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'Guilt' pledges worthless
News, Postbag, Published on 13/03/2016
» I'm sorry, but I had to laugh when reading the article "Police generals 'on villains list' ”, (BP, March 12) when I got to the bit which stated "where there is insufficient evidence against them to prosecute will be required to sign pledges to end their nefarious activities".
Damper on Songkran
News, Postbag, Published on 12/03/2016
» I hear that the Songkran water festival in Bangkok will be "cut back" to "conserve water"!
Puzzled by crooks list
News, Postbag, Published on 11/03/2016
» Re: "Government targets over 6,000 'top villains'", (BP, Mar 9).
Thanat's stellar legacy
News, Postbag, Published on 05/03/2016
» Unforgettable Thanat Khoman, who passed away on Thursday, was one of the architects of modern Thai diplomacy.
Their own worst enemy
News, Postbag, Published on 14/02/2016
» Re: “Army prepares to step up rocket-system technology” (BP, Feb 13).
Women are slaves
News, Postbag, Published on 13/02/2016
» Re: “PM’s gender equality stance stuck in the past”, (Opinion, Feb 3).
Bridge goes too far
News, Postbag, Published on 06/02/2016
» News of the armed raid in Pattaya by a group of soldiers, police and district officials on a bunch of mostly old-age pensioners has gone viral.
Dolly mixed up priorities
News, Postbag, Published on 31/01/2016
» What a relief! After months spent publishing page after page of trivia about economics, politics and various so-called “global threats”, the Bangkok Post has at last seized on a topic more worthy of our attention.
Rubbery figures
News, Postbag, Published on 22/01/2016
» Our goal is to help rubber farmers, not to buy their product. The most cost-efficient way to help them is to give them only the subsidy portion (about 15-20 baht/kg) while letting them freely sell their crop to the highest bidders in world markets. This will save taxpayers about 30 baht/kg, or 3 billion baht in total, equal to two thirds of the approved budget, plus 979 million baht to hire private parties to process, stock, and manage the crop, a total of almost 4 billion baht — while helping farmers as much as now planned.
Losing our religion?
News, Postbag, Published on 16/01/2016
» With the exception of a few forest monasteries, the majority of Thai Buddhists are mired in materialistic and nominally religious pursuits to such an extent that the fundamental teachings of Buddhism and its real practice have been obliterated by a tidal wave of amulets, rituals, merit making and commercial enterprises.