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Letters: Alan Jones, life, market garden land and Christians

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Australian radio shock jock Alan Jones. Photo / Getty Images

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Opinion

The comments Australian radio shock jock Alan Jones made about New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, viz that Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison should "shove a sock down her throat", confirms that wisdom does not necessarily come with age.

Jones might be twice the age of Ardern, who is only 39, but the NZ leader displays far more wisdom, grasp and understanding of the real world and the threat posed by climate change. Jones' comment shows he is seriously short supplied in his grasp of that reality. Hence his rubbish talk, which has been roundly condemned internationally.

Let's hope that knocks some sense into the old head.

Rajend Naidu, Sydney

Life is all we have, enjoy it

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I do not always agree with Paul Little, but I congratulate him on "The children are our future" (August 4).

Yes, fewer humans would mean much less pollution from the rubbish we create, but what would be the value of a "pure" planet with no one to enjoy it?

We all start life as children, and very few of us wish to die. Life is all we have, and for most of us parents, our children and theirs are our main source of happiness and sense of fulfilment. Our tiny share of eternity is through them.

History is full of dire predictions, but most never happen. As Little says, "we need to have faith in ourselves and our potential". And love is the answer to many problems.

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John Hampson, Meadowbank

Look after market garden land

We hope these 12,000 new houses proposed for Pukekohe do not encroach any further on to good market garden land. But as common sense is none too common these days, I have my doubts.

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After being called on her prejudiced account of Christian history in general (21/7), Patricia Butler shifts focus to the Catholic Church: protected paedophilia and its wish to "inflict its standards on us" (Letters, August 11).

Again, no reference to the good the Catholic Church does or the fact that all organisations, like all individuals, are mixed bags of good and bad.

Everyone else lobbies, why must some be silent? Perhaps Butler is part of the "rational" secular elite who believe Christians should stay out of politics — not make submissions to Select Committees, perhaps not even vote. Secular NZ is becoming very prejudiced.

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Steve Russell, Hillcrest

Red-card whiners get it wrong

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And I thought it was the English fans who were the whingers.

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René Blezer, Taupō

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