Thailand proposes very Bad Place-esque stupid law

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Granted this is a pretty minor thing but hopefully not signs of things to come. I can see why opebo is worried.

[Sbane]

What if the Firangis are Buddhist?

[Stranger in a strange land]

How is this "Bad Place-esque"? Such a law would be unconstitutional in the U.S. on First Amendment grounds.

[John Dibble]

How is this "Bad Place-esque"? Such a law would be unconstitutional in the U.S. on First Amendment grounds.

Dude, don't you know that facts are irrelevant?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

How is this "Bad Place-esque"? Such a law would be unconstitutional in the U.S. on First Amendment grounds.

Tattooing was illegal in South Carolina and Oklahoma until last decade.

I describe this as Bad Place-esque because of the outcry in the US to ban anything as the first solution to any "problem" proposed, see Four Loko.

[dead0man]

...or high capacity magazines.

[Insula Dei]

What if the Firangis are Buddhist?

Shouldn't that be 'Farang'?

[Sbane]

What if the Firangis are Buddhist?

Shouldn't that be 'Farang'?

In India they say Firangis, and I found it amusing the Thais have a word very similar to that, so there you go.

[opebo]

I can't open that link.  Did they ban tatooing?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I can't open that link.  Did they ban tatooing?

They're considering banning Buddhist religious tattoos for foreign tourists.

[opebo]

I can't open that link.  Did they ban tatooing?

They're considering banning Buddhist religious tattoos for foreign tourists.

Oh I see..  well that is a step towards good taste, but I agree it isn't a good sign generally.