re: "Time to cut the 'superior' down to size" (BP, August 18)
Dear editor,
Paritta Wangkiat is to be commended for so clearly stating the ugly truth that those who think themselves the "good" rarely have a moral leg to stand on as they kick everyone that gets in the way of their traditional power, perks and impunities. The obvious examples from recent history are Suthep's PDRC mobs, those colluding with or demanding the overthrow of yet another Thai constitution, and their rule of law made up to oppose democracy.
Thankfully Thailand has such morally exemplary heroes as the courageous Jatupat Boonpattararaksa. Pai Dai Din, Chula's Netiwit and a few others inject a much needed breath of healthy air into the moral stagnation that has too long passed as "good" in Thailand. Good people, as opposed to self-adulating "good" people, neither make up nor use the rule of law to imprison or intimidate the truly good people working for a more just, morally stronger and wholesomely secure nation.
Felix Qui
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The above letter to the editor is the text as submitted by Felix Qui to the Bangkok Post.
The text as edited was published in PostBag on August 19, 2017, under the title "Ugly 'good folk' truth" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1309095/ugly-good-folk-truth
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