re: "Two high schoolers face protest charges" (BP, November 20, 2020)
Dear editor,
What parent, what teacher, what school, what family would not be proud of the intelligence, the studiousness, the articulateness, the critical thinking skills, and the moral understanding of these two patriotic students being legally hounded by the law? Thailand should be praising them. Yet as the evangelist Luke tells us, Jesus warns that "No prophet is accepted in his own country" (Bible, KJV, Luke 4:24).
Thai law replicates too well the status quo that Jesus indicted throughout his ministry. The accounts of the Bible's other gospel writers confirm the Christ's criticism of the conservative failure to honour those who deserve it for bravely speaking truths that need to be heard. Rather than being a cause of patriotic young Thais protesting its injustice, surely the law should heed ancient wisdom that in fact comports with good morals.
It is not too late to listen to the words of those on the streets who see a better future for their country. Do not repeat the wrongs of the false preachers of law-and-order of ancient Judea who, in the name of maintaining their peace and their social order, crucified according to the law the street activist who dared teach a better society founded on such values as justice, honesty, compassion and acceptance.
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 November 23, 2020, under the title "Parental pride" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2024007/parental-pride
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