Re:Woman Is Sentenced to 43 Years for Criticizing Thai Monarchy
by DyslexicAtheist on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:40AM
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> It seems like what's being described
yes this was exactly what I wanted to say. the local norms have over time become illegal and many regions still have a combination of both.
Say ... if a local person was just arriving on the island, without any reference (would be an odd thing to do but for the sake of argument[1]) this person then (hypothetically) gets robbed at the pier, his next stop isn't the police who might end up beating him or finding ways to extort him, but they would visit whoever ran the village. They would beg for work, and they'll chat about who they might know in common, and find an arrangement (maybe even find the offender and get their stuff back). The police would be the last place they'd go to not only because they're corrupt but because it would potentially make the village elder who is actually in power lose a little face.
[1] it's risky traveling being both without reference AND poor. especially poor folk would do everything in their power to arrange with people at their destination about their visit. so a job seeker turning up at the police saying they've been robbed would raise a lot of questions. (the person might be a good shoe-in for case they have open since a while and are still looking for a suspect).
yes this was exactly what I wanted to say. the local norms have over time become illegal and many regions still have a combination of both. Say ... if a local person was just arriving on the island, without any reference (would be an odd thing to do but for the sake of argument[1]) this person then (hypothetically) gets robbed at the pier, his next stop isn't the police who might end up beating him or finding ways to extort him, but they would visit whoever ran the village. They would beg for work, and they'll chat about who they might know in common, and find an arrangement (maybe even find the offender and get their stuff back). The police would be the last place they'd go to not only because they're corrupt but because it would potentially make the village elder who is actually in power lose a little face.
[1] it's risky traveling being both without reference AND poor. especially poor folk would do everything in their power to arrange with people at their destination about their visit. so a job seeker turning up at the police saying they've been robbed would raise a lot of questions. (the person might be a good shoe-in for case they have open since a while and are still looking for a suspect).