Uncivil tales

re: "Future Forward's Piyabutr denies charges" (BP, April 17)

Dear editor,

"Turning and turning in the widening gyre" of blatant persecution of the elect, at least the regime of politicians ruling unelected have given up the hollow pretence that it was to bring reconciliation that they overthrew the supreme legal foundation of Thailand as a democracy with a constitutional monarchy. The post-election moves show the divides nurtured in the festering dark of the past five years to be deeper than ever.

There is, however, a silver lining seen in Future Forward's stunning success in the election. This growing glimmer of happiness is that a large number of Thais, the better informed, more critically aware, more reform minded, likely also the younger and less tolerant of the traditional corruptions, no longer believe the tales spread to justify uncivil control over the Thai people, which hobbling has for decades held the nation back economically, socially, politically and morally.

It is hard to avoid the suspicion that it is these fault lines exposed by Future Forward's popularity that has led to the amazing accusations being levelled against those people judged good by the Thai electorate.

The events unfolding make us wonder with Yeats, writing one hundred years ago:
 "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, 
  Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"

 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 April 19, 2019, under the title "Uncivil tales" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1663724/uncivil-tales

References

• Yeats, W. B. (1933). Sailing to Byzantium. Retrieved from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43291/sailing-to-byzantium
   
• Yeats, W. B. (1933). The Second Coming. Retrieved from https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming