading
Filed under Mystical woo, Women
Thailand: Police officer, civilian killed
Thailand: two men killed by suspected Islamic militants.
Filed under Organisational violence and folly
