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Do not take for granted what the government says

Aug 03, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
It becomes necessary to teach one’s self the stories of the past and to accept everything else with a grain of salt. More so living in a pronouncedly divided society doesn’t help this quest for information; the power of the day tells you glamorous highlights of their tenure while neglecting to fill us in on the troubled aspects of a glooming future. A few days ago, I listened to speeches at a rally held in Leonora by the PPP/C, siphoning out the boyish banter, there was actually a lot to be awakened about.
There is a crisis with the sugar industry; that much we know and rice continues to struggle along meager price lines with limited governmental intervention, while oil remains a stark enigma to many. The PPP/C was once on the thrones per say and now it is time for another. Sadly the people, you and I- the hoi polloi of society only get the chance to elect those in power and then we are fed what they want us to know and feel through their strategic political channels.
The struggle that it is, we now have to find ways to gather bits of the truth and what exactly is going on in our country to take care of the future. But how does the average individual find truth and answers in such an unprincipled society? There is no easy way to know the underlying workings of what is really happening but there are for sure repercussions for all involved.
My contention is to encourage minds to be salty when dealing with what is being pedaled everywhere; do not take for granted the ranting of a government willing to ‘change’ everything. What are we changing to? Is it just a reversion to the past? Think for yourselves and listen to those who were once there, to those who know a tad more than we do.
Nafeeza Khan

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