Letters to the Editor, Oct. 17, 2024

Published Oct 16, 2024  •  Last updated 0 minutes ago  •  2 minute read

Thursday letters Photo by Illustration /Toronto Sun

NEED TO KNOW

Don’t really know much about this India thing, Indian separatist moves to Canada to continue his clandestine activities, killed by Indian government agents. Trudeau grandstands in the media, outraged. Me? I want to know all about the Chinese police stations in Canada, their influence on our citizens, their voting directives, our politicians who collaborated with the government of China affecting our very democracy. Also nice to be enlightened on those Chinese scientists who fled the country during the COVID misadventure. Guessing Trudeau’s Bollywood adventure is over.

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Bill Vernon

(Even when he gave testimony to the foreign interference commission, it was so obvious Trudeau doesn’t really seem to take the issue of China interfering seriously)

TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED

Most of us recognize that our early ancestors did not have an upright posture and that early communication consisted of grunts and snarls. Every day I observe our citizens crossing busy intersections in a hunched position, eyes transfixed on their mobiles. They’re prepared to risk life and limb in order to extract that message from their phones. Meanwhile, some motorists are also transfixed in that hypnotic device while other drivers lean on the horn, grunt and snarl. While we are more technologically advanced, it seems that as a species we’re reverting back to the early days of mankind. In the past 35 years, the world has seen three of the most important advancements in communications, ie. home computers, the creation of the internet and mobile phones. There’s no doubt that today’s communication platforms have helped advance other areas of learning while improving our everyday convenience. However, have they contributed to the evolution of humankind? Is the world a better place … with war raging in Eastern Europe and the Middle East? The same micro chip advancements have been adapted to warfare with drones being the new weapon. With the emergence of A.I., what’s next? It’s not technology, it’s how it’s used and we as a species (maturity) are still in the Dark Ages.

Allan Leggate
Toronto

(We are addicted to our devices no matter where we are. Maybe the thinking is self-driving vehicles will take the risk away? The problem with that kind of logic is we are years away from autonomous vehicles being the majority of vehicles on the roads)

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