Most popular letters; most unpopular advertisements
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Sometimes for the fun of it I look up on the Internet letters that have been published in The Nation to see how many "likes" they received.
Based on my research, no letter ever received more “likes” than Oddny Gumaer’s letter of April 27, which was about the terrible persecution of the Rohingyas in Myanmar.
(Incidentally, my letter about a woman who recovered from advanced breast cancer after going on a vegan diet came in second.)
So, while world leaders don’t seem to care about what happens to the Muslims in Myanmar, it’s heartening to see that many Nation readers do.
Coincidentally, a few days after that letter was printed, another Muslim village was attacked in Myanmar and more homes were burned down.
So, have the reforms in Myanmar really made that country a better place to live? Let’s put it this way: if you’re a thug and a coward who likes to murder and terrorise innocent Muslims in Myanmar, life has never been better.
Meanwhile, although this may not sound like an important problem it’s becoming increasingly annoying.
Every time I try to read your newspaper on the Internet a big stupid advertisement comes up on my screen making it impossible to read anything else. It takes about a minute before I can even close it out. And in order to do that I often lose the entire page and have to start all over again.
Even worse, on occasions I became “stuck” on that page and couldn’t get off it.
I don’t claim to be an expert on advertising. But it seems hard to believe anyone will buy the product of someone who advertises in such an obtrusive and ill-mannered way. I just yell “will you get the hell off my screen” without even reading the advertisement. And I’ll bet other people do the same.
Eric Bahrt
Pattaya
