re: "Targeting FFP boss sets bad precedent" (Opinion, May 2)
Dear editor,
Just as Thai Buddhism, showing sincere loyalty to gold images, extravagant temples and the entrenched patriarchy of power hungry old men, deploys the letter of the Buddha's wise teachings to overlook the "honest mistakes" of those whose desires for tasty animal flesh lead them, citing the letter of the rule, to order paid underlings to commit a needless mass slaughter of animals every day in clear contradiction of the intent of the First Precept of Buddhism, so too is Surasak Glahan right to point out the bad morals in the official 'stubbornness in citing "the letter of the law"' as a means to attack political opponents whom the Thai people deemed good on March 24.
I seem to recall others, conspicuously silent when now faced with the real thing, insisting that reform was needed to heal the deep divides and injustices in Thai society. What we instead see is, as Mr Glahan notes, the seeming loyal abuse of the rule of law by the Electoral Commission and others to attack the politicians of Future Forward with genuinely good policies for long overdue reforms of Thai society and politics. This assault by weaponized rule of law on the sensibly good choice of the Thai nation is most unlikely to return any happiness to the Thai people. It is, however, perfectly consistent with the undemocratic intent of the those who annulled the Thai nation's democratic form of government with a constitutional monarchy, which act looks more double plus ungood than obviously respectful of the nation, its institutions defined under the constitution so annulled, or fundamental teachings of the Buddhist religion: you cannot credibly claim to respect what your known acts contradict.
The truly weird thing defying all comprehension is, however, that some still credit the protestations their the actors put out that such acts signify good. But the upstart Winston duly dealt with by the strict rule of law, O'Brien must be happy.
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 May 3, 2019, under the title "Weaponising the law" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1671164/weaponising-the-law
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