Then I noted that as the talk wandered into politics of the moment, and some radical concepts such as Thaksins shadow republicanism and the utter pointlessness of the lesse majeste law and its abuse as a political tool were discussed my friends began to keep a weather eye on who was within hearing range.
it sort of made me jump inside.....first hearing a Thai moot republicanism and second that my friends were afraid/cautious about who could hear them talk....even though this was no more than an abstract pub chat.
I know that freedom of speech is not what we have here, but this is the first time it sort of struck home.... how odd.
