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**Anteneprorid** · 09-22-2012, 06:09 AM

Quote[/b] (sawatdee @ Jan. 28 2005,09:40)]On our web sites, we maintain self-censorship in order to survive. That includes what other people say or what pictures they post on our forums. Life is too short.

IMHO, sometimes self-censored is important. We have often seen the extreme opposite case where some people do not have any sense (or they don't care) that while practising their rights to speak up or criticise, they are actually intruding into the rights and freedom/privacy of others. In order to have complete freedom, everyone needs to have self-discipline (which is sadly lacking in some individuals). Freedom without Self-Discipline leads to Anarchy.

In the yeats before, the amount of censorship in my country is very high, but that has been very much relaxed over the years as the nation matures. We are after a very young nation despite our economic progress. As we mature, the censorship is gradually being relaxed. Nowadays our citizens are actually enouraged to speak up, even if it means criticizing our government, but old habits die hard. Most are still afraid. I have learnt that as long as one is constructive and does not have any ulterior motive other than the desire to improve my own country, criticizing my own government is allowed, if not actually encouraged. Interesting the current generation of government is much more open-minded, and they even tolerance non-constructive views as long as they are satisfied it is not an atttempt to stir up any racial or religious disharmony (for example).

Hopefully over time, Thailand will see the same thing. Further, Internet access is still not pervasive there, unlike in Singapore where almost every home can have access to broadband (at reasonable cost) if they so desire. I wish the situation is better in Bangkok and I can have broadband in the condo/apartment I chose to stay in. Seems that not all offers that capability and even getting fixed line may not be that easy due to lack of availability (at least that was the situation in Chinagrai, as told to me by TOT)

09-22-2012, 06:09 AM	#12
Anteneprorid Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 489 Senior Member	Quote[/b] (sawatdee @ Jan. 28 2005,09:40)]On our web sites, we maintain self-censorship in order to survive. That includes what other people say or what pictures they post on our forums. Life is too short. IMHO, sometimes self-censored is important. We have often seen the extreme opposite case where some people do not have any sense (or they don't care) that while practising their rights to speak up or criticise, they are actually intruding into the rights and freedom/privacy of others. In order to have complete freedom, everyone needs to have self-discipline (which is sadly lacking in some individuals). Freedom without Self-Discipline leads to Anarchy. In the yeats before, the amount of censorship in my country is very high, but that has been very much relaxed over the years as the nation matures. We are after a very young nation despite our economic progress. As we mature, the censorship is gradually being relaxed. Nowadays our citizens are actually enouraged to speak up, even if it means criticizing our government, but old habits die hard. Most are still afraid. I have learnt that as long as one is constructive and does not have any ulterior motive other than the desire to improve my own country, criticizing my own government is allowed, if not actually encouraged. Interesting the current generation of government is much more open-minded, and they even tolerance non-constructive views as long as they are satisfied it is not an atttempt to stir up any racial or religious disharmony (for example). Hopefully over time, Thailand will see the same thing. Further, Internet access is still not pervasive there, unlike in Singapore where almost every home can have access to broadband (at reasonable cost) if they so desire. I wish the situation is better in Bangkok and I can have broadband in the condo/apartment I chose to stay in. Seems that not all offers that capability and even getting fixed line may not be that easy due to lack of availability (at least that was the situation in Chinagrai, as told to me by TOT)
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