re: "Stop blaming others" (PostBag, September 19)
Dear editor,
Well said Darius Hober in "Stop blaming others" (PostBag, September 19). The worst possible solution to the threats posed by false statements would be to entrust truth to the state, or to any other sole institution.
Free speech is the only sound antidote to fake claims in the news, whether put about intentionally or sincerely, whether put about by officials or concerned citizens, whether put about by good or bad people, and whether in accord with or deeply offensive to social norms. Naturally, this efficacy against fake news is precisely why dictators make a habit of suppressing free speech, as section 34 of Thailand's latest permanent constitution does to prevent important truths about their nation being discovered by the Thai people.
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 September 20, 2019, under the title "Hiding the truth" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1754239/hiding-the-truth
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