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Pedestrian roadkill
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2021
» I found Japanese ambassador Kazuya Nashida's observations about Thailand fascinating, especially when he contrasted the customary politeness of Thais to their behaviour when driving (BP, Feb 22).
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'Pretenderloin' not so bad
News, Postbag, Published on 13/12/2020
» Eric Bahrt in his Dec 12 letter is back again with his "Meat is murder" campaign. I'm not in agreement with Eric, but this time he did touch a sympathetic nerve. During the late 50s when Chicago was the meat packing capital of the USA, (and I was still a teenager), I was taken on a tour of the Swift and Armor meat slaughterhouses and packing plants. I vomited copiously at the disgusting spectacle before me, and swore never to eat another piece of meat. I lasted about a year before I recanted and had a burger. Did I learn my lesson? Yes Eric, I did. But I'm still carnivorous.
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Jack Ma's lesson
News, Postbag, Published on 30/11/2020
» Given the poor English language proficiency of Thais, what can Jack Ma teach us about learning English?
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Unwarranted charge
Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/11/2020
» After reading the forward vision of Bank of Thailand governor, Sethaput Suthiwart-Narueput, a few of us are a bit concerned. Is this a pretext of what's to come? Case and point: the Thai Military Bank has decided to engage in an "excessive fee" (for any tourist, businessman, employer, employee or expat) when making a withdrawal from an international overseas account via an ATM machine.
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A pointless wait
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/09/2020
» Re: "Nida poll a wake-up call", (Editorial, Sept 29), I think if it is incumbent upon veteran politicians and Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha "to overhaul the system and show us democracy will be a long lasting solution for the country" we will be waiting a long, long time. In case you haven't noticed, this is a selfish, self-righteous group who think they are entitled to their power by virtue of their seniority/longevity and you'd best learn your place or leave this country. They have no intention of sharing their power with anyone but themselves and probably will be in power until they die.
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We are family
News, Postbag, Published on 17/08/2020
» Re: "The need to acknowledge the modern family", (Opinion, Aug 12).
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United? It already is
Oped, Postbag, Published on 08/08/2020
» Re: "We must stay united, says PM", (BP, Aug 7).
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Justice? Money talksey talks
Oped, Postbag, Published on 01/08/2020
» Re: "Thai justice system overhaul overdue", (Opinion, July 31).
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Thai racism again
Oped, Postbag, Published on 17/06/2020
» Great to see the letter from Jan Servaes, especially as his position with Unesco had been communication for sustainable social change. As he very politely pointed out Thailand appears to have no respect for the institution of marriage especially if one partner happens to be a non-Thai. At a time when Immigration is often stating that visitors and stayers need to have the correct visa it seems that they themselves don't wish to supply you the pertinent document.
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What ails Thailand
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/05/2020
» Sanitsuda Ekachai's May 18 column, "When education supports rape culture", is a brilliant tour-de-force of what ails Thailand -- racism, toxic nationalism and a widespread indifference toward the bad treatment of women.
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