re: "Two hospitals damaged by angry mob after bloody brawl" (BP, July 20, 2020)
Dear editor,
Showing us what is and what can be, the contrast between the committed hot heads loyally committing violent battle against all on behalf of their fatally injured mate at arms could not more starkly contrast with the peaceful young Thais calling in reasoned, measured voices for reforms to move their nation forward. The gang of ultra-loyalists who smashed hospital equipment and threatened the medical staff seeking to help are far from the encouraging example being set by the patriotic young Thais who over the weekend assembled at the Democracy Monument and elsewhere throughout Thailand to petition for redress of perceived wrongs, who did not attack, and who left in peace at the conclusion of their speeches. Thailand needs more of the former, those who reflect critically on what is, what could be, and what should be; the nation needs far less of those whose first, middle and last reactions are angry violence and intimidation to suppress what they dislike for any reason, smashing all in their path as thoroughly as a coup maker overthrowing the nation's constitution and form of democratic government merely to assert a too male lust for power over others.
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 July 22, 2020, under the title "Stark male contrasts" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/1955459/brit-pensioners-unite-
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