Stance on Gaza
Looking at aerial shots of fire-stricken parts of LA, what other place in the world does it remind you of?
Yes, Gaza. Destroying food aid, including Australia’s, in Gaza is reprehensible, but the full scale of destruction there, as we know is, sadly, much greater.
Both Gaza and LA are very sad events, one brought about by over-the-top response to 7 October, and the other, LA, so far as we know, by natural events. We mourn the huge loss of life in Gaza, and are thankful that the loss of life in LA so far is about one thousandth of that in Gaza.
While more than two billion Christians celebrate the December birth of just one child from more than 2000 years ago, almost 18,000 Palestinian children are killed (murdered) in Gaza, which is down the road from Bethlehem. That’s one dead child every 30 minutes.
They are the views of many Australians who, disgusted, sickened and angered by the duplicitous and mealy-mouthed words and actions of governments, long for our nation to make a stand for peace, for justice and for compassion.
How can we live happily in Australia knowing that so many people in Gaza are being killed, bereaved, maimed, starved and left to suffer their pain?
Bruce Holmes, Portarlington
Game, set, match
Over several years I have heard numerous comments about the prize money policy and how it discriminates against men.
Gender discrimination is illegal and so the prize money policy is also illegal. Male players are playing matches that are the best of five sets and yet receive the same prize money as women who play the best of three sets; this is neither fair nor legal.
There would appear to be at least a few ways to address this inequity: men should also play the best of three sets, players are paid per set they win, the prize money be pro rata to account for the difference between playing the best of five and three sets or women play the best of five sets. If we truly believe in gender equity and following the laws around this then this discrepancy needs to be addressed.
Stephen Juhasz, Geelong
