Attention city hall: Road hazard needs fixing

Editor;

It seems it is useless to call city hall regarding hazardous road conditions, so maybe putting it in writing will do some good.

On Soi Nernplabwan, about two (2) km east of Sukhumvit Hwy, in front of the Blackbush Bar, there is a pothole that is growing daily and in the past week alone there have been no less than five motorbikes who have hit this pothole, especially during the rain when it is covered with water. Luckily, only minor injuries to the riders, but in two cases the riders were thrown into the oncoming lane. Fortunately there were no cars coming and no one was killed, but it’s only a matter of time before it happens.

I hope your newspaper is distributed to the powers that be at city hall, and something can be done about this.

Charlie Brown

Pattaya

Vegetarianism

Editor;

I was taken aback when reading Bill Hunter’s accusation of bias (PM 10/6) regarding Eric Bahrt’s letters on vegetarianism, since they are invariably entirely factual. One is forced to the conclusion that it was an attempt to hoodwink readers into dismissing support of vegetarianism.

Eric did not claim that only vegetarians were talented; he merely pointed out that vegetarianism and talent were not inconsistent. Mr. Hunter’s claim that only one in a million are vegetarian is, of course, absurd. Several hundred million live in India alone and there are more than two million in the UK, not about seventy as Mr Hunter imagines!

There are a few people who have to eat meat, but they tend to hunt healthy animals which is a far cry from those of us who support a cruel industry which cultivates sick animals, pollutes the environment and benefits the wealthy. Time for a change.

Michael Nightingale

Meat eaters out number vegetarians

Editors:

Although I’ve read my share of wacko letters to the editor, Bill Hunter’s (“In Response to Eric Bahrt”, June l0) should be framed and put into the museum of Ripley’s Believe it or Not!

He writes meat-eaters out number vegetarians by a ratio of millions to one. Wow! In America, for example, over 3% of Americans say they are vegetarians while 10% say they are “near vegetarians”. How did a ratio of 30 to 1 or 10 to 1 become a ratio of millions to 1?

I’m sure if Bill was alive in the l4th century he would have laughed at the minority of people who said the world was round.

He also called vegetarians Eric’s “compatriots”. Compatriots refers to people who come from the same country and it has nothing to do with diet.

Regards

Steve Gordon

A giant step for humankind

Editor;

A Peruvian proverb states: “Little by little, one walks far.”

My newscaster of choice is Sorayut Suthasana who always asks penetrating questions that go beyond routine programmed responses. Last week, expecting yet another stale self-serving politician to say what he or she wants us to hear, I was delightfully surprised to inhale a breath of fresh air during the life-affirming interview with Nitcharee Penekchanasak and her loving parents. Nong Nunt lost both of her legs in a Singapore mass transit accident, but she has lost none of her indomitable spirit and contagious enthusiasm for life. Her glowing smile and sunny disposition have served as a bright and shining example to those of us who give up too easily, yielding to painful tragedy with self-indulgent pity. Holding it together instead of falling apart - that’s true courageous strength of character to keep going on, trying again tomorrow. Negative mindsets filled with shame, guilt, grief and depression can only be reversed with a positive energy commitment to plan, to believe, to act, to dream and to follow your heart and gutsy savvy intuition.

An inspiration to one and all, this wise beyond her years 15-year-old is determined to serve as a positive role model, refusing to let anyone tell her what she can’t do, intent on pursuing her personal dream to help others as an enabling psychiatrist and supportive guidance counsellor. Lessons to be learned from this delightfully sincere and open role model are to choose to be a victor rather than a victim and to never, never, never give up, content to be who you are, say what you feel and have the courage to face the truth honestly and honourably, doing the right thing because it is right.

Success is determined by a can do, will do spunky attitude, taking calculated risks and doing what unsuccessful losers don’t dare to even attempt. The only limits to overcoming challenges are self-imposed. We must rely on our inner fortitude, focusing on successfully winning by confronting fear, inspiring others to give more, hope more, dream more, do more and become more.

Dr. Chanchai Prasertson

Attention city hall: Road hazard needs fixing

Vegetarianism

Meat eaters out number vegetarians

A giant step for humankind