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It's more likely that he will end up on Thaksin's sofa-bed in Weybridge, Surrey or maybe he'll be appointed chief chef at the Middle Eastlands club in Manchester.

Arun Singh

Bangkok

 

History should provide us with lessons, not arrogance

I'm all in favour of Office of the Basic Education Commission secretary-general Khunying Kasama Voravan na Ayutthaya's wish to instil a sense of nationalism and other matters in our students to make them proud of being Thai. It's extremely important that we know our own history etc.

However, we must avoid "Our country's always right" stands, for we are all too human. Rather, we should learn from our history, so students can help improve society. For example, regarding Phan Tai Norasingh, we should teach that he was a hero because he insisted on being accountable for his actions. We should then show students role models of such accountability. We should also show them examples of where persons tried to avoid accountability, eg, Khunying Pojaman's sentencing her children to a life in exile by jumping bail after being found guilty, or the fact that no general has been court-martialed for using excessive force at Krue Se or Tak Bai.

If Obec is brave enough to follow the truth wherever it leads, and dedicated to developing a society where students know how to think - not what to think - then the proposed courses can be valuable indeed.

Burin Kantabutra

Bangkok

 

Trolley heist might be only tip of airport theft problem

Judging from the size of the cache seized by police at a scrap yard in Nong Chok, it is not possible for only two people to carry out the operation at Suvarnabhumi Airport, where about 2,000 to 4,000 baggage trolleys, each of which cost about the same as an average motorcycle, were stolen in such a short time.

It would be a good idea for Airports of Thailand to keep their inventory up to date because it seems to us that this kind of thing could happen at every level from of this state agency.

Who knows, if you look underneath the runway, you may find the foundation missing.

Vic Phanumphai

Bangkok

 

Scammers keep tourists from enjoying best of city

On the first day of our holiday in your lovely country, we were approached by a lady in front of Pratunam Complex. She told us that Thailand is under a state of emergency, and said that we shouldn't go anywhere near the Grand Palace. She said we should go to a temple that is only open once a year called the Lucky Buddha Temple. To cut a long story short, the tuk tuk took us to a jewellery shop where we were pressured into buying rings we didn't really want. The sales lady told us that we could easily sell the jewellery for a profit in our home country. Now, after searching on the Internet, we found lots of websites like bangkokscams.com that show that hundreds of people have been lied to and scammed in exactly the same way.

Victor Tan

Bangkok