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Narrative challenged
Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/12/2025
» Re: "Thailand's delicate stance with Israel", (Opinion, Dec 9). As a Jew living in Thailand for over 20 years, I must admit I was not happy with what I read. Indeed, found a number of statements to be offensive: The second paragraph implies that Israel's response to the terrorist attack on Oct 7, 2023, was "genocide" -- a term coined in 1944 to describe Hitler's campaign to exterminate all European Jews, and defined as "the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group".
Crosswalk gamble
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/02/2025
» Re: "Pedestrian crossings need to be safer", (BP, Feb 17).
Thorny ethics debate
Oped, Editorial, Published on 29/08/2024
» The nation's political parties are to kick off a process to seek amendments to the charter. The main focus is a clause regarding politicians' ethics and a law governing the dissolution of parties to prevent political upheavals.
Above the law?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 25/01/2022
» Re: "More charges for cycle cop", (BP, Jan 24). The case is traumatic and includes some of the least probable elements -- being hit on a pedestrian crossing by a police officer, an expert on crowd control, while the victim was an eye doctor just starting out on a brilliant future.
Lift booze curbs
Oped, Postbag, Published on 19/11/2021
» Re: "PM defends delay lifting nightlife ban," (BP, Nov 17).
Everyone's business
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/08/2020
» Re: "PM readies for rally showdown", (BP, Aug 20).