Dear Editor:
RE: Big brother nanny state, April 30.
I make no comment on the church argument Ms Kaikkonen has with Mr Fitzpatrick because I believe it to be a complete red herring; gatherings of any sort constitute a serious danger right now. But for her to use religion and more and longer words for her argument on personal freedoms does not make it any more valid.
We are at war – not with a seen and killable enemy, but at war nevertheless, and in such circumstances we must apply draconian measures in an attempt to win it. Personal freedoms simply must take a back seat to the common good or we leave the door wide open for the enemy to creep in and destroy.
To be moaning about having “any semblance of normalcy” being taken away is an oxymoron – we are not in any semblance of normalcy! And if we leave everything as it was before we will not shortly, or maybe ever, have normalcy again.
I would hope we can gain a significant support for the notion that a period of restriction and inconvenience, however long and unpalatable, is a healthy alternative to the potential of an unpleasant illness at best – and death at worst.
Can we not just “grin and bear it” for a little while?
Jim Taylor,
Belwood