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This section is for my letters to newspapers and magazines which *didn't* get printed. I've often checked a newspaper to see if my wonderful incisive, witty and elegant letter got printed, only to find a mishmash of routine, pedestrian cliches by a parade of oafs. Now you have a chance to see the kind of letters which the newspapers *do not dare to print*! I have decided to predate these letters to the date when I actually sent them, rather than the date when I post them on the site. I am too lazy to post all my letters at once, but eventually there will be letters to the following: Bangkok Post
The Nation (Thailand)
International Herald Tribune
and any others I can't think of right now.

2004 Feb 02 [ Mon ]

Bangkok Post Letters 2004-02-02

To: postbag email at bangkokpost.net (Bangkok Post) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 07:15:04 -0500 (EST)

In today's letters column, a Thai disagrees with the idea that Cambodians hate Thais: he suggests "Thai friends... mesmerized... well-meaning foreigners" into thinking this.

I've been to Cambodia a couple of times, and I've asked half a dozen or so what they think of Thais. They all said they hate Thais. It occurred to me that maybe my stumbling Cambodian and their imperfect English were ironing out subtleties, so I asked someone with good English whether they really meant "resent" or "have quarrels with" . She considered the idea for a millisecond and said "No, we hate the Thais".

The writer may have forgotten Thailand's brutal treatment of Cambodian refugees during the Vietnam War/Pol Pot years, and may be unaware of the sadistic cruelty meted out to Cambodian guest workers. And it's certainly the case that the current Cambodian regime has no compunction about fanning nationalism. But as far as I can tell the feeling of the Cambodian people is truly hatred.

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