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A nation of ever elusive justice
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 26/02/2018
» Earlier this week, a video clip was circulated heavily on social media showing a middle-aged woman going to town on a white pickup truck with a hatchet. As it turns out, the truck was parked -- handbrakes and all -- in front of her home, blocking the one point of entry and exit she had, while the owner shopped at one of the many markets surrounding her home. Comments on social media initially criticised the woman for what seemed like extreme overreaction.
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Prioritising human rights
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 27/11/2017
» What exactly is a human right? The most obvious way to answer that question may be to point toward the 30 Articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Signed in 1948 and ratified by 48 out of 58 member countries of the UN at the time, the declaration affirms several rights an individual must be afforded as a human being, such as the right to life, opinions and expression, or the right to not be subjected to arbitrary imprisonment or torture.
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Internet stifling is 'not relevant'
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 02/05/2016
» The government's recent release of the drafts of three digital-economy bills has stirred the masses, and Thai internet users the country over are united in their concern over unrestricted government surveillance of their digital data.
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Classroom respect works both ways
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 27/01/2016
» The recent incident concerning the director of Debsirin School getting on his knees to apologise to a disgruntled high school student no doubt made a lot of Thai people uncomfortable. The incident happened when director Ananth Supwaree was called out by a student for having spoken five minutes longer than the 20 minutes he said he required during the school's routine morning flag-raising assembly, a common custom in Thai schools everywhere. The director admitted his mistake to the student, and even offered a wai in the way of an apology.
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A spiritual wasteland
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 04/12/2015
» Recently, a friend of mine visited a temple to pay respects to his long-departed mother. As is the tradition with these yearly visits, he and his father sat down for lunch with a group of monks to discuss current events and religious teachings. The last thing he expected was to be talking about how Thai Buddhism is under siege by the fast-growing Muslim population, and how steps need to be taken to contain them.
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