If they read our letters they might learn something
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Barbers, taxi drivers and barstool philosophers move over. To the list of those who know how to run the country better than those in power we can now add letters-to-the-editor writers.
I wonder whether the powers that be ever read these letters. As they are written in English, I have my doubts. I don’t know whether the Thai-language papers have a letters-to-the-editor section but if they do, I suspect those letters also are never read by the folks in charge.
While common sense prevails among the hoi polloi it seems to be a rare commodity in the lofty spheres of government. Were I in charge of a country (and I had carte blanche to do as I wished), I should designate a Cabinet-level officer called something like Reader of Letters to the Editor. That person would report back to me daily (as I would be too busy to read them myself) and I would adopt any and all of the suggestions that made sense to me and would improve the country. I am certain that my country would function much better as a result.
The Klong Urchin
