re: "If I ruled the world" (Post Bag, December 18)
Dear editor,
Whilst Not blinded by the bling! feels it inappropriate to comment constructively on the Thai nation when merely passing through annually for a spot of pleasure, for those who have chosen to make Thailand their home, often for decades, it is appropriate to care and to comment. Thai law does not allow much more, but helping the subject Thai people to better understand Thai affairs, on which much Thai rule of law often seeks to keep them ignorant, is a positive contribution for non-Thai residents. This healthy expression of care includes pointing out: that the deputy PM general and defence minister's ostentatious sufficiency practices raise very real questions to be answered; that the conclusions of the army investigation into the death of a cadet being mysterious, unaccountable, self-amnestying and insistently dogmatic reflect all too well the traditional Thai military virtues that we see in the currently ruling Thai politicians; and that whilst good women and men can and do come from military backgrounds, the facts that overthrowing a constitution is bad morals, ousting a popular, democratically elected government is bad morals, and violating basic rights to free speech is bad morals, demonstrate that it is inevitably the case that a military political party that respects good morals is a contradiction in terms.
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 December 19, 2017, under the title "Learn from foreigners" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1381531/leave-our-trees-alone
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