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  Lessons from history

  Oped, Postbag, Published on 16/06/2021

  » Re: "Govt jab management fails to hit home," (Opinion, June 14).

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  Lessons from history

  News, Postbag, Published on 16/04/2016

  » I have just finished reading the third novel in Robert Harris's brilliant trilogy based on the life of Cicero. It's about politicians who struggle to practise and defend democracy, but fail because of the corruptibility and greed of many of them. The politicians are divided, and some favour allowing the all-powerful general, Julius Caesar, to take control of the empire.

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  Unabated madness

  News, Postbag, Published on 15/04/2016

  » Here in Pattaya, Songkran apparently started on Tuesday on Beach Road but unfortunately it has also started to infect the roads back from the sea. Foreigners are roaming the streets and dominating the bars firing high-powered water guns into the faces of motorcyclists.

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  Define 'referendum'

  News, Postbag, Published on 13/04/2016

  » Re: "State spies out on prowl for referendum mischief", (BP, April 11).

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  Same story with Tibet

  News, Postbag, Published on 26/02/2016

  » Re: "China not in the wrong", (PostBag, Feb 25).

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  Divisive Thaksin tactics

  News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2016

  » Re: "Poll 'charade', says Thaksin", (BP, Feb 22).

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  Sanctioned deaths

  News, Postbag, Published on 25/02/2016

  » In your editorial "Officials in a haze", (BP, Feb 23), concerning the smoke haze in northern Thailand that has been increasing since 2007, you pin most of the blame on large agro-companies burning vegetated land to clear it for corn plantations, and the accompanying ill-effects on people's health.

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  Think more carefully

  News, Postbag, Published on 15/02/2016

  » T Hinker ("Abused by the men in orange", Postbag, Feb 14) is accurate in referring to the corrupt commercialism of Thai Buddhism. But when he refers to Buddhism as a "simple philosophy of naive intent" it is he who is being naive.

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  Having it both ways

  News, Postbag, Published on 18/02/2016

  » The Bangkok Post reported on Tuesday that monks demonstrating at Phutthamonthon have made two demands: Firstly, that Buddhism be declared the official state religion in the new constitution, and, secondly, that the prime minister should stop government agencies from interfering in matters relating to the monastic community.

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  Makes no sense at all

  News, Postbag, Published on 22/04/2016

  » In order to "increase customer satisfaction", a Thai bank, which previously issued debit cards allowing people to withdraw cash at the ATMs of many other banks, has now issued a newer version which only allows withdrawals from the issuing bank.

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