Re: "Dept set to inspect NY gift baskets" (BP, Dec 19).
Has Thailand really degenerated into such a "nanny state" that authorities have to police the make-up of holiday gift baskets? Whatever happened to the commonsense notion of "buyer beware"? Surely Thais are clever enough to decide for themselves if a gift basket has the components and quality to warrant the price affixed. Sending inspectors out to ensure the standards of gift baskets seems like the epitome of government overreach. Perhaps the real motive for bureaucrats fanning out to shops and supermarkets is to solicit a few year-end gift baskets for themselves.
