martes, 24 de junio de 2008

Thailand's New Super Hero is "Condom Man"


"Condom Man" held on for less than 48 hours before being deleted by Youtube. In that time, it was viewed less than a dozen times by subscribers to the freethailandnow channel. Perhaps because Thailand's Crown Prince is not as popular as his father, king Bhumibol.

This video is a light hearted poke at Prince Vajiralongkorn, who transforms into Thailand's new super hero: "Condom Man". Look out for the girl in the video, what is she doing with that cucumber? Bet you can't watch this video without laughing.


Battle of Youtube Final results: Cambodia 1 - Thailand 0

One of the consequences of the "ape king" videos which appeared on Youtube, was the "battle" between Cambodians and Thais (who blamed Cambodians for making these videos).

In fact, only a few of the "ape king" videos were made by Cambodians, the majority being made by Thais themselves (for example "Paddida") and "farangs" (non-Thais).

This video was originally found in the freethailandnow channel as a private video, which meant that only subscribers could see it. Youtube's banning of this video, therefore, was pointless and counter productive.

Thai National Anthem Updated

This video mocking the Thai king and the Thai national anthem, is one of many such videos which appeared on Youtube as the battle between "Khmer warriors" and "Thai faggots" intensified.

This is quite a strong video, which is why it could only be viewed by subscribers to freethailandnow as a private video. It was made in response to similar videos made by Thais about Cambodians.

WARNING:

Do not watch this video if you are easily upset, as it contains scenes which are extremely offensive for some people.

Thai Ladyboys on Parade - how camp!

Originally found in freethailandnow, this video disappeared from youtube along with several other videos mocking Thailand's extremely camp army, when this channel was unceremoniously closed by the youtube censor.

"Thai Ladyboys on Parade" contains images of a very effeminate Thai army on parade during the anniversary celebrations of King Bhumibol's 60-year "reign".

Lots of exciting colours to see: red, yellow, orange, PINK! Oh, and watch out for His Majesty as he salutes his mincing troops from the royal balcony. All hail the queen of Thailand!

"The King Never Smiles" banned again!

This is the video which was probably the cause of the freethailandnow channel being closed by youtube, even though no-one except subscribers could watch it because it was a private video. That's the irony of censorship: more people can watch the video now!

The video is nothing more than a summary of a book entitled "The King Never Smiles" (by Paul Handley) and is entirely in Thai. The King Never Smiles has been banned in Thailand because it offers an image of the Thai king as he really is, warts and all.

If you can read Thai, you'll find the complete book, Chapters 1 to Chapter 22 by clicking on the following link: http://kingneversmiles.googlepages.com

Top of The Pops (Thai version)

This is another of those "private" videos originally found in freethailandnow's channel, and deleted by youtube without warning.

The video is a simple rundown "Top of the Pops" style, of some of the videos which were banned from other channels by youtube. Have a look, and see what's at number one...

viernes, 6 de junio de 2008

Bhumibol the Funky Gibbon banned by youtube

This video was deleted from stoplesemajeste's channel without warning or reason after just a few days. By this time, the channel and all the videos in it, had been "illegally" blocked in Thailand (without a court order) by the army generals in Bangkok.


There seems to be a policy in youtube of strickly enforcing Thailand's lese majeste law (which prohibits any "criticism" of the Thai king), even though this law has no jurisdiction outside Thailand.