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'Pre-truth' far scarier than 'post-truth'
News, Kong Rithdee, Published on 19/11/2016
» 'Post-truth" -- that's Oxford Dictionaries' word of 2016. Trump-inspired and aided by Facebook algorithms, it clicks. What happens isn't as important as what you think happens, and if you think something is true, then what is true is simply what you think. But truth be told, post-truth still suggests an involvement of truth, how truth is there and yet is blithely bypassed by emotion and prejudice, and thus there's a more dangerous term that fits better in some places: "pre-truth".
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No to rice politicisation
News, Editorial, Published on 19/11/2016
» The political bickering over how to help farmers suffering from low rice prices does not serve any purpose except exacerbating their hardship.
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Unreasonable penalty
News, Postbag, Published on 19/11/2016
» Re: "Death penalty 'too harsh' for political-post buying", (BP, Nov 18).
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Never choose violence against children
News, Staffan Herrström, Published on 19/11/2016
» Astrid Lindgren, a famous Swedish author of children's literature, once received a German Book Trade Peace Prize. Her acceptance speech is still quoted, over and over again. Why? Because of her remarkable pledge to combat all violence against children. Including corporal punishment.
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