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Moral conundrum
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/01/2022
» Re: "Bill on media council gets cabinet nod," (BP, Jan 13). When we read in "Bill on media council gets cabinet nod" that "the exercise of media freedoms must not infringe on social mores", all who value good public morals will be deeply concerned. This must be so since being a social mores never has and cannot of itself guarantee that any belief, custom, or attitude is morally good.
Check his credentials
News, Postbag, Published on 14/09/2019
» Re: "Thamanat wins PM's backing", (BP, Sept 11). As a reformist, Prime Minister Pra-yut Chan-o-cha should quickly verify Deputy Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Capt Thamanat Prompow's claims that he didn't (a) plead guilty to charges of drug trafficking in Australia and (b) didn't serve a four-year jail sentence for his crime, thus disqualifying him from office.
A taxing argument
News, Postbag, Published on 24/03/2019
» A reader in his March 23 letter makes a fair comment on two-tiered pricing for foreigners. But he then goes on to quantify the government's policy of a two-tiered charging system by saying that some farang do not pay taxes. I would dispute this. I am assuming by "some farang" he means tourists, as all foreigners living and working here pay tax in one form or another.
All in the planning
News, Postbag, Published on 11/01/2018
» In a Jan 9 report on the withdrawal of plans for a "skywalk" over the Chao Phraya River, Deputy Bangkok governor Jumpol Sampaopol stated that "similar walkways had been built in many big cities including London and Paris".
The gravity of the matter
News, Postbag, Published on 19/11/2017
» Re: "Don't only blame drivers for road tragedies" (Opinion, Nov 18).
Question of balance
News, Postbag, Published on 08/08/2016
» It appears the <i>Bangkok Post</i> belongs to the mainstream media of this world and only prints articles from Associated Press, The New York Times, etc (especially from Paul Krugman), but never prints articles from opposing sides.