Hope

Editor;

Hope is the dream of a soul awakened, arousing passion to achieve the impossible, enabling imagined fantasies to become actualized realities, learning to fly without wings. Hopeful determination involves daring to take risks, stepping out and keeping on trying no matter what and learning from disappointment while never abandoning resilient self-confidence, always being true to one’s inner self.

Every Sunday, I have enjoyed watching Thailand’s Got Talent, feeling heartfelt admiration and praise for the wide ranging sense of multiversity demonstrated by the uniquely gifted contestants. Each round, the most popular vote getters must reinvent their acts and expand the scope of their performance in order to advance. Thailand’s latest crowned “idol” will be richly rewarded. All 12 of the finalists, however, deserve to be called winners for the can do, will do images they have consistently conveyed with prideful dignity.

Those who have stopped hoping, dreaming and believing in themselves are resigned to a hopeless, dreamless, faithless world, convincing others to be satisfied with “leastness” rather than inspiring them to “muchness.” The producers are to be congratulated for helping to dispel biased stereotypes by emphasizing ability rather than disability, showing that negative defeatist attitudes are the limiting factor which can only be overcome with positive energy, respectful tolerance and enlightened mindsets. Chai-yo!

Dr. Chanchai Prasertson

Give me a break

Editor;

In today’s Pattaya Mail there is an article telling us about the severe crackdown on the lack of wearing helmets while on motorbikes. I have to laugh, because whilst all this effort is being expended, there is a continued throng of people on motorbikes, in cars, and baht taxi drivers, going through the red light at Thappraya and Thepprasit Roads and not one thing is done about it. (I suppose it’s) way too much work and effort required by the police to handle this problem. Disgusting! I say, “Do your job” and leave these un-helmeted folks alone, as it is apparent that it is purely arbitrary as to whom they stop. I know nothing will be done about this, but it feels good to vent once in awhile.

Choke Dii Khrup,
Hyde Parke
Pattaya

Will miss Joe

Editor;

I am dumbstruck that Joe Otter has passed away. I haven’t been back to Pattaya for several years so have been out of touch. Joe befriended me on my first visits to Thailand, offered me valuable advice about the does and don’ts of living here and generally was a good and entertaining friend.

He also helped me out in a time of dire straits. I am sad sitting here on the other side of the world mourning his passing with no one so relate his life to here. I will miss him.

Richard L. Parnell

Murder of animals

Dear Editor;

Since I’m often called a nut for promoting animal rights and vegetarianism, I thought the readers would be interested to read the following comments made by other “nuts” throughout history on this subject:

Albert Einstein: “Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”

Leonardo Da Vinci: “The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.”

Leo Tolstoy: “If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal foods.”

Albert Schweitzer: “There slowly grew up in me an unshakable conviction that we have no right to inflict suffering and death on another creature, unless there is some unavoidable necessity for it.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson: “You have dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.”

Gandhi: “To my mind the life of the lamb is no less precious than the life of a human being.”

I can only add to these quotes by saying that being in the spiritual company of a Gandhi, a Schweitzer or a Leonardo Da Vinci, is more than any reasonable man could ever ask for.

Eric Bahrt

Lending a hand…

Editor;

The Pollution Solution Group would like to honor this lovely lady and her 3 children who were on holiday at Jomtien Beach and asked if they could help us pick up man made dangers to children, sea life and the ocean.

We all removed hundreds of toxic cigarette butts, bottle caps, plastic, bar-b-q sticks, styrofoam and disposable lighters These are all things that can choke, make ill or kill a baby and sea life, and can also contaminate our ocean.

We thanked them and gave them some posters that the children will bring to school.

Hope

Give me a break

Will miss Joe

Murder of animals

Lending a hand…