On Sept 5, 2011, my visitor from England fell victim to an ''acid'' splasher between Or Tor Kor Market (Chatuchak) and the expressway entrance in full daylight.
Korn: List of demands
The splasher was an iron scrap collector and was pedalling a rod khen. He splashed a container of some acrid liquid full into her face and pedalled off.
Some shopkeepers helped my visitor with some water to wash off the foul smelling liquid and they intimated that this was not an isolated happening.
There was no policeman the length of the road up or down. Needless to say, my visitor will think long and hard before ever coming back to Thailand.
I sent a public warning through Postbag but it was not published for whatever reason.
JENNY
The court is right
Last week's standoff between parliament and the courts was unnecessary, if a more mature and sincere leadership had prevailed.
Pheu Thai have set this up as a power struggle between the establishment of the courts (unelected) and a new guard of ''Young Turks'' claiming the ''people's mandate'' (although there's nothing to affirm the majority are behind them on this important issue).
It is, of course, a protracted and debilitating power struggle, but this latest stand-off occurred because a certain party is in a desperate rush to effect constitutional change, so any delay amplifies their irrational behaviour.
Governments come and go every four years, constitutions last much longer, so changing them calls for careful deliberation, otherwise the next lot in power could just as quickly rescind changes.
For this reason the Constitution Court was correct in considering the petitions, however petty they seem. And, in directing parliament to delay the reading (until the next session), they were simply doing their job to avoid more complications further along.
Controversial legal intepretation often takes time. Two months longer to change something as important as the constitution isn't unreasonable in the grander scheme of things, unless of course you have a hidden agenda.
ANDREW
Chiang Mai
Not receiving you
The Bangkok Post was one-sided against TrueVisions in its front page article ''Football fans, are you receiving me?'' (News, June 10). This is especially clear in the paper quoting only two TrueVisions ''subscribers'' who seemed to put the blame squarely on TrueVisions.
Nowhere was it explained that it was GMM Grammy, the broadcast rights owner, which dictated that only those who have Grammy's set top boxes, and those watching free TV independently through aerials, have access to the Euro 2012 matches.
As a Nakhon Pathom resident who cannot reach free television signals through ''rabbit ears'' (not bunny rabbit) antenna because of the distance from Bangkok, my only two recourses would be to buy a Grammy set top box or install a tall dipole antenna just to receive TV Channel 3, which is in fact ''free-to-air''. Now, is this fair to the public?
In addition, I bought for my home a PSI satellite TV system, a one-off purchase with no subsequent or subscription payments. Among the channels available are the free channels 3, 5, 7, 9, etc, as is the usual practice.
Still, my channel 3 reception on the PSI system also went blank during the Euro 2012 broadcasts. Now, is that also TrueVisions' fault? Or is it the fault of some greedy franchise holder with a short-sighted business vision?
I would like to point out that TV audiences are not limited to Bangkok where most TrueVisions subscribers are located, and who can easily gain access to free TV broadcasts through cheap ''rabbit ears'' antennas.
The vast majority of TV viewers live in the far-flung provinces where TrueVisions is financially beyond their reach, and using ''rabbit ears'' antennae is out of the question.
KANTANIT SUKONTASAP
Toys in the sandbox
Well, once again we all see the ineffectiveness of a government demand for compliance to an order, namely the NBTC. Just when and where does real compliance to an order come into play here in Thailand?
It is completely inane, what has taken place concerning the football championship games. It is really like children arguing in the sandbox over toys, when there are plenty of toys to be shared.
The very lame excuse about working absenteeism doesn't hold water and the fact that these disputes are taking place at the start of the games, rather than long before the start also shows a complete lack of foresight or ability to do what is expected of an organisation.
I am sure there are many people who feel the same way and are tempted to end their relationship with the cable provider. Shame on you so-called leaders, you have lost face.
HYDE PARKE
Pattaya
Empty promises
In his letter to Postbag (''We can work together'', June 9), the Democrat deputy leader Korn Chatikavanij presents the government with a long list of demands and in return for complying with his demands he promises that the opposition will stop holding political rallies.
Though the Democrats' offer is a long way short of being generous, Pheu Thai might still be tempted.
When judging the sincerity of this offer I recommend that they pay attention to Korn's other statement that, if after doing all these things, ''The Democrats keep coming in second in the ballots then that is fine with us''.
Because, as a wise man once said, ''If you believe that, you'll believe anything''.
DOM DUNN
Say that again!
It was only a few months ago, in March, that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was at pains to assure us all, including the Japanese government and Japanese businesses, that there would be no repeat of last year's disastrous floods in Thailand.
Now in the Bangkok Post we read ''PM off on flood trip on Monday'' (BP, June 9) as storms and run-off batter northern and southern provinces.
Time to get those infamous Wellington boots out again, Madam Prime Minister!
DAVID BROWN
Rayong
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