Whoever was responsible for blacking out the logo and name on the stricken THAI plane at Suvarnabhumi airport (BP, Sept 10) has done immense damage to THAI and the people of Thailand. The attempts to cover up the origin of the plane _ and the lack of professional integrity _ are naive and comical. As the Thai proverb says: ''You can't cover a dead elephant with a lotus leaf''.
It hurts our pride even more when the event could have been highlighted by the high professionalism of the pilots and crew members _ they saved 300 lives.
Passengers praised the pilot and crews profusely while those on the ground, starting from the chairman, CEO and ground members, unwittingly reduced the airline and Thai people to ridicule.
SONGDEJ PRADITSMANONT
Wheels of justice creak
Re: ''Pracha sentenced to 12 years'' BP (Sept 11). Thai justice is very weak and slow. We have almost forgotten this case. Frankly speaking, as foreigners, we do not care much who did what in the scandalous purchase of those fire trucks and boats, but we only wish Bangkok, as a mega capital, has up-to-date apparatus to deal with fires. What worries me very much is how all these vehicles and equipment have been stored and maintained over the past several years.
Of course, they have become older models, but most worrying is their condition _ are they still operational after sitting idle for so long?
This may amount to the loss of a significant amount of money, much more than we lost in the actual act of corruption.
RH SUGA
A not so uniform view
Re: ''Uniform opinion'' (Life, Sept 11). I think a top advertising firm should sign Aum Neko up immediately. It is rare to see someone take a risk of being so ''in your face'' in this country. I think there is a talent here that can be nurtured. As for the Thai obsession with uniforms, it's about time people started discussing whether it's useful.
FANTIA
US displays hypocrisy
President Barack Obama has stated that the red line over the use of chemical weapons by Bashar al-Assad in Syria, is not his but the world's.
The world has also made attempts to draw a red line over the use of cluster bombs but America has failed to agree to any protocols or conventions.
Here in my adopted county these weapons continue to kill, mainly children, decades after most people have forgotten what the war was all about. It is entirely possible if America decides to take punitive action against Syria that these weapons could again be used.
It is entirely feasible that, in the years to come, President Obama and the American people could be responsible for the deaths of more children than Mr Assad.
When the dust settles on the appalling situation currently taking place in Syria perhaps the world can again look at its red lines and try to move them nearer to what a civilised world needs.
In the meantime, can we urge the United States not to use one abhorrent weapon to deter another?
GRAHAME HAWTHORN
Facts can get in the way
In response to Abhisit Vejjajiva's remarks about the ''Smart Lady'' project, Thaksin Shinawatra's son Panthongtae wrote on his Facebook page: ''Well, this sideshow should at least serve as a good lesson for Mr Abhisit and other public figures _ they should be careful when speaking in public, as their very own words could bounce back to bite them''.
I hope Prime Minister Yingluck remembers this when she goes globe-trotting and says the most outrageous things to foreign dignitaries that are more fiction than truth or facts.
GOLANI
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