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Thai lives matter
News, Postbag, Published on 17/02/2016
» Re: "CAAT settles plan to lift red tag", (BP, Feb 15)
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.
Publicity never bad
News, Postbag, Published on 16/02/2016
» Thanks for your brave attempt at clarifying what bridge is and is not (Life, Feb 15). One of the unintended consequences of the saga is that the Pattaya bridge club, small by international standards, is now the most famous in the entire world, with several hundred newspaper and TV reports and tens of thousands of comments on blogsites talking about it. The tale has also made Jeremy Watson (the organiser) and myself (the founder, in 1994) the best-known bridge players throughout the five continents even though our standards sadly fall short of the brilliance usually required for notoriety.
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.
Fix transport system
News, Postbag, Published on 19/02/2016
» Re: “Don’t scrap trains, charge for city cars”, (BP, Feb 17).
There must be reform
News, Postbag, Published on 22/02/2016
» Re: "Of military, monks and an unholy mess" (Commentary, Feb 20).
Divisive Thaksin tactics
News, Postbag, Published on 23/02/2016
» Re: "Poll 'charade', says Thaksin", (BP, Feb 22).
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.
Same story with Tibet
News, Postbag, Published on 26/02/2016
» Re: "China not in the wrong", (PostBag, Feb 25).
Weird science
News, Postbag, Published on 23/12/2015
» Re: “Slaves to irrationality”, (PostBag, Dec 22).