re: "Sushi conveyor belt pranks spark outrage in Japan" (BP, February 3, 2023)
Dear editor,
The unprovoked acts of "sushi terrorism" reported in "Sushi conveyor belt pranks spark outrage in Japan" (Bangkok Post, February 3) are disturbing. They are clearly the latest symptom of degenerate modern literature being allowed into the hands of innocent children. In fairness to Mr. Palahniuk's Tyler Durden as immortalized in "Fight Club", whose cultural malaise was spread even further by Brad Pitt bringing him so passionately to life in the Hollywood (what else?) adaptation bearing the same title, it must be conceded that that corrupting text restricted the food terrorism to adding bodily outputs strictly to hi-so food and only in strict privacy behind closed doors, never under cameras for uploading to TikTok.
But perhaps Japanese youth have been corrupted by other sources of degeneracy spread by NetFlix and its like. How many times in "The Big Bang Theory" alone do innocent viewers encounter perfectly clear references to such food terrorism as when, to cite but one instance, Cheesecake waitress Penny, after a tiff with him, hands Dr. Cooper his meal with the ominous imperative: "Eat it! I dare you"?
At least with Thailand's abundant street food, you can pretty much see what's going on before the freshly prepared and typically tasty khaokha mu or bowl of noodles is handed to you.
Those religiously inspired American Republicans intent on protecting youth are plainly right: a lot more books, series and films need to be banned to protect innocent youth from mortal corruption that can only lead to the further collapse of civilization as we know it should Trump not win the next election, or locally, should PM Prayut Chan-o-cha not be returned to complete his unspeakably successful road map for the Thai nation through a moral rebirth into true righteousness.
Let us learn from Japan's experience before it is too late.
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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 5, 2023, under the title "Censor it all" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2499244/legalise-vaping
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