Letter: Namby-pamby rubbish

OPINION: I write in response to the not-guilty verdict for three blatant trespassers. It is over-the-top political correctness. Are we too sad a country to talk of what our fathers and grandfathers fought for - the right to free speech, but not the right to break the law?

Why do we have these laws if jurors don't respect this fundamental position? Our spoilt children and some grown-ups will be grinning from ear to ear after this verdict. God help us. No, I'll take that back. I don't know who will help us with all the namby-pamby rubbish that our society is declining into.

Are we just too scared to upset someone, to criticise them or infringe on rights that they invented?

I'm ashamed to be a parent with the role models we have today. They demoralise society with their actions, then whinge about the consequences. I refer not only to those accused of crimes, but also to lawyers trying to get them off the charges.

The old way is best: if you do the crime, you do the time.

DON WATHERSTON

Petone

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