LetteroftheWeek
THANK God there are some intelligent, respectful and well behaved young ones out there, the lucky ones who have been raised by sensible (two) parents.
Unlike some of these failed mothers who encourage their kids to become rebellious and demand their rights at such a tender young age, like the ones who took part in the outrageous kiddie street march, protesting about climate change, that even our world’s leading scientists can’t agree on.
Yet P Dougherty from Burleigh Heads (GCB 20/03) makes a mind-boggling claim that “these are the young ones who will steer this world into an exciting new direction because they will be better educated and more advanced than any previous generations, and will lead us into a better world to live in”.
I strongly urge this writer to take up comedy.
What education and what advancement? The media reports so often that so many are leaving school illiterate, a high number of them can’t even write or sign their own name.
Many others are failing job interviews, simply because they haven’t been taught the essentials, a good education, confidence and personality expression required to gain employment. They will be turned away by employers, and will then spend the rest of their lives on welfare.
Might I also remind P Dougherty about today’s youth involvement with drugs and serious crimes, violence inflicted on the public, including bashing the frail elderly, police, hospital staff, ambos, bus drivers etc, and all the youth detention centres overflowing with these violent young ferals.
Is this the new generation that P Dougherty boasts will lead us into a new exciting world? KEN WADE, TWEED HEADS.
I’VE always thought Steven Ciobo’s progress in the LNP was, in someways, thwarted by the very fact of representing the so far supersafe conservative seat of Moncrieff.
He did, however, carry out his tasks in portfolios such as tourism and trade with finesse.
Times change, as he has decided to move to private enterprise.
He will be greatly missed. DAVID HALL, COOMBABAH
YES, pollution kills thousands every year and needs to be stopped but to tie it to climate change is a nonsense.
And, yes, coal will be eventually
phased out in Australia hopefully in a sensible way and not at the cost to our economy.
As for exporting coal there are millions in other countries who need it for electricity because thousands are dying from using cow dung and wood for cooking and warming. Renewables are a thing of the future but too costly. It must be phased in without adding to the already high cost of electricity. ROD WATSON, SURFERS PARADISE
IS there anyone particularly eager for a ship beached from our cyclonic whipped up, harbourless waters or a liner crashing into our densely settled shores?
Too late to say “should’ve gone to ... safe harbour in Brisbane”.
Call should go out on Facebook and other sites for a letter/ message blitz to media and council.
Difficult to have our Westpcac chopper rescue 500 or more in the not peaceful Pacific that can whip up here, especially when it might need to guard those sandbagging the beaches.
As the captain in the song does not say “man overboard” but it’s the cruise ship in the harbourless city that should be jettisoned. SALLY SPAIN, WILDLIFE QUEENSLAND GOLD COAST BRANCH PRESIDENT