His recent letter to the human rights award committee suggests that Thailand's ambassador to South Korea fails to understand that the patriotic Jatupat Boonpattararaksa deserves the Gwangju Prize for Human Rights 2017 precisely because of the suffering inflicted on him by Thai law. Societies that value and support those basic democratic values do not do what is being done to Jatupat strictly according to the rule of law. Dynamiting rocks in the Mekong River is the price we have to pay for a better future, suggests the author. Go with the flow on the form of education, e.g., standing or prostrating to show respect, length of hair/skirts. V BennettCONTACT: BANGKOK POST BUILDING136 Na Ranong Road Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110Fax: +02 6164000 email:postbag@bangkokpost.co.thAll letter writers must provide full name and address.

Source: Bangkok Post May 13, 2017 21:56 UTC