Sawatdee, krup! Hi there! Thanks for clicking by. How are you doing today? Ready for a pick-me-up? You've come to the right place. There's a fresh pot of coffee on the burner and a tray of delectable virtual treats waiting for you. Hey, you know how you can feel boxed in sometimes with nowhere to turn? Well, here's someone who has taken the box and is using it to make a statement!
A dean at Mahidol University, in Bangkok, Thailand said he would protest against
the university president's decision to keep his academic seat after he was
appointed public health minister.
Rajata Rajatanavin, the university's president, was appointed public health minister on Aug 30.
Sugree Charoensook, dean of the College of Music, said he would walk with his head in a box from the college to the president's office to attend the deans' meeting at 9am on Wednesday and to the university's council meeting on Sept 17.
His symbolic move was based on the Thai proverb referring to a person who has done something so shameful he has to cover his head with a bucket so nobody knows who he is.
Mr Sugree said he found it unacceptable that a professor and doctor lacked conscience and worked full-time in both capacities, which require different skill sets.
"I don't agree with [anybody] simultaneously taking an academic position and a minister seat, which is a political position. Academic work requires that you have freedom of thought and should not be politically dominated. They don't mix," Mr Sugree said.
"But there's only so much I can do since this involves someone's conscience and ethics. I'd like him to resign from one of the positions."
"When I saw the president's letter saying he would not resign from both positions, I disagreed
"But no one at the university said anything.
Refraining from showing your disagreement is so childish.
"We should recognise the country needs people to stand up for what's right. What's wrong is wrong and what's right is right. We shouldn't try to find supporters so we feel we're doing the right thing [when it's wrong]. We shouldn't justify wrongdoing. Good deeds don't need justification," Mr Sugree said.
Source: Bangkok Post online
Rajata Rajatanavin, the university's president, was appointed public health minister on Aug 30.
Sugree Charoensook, dean of the College of Music, said he would walk with his head in a box from the college to the president's office to attend the deans' meeting at 9am on Wednesday and to the university's council meeting on Sept 17.
His symbolic move was based on the Thai proverb referring to a person who has done something so shameful he has to cover his head with a bucket so nobody knows who he is.
Mr Sugree said he found it unacceptable that a professor and doctor lacked conscience and worked full-time in both capacities, which require different skill sets.
"I don't agree with [anybody] simultaneously taking an academic position and a minister seat, which is a political position. Academic work requires that you have freedom of thought and should not be politically dominated. They don't mix," Mr Sugree said.
"But there's only so much I can do since this involves someone's conscience and ethics. I'd like him to resign from one of the positions."
"When I saw the president's letter saying he would not resign from both positions, I disagreed
"But no one at the university said anything.
Refraining from showing your disagreement is so childish.
"We should recognise the country needs people to stand up for what's right. What's wrong is wrong and what's right is right. We shouldn't try to find supporters so we feel we're doing the right thing [when it's wrong]. We shouldn't justify wrongdoing. Good deeds don't need justification," Mr Sugree said.
Source: Bangkok Post online
So there. A different spin on Thai boxing!
See ya, eh!
Bob
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