re: "Insults are not inspiring" (BP, Editorial, January 11, 2023)
Dear editor,
The Bangkok Post writes of Interior Ministry Permanent Secretary Suthipong Juljarern that his insulting words to those deemed of lower status show "his way with words belongs to a long-gone, feudal era." The Post should not forget that locking people up for peacefully speaking honest words that upset a big wig or his fans also "belongs to a long-gone, feudal era." It would appear the ugly reality is that Thailand is in fact still very much in a feudal era which is nowhere near as long-gone as it should have been since about 1932.
But cheerful clouds loom: setting the good example to their benighted elders of the way to a less feudal, more just Thai nation for all Thais, those brave BlackPink fans have joined theirs to the peaceful voices of the young Thai patriots being harassed for peacefully calling for reform to move their nation forward from the bad old ways of the feudal past.
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 January 12, 2023, under the title "Stuck in the past" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2480782/stuck-in-the-past
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