I have no doubt that Pravit has a professional responsibility to his job, so am going to give a bit of criticism here.

This article is sentimental, it may arouse high emotions and political sentiments; but this approach of writing gives little 'returns' and might very well generate fears on the part of your readers. I'm sure Pravit read the Times' leading article, "Siamese Spat", published on 11 November. To my opinion, that article is first class journalism. On the surface, its content may be too plain for people who understand Thailand well; but within some 250 words, its author managed to assert the key message- that the monarchy is part of the democratic constitution of Thailand, and that the room for a discussion on the monarch (by citing the king himself) and the lèse majesté law must be opened for Thais- is put across in a skilful manner. Besides, he did this without any implication of discontent or subversion to the Thai way of doing things, an aspect of which the Thai authorities and the Thai patriots would have no problem with. Pravit does write well and write better when you keep your mind still. Your articles have been appreciated by many; and I'll look forward to read some of your incoming cracking works. I hope this is a fair comment.