Comfort zones
Comfort zones are perfect incubators for ignorance and bigotry. On good days I am entertained by those who find comfort in the “law”. On other days I am reminded that the law is often an ass. Laws do not exist for the betterment of the lives of the majority. They exist to control the antics of bad people. Take for example, dog control bylaws which did not evolve to enhance the lot of responsible dog-owners. They evolved to deal with bad dog owners. Most dog owners are good. Only a few are not, and thanks to them, good dog owners are imposed upon – no longer by the bad dog owners but by the laws that have been created to deal with them. This is called “Catering to the Lowest Common Denominator”. A serious side effect of it is mediocrity. Recently I was entertained and then incensed by a letter to the Taranaki Daily News from someone espousing his interpretation of the Local Government electoral act and its process to establish Maori wards for Local Government in