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Belligerent individuals incite further division

Pro- and anti-government groups have to respect the rule of law, otherwise we are doomed

• THAI TALK

  Who says Thailand can't catch the big fish?

  DIDN'T the average Thai see anything wrong when the ex-premier's wife took part in a bidding process for a choice piece of land from a government agency?
• TELL IT AS IT IS

  It's time to take a good look at ourselves and feel the shame

  CALL me "elite," call me "royalist," call me "neanderthal," call me "old hat," call me any name, I don't really mind. It doesn't matter. As the country continues to spiral down the slippery slope, labelling is no longer a pastime; it is a serious business. There is no middle ground left. As the warring factions ready themselves for the deciding battle, very few seem to have consideration for what we once called "the soul of the nation", which has long been the pillar of our stability. We as a nation have lost our perspective and our bearing. Gone is a sane and balanced sense of identity, core values and unity. What is left is a shattered spirit that is devoid of a moral compass and direction. It is hard these days to tell truth from lies; harder to find a conscience to care.

• Legitimacy will mitigate the risk of tyrrany in Thailand

  THE risk of tyranny by a majority and/or minority in the current Thai political context is a real and present danger. Last month in the Bangkok Post, Dr Thitinan Pongsudhirak, director of the Institute of Security & International Studies at Chulalongkorn University, analysed the current deadlocked political situation and the tyranny of a minority, namely the People's Alliance for Democracy.