President Donald Trump speaks during at the White House. Photo/AP
President Donald Trump speaks during at the White House. Photo/AP
Tsunami warning alerts, Donald Trump coverage and a "sub-par" version of the New Zealand national anthem are among the issues sparking upset and enthusiasm from readers today.
Siren better warning system
"I turn my cellphone off when I go to bed as otherwise it wakes me up with ding alerts and sometimes rings from people ringing my number in error at 3 o'clock in the morning. So that [tsunami] system (News, October 23) is of no use to me.
"Even with double glazing, I would probably hear a siren. It's a pity that traditional idea has been excluded."
The issue over tsunami alert systems is still something not everyone can agree on. Photo/file
Hit job on Trump
"The Washington Post article "Eloquence of Presidents Past" (World, October 21), is another hit job on the US President.
"It talked about Donald Trump's bragging about giving condolences to fallen US service personnel.
"I expect this from a left-leaning media who are still licking their wounds, but after close to a year since his election, isn't it time they got a grip on their disdain? What most of your readers won't know (because you don't provide alternate viewpoints) is the Democratic senator who claimed Trump insulted the memory of a son killed in Niger was making pure political capital.
"If the lies and distortions the mainstream media told about Donald J Trump were true, he would not be the people's president.
"With the non-reporting of his opponents' misdeeds - search stories on John Podesta, Clinton cash, Uranium One, Benghazi - many facts are unknown to most Kiwis. Donald Trump is far from the perfect man but he is working hard to make America a strong nation again.
"I cringe reading and watching the one-sided news coverage of US politics.
"Maybe there are parallels to our political scene where the media have one politician who they love to hate." (Abridged)
Murray Maunder Otumoetai
Anthem off key
"When, oh when, will we get our anthem sung in the key and the notes in which it was composed?
"Last Saturday at Suncorp, the diction was sub-par, whole notes were split and sung on two levels, any form of timbre was non-existent, it was tonally dead and the speed was that of a funeral dirge.
"When will we get a singer who is content to sing as composed that can be followed by us minions instead of showing off his own peculiar version trying to stamp a personal trademark on his performance?
"An anthem helps to depict the virtues of the land, the strength of the people striving for success and usually a request for divine help.
"It is not a performance, it is a simple and maybe rousing song to be sung by the masses.
