OPINION

It's a fair cop

Re: "Cops culpable in condo rape", (Editorial, Jan 11). Again, the Bangkok Post writes of "a systemic flaw within the Royal Thai Police". But consistent with his other promises solemnly sworn as exculpatory excuses in May 2014 of long overdue reform, didn't Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha already reform all that sort of thing years ago?

Surely it was all a done deal long before Royal Thai Police poster boys like Joe Ferrari selflessly exemplified sacred benevolence for Thai society by torturing a drug suspect to death in an honest mistake with his colleagues at work that was unfortunately recorded then shared so that the Thai public saw exactly how their self-alleged guardians acted when they thought themselves free of inconvenient openness, transparency, and accountability.

Re: "Air force eyes B13.8bn jet deal, (BP, 12) and "Navy chief will drop his submarine fund request", (BP, Jan 7).

Navy chief Adm Somprasong Nilsamai is to be applauded for his decision not to ask for further funding for Yuan-class S26T submarines in the coming year because of the financial pressures on the economy caused by the Covid pandemic.

It is a pity air force chief, ACM Napadej Dhuppatemiya cannot show the same restraint, with his eyes still set on 13.8 billion baht's worth of jets.

Or does he see the navy's move as the opportunity to advance the air force's aspirations for more toys for the boys?

Re: "Thai citizenship seekers must pass Thai test", (BP, Jan 11).

I agree with the government's newly approved regulations requiring those seeking Thai citizenship to pass a Thai-language test.

As the old saying goes: "When in Rome…"

Re: "US surgeons successfully implant pig heart in human", (BP, Jan 11).

Transplanting pig hearts or any other animal's heart into humans has never succeeded in keeping the patient alive for any significant length of time. Here is also a real danger of viruses being transmitted from the animal to the human. The only solution is for more humans to be organ donors.

I propose that from the perspective of both animal rights and human health that there be laws which allow the state to automatically remove the organs of the dead to be used for transplants. It may sounds like a contradiction for me to oppose vaccine mandates but not organ removal mandates. The big difference is that it's absurd to say the dead have the right to do what they want with their own bodies!

Re: "Abortion answer", (PostBag, Jan 8) and Re: "Mum tells cops she killed son," (BP, Jan 6).

While Felix Qui advocates abortion law, life is sacred, Mr Qui. We all have choices in life, except a conceived foetus. It had no choice to be conceived. It's the miracle of life. That, we must respect.

Re: "Focus on Laos-China rail amid fruit export hopes", (Business, Jan 11).

Like a Trojan Horse, whilst the new express train to Kunming will export Thai produce, it does nothing without putting (China's) national interest first and foremost. I think they have already saddled the country with a huge debt.