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Of course he is confident

Editor;
Re: Top banker optimistic on Thai economic prospects (PM Wednesday, 9 April 2014) - Well of course he is confident. Who wouldn’t be if you took client’s savings money, gave them 0 to 2% interest and loaned it out at 6 to 15%!
Don Aleman

Thousands have been slaughtered

Editor;
Re: Thailand’s Southern Islamic Federation seeks appeal in Saudi businessman’s murder case (PM Saturday, 19 April 2014) - The Islamic Federation seems lopsided on this matter. Thousands of Thai southern folks have been slaughtered by militants in the south and yet the group carries no weight in peace initiatives and has failed to improve the quality of life of Muslims.
Zashnain

Let’s ban eating meat

Editor;
Re: Been called out (PM Mailbag Friday, 11 April 2014) - I absolutely agree with Mr. Arnone; tobacco smoking is not prohibited in principle, where you can not smoke specified by law. Why do I need someone to prohibit smoking in places where it is allowed?
You think about your future child is very good, go for a walk in the park, on the beaches where the sea air is good. Why do you come to the bar?
Meat for a vegetarian - bad. Let’s ban eating meat.
Alexander

Out came the tree huggers

Editor;
Re: Pattaya Beach still has problems (PM Mailbag Friday, 25 April 2014) - Several years ago City Hall came up with a proposal to start a baiting programe at or near the beach. What great idea. Then out came the “tree huggers” led by a renowned vegan, claiming rodents have feelings and as one of God’s creatures had as much right to be here as us.
Bryan

Killing millions every year

Editor;
Not only is smoking a disgusting, demeaning and stinking habit; it kills millions every year and almost half a million in the USA alone according to the surgeon general. It is, indeed, the silent killer.
Mr. Arnone being far more intelligent and better educated than the majority of smokers may just be unaware of the rudeness, lawlessness and sheer lack of courtesy exhibited by the typical smoker. However, he obviously has a mental block when it comes to smoking!
The US surgeon general’s latest report says that despite the many gains in reducing the risks over the past half century, researchers keep finding new and insidious ways in which smoking is harming the smokers themselves and non smokers who breathe in the toxic fumes. Amongst many other things the report identifies exposure to secondhand smoke as a cause of strokes and explains that the increase of adenocarcinoma of the lung is the result of changes in the design of cigarettes.
The growing of tobacco is the same as the growing of poppies in Afghanistan, Khat in The Yemen and hash in Wales or North Africa and the industry is no different to the illegal drug business; though it kills far more people and creates far more disease. Ultimately, governments will have to legislate against tobacco, restrict it to properly licensed outlets for registered addicts and prohibit its use in all public places.
MN

Of course he is confident

Thousands have been slaughtered

Let’s ban eating meat

Out came the tree huggers

Killing millions every year