Hmmm, why would the Thai government replace an "extra-territorial" law, like lese majeste, with a law that only applies in Thailand, like the computer crimes law? Isn't this an open invitation to farang bloggers to commit lese majeste?

Someone's shooting themselves in the foot again. Or could it be that someone was fibbing about the legal extent of lese majeste law in the first place?

Has lese majeste law become a liability to the Thai government? Hence the increasing use of Computer Crimes law? Perhaps "insulting" the monarch is not a crime now? Or perhaps someone doesn't want us to think so.

Thai authorities should admit that lese majeste law doesn't "protect" anyone. It's only there to be abused by the corrupt Thai army. But the problem is that it also smears the very person it was designed to protect. The solution? The Computer Crimes Law.

But it's not going to work because the connection with the monarch, of both these laws, is still there. And everybody knows it. So give up people. The king said he wanted to be criticised, and we should all respect his wishes.