I am full of admiration for all journalists in Thailand who have the courage to work according to their believe, reporting as much the truth as allowed in a grey zone of censorship and thus always being in danger of harassment, punishment and more.

The Lèse Majèsté law which existed in Germany until the beginning of the last century is widely seen as the template for the Thai law. Therefore the German language audience should even more understand the real reason and background of such a law.

I want to express the utmost moral encouragement, and writing these words the guys who are running the homepage www.schoenes-thailand.de in German language asked me to speak in their name too. We will carefully follow the case and will report as widely as possible wherever we can reach the German public opinion. You are not alone.

Further more we hope that this case will encourage the media worker to develop a united stance against this type of pressure from an unelected group of people who are distributing fear and scare using archaic laws which had been installed under an undemocratic system in order to avoid the development of free speech and free media.

Many examples in European countries proof that no draconian laws are needed to protect the dignity of a monarch who is accepted by its citizens. How much less such law should be needed within a society which is so much full of love and appreciation for its monarch as is the case in Thailand.

We hope that the discussion which will now start will lead to a dropping of this case but also of other cases and finally reduce the law to an internationally accepted form and in accordance with the human rights as declared in ECHR – European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms which had been signed by all European monarchies, or in the case of Thailand in the framework of a more global Human Rights Convention.

A heartfelt and admirable comment - albeit futile, I fear.
The Thai state has some time ago agreed to cross the line between people's freedom and state power for the benefit of the latter. Many are concerned that Thailand will take after Burma - in fact, what is happening is a lot worse because it is deceptive and far more invasive and pervasive that is being let on.
People rightfully do not know what is engendering this lese majeste putsch, but in fact it is because those who pull the strings are just making sure they keep doing so. The military, as powerful as it is, is only a tool. It, too, is being directed. From military we now have the police, even citizens recruited by loyalty to spy on one another.
Ayn Rand would have a heyday here.