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Prawit's watch saga
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/04/2023
» Re: "Time to end watch saga", (Editorial, April 25) & "'Delays' in Prawit wristwatch probe", (BP, April 23).
NACC must comply
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/04/2023
» Re: " 'Delays' in Prawit wristwatch probe", (BP, 23 April).
Let pupils design uniforms
News, Postbag, Published on 06/11/2022
» Re: "Casual dress allowed at college exams," (BP, Nov 5).
So much for privacy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 13/11/2021
» Re: "24,000 tipped to fly daily in November," (BP, Nov 3).
Encircled by muck
Oped, Postbag, Published on 12/12/2020
» Another news report states the prime minister says fighting corruption is his No.1 priority.
Military's shame
News, Postbag, Published on 23/04/2020
» Re: "Seven soldiers on Monday confessed to having tortured two men to force them to admit to drug trafficking. One of the two men died", (BP, April 21). The military’s role is to be a fence, protecting us from external aggressors. Soldiers have no expertise in fighting domestic crime, whether it be drug trafficking or, say, riots or political protests - that what we have police for.
Fuzzy Thai logic
News, Postbag, Published on 19/10/2019
» Historically, fear of communist regimes has been used by politicians to keep them alive, strive and win elections. In the USA, politicians always create a hostile enemy and introduce a powerful fear factor to get elected. For most of the last century, the USA treated China, the Soviet Union, Cuba and Sandinistas as a threat to democracy and the whole world. First, it was Soviets, later China, and in this new century, al-Qaeda and the Islamic State became the new threat. And now they have a new enemy -- immigrants from across the border from Mexico and South America. A whole generation of Americans grew up dreaming about communists taking away their freedom and democracy. Sadly, even today a big lobby of Cuban immigrants in Florida keeps those fears alive.
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.
Buddhism Lost
Oped, Postbag, Published on 21/06/2018
» I was appalled with the execution of a convict (BP, June 18). I don’t defend in any way what he did and if he murdered my child I would want to kill him. But that is the human instinct. When the state coldly determines someone’s death it is entirely different.