Can a Country Ban Students From Kissing, Even at Home?
Thailand passed a regulation in 2005 banning “public displays of affection” for all students in the country.
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Thailand passed a regulation in 2005 banning “public displays of affection” for all students in the country. But now Thailand’s ministry of education has introduced an amendment to that regulation, meaning displays of affection may soon be illegal for students in public as well as private spaces. A debate has now sprung up in the country, with some arguing that this amendment was crafted simply to force conservative cultural values on Thai youth.
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I have never been a fan of excessive PDA by anyone. But a kiss or hugging or holding hands to me, seems quite normal. What goes on behind closed doors is really not the governments business, nor can it be enforced (unless the parents turn in their kids). Also, as suggested in the video, forbidden fruit is always more tasty
What do you think? Can the government control PDA? Is it even healthy to do so?
It seems that culture clashes are a worldwide phenom.
Less so in some places than others. I think countries like Denmark, the Netherlands (and probably most of the western countries of Northern Europe are the most tolerant).
Odd that they should do this in Thailand though since it's one of (if not the most) popular places where Deviants go for their Sex Vacations.
I thought that was Holland. My daughter and her boyfriend went there, but they did ecotourism.
can "a" country ban kissing? of course. the question is will people obey? I seriously doubt it.
can the USA ban kissing? under our constitution, our federal govt does not have that kind of power.
So in that case one would assume that are especially fordidden to do things to one's own body (such as, say, abortion).
without getting into the weeds... I would say there are lots of things our federal govt cannot do that thailands govt can do easily... among other things, our dept of education cannot just up and ban kids from kissing on campus. the states can but even their power ends once a student is off school property.
some countries think they own the people...
in our country, the people/states own the country.
there is a big difference between our form of govt and thailands govt.
That is all very true. Yet, the video did go into our past when there was a time in our country where PDA was not acceptable. So does this become a matter of societal pressure or government?
but, was it illegal?
that kind of makes a difference in the discussion.
Seems more than a bit hypocritical-- especially in a place like Thailand!
Are all those "Lady-boys" forbidden from PDAs? Even in those bars...?
Yeah, pretty much the last country I would have expected to be talking like this.
How would you even enforce a thing like this?
I would assume that the rest of the society would have to sign on to this. There is no way government can.
I would hope they don't get to the point where they've got parents turning in kids.