re: "Protests follow a predictable path" (BP, September 20, 2021)
Dear editor,
In his latest opinion piece, Veera Prateepchaikul makes several odd statements. First he demeans the Thalugas protestors by saying that "since they are not good speakers, their only way they could express themselves was to fight with the police and resort to violence." But have Veera and the Bangkok Post ever thought to invite them or other protestors to articulate their case? Meanwhile, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha continues to use the violence of unjust law to imprison many merely for peacefully and very articulately expressing opinions that he does not want well spoken. And that, whatever else it might be, is neither democratic nor right.
Veera then goes on to proclaim that "hopefully the mutual distrust or hatred should not make them blind as to what is right or wrong," apparently oblivious to the fact that a coup committed against the popular, democratic government of the people is certainly and indefensibly wrong. There has never been any excuse that could make such a slap in the face of the electorate, the Thai nation, anything but wrong.
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 22, 2021, under the title "Let protesters speak" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2185787/precious-forests
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