Mary McMorrow, Mullumbimby
I respect the parents forgiving the drunk driver who killed their four children (one a cousin) as their way of dealing with their grief. But as a public response, forgiveness is a moral cop-out, rather than a sterner anger and judgement towards the driver who knew full well of the dangers of drinking and driving, before becoming totally drunk. It was not a pure accident. And what of his friends who watched him drive away? And the weak laws? A few years ago a ‘drugged’ driver wiped out a family of four and himself – he had 61 previous convictions.
How do such horrific things happen, and why? Forgiveness is not the answer.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
