We owe 'brave' anti-coup protesters an apology
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Reading about those 14 pro-democracy students being held in detention in Bangkok reminds me of what I wrote in a letter last year: "Once you lose your freedom there is no guarantee you'll get it back."
I think of all the Thais and farangs who wrote letters to the English-language press praising the coup, viciously attacking any country which didn’t approve of it and expecting us to believe the coup was nothing more than a temporary measure to restore law and order.
If those letter-writers have human dignity they will beg those 14 students who are so bravely fighting for freedom to forgive them.
But don’t hold your breath.
Eric Bahrt
Chiang Mai
