OPINION

Poll misses the mark

Re: "Thumbs down for later hours", (BP, Oct 23).

There were 1,310 people polled, of which 55.65% said they had never been to any of those places, which leaves 580 people. Of those 580 people, 57.66% said they had not been in the past 12 months, which leaves 245 people, and so it goes spiralling further downwards as percentages of people say occasionally, monthly and weekly.

The poll is farcical and totally meaningless and not worthy of any space in your newspaper. In other words, it signifies nothing! How can you have a headline that says "most people oppose" and then open the article with "a slight majority"? Did anyone in your office actually bother to do the calculations and apply logic??

I am becoming increasingly aware of how the Post, more and more, merely regurgitates so-called "information".

Mideast nuance

Re: "Just ask yourself", (PostBag, Oct 19).

In his letter, S de Jong accuses me of being naive and one-sided on the Israeli/Palestinian situation. On the contrary, I am well aware of what is happening and believe that most Palestinians and Israelis want peace, but the barbaric attack last week by Hamas has greatly inflamed tensions, leading to reprisals. Many critics, such as S de Jong, loudly condemn Israel but, for some reason, are afraid to criticize the Palestinian side.

There are rights and wrongs on both sides, and for the sake of fairness, a more balanced view would be welcomed by the majority.

PM's global choice

Re: "Srettha invites Xi to Thailand", (BP, Oct 20).

Currently, our PM is in China for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Meeting with President Putin and leader Xi Jinping, he appears to have a foot in the two opposing camps: World Economic Forum's BlackRock and Brics's BRI.

The BRI, effectively restoring ancient Silk Roads, is about free trade worldwide. China's BRI is about education, manufacturing and free trading. Silk Roads are the roads to freedom.

The WEF's BlackRock is about a totalitarian New World Order where the concept of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) compliance will be thrust upon companies. Youth will be educated to force companies to adopt the WEF's woke ideology in return for a high credit rating. This is the road to totalitarianism. Our PM is committed to the latter while courting the BRI. With one foot in the collective West and the other in the Brics East, one just hopes he does not injure himself.

Keeping it stylish

Re: "PM directs charm offensive at GCC", (BP, Oct 21).

Towering PM Srettha Thavisin's red socks and button-bursting suits shouted at me, too. However, on reflection, I decided they were rather charismatic, akin to Laurel and Hardy's bowler hats and tatty outfits, and take the edge off very depressing world affairs and endless calls for dialogue by diplomats, often clad in designer clothing, that usually go nowhere.

Amid the latest crisis in Gaza, the prime minister is to be commended for his recent on-the-ground approach with his sleeves rolled up (metaphorically) as he rightly pleaded, somewhat and understandably dishevelled, for humanitarianism in this ongoing and disastrous face-off.