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Christmas cheer holds in Bangkok
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 23/12/2012
» It's the holiday season, so take off your colour-coded hats for a spell and simply appreciate the city and the festivities without the politics.
Koh Kut: Your own private paradise ... Almost
B Magazine, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 26/08/2012
» There is no walking street on Koh Kut. No pubs or bars occupied by rowdy revellers. No drunken bellowing late at night, unless you're the one doing it. No DJ on the beach. No backpackers passed out on the sand at sunrise. Koh Kut is a place to get away from all that.
Proving Plato wrong
News, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 10/06/2012
» Plato argued that the majority of the people are ignorant and ill-informed, that they would always get it wrong. According to him, they are easily swayed by specious rhetoric and tend to be short-sighted, selfish and fickle. They are conditioned to fall prey to skillful manipulators, worship demagogues and are nothing but a collective tyrant. Hence, democracy does not work. Does any of this sound familiar?
Ignorance 'the main enemy in abortion debate'
Spectrum, Voranai Vanijaka, Published on 04/03/2012
» In Thailand, a woman can't just walk into a hospital and ask for an abortion, according to Nattaya Boonpakdee, coordinator at the Women's Health Advocacy Foundation. "You have to know somebody," she said, adding that this somebody may then lead you to a proper clinic, or to an abandoned house or shady back-street operation where the procedure will be performed, although not necessarily by a doctor.