Thanks for being forthright in your assessment editor.
Were lawyers trained to be truthful, or were they trained to win a case for the benefit of who pays them?
I think some lawyers no longer recognize the truth, even when it is in front of them.
I rest my case.
But, I am no lawyer.

Words cannot adequately express utter national failure.

This is our future.
Are we really paying attention?
Or, just paying our taxes?
Obviously, the present political system has failed, as well.
Where are our leaders?
Nowhere to be found.

Does it have anything to do with nationality, or the ability to pay to play?
Do foreigners own web shops?

Ms. Seymore,
You state, "Manipulating journalists will not make the problem of crime disappear; it only undermines trust in our institutions."
You are assuming we have, at present, even a modicum of trust in our institutions.
Many of us do not, and have not for quite some time.
The media is the most important institution we have. That is why criminals always want to throttle, or worse as is happening in Gaza at present, kill the journalists. Fascism anyone?

My God, Birdie.
No thought whatsoever, hey?

Truly approaching a dictatorship.
Thank God we have an educational system and government policy keeping our people too ignorant to do a damn thing about it.

"I don’t know why they wouldn’t. They have all the actuarial figures. They know what the problem is and how much they’re going to raise it. I don’t know why they’re making it a secret. That’s all I can say. I just don’t know why. I really don’t.”
This government doesn't believe the public has a right to know anything they do.
Some thinking people call this criminal behaviour.

Great letter.
Well said.

Very good Alicia.
Well said and exactly right.
Thanks for taking the time to write this article.