Clapton didn’t disappoint

Editor;

Re: Clapton fans… (PM 25 January 2011). Clapton is the guitar god we came to see (in Bangkok February 2011), and he didn’t disappoint. He played with intensity and precision; no phoning it in here. It was telling that even the people in the good seats repeatedly looked back up over their shoulders to watch the close-ups of Clapton’s hands when the appeared on the overhead screens for those in the more-distant seats.

An acoustic portion of the show felt like the band was hanging out on a front porch, and the bluesy stuff rocked. Clapton played more songs from his time with Derek and the Dominos - Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? and Nobody Knows When You’re Down, and a fiery rendition of Motherless Children was a fine choice from his solo career.

Antonio Jorge

It’s about time

Editor;

Re: Automania, (PM Friday, 13 April 2012). Its about time Thailand got serious on the road rules and crazy drivers. I haven’t been in Thailand for about 7 months now, but first started coming to Thailand in 2003. Never saw so much speeding and crazy driving in my life. Drivers in Australia would be locked up for doing half of what they get away with in Thailand.

Peter Geran

What does one thing have to do with the other?

Dear Editor:

In response to my two letters on rats someone posted a comment on your website in which he noted how chimps are abused in animal research and then ridiculed me for caring about the rats. What does one thing have to do with the other?

In fact it’s disgusting to lecture me about the cruelty of animal research when no one in this country has written more about this subject than I have. For example, I had a guest column published in the Bangkok Post (“A Cruel Hoax”, August 22, 2007) in which I condemned animal research. And last year I had a letter in the “Nation” in which I condemned animal research in general and the abuse of chimps in particular.

But the point I was making in my Mailbag letter is that unpopular animals such as rats suffer just as much as other animals. But it’s not just the rats I’m concerned about. For example, how many of you readers can say you gave one minute of thought to how much the animal you ate last night suffered before he ended up on your dinner plate? Even animals that people pretend to care about such as dogs and elephants are horribly abused.

I realize that by exposing human cruelty I make many people angry. But I learned a long time ago that I can choose to be kind or choose to be popular. But I can never be both.

Eric Bahrt

Fraud in Banglamung transport dept

Editor;

We went to Banglamung transport department to simply transfer a motorbike in my fianc้’s name. An official worker directed us to table at rear of the office where a worker assisted us. The woman gave us prices that seemed very expensive, but because we thought she worked for the government it must be correct. We were charged nearly 2000 baht for this simple process.

The next day we spoke to a motorbike shop to find we had been scammed by an agent working there and the government workers receive commission on the money stolen from when a foreigner is present. We contacted her to say we wanted the process stopped and she refused. We contacted Chonburi transport to find the real cost of this was only 150 baht, not 2000 baht. This is downright theft and I will take this as far as possible.

Clive Seib

Clapton didn’t disappoint

It’s about time

What does one thing have to do with the other?

Fraud in Banglamung transport dept