A chara, - People betimes, unaccommodatingly perhaps, hold different points of view, but society has devised a system whereby these conflicting views may be accommodated, if not resolved. It is called democracy.
Professor Ivana Bacik (November 18th) regards the holding of different views as "divisive", adding, for good value, the emotive "bitter". Efforts have been tried to devise a system to eliminate dissenting views; it was tried in totalitarian states. - Is mise,
Flann O Riain, Ardan, Eatharlach, Co Thiobriad Arann.