Law and what?
“Law and order” is a phrase often bandied about. Some use it as a political weapon, criticizing those they disagree with and as a badge of honor.
Most people believe in law and order, but in today’s conflicted atmosphere, it’s often difficult to tell the good guys from the bad. In addition, the current administration has, at best, caused confusion.
Is it law and order for ICE to profile American citizens and confront them, based solely on their looks?
What should we think when our president pardons a former president of Honduras, convicted of supporting the smuggling of millions of tons of cocaine into the United States; then attacks Venezuela and kidnaps their president for drug smuggling?
We question the Venezuelan president’s legitimacy, but how does that differ from what President Donald Trump tried to do by inciting an insurrection at our Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021?
And how can our country’s highest officials condemn the woman killed by ICE in Minneapolis for terrorism, yet pardon all protestors who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, causing the deaths of Capitol police as they swarmed the Halls of Congress, attempting to harm our elected officials, including the vice president, while Trump “sat on his hands”?
Joe Barmess, Pataskala
Morality vs. mortality
During a New York Times interview Jan. 7, President Donald Trump was asked whether there were any limits to his global powers. He answered, “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality.”
At first, I was stunned that he was familiar with the word, but finally concluded that he had confused it with “mortality.”
Neal Snyder, Columbus
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