Cornwall letters to the editor, Sept. 28, 2021 – The Kingston Whig-Standard

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Spirit

We are no more than biological robots in a meaningless universe. An expression uttered by many an atheist.

It does not explain how a human body can be conscious and aware one minute, and asleep or knocked unconscious the next. What went missing?

Here we have a human body complete in every way as before but apart from the heart continuing to beat and the continuation of breathing, is functionless. Something more is necessary to complete the person. To give it character. To get it mobile and active.

Although many of us prefer to believe there is no God and we have no spirit which such being may have endowed us with; yet other explanations fail us. From this we may conclude also that the return of our spirit into our body is the domain also of that greater being.

After all it is his to begin with. He might decide to keep it. Our body will then be left for our family to bury.

Speaking of bringing a human life to an end, let no man presume he inconsequentially has such right. This also is the domain of and at the sole discretion of the great spirit.

Even such mortal men as who have chosen to partner with the evil one and are not above murder have souls, which will eventually become subject to God.

Garry Kingma

Tyotown

Ashamed

I was deeply concerned about reports Canada has left behind Afghan nationals and their families that supported our embassy and military forces during the past 20 years.

It is very disappointing that in the six years since we withdrew our troops on the ground, Canada could not identify, document, and extract those individuals to safety.

Shame on Justin Trudeau and each member of his caucus for this failure to act.

J.N. Cox

Cornwall

Help, not harm

Vaccination is that which people take to protect themselves from diseases.

Currently, every country is trying to get its people vaccinated to protect them from the COVID-19 pandemic. We know vaccination is beneficial for everyone. It saves people from the pandemic.

It does not affect anyones health and does not damage the shoulder through which the vaccine is taken. Some people think it is harmful to health, and it damages the hand in which the vaccination is carried. Moreover, they believe whoever is vaccinated can die but its not the truth.

The fact is that it is helpful, not harmful, so it had better be taken.

Mohammad Naeem Talat

Cornwall

Raise the flags

Almost two million Canadians have served overseas in various wars and peacekeeping efforts during the past hundred years.

Over 110,000 of these valiant Canadians paid the ultimate sacrifice with their lives, and hundreds of thousands were mentally and physically wounded. We will never forget the sacrifices made by those who served and by those they left behind.

Each Nov. 11, we join together as a nation. We lower our flags to half-staff. We gather at cenotaphs and we bow our heads in two minutes of silence.

On Nov. 12, we proudly raise our flags once again to demonstrate our hard-won freedoms.

I believe it is time to raise our flags once again to honour all of those who have served, such as my late father Lt.-Col. A Marshall Irvine, and to demonstrate we are a free country.

John M. Irvine

Cornwall

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Cornwall letters to the editor, Sept. 28, 2021 - The Kingston Whig-Standard