When good people stand by and do nothing, their communities will be consumed.
OPINION
I wonder what Professor Richard Dawkins, the self-described “cultural Christian”, thought of the blasphemous Paris Olympics opening ceremony?
Dawkins is famous for his atheism, not so much his work in biology. However, the author of The God Delusion recently had a Road to Damascus moment that maybe all his work to help undermine the religious foundations of the Christian West wasn’t such a good idea after all if its replacement will be Islam.
If faced with a hectoring young zealot, or similar political awkwardness, you may have recourse to the following advice.
Willis’ career is approaching election year with a stumble and a yawn. By election day, it may well have died in its sleep.
At this time of year TV and print journos down tools and, rather than do something useful like giving Willie Jackson a festive season scare by looking into certain allegations, instead think up inane Christmas questions to ask politicians.
It was a great privilege for my generation to grow up admiring and being inspired by these remarkable people. It is clear that there are many role models for 10-year-old NZers today to be as inspired by as I was at Cooks Gardens in the 1970s.
The warnings were ignored. This was preventable. The question now is whether anyone will be held accountable, or whether we’ll simply wait for the next catastrophe.
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