Letter: New Zealand mad man’s destination not clear

New Zealand mad man’s
destination not clear

In “It’s simple: Words of hate only leads to acts of hate” (Other Views page, Mar.21), Leonard Pitts Jr. argues that the horrific scene that played out in New Zealand was a natural result of the words of hate that have become common in our lives. To use his words, “If you stay on northbound Interstate 5 long enough, you are not surprised to end up in Canada.”

But the New Zealand incident involved the acts of a mad man, and it’s less clear where his I-5 sojourn would have ended up.

In a larger sense, I prefer Pitts’ later analysis, stated in his words: “Thankfully, each of us also has the option of taking other roads to better places.”

Daniel Mauthe
Livermore

 

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