re: "Dire need for elected Senate" (Editorial, December 6)
Dear editor,
Such values as transparency, openness and respect for the nation's people, even to allowing them a voice in determining the form of their government and society, characterizing democracy's moral superiority over dictatorship, it would be contrary to reason to expect dictators or their laws made up to benefit dictatorship to respect such. You might as well expect the basic right of free speech to be respected, thereby posing a dire threat to traditional corruption by allowing a well-informed understanding of national affairs, which understanding must leave devoutly promoted falsehoods open to correction.
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 7, 2018, under the title "Keep expectations low" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1589106/keep-expectations-low
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