this man gets a personal word of thanks from the martic this man gets a personal word of thanks frome activism. he's now leading a campaign to get the draconian lese majeste law used more frequently against the protest leaders. but that's just not true, because in britain you can say pretty much what you want about the queen, and you won't go to prison. it's very different from the situation here in thailand. these young thais don't care about being appropriate. shocking their elders with their gestures and language, that's the point. they have already shattered a once unbreakable taboo against even discussing the monarchy. these mainly young activists, proposing that this challenge untouchable institution is never faced untouchable institution is neverfaced before. this is a battle over what it even means to be thai. the king praises his loyalists for upholding what he calls true thai nest. what he calls true thainess. the activists say that nothing, not even his hallowed status, is sacred. by the end of last year, the protest subsided as thailand faced a resurgence of covid—i9. but