re: "Mass haircut punishment spurs probe" (BP, February 9, 2023)
Dear editor,
If someone not psychotically deranged but acting with calculated intent strolled down Silom Road with scissors in hand forcibly hacking people's hair, would she or he get off with a gentle probing? There is no significant difference with a teacher doing the same, save that the teacher was abusing children.
Chopping bits off people without their consent, even hair, is an act of violence. And contrary to what the law-and-order squad might deem an extenuating circumstance, child abuse is not in fact less serious than violent abuse of adults.
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 February 16, 2023, under the title "Child abuse" at https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/postbag/2507769/lethal-speedways
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