Talk:Lèse majesté
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[edit] Thailand
Having witnessed two foreign media professionals in the recent past being ostracized by the Thai government with the nod of the general public, it was a shock to be subject, myself, of a charge of lese majesty. This time, however, it was not the government complaining, but a private Thai citizen with an axe to grind and vested interests to protect. Read about Watpa Salawan, Korat online at www.thekoratpost.com and in a coming non-fiction book on the incident, Watpa Salawan. Frank G Anderson Korat, Thailand
Yes, a Danish man was arrested recently in thailand. However, this is likely to change as the king spoke against it prior to this case during his birthday mass. [1]
Jake vichitthnarurk, Bangkok, Thailand
[edit] Sulak Sivaraksa found not guilty of lese-majesty
I've noted that Sulak Sivaraksa only allegedly committed lese-majesty. He was aquitted in court.Patiwat 10:46, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Title of article
I would have thought that even just in English lèse majesté is a lot more common than lese majesty: I've never even seen lese majesty before, and I'm pretty well-read. - Jmabel | Talk 05:36, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
- Google supports your belief, with almost 200,000 hits for lèse majesté and only 33,000 for lese majesty. I'd be ok with renaming the article as long as lese majesty still redirects to it.--Alabamaboy 15:15, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Thailand
The Thailand sections needs to be improved. Preferbly try to mention events in chronological order. If this doesn't work, at least mention dates whenever possible. For example, the way it's currently written I assumed "Lech Tomacz Kisielwicz" was a recent case, after the 2005 speech, but it's actually 1995 Nil Einne 13:36, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't believe that Thailand is the only nation with lese majesté laws. What about the absolute monarchies of the Middle East? One is prosecuted for insulting the monarchies of those nations.
[edit] Ali Khamenei
There are laws protecting Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Imam Khomeini against slander in Iran. Is this considered Lèse majesté?--NewtoThis8 14:46, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Any objection ?
Few countries still prosecute lèse majesté. One exception is Thailand, where social activists like Sulak Sivaraksa were charged with the crime in the 1980s and '90s because they allegedly criticized the King,[2] although the King in his 2005 birthday speech said he would not take lèse majesté charges seriously "any more".
I see that "anymore" should not be existed, because the King never for once said that he backs lese majesty, he even opposed the charge from the very beginning of his reign, so "anymore" would just mean that the King has always been a keen supporter of lese majesty until a year ago, if no objections are raised then I would delete it. (Papongza 12:51, 28 July 2007 (UTC))
[edit] Lese-majesty laws
Can anyone tell me if there are still lese-majesty laws in the UK. I know people are not prosecuted anymore for it, but does it still exist in the UK law books? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.129.217.115 (talk) 15:35, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Lèse Majesté in the Netherlands
I've edited the phrase about the indicent in the Netherlands where a man was supposedly fined €400 for calling Queen Beatrix a whore, because it's not completely accurate. The 44-year old man was sentenced for not only lèse majesté, but also for insulting the police officer he was making the whore-comment to (he called him/her a 'kankerlijer', which literraly is an insulting way to indicate someone who has cancer) and also for violating an official order from the mayor of Amsterdam, which stated he could not enter the city center for a period of 24 hours.
So i added 'amongst other things' in that phrase. For all who speak Dutch, you can verify this at: http://zoeken.rechtspraak.nl/resultpage.aspx?snelzoeken=true&searchtype=kenmerken&vrije_tekst=koningin+hoer —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.92.99.210 (talk) 11:43, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
