Alternatives were not provided by letter writers

Some say the family of the lad who noticed the Emperor had no clothes, was asked to leave town.

It seems that the self-important folk of the village were not amused to having such things noticed.

It is enough it seems to be of great importance or even middling importance in the village but to accept responsibility for the leadership of the community was much too much.

A pair of letter writers was printed recently in The Journal. Their purpose it seems was to offer a balance to local issues raised in letters written to this newspaper.

But this, the letter writers did not do.

These writers did not offer alternatives to the issues raised by this writer, or by those issues raised by others.

No contrary truths were expressed. No defense of public officials was offered. They provided nothing but ad hominem statements. They did not provide argument(s) against those they rail, because they could not.

Thus they were reduced to, “I always believed that if you grumbled about something it was your duty to try and make things better…” and, “If you won’t take the time to help, then don’t crab at the people who do.”

The inability to distinguish between right and wrong, and proper and improper, is a key characteristic of the emperor’s apologists.

Barry Boyer, Ritzville