Letter by JN in
Elie Wiesel comments that
you can't change government, and that fact draws the
zest and steam out of people to even try to make change. It may well be that
our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to
applying pressure on our government. But is this a reason to do nothing?
Despair is not an answer. Neither is resignation. Resignation only leads to
indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment.] While I may agree, in
part, with her, I am optimistic enough to believe that beneficial change can
happen when a level of disgust and disappointment is reached with the
electorate. It can reach a point where the government bureaucracy and its
politicians have no recourse but to change their policies. It usually occurs,
however, when they are publicly embarrassed enough and the overwhelming
evidence conflicts with their story line and they have no other choice. Such an
example is extracted from Vanguardians own
publication. It is telling a story of a citizen, albeit a former police chief,
who has single handedly, forced the city to change its policy on preventable
activities that were causing long and very long delays in getting first
responders to the scene of critical emergencies. This retired public safety
officer did the work that should have been done by