Reform - a much-used word, but we don't know what it means
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One annoying word that we hear every day is "reform". Academics, political gurus, talking heads and journalists have overused and abused the word so much that it is now meaningless.
We have a national “reform” committee and we want to “reform” the country before elections.
Unfortunately, no one cares to ask what exactly needs to be changed, and how. And nobody is offering concrete examples of what is not working and how it can be fixed. All we hear is “reform, reform, reform”.
It’s time we began talking straight, and that means cutting the superficial talk of core values, road maps, stability, prosperity, sustainability and all that garbage.
Somsak Pola
