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Too divorced from nature
Postbag, Published on 31/12/2023
» Re: "Pork puzzle" & "Meatless mantra", (PostBag, Dec 21).
PM2.5 nightmares
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/03/2023
» Re: "PM2.5: Endless deja vu in Thailand", (Opinion, March 12).
Control-deny-delete
News, Postbag, Published on 07/08/2022
» Re: "US shoots itself in the foot over Taiwan", (Opinion, Aug 5).
Rule of exclusion
Oped, Postbag, Published on 18/09/2021
» Re: "Govt to entice rich expats," (BP, Sept 15).
Hysterical reaction
News, Postbag, Published on 12/01/2021
» It was sickening to read about a five-year-old girl being deprived of her education because of all this Covid-19 hysteria (BP, Jan 10).
Endless Thai cycle
Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/10/2020
» Six years ago, with violence on the streets, [the kind that is] normally stopped by police in other countries, the military decided not only to stop the aggression but to take over the government.
So what's the plan?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/04/2020
» Sometimes it seems like the authorities in Thailand are solving minor problems like arresting teenagers who break curfew whilst completely ignoring the bigger ones.
Incomplete strategy
News, Postbag, Published on 28/03/2020
» There is an incompatibility between closing bars but not closing public transport, which raises the question of the effectiveness of the current measures that have been taken.
In the face of danger
News, Postbag, Published on 07/03/2020
» Re: "Masking selfishness", (PostBag, March 5). I have read Yankee Doodle's letter with interest. Almost everything he says about the effectiveness of face masks against Covid-19 is true: face masks are not effective against the spread of coronavirus.
Unnecessary panic
News, Postbag, Published on 04/03/2020
» Re: "Outrage over mask shortages", (BP, Mar 3). In a free market, the law of supply and demand will dictate the price of any product unless it is controlled by specific laws. The article states that people who sell masks at inflated prices are liable to seven months in prison and a maximum fine of 140,000 baht, though the threshold that determines what constitutes an inflated price is not stated. However, perhaps the demand will reduce dramatically if people understood the scenario more clearly.