The honour is broader than simply his enjoying

It is untenable
The dreadful scenes of loss of life, struggling and destruction in Ukraine are heart-wrenchingly unhappy to observe. And no sane particular person desires a wider warfare in Europe or it to unfold additional. But how lengthy can the world proceed to witness Ukraine being devastated by missile assaults from Russia? This saturation bombing is killing harmless civilians and lowering Ukraine’s cities and villages to rubble and violating the human rights of all Ukrainians.
I hope very quickly the worldwide and inner stress, sanctions and Ukrainian resistance bears outcomes on the Putin regime and halts the horrible carnage. Otherwise, extra should be performed to cease Russia’s callous invasion. Tolerating these atrocities in Ukraine for much longer is a completely untenable scenario. If this agony continues we are going to attain some extent the place virtually everybody will say sufficient. And we’ll must act by no matter means and no matter the fee to cease the slaughter. Putin’s try at greatness and restoring Russia’s empire is being constructed over the lifeless our bodies of so many youngsters, ladies and men. In the identify of justice and humanity, simply finish this warfare.
Steven Katsineris, Hurstbridge

No-flight zone
In its invasion of Ukraine, Putin’s military has demonstrably dedicated warfare crimes. To give them any probability in any respect, the Ukrainians want a no-flight zone over their nation. Could that be achieved by different European nations donating warplanes to Ukraine to be repainted with Ukrainian insignia and flown by Ukrainian pilots?
Henry Haszler, Eltham

Call his bluff
This is like watching somebody get kicked to loss of life on the street. Putin thinks he can have the world over a barrel along with his threats of catastrophic penalties for the world. If there’s any decency, somebody will name his bluff.
Roger Hyland, Richmond

Obscene subs
How obscene that Defence spends $120 billion on submarines, whereas we depend on the ″⁣mud military″⁣ and other people’s non-public boats to rescue folks throughout floods. Go determine.
Tony Danino, Wheelers Hill

Nature’s reclamation
In the longer term, older Australians searching the automobile window as they drive alongside will inform their youngsters, ″⁣I keep in mind when all this land was lined in homes.″⁣
This will probably be a direct reversal of earlier generations who lamented the lack of beneficial farmland and delightful native bush to ever-encroaching housing.
Any website that has ever been inundated needs to be dominated out for constructing or rebuilding. Let the vegetation and animals have it again.
Rod Wise, Surrey Hills

Conditional approval
It is refreshing to see the decision for reinvigorated emphasis on educating historical past in our universities (Comment, 7/3), much less in order that it comes from inside a faith-based establishment that carries its mission in its identify. Religions shouldn’t be state-sponsored in a Twenty first-century public establishment.
Tony Haydon, Springvale

Work to be performed
Let me make it completely clear. All moms work. In reality, all ladies work. In reality, all folks work. Many folks work for cash. Some work for love however whereas folks dwell there’s work to be performed. What is supposed when the phrase “working mothers” is used, is moms in paid employment. Denigrating “working mothers” nonetheless denigrates everybody.
Ann Ritchie, Bellfield

Don’t blame ADF
Your correspondent (Letters, 7/3) criticises the ADF for turning up late to the floods in Lismore. Defence forces that make their very own selections are these of army dictatorships, not these of democracies. Our ADF (of which I’m a proud retiree) is, and rightly so, underneath the management of a civilian authorities. If the civilian authorities is just too inept to despatch them promptly, the ADF is to not blame.
Ian Usman Lewis, Kentucky, NSW

Empty-headed adverts
The United Australia Party’s ″⁣Stop Repression″⁣ and ″⁣Freedom Forever″⁣ adverts are empty, ignorant and offensive slogans right here. Yet they’ve actual that means in Ukraine, the place individuals are preventing for freedom towards the Russian invasion and repression. Does the UAP actually perceive the that means of repression? Or freedom?
Jennie Irving, Camberwell

Grant you, it’s awkward
Jenny Callaghan (Letters, 6/3) is spot on. On Q&A final week, we might see how host Stan Grant was scuffling with what to do with the “rogue” query from Putin sympathiser Sasha Gillies-Lekakis within the viewers. That Grant determined to take away Gillies-Lekakis on the grounds that his query was ″⁣selling violence″⁣ units an ungainly precedent for an ABC program. Q&A prides itself on the openness of the discussion board and the eclectic vary of visitors. Are some questions now off limits, relying on the context of their content material?
Nick Toovey, Beaumaris

No long-term imaginative and prescient
In response to Australia’s floods, the PM stated: “If you closed down every coal mine in Australia, would that have stopped these floods? The answer is no” (“After another deluge”, The Age, 5/3). Although this assertion is technically right, it’s abysmally shortsighted, and will even be thought-about immoral. What Morrison nonetheless fails to understand, is that motion that reduces emissions now will probably be counted in crops, houses, companies, ecosystems, species, and human lives saved into the longer term. The federal authorities’s incapacity to see past speedy risks and success on the subsequent election will severely impression the wellbeing of Australians.
Amy Hiller, Kew

The time to plan is now
Fight or flight? (The Age, 7/3) is simply the most recent in an extended line of articles about Australia’s crumbling shoreline. From Wye River to Inverloch, we’re advised coastal erosion is hammering the surf lifesaving amenities, that the Great Ocean Road is underneath risk, and that coastal councils are begging for funding to storm-proof their shorelines.
After the horrors of Black Summer and the floods in Queensland and NSW, absolutely it’s time for the main political events to cease shilly-shallying round world warming and begin planning for a future that integrates each severe fossil gas discount and pressing preparations for a life-style that may deal with a number of the adjustments that now we have been warned by the most recent IPCC report, are actually irreversible.
John Mosig, Kew

Too harsh a view
In response to ″⁣Life, loss of life and cricket″⁣ (Letters, 7/3), no one is pretending that sportspeople are scientists, medical doctors, JFK, Elvis or Di. However on this day of political correctness, characters reminiscent of Rod Marsh and Shane Warne gave many people some much-needed respite from a constant barrage of dangerous information.
Warne’s expertise, work ethic and dedication to the sport is well-documented and his everyman gave us confidence that almost all celebrities no matter their specific expertise are good folks. Marsh and Warne gave tirelessly of their time, continued after retirement to offer again to the sport, based and donated to countless charitable causes. To recommend that they don’t need to be mourned and celebrated by the media or their followers I imagine is extraordinarily harsh.
Sydney Shadid, Sandringham

Heart of gold
Some years in the past a neighbour gained a contest the place the prize was to have the Victoria cricket crew play in your yard. The greatest star in that crew was Shane Warne.
Long after the opposite cricketers had fulfilled their dedication and left, Warnie was nonetheless there downing beers with the dads and tossing down leg breaks to any child that requested. It was typical of Warnie, the children adored him and he revelled within the idolatry.
He was no saint despite the fact that he barracked for them within the AFL. Those who knew him say he had a coronary heart of gold and that can do me. He definitely left us with some fantastic sporting reminiscences.
Nick Brennan,
Rowville

Unwarranted pics
The protection of Shane Warne’s loss of life in freelancertamalday Age was respectful and transferring. So it was disappointing that The Age revealed photographs yesterday of what gave the impression to be a lined physique being loaded right into a automobile and an unmade mattress in a lodge room. All of us know that when an individual dies they depart a physique behind. We don’t want to look at it any greater than we have to fossick in his sock drawer or his medication cupboard. It was grubby and voyeuristic. Those closest to him deserve higher.
Phillip Price, Richmond

It’s new, however not clear
As Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton hold banging on about nationwide safety within the lead-up to the election might they please clarify how making a nuclear goal right here makes us safer. (“PM plans east coast base for nuclear submarines”, The Age, 7/3).
Phil Alexander, Eltham

AND ANOTHER THING

Climate
Let’s get actual, and name it what it’s – Climate Changed.
Greg Lee, Red Hill

Flood-ravaged residents in NSW and Queensland will probably be on the sting of their seats ready on Scott Morrison’s announcement about submarines.
Ian Maddison, Parkdale

War
Peter Dutton appears decided to have a warfare with somebody. I simply want he’d decide somebody much less highly effective than China.
John Walsh, Watsonia

War just isn’t tanks and weapons. War just isn’t in regards to the {hardware}. War is folks killing different folks.
Terry Malone, Warburton

It seems to be as if Peter Dutton’s planning a fast sprint to Subs ‘R’ Us earlier than the election.
Tim Durbridge, Brunswick

Always keep in mind, when a frontrunner says, ″⁣We will struggle ’em on the seashores,″⁣ he means you, not me.
Barry Revill, Moorabbin

Why can’t the frozen Russian billions be spent on offering defensive weapons for Ukraine?
Phil Piesse, Kew

Warne
Somewhere, somebody might be writing a movie script or perhaps a ballet referred to as Shane, Warts and All.
Myra Fisher, Brighton East

What an awesome cricket catch-up there will probably be ″⁣upstairs″⁣ when Bradman, the ″⁣different″⁣ Keith (Miller), Marsh and Warnie all get collectively, as our so-revered Aussie champs.
Tris Raouf, Hadfield

No, Vivienne, you aren’t the one one (Letters, 7/3).
Narelle Richardson, Warrnambool

Vale, Rod Marsh and Shane Warne. Thankfully, God didn’t try a hat-trick.
Peter Thomas, Pascoe Vale

Finally
Josh Frydenberg is returning the pork to pay for the tax cuts.
Peter Randles, Pascoe Vale South