re: "Thailand's Big Brother is upping the ante" (BP, Opinion, August 6, 2022)
Dear editor,
Well said Thana Boonlert. Thailand's opponents of democracy for the Thai people are terrified of Thais freely asking pertinent questions of traditional power, presumably because that power has much ugliness hidden behind its sufficiently gaudy myths that idolize it as a pillar of the nation. Is there any reason a power that could be proudly known as it truly is would need to censor and intimidate citizens into fearful ignorance? Such abuse of power by unjust law is, as peaceful young protestors know well, a toxic malignancy that has retarded the Thai nation for many decades under a fake veneer progress. That lie of unbounded bounty leading to amazing development is glaring when comparison is made with South Korea, who threw of the yoke of military repression in 1980, and has since surged ahead in every area.
And who could not love the brilliantly impish Mr. Foucault who has served up so many smashing insights into worn out verities of Western culture? But Bentham? Just imagine if Thai schools taught the wholesome moral lessons in Bentham or his even worse, for far more brilliant, disciple John Stuart Mill? Naturally, the Thai elite colluding in coups to prop up the old ways are terrified of such sound reasoning and good morals spreading in Thai society.
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 August 7, 2022, under the title "All watched over" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2363104/control-deny-delete
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