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Sunday Star Times
August 4 1996
Mockery of God
Letter to the Editor
by Scott LeLievre, Lower Hutt
In your editorial (July 21), you
compare the trial of Peter Ellis with the witch trials of the 17th century
and note that the detective inspector in charge of the case appeared on television
declaring society was reaping the fruits of mocking God and the likes of John
Banks.
This is a standard liberal tactic: Label your opponent as a religious
extremist and hope to undermine their credibility.
In fact, the production staff of the Holmes show appeared to have passed an
off-the-record comment by the police officer on to Paul Holmes. It was Paul
Holmes who brought it up in the interview. The officer replied that as a
society we could not afford to mock God. What has all this to do with the
guilt or innocence of Peter Ellis? Is it the editorial view of this newspaper
that because someone is a Christian, they are unable to objectively handle a
criminal investigation? If so, on what basis?
What is this "madness that the police, judge and prosecution get caught
up in"? Do you suspect them of Christian leanings as well?
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