Those Brunswick School pupils have the right idea. By contrast, wimpy club officials need to get tough with bands who are creating a permanent hearing problem with their members.
Why any sensible adult wants to dine, drink and go deaf on a Saturday night at local clubs with excessively loud bands is beyond me.
STAN HOOD
Aramoho
Gun control
Reply to: "We register cars and animals so why not firearms?" by John Thurlow (letters, December 23).
We do register cars (and animals) but that's because there are multiple (and differing) reasons involved in the registration of such things besides that of ownership.
In the case of cars, ownership is established, but should one go missing and it is used in the commission of a crime, knowing who owns it does nothing to tell police where it is or who has it now. Checkmate.
Once, we also registered firearms, but unlike cars, the only reason we did so was to assist the police solve crimes involving firearms. Unfortunately, it almost never did. As with cars, if a firearm goes "missing" (and they do) registration won't tell anyone (including police) where it is or who has it now. Since there is no possible way to register persons unknown who may or may not have current possession of said firearm, what exactly is the point?
Remember, police introduced registration in 1922. Unlike cars, its only purpose was to prevent crime, but they had abandoned it by 1982. By then there were some 30,000 firearms missing (their statistics, not mine). They knew who owned them, they had addresses, but only God knew where they were.
They reasoned, quite rightly, that licensing owners would be more productive when it came to legally keeping firearms out of the hands of undesirables.
There is still no better way to do it. Remember the 30,000 missing firearms? They went missing when firearms were registered. They're still missing.
Creating laws that waste police resources and don't prevent or solve crimes is completely pointless
GEOFF LAWSON
Whanganui
Bible accuracy
Tom Pittams must know Old Testament writers predicted hundreds of details of Messiah's birth, life, death, resurrection and return (https://tinyurl.com/aum94hf). Jesus explained many of these to two disciples (Lk 24:27).
For example, Gen 3:15 says He would be the 'seed' of a woman (not a man, ie, a virgin birth). Both Matthew and Luke confirm Jesus' virgin birth and birthplace as prophesied (Mic 5:2).
There are sometimes a number of fulfilments or part-fulfilments of a prophecy, but scholars the world over agree "Immanuel" which means "God with us" refers primarily to Jesus. No one suggests Hezekiah was God. (https://tinyurl.com/y9oh54jp)
All 66 books of the Bible, written by 40 different authors, over a span of 1500 years, have amazing unity of message and purpose. (God created people for relationship with Him, we turned away from Him, disobedience is punishable, but to release us from the penalty, Jesus lived a perfect human life and willingly paid the price of sin for any who receive and follow Him).
Christians around the world rely on the Bible because it is both accurate and reliable (as the world's most historically authenticated document, attested to by archaeology and other sciences) and because an open-hearted reader is transformed. God loves us more than we can imagine and invites us to live in His strength.
Without Him, I would have been a suicide statistic or an alcoholic. I am so thankful that He showed up when I was at my weakest. I cannot deal with life on my own, but Jesus gives me peace even when my world is falling apart.
Tom tells me he wasn't offended by my previous letter; Stan Hood: disagreement with a person's ideas isn't a rejection of the person themselves.
We are all wrong from time to time and I am happy to be corrected wherever I am in error.
I suggest Stan reread Romans 1, especially vs 18-23.
I wish Tom, Stan and all the staff and readers of the Chron a peaceful and joyful Christmas. Arohanui.
MANDY DONNE-LEE
Aramoho
Avenue trees
Re P Smith's letter: When I asked about the state of the Avenue footpath I was told the trees are the problem and they have been protected.
Whoever agreed to this has no regard for people's welfare.
JILL CALLAGHAN
Whanganui
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