# Nepal Abolishes Monarchy Today, Becomes Republic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepal-abolishes-monarchy-today-becomes-republic/450860 "2008-05-28T07:40:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepal-abolishes-monarchy-today-becomes-republic/450860/21 "2008-05-29T09:49:01Z")
Yep, I was wrong, it is Bhutan I was thinking of, not Nepal. Don’t know how I got them mixed up, especially as I was recently reading about Bhutan. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepal-abolishes-monarchy-today-becomes-republic/450860/22 "2008-05-29T10:19:43Z")
[QUOTE=MEBuckner] Which is a good argument right there for abolishing the Thai monarchy, if you ask me. [/QUOTE] To be fair, the King himself doesn´t like those lese majeste laws. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepal-abolishes-monarchy-today-becomes-republic/450860/23 "2008-05-29T11:24:40Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] To be fair, the King himself doesn´t like those lese majeste laws. [/QUOTE] Hasn’t the King of Thailand waded in to voice disapproval of what the politicians of that country do from time to time? With a bit more effect than other monarchs? ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepal-abolishes-monarchy-today-becomes-republic/450860/24 "2008-05-29T16:39:21Z")
I wonder what Kiran Chetry thinks about it. She’s half-Nepalese and she’s an anchor on CNN. Did she do a report on it for American Morning? Anyone know?? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepal-abolishes-monarchy-today-becomes-republic/450860/25 "2008-05-29T17:30:11Z")
It is my understanding that the latest coup in Thailand was made fairly bloodless due to the brokering by the King. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepal-abolishes-monarchy-today-becomes-republic/450860/26 "2008-05-29T17:36:34Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] To be fair, the King himself doesn´t like those lese majeste laws. [/QUOTE] Um… why doesn’t he just abolish them, then? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepal-abolishes-monarchy-today-becomes-republic/450860/27 "2008-05-29T18:02:54Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Um… why doesn’t he just abolish them, then? [/QUOTE] He doesn’t have the power to. The law is usually used as a weapon against enemies of the government. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nepal-abolishes-monarchy-today-becomes-republic/450860/28 "2008-05-30T03:36:58Z")
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